吉林市普通中学2013—2014学年度高中毕业班下学期期末教学质量检测

英 语

本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。第一卷1至9页，第二卷10至12页。共150分。考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：请按照题号顺序在答题纸上各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。

第I卷

第一部分：听力部分（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。

1. What is the woman worried about the table?

A. The wood. B. The price. C. The design.

2. Who planted all the trees?

A. The woman. B. Henry. C. Someone else.

3. What happened to the woman?

A. She got fired today.

B. She was joking with the man.

C. She wanted to fire the man.

4. What did the man do?

A. He couldn’t remember the woman.

B. He put some sugar in his tea.

C. He added salt to his coffee.

5. How long is a day on Mars?

A. Less than 24 hours.

B. 24 hours and 37 minutes.

C. 37 hours.

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至8题。

6. What do we know about the woman’s document?

A. It’s about 30,000 words long.

B. It’s written in English.

C. It’s a textbook.

7. Which language is the most difficult according to the man?

A. Arabic. B. Spanish. C. English.

8. What does the woman decide to do?

A. Translate the document herself.

B. Hire the man to do the translation.

C. Look for another translator.

听第7段材料，回答第9至10题。

9. Why does the woman call the man?

A. To place an ad in the newspaper.

B. To ask about the man’s TV for sale.

C. To talk about a TV program.

10. When will the speakers meet this afternoon?

A. At 2:00. B. At 3:00. C. At 4:00.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why was the man disappointed?

A. China lost the match.

B. China did not play well.

C. The other team made too many bad mistakes.

12. What’s the goal of China’s women’s volleyball team?

A. To compete in the Olympics next year.

B. To play against some stronger teams.

C. To celebrate their victory.

13. What did the woman say about the next Olympics?

A. China will surely win a gold medal.

B. China will lose to good teams.

C. China won’t take part in the next Olympics.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What was the purpose of the meeting?

A. To ask the woman for help.

B. To ask about the woman’s family.

C. To find out why the woman’s recent work was poor.

15. What happened to the woman’s mother?

A. She was seriously sick. B. She had a car accident. C. She died of cancer.

16. What’s the relationship between the speakers?

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

17. What was Mr. Travers’ attitude to the woman in the end?

A. He was angry. B. He was disappointed. C. He was kind.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Where was Brandon last seen?

A. In the frozen foods section.

B. In the sporting goods section.

C. In the toys section.

19. What is Brandon wearing?

A. A white shirt and a red baseball cap.

B. Blue jeans and a black baseball cap.

C. A red shirt and blue shoes.

20. What should guests do if they see the boy?

A. Call the boy’s mother.

B. Take him to the toy section.

C. Help him to reach the security desk.

第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Car Talk

When I got the driving license last summer, Mom and I took our first trip around an empty parking lot. Then I found that my mother was not the best teacher for me. It wasn’t that she shouted, or told me that I was doing poorly. As you can imagine, my mother’s “helpful instructions” only managed to make me more nervous.

Since I could no longer practice with her, the job was placed in the hands of my father. I loved him dearly, but I just did not regard Dad as someone I could be comfortable learning from. He almost never talked. We shared a typical father-daughter relationship. He’d ask how school was, and I’d say it was fine. Unfortunately, that was the most of our conversations. Spending hours alone with someone who might as well have been a stranger really scared me.

As we got into the car that first time, I was not surprised at what happened. Dad and I drove around, saying almost nothing but a few instructions on how to turn. As my lessons went on, however, things began to change. Dad would turn the radio up so I could fully appreciate his favorite Stones music. And he actually began talking. I was soon hearing about “basic body” gym class and other stories from his past, including some of his first meeting with Mom.

Dad’s sudden chattiness was shocking until I thought about why he was telling me so much in the car. In all the years that I had wondered why my father never spoke that much, I had never stopped to consider that it was because I had never bothered to listen. Homework, friends, and even TV had all called me away from him and I had never thought my quiet father had anything to say.

Since I began driving with him, my driving skill has greatly increased. More important, though, is that my knowledge of who my father is has also increased. Just living with him wasn’t enough — it took driving with him for me to get to know someone who was a mystery.

The author couldn’t practice driving with her mother because __________.

A. she couldn’t talk with her mother

B. her father wanted to teach her

C. her mother made her nervous

D. she didn’t trust her mother

At first, the idea of learning driving from her father made her __________.

A. happy B. uneasy C. satisfied D. disappointed

What surprised the author when the driving lessons went on?

A. Her Dad liked modern music.

B. Her Dad was the best teacher.

C. Her Dad was a chatty person.

D. Her Dad told her his sad stories.

With her story “Car Talk”, we can infer that __________.

A. family members need real communication

B. mothers are less patient than fathers

C. fathers love their daughters dearly

D. it takes time to improve the father-daughter relationship

B

Nelson Mandela was a figure of international fame, and many details of his life career were public knowledge. But here are some things you may not have known about him．

In his youth, Mandela enjoyed boxing. Even during the 27 years he spent in prison, he would exercise every morning. “I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. Boxing is equal. I never did any real fighting after I entered politics. My main interest was in training,” he wrote in his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom. In the Mandela Family Museum, visitors can find the world championship belt given to Mandela by American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard.

When Mandela was nine years old, a teacher at his primary school gave him an English name “Nelson”, which is a custom to give all school children Christian names. Rolihlahla is his original name but it’s not a common name in South Africa. It means “troublemaker”. In South Africa, Mr. Mandela was often called by his clan (宗族) name “Madiba”, which South Africans used out of respect.

A fake passport in the name of David Motsamayi was used by Mr. Mandela. He had changed his appearance and pretended to be a driver, a gardener and a chef in order to travel around the country unnoticed by the authorities.

Mr. Mandela studied law on and off for 50 years from 1939, failing about half the courses he took. In August 1952, he and Oliver Tambo set up South Africa’s first black law firm in Johannesburg. He persevered (坚持不懈) to finally get a law degree while in prison in 1989.

Nelson Mandela became a boxing fan because __________.

A. he enjoyed the violence of boxing

B. he wanted to take the championship

C. he desired to enjoy the training

D. he hoped to find a better job

Which of the following is TRUE of Mandela’s name?

A. His original name was not Nelson．

B. His parents gave him the name “Nelson”．

C. Rolihlahla is a popular name in South Africa．

D. Madiba was his Christian name．

The underlined word “fake” in the fourth paragraph probably means __________.

A. not clear B. not real

C. not accessible D. not available

From the last paragraph, we can infer that __________.

A. it took Mr. Mandela over fifty years to get a law degree

B. black people are not allowed to set up law firms

C. one can’t get a law degree if he / she has been put into prison

D. Mr. Mandela was a determined person

C

Chinese Dinner Table

Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial (表面上的). Besides, in some big restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares. If you are being treated to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes.

The meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be served to be followed by staple food (主食) ranging from rice, noodles to dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple food at last or have none of them at all.

Perhaps one of the things that surprise a western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food in the plate.

People in China tend to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is eaten up. When