甘肃省兰州市兰炼一中2012-2013学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

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兰炼一中2012-2013学年第一学期期末试卷
高二英语
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力(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秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man speaker suggest the woman do?
A. Open the door carefully.
B. Have John fix the lock.
C. Fix the door in time.
2. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and secretary.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Husband and wife.
3. What was the lecture about?
A. Effective ways to give up smoking
B. The harmful effects of second- hand smoke
C. Prof. Smith’s new invention
4. Where are the speakers at the moment?
A. At home
B. In a restaurant
C. In the street
5. Why does the man go to see the woman?
A. He fell off a step and twisted his ankle
B. He fell off a bike and hurt his legs
C. He hurt his ankle in a football match
第二节(共15小题,每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面几段对话或独白。

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,各小题将给出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6至7小题.
6. Why does the man make the call?
A. To make an apology.
B. To make a complaint.
C. To make an appointment.
7. When will the woman come to the man’s home?
A. At 3:00 pm on Friday.
B. At 11:00 am on Saturday.
C. At 3:00 pm on Saturday.
听第7段材料,回答8至9小题.
8. What do we know about the man’s dad?
A. He was angry with the man
B. He met with his friends last night
C. He has been bad-tempered in the last month
9. What does the doctor say the man’s dad might have to do?
A. Stay at home
B. Go into hospital
C. Have a heart operation
听第8段材料,回答10至12小题.
10. What will the woman do on Thursday after having a piano lesson?
A. Read a book
B. Watch a movie
C. Take care of children
11. What will the woman be busy doing on Tuesday?
A. Practicing her violin.
B. Helping her neighbors.
C. Writing her English paper.
12. How does the woman feel about her life?
A. Very easy
B. Too busy
C. Too boring
听第9段材料,回答13至16小题.
13. What’s the plan about?
A. New production methods and advertisements.
B. Costs of advertisements
C. Television commercials
14. Who has the woman been trying to talk to about the human resources?
A. Finance section
B. Personnel and staff.
C. Personnel and finance section
15. Why should the company use television commercials?
A. It’s not expensive any more to do that.
B. Advertising in the papers is out of date.
C. They have to keep ahead of the competitors.
16. What will be the result of the investment according to the woman?
A. Higher profits
B. Higher costs
C. Higher quality products
听第10段材料,回答17至20小题.
17. How can people find apartments to rent according to the talk?
A. By surfing the Internet
B. By posting notices around
C. By reading the local newspaper.
18. What should we pay besides the first month’s rent?
A. Water and electricity
B. The advertisement cost
C. A security deposit
19. What should we do before signing a rental agreement?
A. Make sure that the house is in good order
B. Read carefully and fully understand the terms.
C. Write down the questions that we don’t understand.
20. How many tips does the speaker offer?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
第二部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节单选填空(共15 小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

21. Most Irish people go to ______ church every Sunday and ______ church plays ______ important
part in their life.
A. /; the; /
B. /; the; an
C. the; /; a
D. /; a; the
22. By the time Jane gets home her aunt ____ for London to attend a meeting.
A. will have left
B. leaves
C. will leave
D. left
23. – _______ that made Mrs. White so upset?
–Her son’s making trouble in the school.
A. Where was it
B. Why was it
C. How was it
D. What was it
24. He was asked to _______the facts just as he remembered them.
A. set down
B. set out
C. set up
D. set about
25. It is requested that each of the teachers invited ______ a performance at the party.
A. should give
B. will give
C. has to give
D. must give
26. The situation is more _________ than ever. I’m _______about what to do next.
A. puzzled; puzzled
B. puzzling; puzzling
C. puzzling; puzzled
D. puzzled; puzzling
27. It will be more than 100 years ____ the country begins once again to look as it did before.
A. when
B. since
C. before
D. that
28. _____ private cars are bringing us convenience, they may also cause more traffic accidents and
pollution.
A. While
B. As
C. If
D. Since
29. They live in a beautiful village, with many trees and flowers _______ it.
A. surrounded
B. surrounds
C. surrounding
D. to surround
30. Li Ming is said ______ the experiment in the lab, but I can’t find him there.
A. to have done
B. to do
C. to be doing
D. doing
31. Only when I learned Book Five _____ how to offer first aid to those who get injured.
A. did I know
B. that I know
C. had I known
D. I didn’t know
32. Nobody is sure how people first came to the Fiji Islands. They _____ from South Africa on crafts.
A. must have sailed
B. can’t have sailed
C. might have sailed
D. should have failed
33. ___ the timely rescue from the PLA men, the earthquake-stricken areas would very possibly have suffered more deaths.
A. Had it not been for
B. If it hadn’t been
C. Were it not for
D. It hadn’t been for
34. —________ danger, he climbed the tower.
—Now he is well-known to the whole city.
A. Thanks to
B. In spite of
C. Instead of
D. According to
35. ---Go for a trip after the exam, OK?
--- ______. I love getting close to nature to relax.
A. I couldn’t agree more
B. I’m afraid not
C. I believe not
D. I don’t think so
第二节完形填空(共20小题:每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处
的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to _36_ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the _37 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __38_ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 39_.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat do wn beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there 40 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She _41_ her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _42_ her. I was _43_ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it 44 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt 45 . If life is a quilt, then love should
be a thread.It can hardly be seen 46_ , but it’s really there. Love is 47 .”
I listened carefully but I _48 her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _49_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __50_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were
back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 51 on the country road.“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t _52_ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” 53 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 54_ . But from this experience, I understand that love is just 55 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
36. A. keep fit B. rise early C. earn money D. collect money
37. A. magic B. romantic C. fantastic D. attractive
38. A. simple B. easy C. relaxing D. luxurious
39. A. the question B. question C. reach D. control
40. A. feeling B. love C. quarrel D. smile
41. A. raised B. shook C. lifted D. bowed
42. A. hurt B. injured C. wounded D. harmed
43. A. in great surprise B. in a great embarrassment C. with delight D. in great astonishment
44. A. happens B. comes about C. appears D. occurs
45. A. warm and soft B. hot and hard C. thin and cool D. strong and durable
46. A. somewhere and sometime B. anywhere or anytime
C. more or less
D. every here and everywhere
47. A. inside B. outside C. faraway D. nearby
48. A. could believe B. couldn’t understand C.wouldn’t recognize D. might know
49. A. got sick B. got stuck C. threw up D. became disabled
50. A. quite healthy B. very pale C. fairly red D. much surprised
51. A. jump high B. go hurriedly C. run fast D. walk slowly
52. A. think about B. talk with C. worry about D. laugh at
53. A. Reading B. Listening C. Speaking D. Writing
54. A. fresh roses B. gold ring C. sweet kisses D. beautiful jewelry
55. A. a thread B. a needle C. the cloth D. the cotton
第三部分阅读理解(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、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项
涂黑。

A
I know what you’re thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to.
I know lots of women who skip breakfast, and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’t have time. Others think they’re “saving” calories; still others just don’t like breakfast food.
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R. D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories.
Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers—it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can alwa ys eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it—you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.
56. The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means__________.
A. food remaining after a meal
B. things left undone
C. meals made of vegetables
D. pizza topped with fruit
57. What can we infer from the text?
A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.
B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.
C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.
D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.
58. According to the last paragraph, it is important to____________.
A. eat something for breakfast
B. be careful about what you eat
C. heat up food before eating it
D. eat calorie-controlled food
59. The text is written mainly for those_____________.
A. who go to work early
B. who want to lose weight
C. who stay up late
D. who eat before sleep
B
There are some topics that readers never grow bored with, and the search for a suitable partner is one of them. Pride and Prejudice by Jane
Austen, first published in 1813, tells the story of five young women, all of
whom are looking for a husband. In order to fully understand the novel, the
readers must know that at the time when Jane Austen was writing, if a
family was not rich, the daughters needed to marry well in order to live a
comfortable, independent life. That is the reason why Mrs Bennet, the mother of the five girls, is so eager to have her daughters married.
The heroine of the story is Elizabeth Bennet, and as in all good romantic novels, she and Darcy, the man she finally marries, remain separate until the very end of the story. The wealthy Darcy is a proud, unsociable man, and when Elizabeth hears that he has insulted both her and her family, she dislikes him very much. Poor Darcy then falls head over heels in love with Elizabeth, and has to work terribly hard to persuade her to change her mind about him. He succeeds of course, and they live happily ever after.
Set at the turn of the 19th century, the novel is still attractive to modern readers. It has become one of the most popular novels and receives great attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic and a lot of novels and stories modeling after Austen’s memorable characters or themes. To date, the book has sold some 20 million copies worldwide.
Jane Austen is rightly famous for her style. Her sentences have a wonderful rhythm, and she
makes such clever, true comments about people. It is not surprising that Pride and Prejudice has lasted.
60. In the 19th century, a poor girl in Britain was often encouraged to ________ .
A. master the skills of writing
B. marry the one she loved
C. obey her parents
D. change her life by marrying rich
61. What do we know about Elizabeth and Darcy?
A. They’ve experienced ups and downs but get married in the end.
B. They both come from poor families and wish to marry rich.
C. They get separated from each other shortly after being married.
D. Darcy falls over and gets hurt but Elizabeth still loves him.
62. According to the passage, Pride and Prejudice _________.
A. was first published in 1813 and sold 20 million copies soon
B. tells a sad love story which moves generations of readers
C. inspired many other novels and many plays have been produced based on it.
D. is set at the turn of the 19th century and not well received worldwide
C
Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two.
Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself , each extra dollar makes less and less difference.
Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex. In the past half-century, average income has sharply increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.
“Dollars buy status, and status makes people feel better,” conclude some experts, which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways---scientists or actors, for example—may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.
In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires—not just for money, but for friends, family, job, health—rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap. Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income.” Says Michalos.
Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad. “Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be m ore satisfied?” asks Professor Laura Carstensen.
In one survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotions questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people, but negative emotions much less often.
Why are old people happier? Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they’re more realistic about their goals, only setting ones that they know they can achieve. But Carstensen thinks that with time running out, older people have learned to
focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t. “People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever,” she says. “A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.
63. According to the passage, the feeling of happiness ________.
A. is determined partly by genes
B. increases gradually with age
C. has little to do with wealth
D. is measured by desires
64. Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs_____.
A. make them feel much better
B. provide chances to make friends
C. improve their social position
D. satisfy their professional interests
65. Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more______.
A. optimistic
B. successful
C. practical
D. emotional
66. Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if _______.
A. the gap between reality and desire is bigger
B. they have a stronger desire for friendship
C. their income is below their expectation
D. the hope for good health is greater
D
Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary material is collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.
67. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to?
A. Using too much packaging.
B. Recycling too many wastes.
C. Making more products than necessary.
D. Having more material than is needed.
68. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.
A. the tendency of cutting household waste
B. the increase of packaging recycling
C. the rapid growth of super markets
D. the fact of packaging overuse
69. According to the text, recycling ______.
A. helps control the greenhouse effect
B. means burning packaging for energy
C. is the solution to gas shortage
D. leads to a waste of land
70. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.
B. Needless material is mostly recycled.
C. People like collecting recyclable waste.
D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.
高二英语答题卡
第II卷
第四部分:写作(共三节,满分45分)
注意:将答案写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效
第一节单词拼写(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词,在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式,每空只写一词。

71. I’m afraid I have never been much of a ________________(学者).
72. You look _______________ (可笑的)in those tight jeans.
73. The professor made a ______________ speech. ( 引起争议的)
74. Was Johnson _________ (同时代的)with Shakespeare ?
75.A voice came from _______(黑暗), but she couldn’t see anyone.
76.My friends were wearing two or three sweaters for extra _________(温暖).
77. English is a _______ (分支) of Germanic family of languages.
78.The door opened _______(自动地) as we approached.
79. _______(分析)the difficult sentences helps to understand the text well.
80. There has been serious _______(分歧) between the two political over the question.
第二节短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处,每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I like music very much, pop songs particularly. Every evening then I am doing homework and at weekends when I at home, I always play some of my favorite songs on my tape recorder. The familiar patterns of notes attracts me into the colorfully world of music. Now and then I stopped to follow the songs. Sometimes, my mother comes in, asking me to fix my attention to my homework. She does not like the pop music. Like most grown-ups, she enjoys folk songs, because the peaceful music reminds her of their beautiful life when she was young. It is a truth which people of different age understand music differently and enjoy different kinds of music.
第三节:书面表达:(满分25,写在背面)
请根据以下提示,以“Learning English Opens up a Whole New World”为题用英语写一篇介绍学习英语的意义的短文。

1.学英语可以给生活带来乐趣。

2.到国外旅行时,便于和外国人交流。

3.学英语可以帮助我们结识外国朋友,了解外国文化。

注意1.词数:100~120。

2.短文必须包括以上要点。

3.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

兰炼一中2012-2013第一学期期末试题
英语答案
I 听力1-5 BCBCA 6-10 CBABC 11-15. ABABC 16-20. ACCBA
II单选21-25 BADAA 26-30 CCACC 31-35 ACABA
III 完形填空36-40 CBDAB 41-45 DABCD 46-50 BABAB 51-55 DCACA
IV阅读理解56-60ABABD 61-65ACACC 66-70 ADDAA
V 单词拼写
71.scholar 72.ridiculous 73.controversial 74.contemporary 75.darkness
76.warmth 77.branch 78.automatically 79.analysing 80.disagreement
VI 短文改错
I like music very much, pop songs particularly. Every evening then (改when)I am doing homework and at weekends when I (加am )at home, I always play some of my favorite songs on my tape recorder. The familiar patterns of notes attracts(改attract) me into the colourfully(改(colourful或colorful) world of music. Now and then I stopped(改stop) to follow the songs. Sometimes, my mother comes in, asking me to fix my attention to (改on)my homework. She does not like the (去the)pop music. Like most grown-ups, she enjoys folk songs, because the peaceful music reminds her of their (改her)beautiful life when she was young. It is a truth which(改that) people of different age (改ages)understand music differently and enjoy different kinds of music. VII 书面表达参考范文
Learning English Opens up a Whole New World
Many people all over the world speak English as their second language. It is not too much to say that English has become an international language.
It is very useful for us to learn English. Firstly,studying English can make our life fun. It enables us to watch movies in English,read English books and listen to English songs . Secondly,as English is an international language,we will be able to communicate with foreigners when we go on a trip abroad .Travelling will be more interesting in that way. Finally, learning English helps us meet different people and learn more about their culture,thus contributing to easier understanding of each other.
Briefly speaking,English is so useful to us that we should all learn it.It can give us a lot of help in our daily life.。

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