云南省玉溪一中2014-2015学年高二上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）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答案卡一并交回。

第I卷

注意事项：

1．答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。

2．选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5个小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的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. Who joined the company recently?

A. Some photographers. B. An art director. C. Some designers.

2. What does the woman mean?

A. She is a visitor. B. She just moved in here. C. She knows the manager.

3. What did the woman do last weekend?

A. She stayed at home. B. She went boating. C. She took a walk.

4. Where is National City Bank？

A. On Oak Street. B. On Elm Street. C. On Poplar Street.

5. What will Lisa do after work?

A. Pick up her friends. B. Go for a drink with her friends.

C. Meet her friends at a repair shop.

第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the man think of the French restaurant?

A. It’s too far away. B. The price is too high. C. The menu is too old.

7. Why does the man want to eat in?

A. He’s tired of eating out. B. He’s good at cooking. C. He’s in bad mood.

听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What is Tony’s nationality?

A. British. B. Canadian. C. French.

9. Why has Tony come to China?

A. To seek a better life. B. To do banana trade. C. To find his root.

10. How does Tony find his experience in China?

A. Interesting. B. Crazy. C. Disappointing.

听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Old schoolmates. B. High school life. C. A company meeting.

12. What did Sally try to show her friends?

A. She was very happy. B. She was interested in Simon.

C. She was successful in business.

13. What do we know about Simon Fox?

A. He enjoys parties. B. He likes the woman. C. He is Sally’s husband.

听下面一段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. When is the report due?

A. Today. B. Tomorrow. C. In three weeks.

15. How does the woman sound?

A. Sorry. B. Unhappy. C. Interested.

16. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Sister and brother. B. Teacher and student. C. Boss and employee.

听下面一段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the meeting about?

A. Hiring new teachers. B. Running a new school.

C. Moving to a new campus.

18. What does the speaker say about Agriculture students?

A. They need bigger places.

B. They will stay where they are.

C. They will have their labs ready in a week.

19. What is the plan for the History Department?

A. The teacher will move later.

B. Everybody will stay in the old building.

C. The students will move to the Law Building.

20. Who will be in the downtown building?

A. Arts students. B. Law students. C. Engineering students.

第二部分 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和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Nine years ago, after Leo had died, people said to me. "I never knew he was your stepfather." You see, I never called him that. At first, he was no one special in my life. Then he became my friend. In time, I felt he was also my father.

Leo married my mother when I was eleven. Two years later we moved into a house in a new suburban development, where we put down roots. At first our lawn was just a mud with wild grass, but Leo saw bright possibilities. "We'll plant trees there to give us shade as well as some flowers," he said. And just these little touches made our house different from all the others. More important, a real family was forming. Leo was becoming a full-time parent, and I was learning what it meant to have a father.

Weekday mornings when the weather was bad, Leo often drove me to school. Having a father drop you off may have been something my classmates took for granted, but I always thought it was wonderful. Saturday mornings, we went to the hardware shop, then stepped into the five-and-ten, buying a sports magazine or something else. Some people might think that doing shopping together is nothing special, but I, who had ever before spent my childhood watching other families do their everyday activities, experienced them now with extreme delight. Looking back, I realized that Leo gave me what I needed most—the experience of doing ordinary things together as a family.

Soon after we moved to the suburbs, one of our new neighbors introduced herself to me. She had already met my mother and Leo. "You know," she said, "you look just like your father." I knew she was just making conversation--but even so... "Thank you", I said. Why tell her anything different?

21．The writer's purpose in writing this passage is _______.

A．to show his pride to have a good stepfather

B．to show how interesting a person Leo was

C．to remind us of our parents

D．to explain why they moved to the suburbs

22．The phrase “put down roots”in the second paragraph means _______.

A．farmed　 B．planted　 C．settled　 D．worked

23．In the writer's opinion, _______.

A．it is not easy to live with a stepfather

B．not all the stepfathers are as good as Leo

C．the husband and wife must think more about their children before they divorce

D．in stepfamilies the love and friendship are extremely precious

24．The last sentence “Why tell her anything different?”means that __________. .

　　A．he should have told the truth 　　 B．he wouldn't tell her the truth

　　C．he wanted to tell her something that had nothing to do with Leo

D．he wanted to keep silence whenever he met the neighbors

B

Will Nanfang University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen announce a new beginning for China’s higher education reform? It’s too early to answer. But its presence is challenging the Ministry of Education. Even without the approval of the ministry it seems that the school is determined to move forward and enroll 50 students, so-called child prodigies(奇才), to begin classes on March l, 2011.On graduating in 2015, these students will receive a diploma unauthorized by the Ministry of Education----unlike the students of their age from the state-run universities.

The school is committed to modeling itself on Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, but if the government will not approve the school, the situation could cause a lot of trouble for those 50 students if they want to do graduate studies at other higher learning institutions. Other schools could turn their applications down for their unauthorized diplomas.

The difficulties, however, have not frightened students and their parents away. On Dec.18, 2010 more than 1,000 students and their parents visited Nanfang University of Science and Technology for interviews.

Private investment marks the school out from other higher learning institutions in the nation. Not a penny comes from the government. So the government will have no voice in how the school will be run.

The Ministry of Education has published a comprehensive plan for education reform and development between 2011 and 2020.The goal is to make China’s higher education internationally competitive. To accomplish this goal, the government should have the courage to let the educators who have big ideas try them out. The ministry should have applauded the independence. The school in Shenzhen has shown and encouraged more to do likewise.

Education reform in China has reached a new and crucial stage. Nanfang University of Science and Technology has a long way to go to prove itself competitive rather than a diploma mill.

25．Over 1,000 students and parents visited the school because __________. .

A．they believe that the school will have a bright future

B．they believe the government is sure to approve the school

C．the school models itself on Hong Kong University successfully

D．they will never do graduate studies at other higher learning institutions

26．The trouble the students in the school may have is that ________.

A．the government will have no voice in the school

B．they won’t receive any diploma when graduating from the school

C．other schools are unlikely to accept their diploma from the school

D．they will not learn how to be competitive

27．What does the author think of Nanfang University of Science and Technology?

A．It is another kind of diploma mill.

B．It’s impossible for the school to be competitive.

C．It will never get the approval from the Ministry of Education.

D．Its independence from the government may benefit the education reform.

28．What is the best title of the passage?

A．University of New Style. B．China’s Education Reform.

C．Modeling Hong Kong University. D．Authorized or Not?

C

Sparrow is a fast-food chain with 200 restaurants. Some years ago, the group to which Sparrow belonged was taken over by another company. Although Sparrow showed no sign of declining, the chain was generally in an unhealthy state. With more and more fast-food concepts reaching the market, the Sparrow menu had to struggle for attention. And to make matters worse, its new owner had no plans to give it the funds it required.

Sparrow failed to grow for another two years. Until a new CEO, Carl Pearson, decided to build up its market share. He did a survey, which showed that consumers who already used Sparrow restaurants were extremely positive about the chain, while customers of other fast-food chains were unwilling to turn away from?them. Sparrow had to develop a new promotional campaign.

Pearson faced a battle over the future of the Sparrow brand. The chain’s owner now favored rebranding Sparrow as Marcy’s restaurants. Pearson resisted, arguing for an advertising campaign designed to convince customers that visits to Sparrow restaurants were fun. Such an attempt to establish a positive relationship between a company and the general public was unusual for that time. Pearson strongly believed that numbers were the key to success,