贵州省松桃苗族自治县民族中学高二英语上学期期末考试试题(无答案)

贵州省松桃苗族自治县民族中学高二英语上学期期末考试试
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高二英语
第 I 卷，选择题（100分）
第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5个小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分），每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What is Peter doing?
A.Eating
B.Answering a call
C.Taking a shower
2.How does the woman usually get around?
A.By bike
B. By bus
C.By taxi
3.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.The man’s daughter
B.A room
C.A paining
4.What ‘s probably the man?
A.A salesman
B.A waiter
C.A repairman
5.What does the man suggest?
A.Getting new bulbs
B.Saving electricity
C.Buying a used TV set.
第二节（共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分），每段对话读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A.At home
B.At the office
C.At the restaurant
7.Why didn’t the woman answer the man’s call?
A.She didn’t hear it
B.She didn’t want to answer it
C.Her phone was power off
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What ‘s the original nationality of the man? A.Canada B.Sweden C.Spain.
9.Where was the woman educated? A.In Spain B.In France C.In Canada
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.How does the woman think of her English class? A.Easy B.Boring C.Hard
11.What are English training schools like?
A.They can accept students without a test
B.They can help students choose suitable class
C.They don’t accept students whose English is too poor
12.Why is Daniel’s English so good now?
A.He usually sees English movies
B.He reads English books a lot in his spare time
C.He has been trained in an English training schools
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.How did Tom feel about his life after his retirement退休?
A.Terrible
B.Worried
C.Satisfied
14.What kind of job did Tom do after his retirement？
A. A gatekeeper in a school
B.A teacher in a school
C.A manager in a company
15.How does the organization work?
A.It helps the retired people relax
B.It provides the retired people with well-paid jobs
C.It provides information for the retired people
16.What do we know about Tom? A. He seldom spends time with his family B.He goes to work full time C.He joined an organization designed for the retired
请听第10段材料，回答17至20题。

17.What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A.Friends
B.Teacher and student
C.Strangers
18.What does the man usually do in his free time?
A. Watch TV
B.Play computer games
C. Do some reading
19.What kind of book is the man interested in?
A.Science fiction小说
B.Detective侦探 novels
C.Romantic novels
20.What ‘s the man’s personality ?
A.Impatient
B.Enthusiastic充满激情的
C.Timid胆小的
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)
（A）
I had managed to sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow. It was that strange hour in New York when the workers were walking towards home in the evening. I recognized my father near Cooper Union, a frozen figure in an old overcoat standing by a banana cart (手推车). He looked so lonely; tears came to my eyes. Then he saw me, and his face lit with
his sad, beautiful smile.
“Arch,” he said, “so you have sold your papers! Come and eat a banana.”
He offered me one, but I refused it. I felt it important that my father sell his bananas, not give them away. He thought I was shy, and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet snow.
“You haven’t sold many bananas today, Dad,” I said.
“What can I do? No one seems to want them,” Dad said.
It was true. The crowds pushed home; the sky darkened over the New York buildings; the tall street lamps were lit; street cars and bikes went by. Nobody and nothing in the great city stopped for my father’s bananas.
“I ought to yell (叫喊),” said my father sadly. “I ought to make a big noise like other peddlers (小贩), but it makes my throat sore. Anyway, I’m ashamed (羞愧的) of yelling; it makes me feel like a fool.”
I had eaten one of his bananas. A voice deep down told me that I ought to pay for it somehow. I must remain here and help my father.
“I’ll yell for you, Dad,” I volunteered.
“Arch, no,” he said, “go home; you have worked enough today. Just tell momma I’ll be late.”
But I yelled and yelled. My father, standing by, spoke words of praise, and said I was a wonderful yeller. However, nobody else paid attention; nobody listened and came to buy our bananas.
My father tried to stop me at last. He s aid, “That was wonderful yelling, Arch. But it’s just we are unlucky today! Let’s go home.”
I insisted on keeping up my yells. But at last my father persuaded me to leave with him.
21. The son yelled in order to _____.
A. prove he was angry
B. show his excitement
C. get the praise of his father
D. help his father sell bananas
22. What happened to the father and the son at last?
A. They ate up all their bananas.
B. They sold out all their bananas.
C. They went home without selling any bananas.
D. They sent all their bananas to passers-by for free.
23. What is the main idea of the text?
A. The hard lives of factory workers.
B. How to survive in a hard environment.
C. The love between the father and the son.
D. Misunderstanding between the father and the son.
（ B ）
I n recent years, especially during the 1960s, there was much discussion about “the brain drain (排干，流失)，” which dealt with the problem of students and learned peo ple who left their own countries for other countries that offered better chances for study, research, and employment. For example, according to a report from U. N. , between 1962 and 1966 more than 50 percent of all engineering graduates of Iran and 14 percent of Iranian scientists left their country for work abroad. Over 30 percent of Chilean engineers and 15 percent of Turkish physicians also went to work in other countries. Probably the greatest brain drain occurred among young scientists who had gone abroad to study. Many of them had planned to return to their countries to teach but chose to remain in more industrialized nations where they were able to continue their work and their research in fields in which there were no job possibilities at home. The countries that attracted most of these scientists were the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada, and Australia.
Recent studies show that the brain drain to the United States may be decreasing. Many foreign scientists are going home again, and in some cases American scientists are leaving the United States for employment in other countries. The main reasons are that good jobs are becoming fewer here, money for national research has been sharply cut, and university fellowships reduced too. However, in the field of medicine the drain to the United States still goes on. Today more than one of every five American doctors is foreign—born, and several thousand foreign doctors immigrate to the United States each year. Over eighty countries have asked the State Department to send students who are skilled in important fields such as medicine back home when their study programs are over.
24.Which of the following is not the reason for “the brain drain”?
A. Better chances of study.
B. Better research condition
C. Good job possibility
D. Good housing
25.The brain drain to the United States may be decreasing mainly because________.
A. many foreign scientists are ordered to return to their motherlands
B. there are fewer and fewer good jobs in the USA
C. they don’t need any foreign scientists now
D. the universities refuse to provide money for the foreign scientist
26.How many American doctors are foreign—born?
A. More than 20 percent
B. About half of them
C. Several thousand
D. About 15 percent
27. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. How to seek a job in the USA
B. Doctors’ immigration to the USA
C. The brain drain
D. A strange case.
（ C ）
The first summer job is often a signal that you’re on your way to adulthood, and it’s also a method for earning money to pay for what you dream of. It’s never too early to start considering the future. Now, here are some good choices for you!
Retail (零售) Sales
Retail offers plenty of opportunity for teens who are looking for a job. This type of work can pay from $10 to $15 an hour depending upon the duty you are expected to take on. It can also be great for teens who are friendly and enjoy talking to other people. For more information, call us at 111-222-3333.
Food Service
A job in the food service industry is a natural fit for sociable teens who enjoy communicating with the public. It allows employees to work as part of a team while learning about following instructions. It also comes with the opportunity to earn between $8 and $10 per hour. Just call 111-222-3533 for more information.
Babysitter
This job requires someone who is highly responsible. Though it pays generally between $6 and $8 hourly, it also requires a lot of patience. This is a great choice for teens who wish to make a career in teaching, child care, social work or any other field that makes use of social skills or requires interaction with kids. Got a question? Just call
111-222-3336.
Housekeeping
This type of work can bring in about $5 an hour and it will allow teens to learn responsibility and develop their organizational skills. The summer sees an upswing in the tourism industry, so hotels are often looking for more housekeeping staff, and parks often need more people to assist with keeping public areas clean and organized as well. Telephone: 111-222-3330.
28. How much can you earn at least in two hours as a retailer?
A. $10.
B. $12.
C. $16.
D. $20.
29. Which of the following jobs may attract teens who want to be a teacher?
A. Retail Sales.
B. Food Service.
C.
Babysitter. D. Housekeeping.
30. The underlined part “an upswing” in the last paragraph can best be replaced by
“_____”.
A. an increase
B. a limit
C. a
sign D. a trick
31. The text is mainly written for teens who _____.
A. are faced with communication problems
B. want a part-time job in the summer
C. dream of becoming a housekeeper
D. plan to start their own business
D
Wolves use many different types of communication. One way they communicate is through sound. The howl (嗥叫) is a well-known method wolves use to communicate with each other. While howling, wolves often change their voices a lot. As a result, people are sometimes “fooled” into believing that there are more wolves than there really are. People have often guessed, after listening to howls, that a pack of一群 wolves contained up to 20 individuals, when there were only 3 or 4. Some people have thought that wolves do that on purpose, in order to fool neighboring packs into believing that there are more animals present than there really are. However, many naturalists and wolf biologists do not accept that idea.
Wolves seem to howl for many reasons. They often howl before they go on a hunt, possibly to get the pack together, and they often begin to howl after a successful hunt. That suggests that howling serves to bring a pack together, since wolves often become separated from each other during a hunt. They do not, however, howl while they are hunting. In addition, a wolf may howl alone if it is having trouble locating its pack. Surprisingly, pack members seem to r ecognize each other’s voices, since individual wolves often have their own way of howling. Wolves will also howl in sadness after the death of their mates.
Wolf packs may also howl to communicate with other packs, as two different wolf packs will sometimes answer each other’s howls. Wolves will also often answer the calls of humans who are pretending to howl like wolves. Wolves howl less often during May and June than they do during the rest of the year. This may be because that is the time that packs are most likely to have young pups (幼崽) present. It is possible that wolf packs who have young pups present often keep silent so they do not attract attention to their location, since pups can be easily hurt by predators (捕食性动物) like bears.
32. People argued about _____.
A. how wolves howl
B. why wolves howl
C. when wolves howl
D. where wolves howl
33. Wolves howl in order to _____.
A. fool people
B. fool neighboring packs
C. Convey传递 different messages
D. make the pack sound stronger
34. Wolves don’t howl often in early summer because _____.
A. they don’t howl when it’s hot
B. they have to save their energy
C. they don’t have enough food to eat
D. they need to protect the young ones
35. We can learn from the text that _____.
A. wolves don’t answer humans’ calls
B. a wolf pack consists of about 20 wolves
C. wolves always stay together when hunting
D. different wolves have different ways of howling
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

_36_ One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own clu b. It is
great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels there
is never anything to do during the school holidays.
The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club.
_37_ Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? T he list is endless.
Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. _38_ All y ou need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thi ng as you.
_39__ You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That’ll keep you busy for ages.
At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!
Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards.
These are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. __40__ Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it.
So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you will think of loads of more interesting things to do!
A. That’s easy.
B. Enjoy your own club!
C. Invite a designer to join you.
D. What are you interest in?
E. Some vacation is just around the corner.
F. Then you need to pick a name for your club.
G. Use a bright thick pen to make a special design.
第三部分：完形填空：每题1.5分，共20 小题，30分
It was a very cold evening. The o ld man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a
41 across the river. The wait seemed 42 . The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite
a long time. 43 , he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one 44 without even asking. And then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s eye and said, “Sir, would you 45 giving me a ride to the other side?”
46 his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost 47 . He could not get off the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, 48 to the old man’s home.
As they 49 the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Si r, you let several other riders
50 arrived earlier than me, pass by without even asking. Then I 51 and you asked me for
a ride at once. Why? 52 I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I lo oked 53 the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t 54 . It would be 55 even asking them
for a ride. But in your eye I saw 56 . I knew that you would help me.”
The words 57 the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man.
“I hope I will never leave others 58 simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does 59 in my heart.”With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his 60 back to the White House.
41．A. help B. ride C. trip D. drive
42．A. useful B. Boring C. fortunate D. endless
43．A. Gradually B. Finally C. Sadly D. Surprisingly
44．A .pass by B. pass away C. pick up D. pick out
45．A. like B. think C. offer D. mind
46．A. Speeding B. Riding C. Stopping D. Leaving
47．A. shocked B. Stuck C. frozen D. injured
48．A. only B. but C. so D. then
49．A. neared B. visited C. passed D. missed
50. A. which B. what C. whom D. who
51．A. came on B. came in C. came from D. came up
52．A. What if B. Even if C. As if D. Only if
53．A. out B. for C. into D. up
54．A. try B. care C. ask D. wait 55．A. useless B. risky C. dangerous D. foolish
56．A. bravery B. loyalty C. ambition D. kindness
57．A. attracted B. comforted C. touched D. occupied
58．A. alone B. out C. away D. over
59．A. desire B. live C. count D. advance
60．A. choice B. living C. mind D. way
第 II 卷非选择题（50 分）
第一部分：语法填空题：每题1.5分，共10题，15分
_61____(worry) about the time available ,ZhangPingyu had made a list of the sites she wanted to see in London. Her first delight was going to the Tower. It ___62_(build)long ago by the Norman invaders of AD1066. Fancy! This solid stone, square tower had remained standing for one thousand years.__63___ the buildings had expanded around it, it remained part of a royal palace and prison combined.__64____ her great surprise, ZhangPingyu found the Queen’s jewels ___65__(guard) by special royal soldiers who, on special occasions, still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
There followed St Paul’s Cathedral built after the terrible fire of London __66___ 1666. It looked splendid when first built. Westminster Abbey too, was very ___67__(interest). It contained statues in __68__(memorize) of dead poets and writers ,such as Shakespeare.
Then just as she came out of the abbey, Pingyu heard the famous sound of __69__clock, Big Ben, ringing out the hour. She finished her day by __70___(look)at the outside of Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s house in London. Oh, she had so much to tell her friends.
第二部分：改错写作（共两节，满分35分）。