安乡一中2013-2014学年高二下学期期末考试

英语试题

时量：120分钟 满分：150分

PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION（30 marks）

SECTION A（22.5 marks）

Directions: In this section, you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

1. What can we know about the girl?

A. She was tired of her study. B. She improved in her study.

C. She worked very hard at her study.

2. What did the doctor ask the girl to do?

A. To take some deep breaths. B. To get enough sleep. C. To go to another hospital.

Conversation 2

3. What does the man want to make an appointment with the doctor for?

A. A treatment. B. An interview. C. A checkup.

4. When can the man see the doctor?

A. In the middle of next month. B. At 9: 15 a. m. tomorrow.

C. On the ninth of next month.

Conversation 3

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A habit. B. An exam. C. A lecture.

6. How did the woman get the highest grade?

A. By planning study time better. B. By getting help from the man.

C. By copying from other students.

Conversation 4

7. What did the man’s doctor advise him to do?

A. Take more exercise. B. Join a club. C. Take more rest.

8. How does the woman find about going to the health club?

A. Tiring. B. Boring. C. Useful.

9. What should the man do according to the woman?

A. Work out first. B. Take a swim before exercising.

C. Come to the club with her.

Conversation 5

10. What does the man phone the woman for?

A. He can’t find a watch in the hotel room. B. He doesn’t know how to use the phone.

C. He asks her to wake him up tomorrow morning.

11. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At a clock shop. B. At a hotel. C. At a repair shop.

12. What does the first number 2 refer to?

A. Service. B. Floor. C. Time.

Conversation 6

13. What is the man doing?

A. Looking for something as a birthday gift for Karen.

B. Thinking of taking a trip somewhere with Karen.

C. Trying to do shopping online.

14. How did the man book train tickets last time?

A. Over the phone. B. Over the Internet. C. Through his friends.

15. What do we know about the websites the woman is talking about?

A. The BA.com always offers the cheapest tickets.

B. The tickets in BA.com are as cheap as those in the easyjet.com.

C. The BA. com offers more airlines than the easyjet.com.

Section B (7. 5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

On raising parking fees

Idea: raising parking fees

Purpose: To reduce the traffic 16._________

Disadvantage: Increasing the 17.________ of the ordinary people

Advantages: ●Decreasing the traffic volume

●Saving the traveling time

●Reducing the 18._______

●Improving the 19.________

The speaker’s opinion: Extra charges will bring 20._________





PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE (45 marks)

SECTION A (15 marks)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked with A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. Don’t be afraid of asking for help _______ it is needed.

A. unless B. though C. although D. when

22. The supermarket _______ that the customer should pay for the damage.

A. demands B. requires C. requests D. needs

23. He caught the train with a few minutes _______.

A. spared B. sparing C. to spare D. spare

24. He felt his pocket only _______ the money nowhere.

A. found B. finding C. having found D. to find

25. The situation is hard to _______, because he isn’t a man easy to _______.

A. be dealt; communicate B. be dealt with; be communicated

C. deal with; communicate with D. deal; be communicated with

26. Advertisement put pressure _______ girls to keep thin.

A. at B. on C. of D. with

27. —Is everyone here?

—Not yet. Look, there _______ the rest of our guests!

A. come B. comes C. is coming D. are coming

28. —What you said at the party hurt me deeply.

— Sorry, but _______

A. I didn’t mean it B. I didn’t mean to C. I don’t mean it D. I don’t mean to

29. —Who should be responsible for the accident?

—The boss, not the workers. They just carry the orders _______.

A. as told B. as are told C. as telling D. as they told

30. Although all of the apples _______, none of them _______ good.

A. have tasted; taste B. have been tasted; are tasted

C. have been tasted; taste D. have tasted; are tasted

31. The great changes _______ have taken place _______ carrying out the economic reform in our country.

A. may not; unless B. could not; without C. never; but for D. would; besides

32. _______ about the economic crisis that he decided to look for more information about it.

A. So curious he was B. So curious was he

C. Such curious he was D. Such curious was he

33. Try to spend your time just on the things you find _______.

A. worth doing them B. worth being done

C. worthy of ding them D. worthy of being done

34. No. 1 Middle School of Anxiang is the very place ______ Song Zhenyu, the Provincial science top of Hunan in 2014, was studying.

A. that B. which C. where D. from which

35. Is _______ three hours _______ the poor boy to come to school on foot?

A. it; that it takes B. there; that it takes C. there; when D. it; that

SECTION B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked with A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

On this Christmas Day I had the wonderful opportunity to see the true spirit of Christmas.

My big family always 36. ____ presents together at the start of the New Year and have done so in this way for more than 40 years. Since the beginning, my grandfather and grandmother have 37.____ their children and cousins on this day in their small farmhouse.

With 13 38.____ and uncles and more than 30 cousins in this group, there were usually more than 50 people in the room to exchange gifts. Because of the activity, the flying wrapping paper, so many people and the limited space of a 65-year-old farmhouse living room, most of the individual moments went 39.____.

My nephew, Jack (9 year old), who was walking by my 5-year-old cousin, Seth, in the Christmas chaos, noticed that Seth was crying. Jack 40.____ to ask him what was wrong and why he was crying. Seth 41.____ that he didn’t receive any toys!

Almost without 42._____, Jack looked down to the only two toys he had received, and 43._____ Seth with his best toy! He said, “Here, you can have this one. I don’t have to have it. I have other toys I can play with at home.”

Tears were welling up in my eyes! I was moved by this huge act of 44._____. I was so 45._____ of my nephew and what he had done when he thought no one else was looking.

I gave him a huge 46._____ and told him that he had demonstrated(演示) the true 47._____ of Christmas!

36. A. choose B. exchange C. return D. borrow

37. A. entertained B. celebrated C. praised D. advertised

38. A. leaders B. guides C. aunts D. partners

39. A. undoubted B. unnoticed C. unfinished D. unchanged

40. A. changed B. forgot C. stepped D. stopped

41. A. reacted B. responded C. applauded D. disturbed

42. A. smile B. gesture C. happiness D. thought

43. A. introduced B. produced C. described D. presented

44. A. kindness B. honesty C. courage D. strength

45. A. aware B. proud C. certain D. ashamed

46. A. duty B. pain C. hug D. pity

47. A. meaning B. feeling C. ending D. greeting

SECTION C (12 points)

Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fits the context.

Cell phones are so cheap that almost all people can afford it. 48._____ you go, you can see people holding cell phones doing different things. Our life style has changed greatly 49. _____ of the widespread of mobile phones.

Mobile phones change 50._____ way we contact others. In the past, we contacted our families, relatives and friends by writing letters 51._____ just going to a certain area to make a phone call. Now, if we want to contact them, all we need to do is to take out our cell phone, dial the number and then we can reach 52._____ in a minute.

With a cell phone, we 53._____ take photos and locate ourselves easily. All cell phones have a camera function. We can take photos anywhere we want and do 54._____ need to take our camera. Besides, 55._____ we are lost, we can use a cell phone to locate ourselves and find the right direction.

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

The National Library of Iceland is a reference library, which means books and other items in our collections cannot be browsed or borrowed, and must be ordered for consulation(查阅) in our reading rooms. The map below shows the location of the National Library. If you want to know more about our library, you can click on the link www. Nli.ie.

Opening Hours

Location

Hours



Main & Manuscripts

Reading Room, Kildare Street

Mon---Wed: 9:30am---7:45pm

Thurs & Fri: 9:30am---4:45pm

Saturday: 9:30am---12:45pm