北京市门头沟育园中学2011-2012学年高二下期末考试英语试题

北京市门头沟育园中学2011-2012学年高二下期末考试
英语试题
一、单项填空（共20小题，20分）
从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

1. Don’t take the lift in a fire _______ the lift may become trapped between floors.
A. as
B. when
C. so that
D. as if
2. Mr. Bean is an internationally recognized _______ character on TV or films, who often makes audiences burst out laughing.
A. tragedy
B. romantic
C. comedy
D. historical
3. -- What time did you find the lion escape from the zoo?
-- ____ five o’clock ____ the afternoon.
A. At; in
B. At; on
C. On; in
D. On; at
4. -- What’s the date today?
-- ______ is January the seventh, 2004.
A. That
B. It
C. This
D. He
5. When the earthquake took place, I ____ the evening news.
A. was watching
B. watch
C. had watched
D. am watching
6. You _____ be late for the lecture since you are the speaker.
A. wouldn’t
B. might not
C. needn’t
D. shouldn’t
7. The programs _____ easily if you use a short-wave radio.
A. can pick up
B. pick up
C. can be picked up
D. will pick up
8. -- Where is the best place to meet?
-- How about _____ outside the theatre?
A. meeting
B. to meet
C. meet
D. met
9. _____ Mary was in poor health, she continued to carry out her duties.
A. Since
B. Although
C. Because
D. As
10. The boy lived in a part of town _____ there were no schools.
A. where
B. which
C. that
D. who
11. In a way, Pompeii is like a “time capsule” _______ a frozen moment in history.
A. preserving
B. gathering
C. rewinding
D. witnessing
12. _____ the heavy rain, they had to stop the basketball match.
A. In the hope of
B. Because of
C. In need of
D. Instead of
13. I was not able to go to his party because I was caught _______ a heavy rain last night.
A. on
B. in
C. by
D. up
14. Before he went to school, he ______ more than 2,000 words.
A. learns
B. learned
C. has learned
D. had learned
15. Jim had his left leg ______ in the football match yesterday.
A. break
B. broke
C. broken
D. breaking
16. Charlie Chaplin’s performance greatly amused audiences________ their nationality or culture.
A. because of
B. except for
C. regardless of
D. thanks to
17. We were too late because we ______ for the train over an hour before it arrived.
A. are waiting
B. were waiting
C. have been waiting
D. had been waiting
18. Jane and Joan ______ be good neighbors before they moved away from here.
A. needed to
B. ought to
C. had to
D. used to
19. -- I’m addicted to the online games, I just can’t ________ them.
-- I think y ou’d better go to see a psychologist.
A. get rid of
B. keep out of
C. come across
D. refer to
20. I ______ to meet you at the railway station, but I got into trouble.
A. am planning
B. was planning
C. have planned
D. had planned
二、完形填空（共20小题，20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, 21 I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 22 . Through her work, she observed that 23 people spent a lot more time 24 than they did watch television. She 25 that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 26__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important 27 . Years later we realized her marks were only a 28 . My mother was an illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 29__.
When I entered high school I was an A-student, 30 not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't 31 . I was cool.
One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I 32 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and 33 bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very 34 with that arrangement but 35 I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 36 over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also 37 that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success 38 intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student 39 , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became
a 40__.
21. A. where B. which C. when D. who
22. A. servant B. teacher C. worker D. nurse
23. A.healthy B. successful C. powerful D. clever
24. A.searching B. reading C. working D. training
25. A.wanted B. insisted C. suggested D. announced
26. A.hand in B. turn over C. pick up D. write down
27. A.titles B. ideas C. books D. parts
28. A.game B. trick C. pleasure D. task
29. A.anybody B. nobody C. somebody D. everybody
30. A.and B. so C. but D. or
31. A.know B. care C. face D. stop
32. A.thought B. chatted C. complained D. worried
33. A.repairing B. cleaning C. rubbing D. watching
34. A.encouraged B. puzzled C. moved D. pleased
35. A.as soon as B. if C. once D. since
36. A. wall B. house C. window D. roof
37. A. realized B. imagined C. believed D. noticed
38. A. suited B. required C. made D. matched
39. A. even B. forever C. before D. again
40. A. professor B. expert C. doctor D. boss
三、阅读理解（共20小题，40分）
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A
Father Christmas is at risk of serious illness because of his bulging waistline and needs to cut down on the mince pies, doctors warned.
A survey of shopping centre Santas in Scotland revealed an average waist size of
47 inches -- seven inches more than is considered safe.
Dr Miles Fisher, consultant physician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary said: "The image of Santa is of a round, jolly person but if you have obesity around your tummy, then it is very bad for you.
"Before, we thought it was just not good to be overweight but now we know that having fat around your middle is particularly bad.
"That fat produces hormones, which have been associated with heart disease and other conditions."
According to health guidelines, having a waist circumference of more than 40 inches for men or 35 inches for women is a key indicator of abdominal obesity（腹型肥胖）.
It is associated with a greater risk of heart disease or type 2 diabetes（糖尿病）. And people who have rounder stomachs, known as "central obesity", are more at risk than people who are merely overweight.
Perhaps Santa should consider cutting back on the sherry as well.
41.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Doctors order Santa to go on a diet
B. Overweight Causes Many Diseases
C. A Survey on Father Christmas
D. Father Christmas should be Jolly
42.Generally speaking, if a man’s waist size is about _____ inches, he is likely to be healthy.
A. 54
B.25
C. 47
D. 37
43. What does the underlined word probably mean in the first paragraph?
A. 强壮的
B. 鼓起的
C.扁细的
D. 修长的
44.Who are likely to develop heart disease or type 2 diabetes?
A. people who are merely overweight
B. people who are fat and jolly
C. people who are slim
D. people who have rounder stomachs
45. According to the passage, Father Christmas should be _______.
A. funny and strong.
B. amusing and a little fat
C. quick and handsome
D. healthy and serious
B
In the very early 1800’s, a young boy about 14 years old named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) in Old England along with several other children. Orphan meant unwanted and unloved.
Christmas was the one day of the year when the children didn’t work and received a gift, an orange. Usually they tried to taste and preserve it for so long that it often rotted before they ever peeled(剥开)it to enjoy the sweet juice. Many thought were expressed as Christmas time approached. The children would say, “I will keep mine the longest.” John usually slept with his next to his pillow. This year John was overjoyed by the Christmas season. He was becoming a man and stronger and soon he would be old enough to leave. He would save his orange until his birthday in July.
Christmas day finally came. The children were so excited as they entered the big dining hall. Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you this year.”John’s heart broke violently wide open. He turned and went swiftly back to the cold room. Then he heard the door open and each of the children entered. Little Elizabeth with her hair falling over her shoulders, a smile on her face, and tears in her eyes held out a piece of rag to John. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As he lifted back the edges of the rag he saw a big juicy orange all peeled and quartered and then he realized what they had done.
John never forgot the sharing, love and personal sacrifice his friends had shown him that Christmas day. In memory of that day every year he would send oranges all over the world to children everywhere.
46. The first paragraph is mainly to tell us that ______.
A. John lived in the early 1800’s
B. John’s parents had died
C. John lived a hard life in an orphanage
D. John lived with several other children
47. These children would be happiest when ______.
A. they got the special gift
B. they preserved it very long
C. they finally enjoyed the sweet juice
D. they entered the dining hall
48. What would overjoy John most the next year according to the second paragraph?
A. He placed his orange next to his pillow.
B. He would eat his orange on his birthday.
C. He wouldn’t get his special gift.
D. He would stay in the orphanage for another year
49. According to the text, where did John’s orange come from this year?
A. It was made up of what these children donated.
B. His master gave him a whole one again.
C. These children bought him one.
D. Little Elizabeth donated hers to John.
50. What can be inferred from the text?
A. John had expected he wouldn’t get the gift this year.
B. John knew why he didn’t get the gift this year.
C. John felt ashamed for not getting the special gift.
D. The story teaches us to learn to share with others.
C
Reading poetry is not like reading any other kind of language, except maybe the language of advertising.
It may seem strange, but advertising and poetry have a lot in common. Like advertisements, poems:
●have vivid imagery and impressive sound;
●are richly symbolic;
●operate on an emotional level, use a language of feeling;
●are by nature brief, clear, economical with words;
●are narrative sometimes, non-narrative other times.
But unlike advertisements, poems tend to express complex, deep or various feelings rather than simple, sentimental, surface, or unchanged emotion. If there’s drama in a poem, it’s more likely to be subtle, or tragic, or truly comic instead of overstated or silly. But the most important difference to observe is that poems do not mislead readers the way ads do; they are not conveying messages seeking to control or mislead your thinking and behavior.
Similarities and differences aside, it’s possible that being good at interpreting (释义) the subtle, unspoken messages in ads makes a person more skillful at interpreting poetry. It’s the same process of observation and inference. You observe the imagery in a typical beer advertisement, for example, and are led to infer that the right bottle of beer is the key to friendship, popularity, happiness, liberty, and success. (Never mind that this might not be the whole truth.) This is the same process you would use to interpret, critically or uncritically, the images in poems.
As wonderful and easy as some poems are right away, it’s true that sometimes reading poetry can seem a little bit like work. A poem that requires a bit of work isn’t necessarily a bad poem, although some of you might think so. But that tough work to open poem actually is well worth the effort.
51. According to the passage, both poems and advertisements always use ________.
A. brief words
B. colorful pictures
C. impressive music
D. narrative stories
52. Unlike advertisements, poems are likely to express ___________.
A. simple emotion
B. complex and deep feelings
C. feelings on the surface
D. emotion without any change
53. What does the underlined word “subtle” mean in paragraph 4?
A. clear
B. difficult
C. simple
D. wordy
54. The most important difference between poems and advertisements is that _______.
A. poems make readers more skillful at interpreting
B. advertisements are usually much easier to understand
C. poems do not mislead readers the way advertisements do
D. advertisements have less intention of controlling our thinking
55. The main idea of the last paragraph is _________.
A. poem reading is wonderful
B. reading poems is an easy task
C. a bad poem needs more time to read
D. poem reading is well worth the effort
D
Chaplin was one of the famous clown-style actors of the silent time. It was through Charlie Chaplin that the Hollywood comedy movies became famous.
Then in the 1920s came another trend of animated cartoons. They were the most popular Hollywood comedy movies of the time. The several popular characters of that era were Felix the cat, Krazy Kat and Betty Boop. However, the popularity of these movies was blocked out due to lack of sound and color. The end of 1920s, the Hollywood comedy industry marked a change brought about by the introduction of sound into the movies. This has allowed the industry to create dramatic new film styles and use verbal humor. These films were soon replacing silent movies. These films used dialogue of comedians such as the W.C Fields and the Marx Brothers. Charlie Chaplin was the last comedian to have acted in the silent films.
When the United States entered into World War II, Hollywood movies changed its course to themes related to the conflicts, and Hollywood comedy movies described more on military themes. The war time experienced a boom, where restrictions(限制) on the traveling made nearly a quarter of the money spent on attending movies.
In the 1950s, the interest shifted where the TV became popular. During this time the release of Hollywood comedy films declined (衰落). The 1960s saw an increasing number of broad, star-packed comedies. In 1970 Hollywood comedy movies reflected the anti-war sentiment, which was popular then.
In the 1980s the gag (笑料) based comedy Airplane was released，and Hollywood comedy movies paved its way for more of the same. The popular
comedians of this time included Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, etc. Jim Carrey, the Canadian actor and a comedian, came into Hollywood comedy movies in the late 1980s where he won the role in a comedy, Copper Mountain.
The most popular Hollywood comedy movies were of John Hughes, which includes Ferris Buellers Day Off and Home Alone series of 1990s. The later films focused more on family audience. This was a revival (复兴) in comedy movies. Comedy movies remain popular till date.
56. In the 1940s, what did Hollywood movies focus on _____.
A. Family conflicts
B. military training
C. the wars
D. animated
cartoons
57. Why did Hollywood movies boom during World War II?
A. People couldn’t travel freely.
B. People had more money at that time.
C. Nearly a quarter of money was spent in shooting films.
D. People were made to see movies by the government.
58. The theme of the 1970s Hollywood comedies is _______.
A. hatred for wars
B. domestic violence
C. military themes
D. desire for freedom
59. What does this passage mainly talk about?
A. Hollywood comedy movies
B. Chaplin’s contribution to comedies
C. Famous comedians in Hollywood history
D. Outstanding comedies made in Hollywood.
60. Jim Carrie is famous in __________
A. silent movies
B. animated cartoons
C .anti-war movies D. gag based comedies
2.Whether or not we go to Spain for our holiday ___________________the cost.
3. The bridge was ______________________the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people.
4.She says what she thinks, __________________other people’s feelings.
5. She’s not really ill; she ___________it ____________to get people’s sympathy.
6. I nearly ________________ a bus when it stopped suddenly in front of me.
7. _________________the bad weather, the football match had been cancelled.
8. The play was so boring that it ______________ audience _____________.
9. To gain trust and respect from others is the important thing _____________________.
10. Then there are all the other ________________________ involved in a wedding:
invitations, photos, and car hire.
五、完成句子（共10分）
1.Another man, __________________________(侧身躺着), looks as if he is trying
to get up.
2.Pliny described a cloud coming down the mountain,
__________________________（遮住太阳）and burying everything in its path.
3. So they _______________________________________（想出一个办法）to change it.
4. Her father thought he was admirable, because he built bridges that you can really ______________________（值得信赖）.
5. _______________________________（在餐桌就坐后）, Mr. Bean took out a card, wrote a few words on it, sealed it in an envelope and placed it on the table.。