高二下学期期末考试英语试题

本试卷共三大题，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。

Ⅰ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分50分)

第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe (订阅) to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers？Five hundred years ago, 1 of important happenings—battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed——took months and even years to 2 from one country to another. The news 3 by word of mouth and was never 4 . Today we can read in our newspaper of important events that occur (happen) in faraway countries on the same day they happen.

Besides 5 news from all over the world, newspapers also give us a lot of other usual information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and of course advertisements. There are all kinds of advertisements. The 6 ones are 7 by large companies to 8 attention to their products. They 9 the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is 10 the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who 11 newspapers, advertisements are also very 12 . Money earned from advertisements 13 it possible for them to sell their 14 at a low price and still make a profit.

Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooker and fashion(时装), and a small but very 15 section on jokes and cartoons.

(　　)1. A．news 　 B．information C．passage D．message

(　　)2. A．reach B．receive C．broadcast D．travel

(　　)3. A．passed B．came C．told D．heard

(　　)4. A．exact B．real C．true D．accurate

(　　)5. A．supplying B．making C．asking D．depending

(　　)6. A．richer B．busier C．better D．bigger

(　　)7. A．taken in B．moved in C．put in D．turned in

(　　)8. A．pay B．receive C．bring D．give

(　　)9. A．spend B．pay C．cost D．take

(　　)10. A．worth B．worthy C．valuable D．costing

(　　)11. A．print B．sell C．produce D．deliver

(　　)12. A．expensive B．important C．necessarily D．valuable

(　　)13. A．makes B．regards C．thinks D．considers

(　　)14. A．products B．goods C．advertisements D．newspapers

(　　)15. A．famous B．proper C．popular D．regular

第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16 ~ 25的相应位置上。

Zhou Yang’s first assignment was at the office of China Daily. At the first time Hu Xin, his new boss, sent him with an 16____(experience)reporter and a 17____(photograph) to cover the story. Before going out to work, he told him to be 18____(curiosity)and must have a “nose” for the story and listen to the speakers 19____(careful) in order to grasp the 20____(detail) facts. He also advised him 21____ (prepare)the next question depending on 22____ the person says, use a small recorder to get all the facts straight, if 23____ (permit)by the24____ (interview), and finally judge whether the interviewed person is lying or 25____.

Ⅱ 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)

第—节 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

What is home-stay? Literally it is a home for you to stay when you are not home. To be specific, home-stay provides foreign language students with the opportunity to speak native language outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a local home. Here is what you will experience in our British Home-stay Program.

What to Expect

The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.

Accommodation Zones

Meal Plans Available

◆Continental Breakfast

◆Breakfast and Dinner

◆Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner

It's important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal(谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee.

Friends

If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host's permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.

Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes

Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary home-stay and may not benefit those who need to practice English at home quite as much.

(　　)26.The passage is probably written for .

A．hosts willing to receive foreign students

B．foreigners hoping to build British culture

C．travelers planning to visit families in London

D．English learners applying to live in English homes

(　　)27.Which of the following will the host provide?

A．Medical care. B．Room cleaning. C．Free transport. D．Physical training.

(　　)28.What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?

A．Zone 3 is more crowded than Zone 2.

B．The business centre of London is in Zone 2.

C．Hosts dislike traveling to the city centre.

D．Zone 1 offers bigger accommodation.

(　　)29.According to the passage, what does continental Breakfast include?

A．Dessert and coffee. B．Fruit and vegetables.

C．Bread and fruit juice. D．Fruit and cold meat.

(　　)30.Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?

A．To experience a warmer family atmosphere.

B．To enrich their knowledge of English.

C．To entertain friends as they like.

D．To enjoy much more freedom.

B

Even with the multimedia excitement of the web. Electronic Mail, e-mail, is the most frequently used application of the Internet. Many people who have a chance to use the Internet at school, home, and work. They use the Internet for no other purposes than to send or receive e-mails.

It's all very easy. You prepare the message, log onto(登录) the Internet, and send it. The message first goes to your Internet Service Provider's mail server, which in turn sends it to the recipient's(邮件接收者) mail server. On the way your message may go through several servers, each reading the name in order to send it to the right server. The message then remains in the recipient's mail e-mail server until he requests it by “checking his mail”．

The benefits of e-mails are obvious: mostly it's quick. Also, many people feel that the rules for regular mails don't apply to e-mail, making it less formal, which in turn make e-mail easier to write and send.

It's not just friends and co-workers that are receiving e-mails. Wherever you look, the Web is providing e-mail addresses. This has made communication between strangers easier than ever. You can read an interesting article online and immediately send the author an e-mail. Anyone who posts his e-mail address on a Web page is saying he wants to receive e-mail.

There are places you can go if you don't know someone's e-mail address. Check out Bigfoot, the Internet Address Finder, or Netscape's E-mail Directories for more information.

E-mail is one of the services offered by your Internet Service Provider—a service that you're applying for every month.

(　　)31. The passage is about .

A．the multimedia excitement B．e-mail C．different websites D．mail server

(　　)32. We can infer from the passage that .

A．many people use the Internet only for the purpose of sending and receiving e-mail

B．if you want to send and receive e-mails, all you have to do is to log onto the Internet.

C．e-mail is the only application of the internet

D．you can send e-mails to friends and co-workers but you can't make communication between strangers

(　　)33. Which of the following is NOT true according to the material

A．if you want to send your message, first you have to log in.

B．on the way your message may be passed by several servers.

C．The first advantage of e-mail is fast

D．The writing rules for e-mails are more formal.

(　　)34. If you don't know someone's e-mail address, .

A．look up in a dictionary B．refer to your textbook

C．ask your computer teacher D．check on Netscape's E-mail Directories

(　　)35. What can you infer from the fourth paragraph?

A．Only friends and co-workers send e-mails.

B．You can't log onto the Internet except at home.

C．It's difficult to contact the author on the Internet.

D. It's convenient to communicate between strangers online.

C

I am a professor of sports and exercise so I often deal with nervousness in my research with sports people. Actually, most people experience nervousness at some time or another.

If you are feeling anxious, my advice is to first find the cause or causes. Make a list of those things that are making you nervous and work out which ones you can do something about. Focus all of your efforts on managing the causes that you can control.

Most people cannot tell the difference between controllable(可控制的) and uncontrollable causes, so things they can't control become a big reason for nervousness. Dealing with this is very important if people want to keep a healthy mind.

Simply try to accept the uncontrollable causes of nervousness. You might be worried about the weather on a big day, an accident or an attack on the train, or perhaps just things that other people are doing at work. The results may be very important but there is still no use worrying because you can't control any of these things. Accept that you can't control everything. Once you understand this, it becomes easier not to worry.

If a situation, such as swimming, is causing you to be anxious, try to face it as often as