2013/2014学年度(上)高二期末考试

英 语 试 卷

命题人：郑晓红 尤春华

（总分：150分； 考试时间：120分钟）

第I卷 （共95分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分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。

1. What will the man do next?

A. Buy something. B. Check the luggage. C. Find his grandma.

2. What’s possible relationship between the two speakers?

A. Neighbors. B. Colleagues. C. Classmates.

3. How does the woman feel now?

A. Angry B. Tired C. Bored

4. Why won’t the man go skiing tonight?

A. His foot was injured.

B. He doesn’t like skiing.

C. He has no time tonight.

5. What time is it now?

A. 2:10 B.2:20 C.2:30

第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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. Why did the man talk to the old man?

A. To ask him some directions.

B. To show his gratitude to him.

C. To help him cross the street.

7. What does the man think of the old man?

A. Kind-hearted. B. Patient. C. Hard-working.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. How much weight has the woman put on in the past year?

A. About 10 pounds. B. About 15 pounds. C. About 20 pounds.

9. Where will the two speakers eat tonight?

A. At home. B. In a restaurant. C. At the man’s aunt’s.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is special about Church Street Hotel?

A. It has a Cuban flavor. B. It offers very cheap rooms.

C. It is next to a famous church.

11. How much will the man pay for his hotel fees?

A.￡90 B.￡270 C.￡360

12. When will the man call back Mr.Smith?

A. Around 3:30. B. Around 4:00 C. Around 4:30.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the man doing?

A. Reading a newspaper. B. Watching a documentary(文件).

C. Reading a news report online.

14. What does the man learn about the bird？

A. She has flown farther than any other bird.

B. She gave birth to a young bird at 62.

C. She is the second oldest living bird in the world.

15. What does the man want to be ?

A. A guide. B. A biologist. C. A photographer.

16. What will the two speakers probably do next?

A. Look at some photographs. B. Visit the woman ’s parents.

C. Take photos of animals.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How was the speaker when he was a boy?

A. Very black. B. Very fat. C. Very weak.

18. When did the speaker probably take up boxing, rowing and football?

A. When he was about nineteen. B. When he was about sixteen.

C. When he was about thirteen.

19. What did the speaker often do every day after he turned forty?

A. He sat for a long time. B. He ran with his wife.

C. He quarreled with his wife.

20. What do we know about the speaker now？

A. He usually feels a sharp pain in his legs.

B. He is suffering low blood pressure.

C. He has lost some weight.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两小节，满分35分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

21. Would it be ______ for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport?

A. free B. cautious C. handy D. convenient

22. The teacher stressed again that the students should not _____ any important details while retelling the story.

A. bring out B. let out C. leave out D. make out

23．China’s first moon rover , ________ in early December , is named “Yutu” or “Jade rabbit” in Chinese .

A. launched B. to launch C. being launched D. launching（发射）

24．_______ former South African President Nelson Mandela , Zuma said Mandela would have a full state funeral and he ordered flags to be flown at half mast in a nationally televised address.

A. In favor of B. In need of C. In memory of D. In case of

25．As the pressure was too heavy, the local government had to _____cost of office to deal with the economic crisis (危机).

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

26. The latest wave of smog(雾霾) ,_____ first swept into Shanghai and Jiangsu province on Dec. 1st ,_______ at least four car accidents due to low visibility.

A. in which; cause B. where ; caused C. which ; has caused D. that; is caused

27. It sounds like something is wrong with the car’s engine.______, we’d better take it to the garage immediately.

A. Otherwise B. If not C. But for that D. If so

28. I was so familiar with him that I recognized his voice _____ I picked up the phone .

A. while B. after C. in case D. the instant

29. The living room is clean and tidy , with a dining table already ____ for a meal to be cooked .

A. laid B. laying C. to lay D. being laid

30. The next thing he saw was smoke ____from behind the house.

A. rose B. rising C. to rise D. risen

31. Many officials _______ the matter were arrested and would be put in prison.

A. involving in B. involved in C. involved D. involving

32. The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and ____ him of speeding .

A. charged B. accused C. blamed D. criticized

33. The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once ____with each other.

A. they had quarreled B. they’ve quarreled

C. have they quarreled D. had they quarreled

34. John opened the door . There _____ he had never seen before.

A. A girl did stand B. a girl stood C. did a girl stand D. stood a girl

35. My father bought me an _____ guitar as my birthday present .

A. electrical B. electric C. electronic D. electricity

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

Jenna , a popular girl from Westwood Middle School , had graduated first in her class and was ready for new ___36__in high school .

___ 37__, high school was difficult . In the first week , Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛) for cheerleaders (拉拉队队员).She was competing against very talented girls , and she knew it would be _38_for her to be selected. Two hours later , the _39_read a list of the girls for a second tryout .Her heart _40_ as the list ended without her name . Feeling __41__ , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home , she started with math. She had always been a good math student , but now she was _42_. She moved on to English and history , and was _43_ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects . Feeling better , she decided not to _44_ math for the time being .

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school _45_. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as _46_ as Jenna. “I am sorry , but we have enough _47_ for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled _48_ and left . “Why is high school so __49__?” she sighed .

Later in _50_ class , Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much _51_.By the end of the class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books , Jenna decided she’d continue to try to _52_ at her new school . She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed ,but she knew she had to _53_ . High school was just as her mom had said : “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond _54_ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the _55_fish you can be .”

36. A. challenges B. decisions C. processes D. exercises

37.A. However B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Besides

38.A. easy B. difficult C. interesting D. boring

39. A. boss B. representative C. judge D. editor

40. A. sank B. stopped C. jumped D. raced

41. A. happy B. lonely C. strange D. awful

42. A. complaining B. working C. improving D. struggling

43. A. disappointed B. shocked C. relieved D. ashamed

44. A. prepare for B. worry about C. give up D. put up

45. A. press B. newspaper C. team D. radio

46. A. artistic B. realistic C. sympathetic D. enthusiastic

47. A. cheerleaders B. writers C. readers D. speakers

48.A. weakly B. excitedly C. brightly D. widely

49. A. ordinary B. different C. familiar D. similar

50. A. history B. English C. physics D. math

51.A. hope B. trouble C. sorrow D. pleasure

52. A. look out B. stay up C. get around D. fit in

53. A. try B. ask C. swim D. escape

54. A. in case of B. in terms of C. in return for D. instead of

55. A. smallest B. best C. gentlest D. slimmest

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）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

A.

Last Christmas, when I was in the fourth grade and my brother was in the first grade, our school held its yearly Holiday Shop. At the Holiday Shop students can buy things like necklaces, key chains, and other small items for their friends and family as Christmas gifts. Since my brother really wanted to take part, my mom gave him two dollars to buy his Christmas gifts.

My mom didn’t know that he had picked out a special necklace for her. When he got home from the Holiday Shop that day, he couldn’t wait to show it to me. He pulled out a little green box and opened it. Inside was a gold chain with a little red flower and a man-made diamond next to gold letters that spelled out,“Grandmother”.

“Wow,” I said.“It’s beautiful.” Since my brother was in the first grade and was just learning to read, he didn’t realize that the necklace said “Grandmother” instead of “Mother”. I knew that on Christmas morning, when he found out he had bought the wrong necklace, he would be very unhappy, so I said nothing more about it. My brother ran and put the necklace under his bed to hide it from Mom until Christmas morning.

When he wasn’t looking, I took the necklace and put it in my backpack. The next day I took it back to school and asked the woman who ran the Holiday Shop if I could change it for the “Mother” necklace. She said yes. When I got home that day, I put the necklace under my brother’s bed.

When my mom opened it up on C