新世纪英语高二(上)英语期末考试(二)

新世纪英语高二（上）期末考试(二)
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:Read the following two passages. For some blanks, there is a word given in the brackets. Fill in each of these blanks with the proper form of the given word. Fill in the other blanks with the words that are correct in structure and proper in meaning.
(A)
Dear Daughter:
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.
First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great well-rounded student you are. Your academic, artistic, and social skills have 25 (true )blossomed in the last few years. 26 it is getting the highest grade in Calculus, completing your elegant fashion design, successfully _ 27__(sell) your painted running shoes, or becoming one of the top orators in Model United Nations, you 28 (become) a talented and accomplished young woman. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.
30 I will always remember the first moment I 29 （hold）you in my arms. I felt a tingling sensation that directly touched my heart. It was an extremely exciting feeling I will always have. It be that “father-daughter connection” which will bind us for life. I will always remember singing you lullaby while I rocked you to sleep. When I put you down, it was always with both relief (she finally fell asleep!) and regret (wishing I could hold you longer). And I will always remember taking you to the playground, and watching you 31 (have) so much fun. You were so cute and adorable, and that is why everybody loved you so.
(B)
There are many forms of alternative medicine which are used in the Western world today. One of the most famous of these is acupuncture, which is a very old form of treatment 32 China. It is still widely used in China today, 33_ it is said to cure many illnesses. The Chinese believe that there are special energy lines through the body and that the body's energy runs through these lines. When a person is ill the energy in his or her body does not run as well as normal, perhaps because it is 34 (weak) or it is blocked in some way. The Chinese believe that 35 you put very fine needles into the energy line, this helps the energy to return to normal. In this way the body can help 36 to get better.
The acupuncturist puts the needles into special places along the energy line and some of these places can be a long way from the place where the body is ill. For example it is possible to treat 37 bad headache by putting needles into certain places on the foot. It may surprise you 38 (know) that it does not hurt when the acupuncturist puts the needles into your body. People who have had acupuncture say that they felt nothing or 39_anything. Western doctors at first did not believe that acupuncture could work. Now they see that it not only can work but that it does work. How and why does it work? No one 40_ (be) able to explain this. It is one of nature's mysteries.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only
Boxing is a sport in which two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is in charge of by a referee and is typically 41 in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called 42 . There are three ways to win. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked out and unable to get up before the referee 43 to ten seconds or if the opponent is thought to be too 44 to continue. If there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is 45 either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards.
Although 46 with fists comes 47 to people, evidence of fist-fighting contests first appear on ancient Sumerian, Egyptian and Minoan reliefs. The 48 Greeks provide us our first historical records of boxing as a 49 sport; they established a set of rules and staged tournaments with professionals. The birth hour of boxing as a sport may be its acceptance as an Olympic game as early as 688 BC. Modern boxing evolved in Europe.
In some countries with their own fighting sports, the sport is referred to as "English Boxing" There are 50 different styles of boxing practiced around the world. Boxing does not allow kicks like the Free Style Boxing.
ⅢReading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Rats that eat high levels of a natural sugar known as fructose(果糖) seem to age faster than other rats----and the same could be true for people who eat too much sweet junk food, Israeli researchers said Monday.
Fructose, found 51 in honey and fruit, is used widely in foods ranging from soft drinks to yogurt. But while its sweet taste is 52 , the sugar could cause wrinkles and 53 problems, the researchers said. Dr. Moshe Werman and Boaz Levi of the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology 54 large amounts of fructose to laboratory rats. Writing in the Journal of Nutrition, they said the fructose-fed rats showed 55 in the collagen（胶原蛋白）of their skin and bones.
The rats Werman worked with were fed much more than the 56 adult person might eat in a day, which is 57 in such experiments. The rats were fed 12.5 grams of fructose per kg of weight every day for a year. To 58 , a person weighing 154 pounds who drinks a quart (liter) of cola 59 about 60 grams of fructose, or 0.8 grams per kg of body weight.
Collagen, a fibrous protein found in connective tissue, bone and cartilage(软骨), basically holds the body together. The 60 of collagen is what causes sagging（下垂）and deep wrinkles in older people.
The 61 affected, Werman's team said, is known as "cross linking". "Too much cross-linking 62 elasticity(弹性) and makes the skin stiff and rigid, and these are the conditions that 64 wrinkled skin," Werman said in a statement. He said the same could be 63 of people, although this has not been shown. "Americans are eating more and more 65 foods
such as carbonated drinks, baked goods, canned fruits, jams and dairy products that contain fructose," Werman said. Other studies have shown that high fructose intake can affect how the body handles glucose and increases insulin resistance---- which can both be important measures of the tendency toward diabetes （糖尿病）.
51. A. particularly B. physically C. naturally D. wholly
52. A. welcome B. popular C. interesting D. funny
53. A. mental B. skin C. health D. tooth
54. A. gave B. took C. fed D. brought
55. A. increase B. decrease C. rise D. changes
56. A. common B. average C. usual D. big
57. A. standard B. extra C. special D. exceptional
58. A. study B. show C. compare D. investigate
59. A. eats B. consumes C. uses D. drinks
60. A. appearance B. shrink C. disappearance D. loss
51. A. production B. problem C. programme D. process
62. A. improves B. causes C. reduces D. makes
63. A. encourage B. discourage C. inspire D. prevent
64. A. opposite B. alike C. true D. similar
65. A. green B. natural C. canned D. processed
Section B
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 you have just read.
(A)
Environment Awareness Week
Regal Convention Centre, Halls 1-4 24-30 March 2011 10:00 am-9:00 pm Free admission for all!
Save the environment, Save our future
Our environment needs help. With the participation of more than 50
organizations, Environment Awareness Week is the biggest public
education event dedicated to environmental protection and
conservation. Don ’t miss it! Come and know more about:
The Threats to Earth (Hall 1) – What is global warming? How
serious is pollution? Learn about different environmental problems
from our university students. Protect our environment!
The Search for renewable Energy (Hall 2) – can we get electricity
from wind, solar energy, waves, rivers and underground heat? Get
the answers from Solar Ace, Tefron, Touch Wind Resources and
other participants.
The Quest for Fresh water (Hall 3) – is the shortage of freshwater
worsening? What are Singapore ’s solutions for treating wastewater? Hear from Flow Technologies, HydroMax Solutions and other participants.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FUND
The 3 Rs and Save Earth (Hall 4)– How can we REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE to cut down household wastes? Find out from the Global Gala Network, Green Earth Foundation and other participants.
For more information, please call Mr. Philip Koh at 65531188, send an email to Mrs. Daisy Soh at daisy_soh@ or visit the events web at /caw
66. The main aim of Environment Awareness Week is to ________.
A. educate the public on protecting the environment
B. discuss global warming and other environmental problems
C. explain ways for producing freshwater to save the environment
D. learn about renewable energy sources that protect the environment
67. The organizer of the event is ________.
A. Global Gaia Network
B. Clean Energy Agency
C. Green Earth Foundation
D. Global Environment Fund
68. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the event?
A. It will last a week and the halls will be open 11 hours a day.
B. You can send an email to Mrs. Daisy Soh for more information.
C. Each hall charges the same amount of money as the other.
D. Lectures in Hall 1 will be given by university students.
(B)
New York States environmentalists now have proof that the Catskill Mountain region has been receiving high levels of acid rainfall. This has been shown through a school project started by two teachers at the Giboa-Conesville School. The project found that a one-thousand-square-mile area for the Catskill has been receiving acid rains. The rain has an average pH factor much higher than expected.
Scientists know that acid rain occurs when high amounts of air pollution from the Midwest industrial belts mix with local rainfall. The problem has been documented in the Adirondack mountains, but little research has been done in the Catskill.
Joe Farleigh, one of the teachers involved, said the project started several years ago when his seventh-grade class participated in an acid rain study conducted by Current Science magazine. "The results of that survey," Farleigh said, "indicated that the northeastern United States was receiving rain with higher levels of acidity（酸性）than other sections of the United Sates. Since that time, I have been aware of acid rain as a potential environmental hazard."
Last year Farleigh and another science teacher began a study of their own. In their study, schools in the region serve as collection sites for the rainwater. The samples are collected on a regular basis and brought to Farleighs school for testing.
Students in the shop classes made the collecting stations, following the designs used by the states environmental conservation chemists. The collection stations were sent to the different schools in May 1979.
The study became fully operational in September 1979. Since then, Mr Farleigh has been receiving weekly samples of precipitation from the seventeen participating schools.
Mr Farleigh says that there have been some problems with the collection stations. High winds have damaged some of them, and school closings have interrupted some weekly collections. But in spite of these problems, the project has documented the acid rainfall problem in the Catskill.
69. This passage is mainly about _________.
A.acid rain in the Adirondack mountains
B.the causes of acid rain
C.a new study of acid rain
D.protest against acid rain
70. Joe Farleigh first became aware of the environmental dangers of acid rain ________.
A.after conducting this study of acid rain in the Catskill
B.after his students participated in an acid rain study several years ago
C.after he visited the Midwest industrial belts
D.after wind damaged his collection stations
71. Which of the following is a fact stated in the article?
A.Teachers are concerned about the environment.
B.Schools contribute a great deal to scientific study.
C.The Adirondack mountains receive acid rainfall.
D.Acid rain can kill fish.
72. Precipitation, used in paragraph six, probably means ______.
A.rainwater
B.testing
C.pollution
D.pH factor
73. Acid rain _______.
A.has a high pH factor
B.was first discovered in September 1979
C.interrupted weekly sample collections in the survey
D.is necessary
(C)
Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o’clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have
this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.
74. Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?
A. The Britons got expensive tea from India.
B. Tea reached Britain from Holland.
C. The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea.
D. It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea.
75. This passage mainly discusses_________.
A. the history of tea drinking in Britain
B. how tea became a popular drink in Britain
C. how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea
D. how tea-time was born
76. Tea became a popular drink in Britain________.
A. in eighteenth century
B. in sixteenth century
C. in seventeenth century
D. in the late seventeenth century
77. We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the
influence of_______.
A. a famous French lady
B. the ancient Chinese
C. the upper social class
D. people in Holland
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
For millions of years, different kinds of animals have lived and then disappeared from the Earth. In the past, animals like the dinosaurs. Nowadays, animals almost always disappear because of the actions of the people. The milu deer disappeared from China, and only recently returned, because it was hunted and killed by people. One of the first animals to disappear in this way was the dodo.
The dodo was a kind of pigeon which only lived on the little island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It was a large bird – over 25 kilos in weight – and looked rather strange with blue-grey feathers and yellow legs. There were no dangerous animals on Mauritius, so the dodo had stopped being able to fly. It simply walked around the forest, looking for food and living a safe and easy life.
This all changed in the 16th century when Portuguese sailors first arrived on the island. The dodo was not afraid of people and this, along with t he fact that it couldn’t fly, made it very easy to catch. The birds were so trusting and slow that the sailors called them ‘dodo’, which means ‘a stupid person’ in Portuguese. Thousands were killed and eaten, and soon the dodo was also under attack from other animals. Pigs, monkeys and rats had all come to the island on board ships. They attacked the birds and, more importantly, ate their eggs. Very quickly, the number of dodos started to fall.
By 1681, only 200 years after people first set foot on Mauritius, the last dodo had died. The greed and selfishness of people had destroyed their peaceful lifestyle. The bird which was given the name ‘stupid’, is now a symbol for the stupidity of human beings.
78. Most animals disappear from the earth because of ______________
79. The reason why dodo’s simple life changed was that _____________________
80. The dodo didn’t need to fly because _____________________________________
81. Why id the number of dodos fall? ______________________________________
第Ⅱ卷（共45分）
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1 不久我们就会再见面的。

(before)
2. 他热衷于当志愿者，希望给别人带来快乐。

（keen）
3. 只要你有收据，在顾客服务台就不会受到质疑。

（as long as）
4. 那家超市宣称国庆节那天所有商品价格将优惠50%。

（claim）
5. 那时候他痴迷于电脑和软件，对自己的课程一点都不在意。

（be crazy about）
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given in Chinese.
随着经济的发展，许多人为城市未来的交通状况而担忧，你对此持什么态度？请写一篇120字以上的短文，谈谈自己的见解和设想。

新世纪英语高二（上）期末考试（二）参考答案
第I卷
第二大题每小题1分，共26分
25. truly 26.whether 27. selling 28. have become 29. held
30. must 31. having 32. from 33. where 34. weaker
35. if 36. itself 37. a 38. to know 39. hardly
40. has been
41—45 AHFBC 46—50 DKEIJ
第三大题：第51至65小题，每题1分；每66至81小题，每题2分；共47分。

51—55 CBCCB 56—60 BACBD 61 —65 DCACD
66—68 ADC 69—73 CBCAA 74—77 BACC
78. the actions of people .
79. Portuguese sailors arrived in Mauritius.
80. there were no dangerous animals in Mauritius.
81. Because the sailors killed thousands of them for food..
第Ⅱ卷
翻译：1-3 题每题4分，第4-5题每题5分，共22分。

1. It won’t be long before we meet each other again.
2. He is keen on becoming a volunteer and hopes to bring happiness to others.
3. You won’t be challenged at the customer service counter as long as you have your receipt.
4. The supermarket claimed that the prices of all the goods will be reduced by 50% on National Day.
5. At that time he was crazy about computers and software, paying no attention to his courses.
II. Guided Writing （25分）
Possible version：
With the development of economy, traffic is becoming one of the the greatest problems of a modern city.
One problemis pollution. The waste gases from the exaust pipes are greater enimies to the air. And there are so many cars innthe city that the harm they cause tothe environment is considerable another problem is crowdedness. City inhabitants are so familar with traffic jams that they are part of their lives. Time wasted on traffic and people are made impatient by the awful traffic.Worse than that, traffic accidients are real-life disasters of blood and death. Traffic has become one of the nightmares of people living in cities.
To build highways and bridges only works out part of the problem. Cars and buses shold be improved to give out less waste gases. Goverment should encourage citizens to take buses so that there is less traffic on road. People should obey traffic rules and try not to make trouble on
road.city area should be expanded so that there is more space for wide roads. Maybe low –pollution high efficiency means of traffic should be invented. Only after we pay enough attention to the problem will it be possibe for us to solve it.
I. 完形填空答案解析
51.【答案及解析】C。

本题考查副词辨析。

根据上下文fructose（果糖）天然存在于在蜂蜜和水果中。

故选C。

52.【答案及解析】B。

本题考查形容词辨析，按照本句的意思可以看出，虽然甜味讨人喜欢，受人欢迎（popular），但是会造成皮肤皱纹以及健康问题。

welcome一般指人，interesting 和funny与句意不符，故选B。

53.【答案及解析】C。

根据前一选项内容，摄入过多果糖会造成皮肤皱纹，可以排除B选项，再结合下文内容可以看出其后果是健康问题，牙齿问题也属健康问题，精神问题文中没有提及，故选C。

54.【答案及解析】C。

本题考查动词用法，根据上下文，研究人员给老鼠喂食大量的果糖，其它选项意思不符，故选C。

55.【答案及解析】B。

根据科普常识，动物或人体的皮肤和骨骼中胶原蛋白的减少会造成皮肤松弛等问题，故选B。

56.【答案及解析】B。

本题考查形容词的辨析。

所给选项中，common意思为常见的、一般的，average则有平均、一般、普通等意思，符合本句意思，big 和 ususal与adult person搭配不符合题意，故选B。

57.【答案及解析】A。

本题考查形容词辨析。

本句中，which引导从句为非限制性定语从句，它指代前面主句表达的内容，表明给老鼠喂大量的果糖在这样的试验中是普遍的常见的，故选A。

58.【答案及解析】C。

根据下文内容，研究人员将老鼠的体重以及其所摄入的糖分与人的体重和所摄入糖分的量进行对比，可以看出，他们这样做的目的是为了比较，故选项C。

59.【答案及解析】B。

本题考查动词辨析。

选项C和D在搭配上不符合本句意思，选项A吃糖过于勉强，选项B意思为“消耗、消费、用掉”符合题意，故选B。

60.【答案及解析】D。

根据上文中提到内容可知，当体内的胶原蛋白减少时，老年人就会出现皮肤松弛、下垂及其它健康问题。

选项A不合句意，选项B意思为收缩，选项C意思为消失，只有loss（减少）符合题意。

61.【答案及解析】D。

根据后面的cross linking（交叉结合）可以看出，这是一个过程，故选D。

62. 【答案及解析】C。

从上文来看，皮肤上太多cross liking 会降低皮肤的弹性因而造成皮肤僵硬，故选C。

63.【答案及解析】A。

根据上句意思，皮肤一旦出现僵硬并失去弹性，就会促成皱纹，故选A。

64.【答案及解析】C。

本题考查形容词的搭配。

Be true of... 意思为也是如此, 故选C 。

65.【答案及解析】D。

根据下半句such as 后面的列举的carbonated drinks,baked goods,canned fruits 等食物可以看出，美国人再吃越来越多的非天然食品----即加工过的食品，故选D。

II．阅读理解解析
66.【答案及解析】A。

根据第一段第三行 ...event dedicated to environmental protection 可知。

67.【答案及解析】D。

根据文中左边所给的插图和文字organzied by 可知。

68.【答案及解析】C。

根据文章第三行“Free admission for all”可知。

69.【答案及解析】C。

本篇讲的是两个教师发起组织的对Catskill山区酸雨的一项新研究。

故本题选C。

70.【答案及解析】B。

文章的第三段提到，几年前，Joe Farleigh 带着他七年级的学生参与一项由《现
代科技》杂志举办的关于酸雨的研究。

在末尾，作者提到，“从那以后，我认识到酸雨是一个潜在的环境危害。

”可见，他有此体会是在几年前他的学生参与了那项研究之后。

故本题选B项。

71.【答案及解析】C。

文章没有提到Adirondack山区有酸雨降落。

而其他各项在文章中皆有显示。

故本
题选C项。

72.【答案及解析】A。

第六段的第二句话提到，Farleigh每周都会收到17个参与研究的学校送过来的关于precipitation的样本。

因为这是一项关于酸雨的研究，可以得知，这个precipitation指的就是雨水。

73.【答案及解析】A。

文章的第一段的最后一句提到，“酸雨的平均PH值比所预料的还要高。

”可见，酸雨的Ph值是高的。

其他各项均与原文有抵触。

故选A项。

74.【答案及解析】B。

根据第一段第三行中“It could not be brought ...because it was a fashionable curiosity”一句可以看出。

75.【答案及解析】A。

纵管全文内容，我们可以发现，该篇文章主要介绍了饮茶在英国的历史，故选A。

76.【答案及解析】C。

根据本篇第二段内容可以看出，茶叶在17世纪通过东印度公司直接从中国运到英国后，价格便宜了很多，于是饮茶便从此开始在英国普及了。

故C为正确选项。

77.【答案及解析】C。

文章的最后一段谈到公爵夫人发现一杯茶配一块糕点可以帮助她提振精神，于是人们下午饮茶的习惯由此而生。

故C为合适的选项。