人教版高中英语选修八-下学期期末考试卷

高中英语学习材料
（灿若寒星*制作整理）
仙游一中2014-2015学年度下学期期末考
高二英语选修7-8试卷
（命题人：吴爱群，满分：150分，答卷时间：120分）
一．听力部分：（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节
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、When are the woman’s office hours?
A．1:00—2:00. B．1:00—4:00. C．1:00—3:00.
2、What’s the man’s problem?
A．He’s locked out of the house.
B．He lost his key in the swimming pool.
C．He can’t find his sister’s house.
3、What does the man want to buy?
A．A black suit. B．A tie. C．A shirt.
4、What will the man do tonight?
A．Go to a movie. B．Watch TV. C．Read books.
5、Who’s the man?
A．A taxi driver. B．A policeman. C．A front desk clerk.
第二节
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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6、What are the speakers doing?
A．Driving a car. B．Riding bikes. C. Boating.
7、What food does the woman have now?
A．Cookies and sandwiches. B．Sandwiches and apples.
C．Apples and chocolate.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8、Who has the man’s hat?
A．The man himself. B．The woman. C．Anna.
9、What’s in the hat?
A．A little bird. B. Some food. C．Anna’s toy.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10、Where will the speakers go for vacation next year?
A．To the United Kingdom. B．Somewhere in Asia. C．To America.
11、How long will the vacation last?
A．One week. B．Two weeks. C．One month.
12、Why didn’t the woman ask the man where he wanted to go?
A．She already knew what he would say.
B．She had to make a quick decision.
C．She didn’t want to go overseas.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13、Who is better at doing math according to the man?
A．The woman. B．Robin. C．Adam.
14、What does the woman think is the most important thing?
A．Being able to count things well.
B．Being able to talk with people well.
C．Knowing more about social studies.
15、Why can the woman do the interview better, according to the man? A．She can ask good questions.
B．She is comfortable to talk to.
C．She has more friends.
16、What will the man probably do for the project?
A．Do the math. B．Write the answers. C．Be the group leader.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17、Who was the speaker’s first “real” teacher?
A．Iris . B．Sue. C．Rhonda.
18、In which year did the speaker have the most fun?
A．Second grade. B．Fourth grade. C．Third grade.
19、Why did the speaker like Ms. Richardson?
A．She was quite beautiful. B．She was very smart.
C．She was very kind.
20、What is true about the speaker's school life?
A．She became one of the best students.
B．She got into trouble in every classroom.
C．She became lazier as time went on.
二、单项填空：(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
21、Rosy came in for _________ coffee and told me _________ firecrackers outside kept her awake last night．
A．a; the B．不填; the
C．the; a D．a; the
22、has helped to save the drowning girl is worth praising.
A．Who B．The one C．Anyone D．Whoever
23、There's plenty of evidence________ that the company is in serious trouble.
A．indicate B. indicating
C．indicates D．to be indicating
24、These teenagers don't know much of the world yet; that's why they are so easily________.
A．taken in B．taken up
C．taken off D．taken out
25、A warm thought suddenly came to me________ I might use the pocket money to buy some flowers for my mother's birthday.
A．if B．when
C．that D．which
26、He's obviously quite embarrassed about it because he ________me to tell anyone.
A．prevented B．kept
C．permitted D．forbade
27、A new bridge was built over the river________ a young soldier who lost his life while rescuing a drowning boy.
A．in honour of B．in case of
C．in form of D．in favour of
28、—What I said might hurt Miss Green. I should say sorry to her.
—________.
A．That's a good idea B．Don't mention it
C．Never mind D．No way
29、The thirty-storey building is one of the most challenging engineering projects they have ever________.
A．undergone B．underlined
C．understood D．undertaken
30、one can succeed depends on hard he works.
A．If; how B．Whether; how C．Who; what D．What; how 31、Looking out of the window, .
A．there comes the No. 316 bus
B．a few people are standing at the bus stop
C．I saw some boys playing hide-and-seek
D．the children are playing basketball
32、By nine o’clock，all the Olympic torch bearers had reached the top
of Mount Qomolangma， appeared a rare rainbow soon.
A. of which
B. on which
C. from which
D. above which
33、This week Michael Bloomberg，________ Mr. Giuliani soon after those terrorist attacks，put forward a 25­year plan for upgrading the city.
A. who succeeded
B. he succeeded
C. succeeded
D. which succeeded
34、Fever is a ________of many illnesses. So I suggest you take it
seriously and see a doctor as soon as possible.
A．message B．symptom C．label D．clue
35、He isn’t like his brother________in appearance ________in character.
A. both；and
B. neither；nor
C. not only；but also
D. either；or
三、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、
C、D)，选出最佳选项。

“Kevin, we are getting a divorce，”said my mother. My heart__36__.I was 9 years old and I thought that my life was going to__37__. My sister and I were going to move with my mother to southern California. My dad was to remain in New Jersey because of work. My family was__38__.
__39__my mom is a single parent, I do my own laundry, make dinner and do extra housework around the house. Although it was__40__at first, I now recognize the positive effect that this responsibility had on me. My mother gave me the housework and duties so that I would learn to become__41__and trustworthy.
I try very hard to__42__these qualities in all aspects of my life, and have seen the benefits. When I was only 11 years old, my coach told me that he was selecting me as his soccer team captain__43__my determination and ability to get my teammates to push themselves. We lost the championship, but I__44__the Fair Play Award for keeping my team together.
I am always determined to be an individual and not to participate in anything that I feel is__45__.I am, for example, extremely proud of my__46__—not to drink alcohol. Personally, I don't feel the need to__47__to have fun, and I support my decision even when others try to pressure__48__.
I thought my parents' divorce was going to be the__49__ thing that ever happened to me. However, it turned out to be the best. I wasn't willing to let it__50__my life without putting up a fight, and__51__was my family. My mom and dad both found new partners and happily__52__. I am still close to my father，__53__he lives 4,800 km away.
At age nine, I__54__with the confusion and pain of divorce. Today , at age 16, I understand that__55__can bring opportunity and success, and that hard work，determination and self-discipline can turn your worst time into your best time.
36．A. sunk B．rushed
C．ran D．beat
37．A. fall apart B．take part
C．tell apart D．settle down 38．A. gathering B．moving C．separating D．traveling 39．A. Although B．Now that C．Even if D．If
40．A. urgent B．simple C．complex D．hard
41．A. selfish B．selfless C．self-confident D．self-disciplined 42．A. accomplish B．display C．find D．gain
43．A. ahead of B．instead of C．because of D．become of 44．A. won B．presented C．lost D．admired 45．A. right B．good C．fair D．wrong 46．A. dream B．decision C．thought D．duty 47．A. smoke B．eat C．drink D．play
48．A. he B．him C．her D．me
49．A. bad B．worst C．best D．embarrassed 50．A. ruin B．bye C．risk D．realize
51．A. neither B．none
C．so D．either
52．A. divorced B．requested
C．remarried D．repaired
53．A. as if B．in that
C．even though D．as though 54．A. met B．struggled
C．satisfied D．finished
55．A. luck B．hard work
C．determination D．obstacles
四、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中（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

A
“Choo, Choo!” Here comes the Chunnel train. Get aboard if you want to learn more about this underground transportation system. This is an unusual form of transportation, because it is a tunnel that trains travel through and not an actual form of transportation.
The Chunnel is actually the English nickname for the Channel Tunnel. In French, it is called le tunnel sous la Manche. It is a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in the world.
Did you know that the British and the French had a race whi1e they were building the Chunnel? The race was to see who could get to the middle of the tunnel first. The British won by a little bit. It took 15,000 workers over seven years to dig the tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1994.
The completed Chunnel cost about $ 21 billion. But it all paid off, because it became very popular, very quick. Millions of people use it. Now it is getting even more popular.
There are three complete tunnels in the Chunnel. The two outside ones are the passenger trains. The small inner one is a guidance train. The guidance train is not used for transportation. Each track is exactly parallel to each other.
There are four different train systems in the Chunnel. The Eurostar is a high speed passenger service that connects London, Paris, Brussels, and Lille. The Eurotunnel shuttle is a rail ferry service. These shuttles carry cars. These are railcars that allow drivers to drive their vehicles on and off. There are also two Eurotunnel goods service trains.
Now you know more about the Chunnel. Everybody off, this is the last stop.
56. The Channel Tunnel links ______ with _______.
A. Dover; Kent
B. London; Paris
C. Lille; Brussels
D. Cheriton; Sangatte
57. Which of the following shows the structure of the tunnels in the Chunnel?
58. The Eurotunnel shuttle is intended to carry _________.
A. passengers
B. drivers and their vehicles
C. goods
D. staff members of the Chunnel
59. The text can most probably be __________.
A. found in a textbook
B. read in a magazine
C. broadcast on a train
D. heard in a railway station
B
Come to Austria!
Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family . From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the Mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20℃ to 25℃ in the daytime, but much
cooler by evening.
Enjoy Thailand!
When you visit Bangkok in Thailand , don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating Market (漂浮市场 ) just outside the city . There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be
strong and it may be as hot as 40℃ at noon!
Visit Hawaii!
Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24℃ to 26℃ by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening.
( )60. The advertisements above are about _____ .
A. shopping
B. food
C. travel
D. hotel
( )61. If you go to Bangkok , you can ____ .
A. climb mountains
B. enjoy the scenery of the forests
C. live in the Post Hotel
D. buy fruits while sitting in your boat. ( ) 62. _______ is one better way to stop the strong sunshine in Bangkok.
A. Going to the sandy beaches
B. Wearing a hat
C. Climbing up the mountains
D. Staying in the forest
( )63.. Which place will you choose if you want to visit both mountains and beaches?
A. Soll in Austria
B. Bangkok in Thailand
C. The Floating Market
D. Kauai in Hawaii
( )64. According to the advertisements , we know that ____ .
A. the hottest travel place is Soll
B. maybe it often rains in the centre of Kauai
C. the Floating Market is in the middle of Bangkok
D. the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is high
C
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don't feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick_up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday life, they don't show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, his welcome will be full，warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!
65．The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean________. A．keep out B．give up
C．pay no attention to D．continue
66. Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality? A．Treating friends at home.
B．Taking days off to be with friends.
C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D．Sharing everything they have.
67．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A．Americans are always generous with their time.
B．Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear. D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.
D
After years of research and testing, the hybrid car was developed and put on the market. It’s an interesting and exciting new improvement in today’s world as we look for better ways to protect the quality of the air we breathe and conserve our natural resources.
The quality of our air is affected by many different things. But one of the largest sources of air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and gasoline which are used to power a car’s engine. The EPA has set national standards to help control the level of harmful pollutants sent off into the air, and the automobile industry has acted by producing a hybrid car that uses less gas and therefore causes less pollution.
A hybrid car is a combination of a regular car that runs on gasoline and an electric car that is battery powered. Some people tend to think that since the hybrid car is partially electric, you have to plug it in to charge it. But that’s not how it works. The 144 volt battery pack is actually recharged( 充电 ) through the energy that is produced when the car’s brakes are used. This is referred to as “regenerative braking”, because it generates electricity.
Although the hybrid car still runs on gasoline most of the time, this helps it use less gas than a regular car. When the driver stops at a
traffic light, the engine automatically ( 自动地；机械地 )shuts off to save fuel. Then, as soon as the driver puts the car in gear and touches the gas pedal, the engine starts back up.
Have you ever ridden in a car with someone who ran out of gas? That proba bly wouldn’t happen if you were riding in a hybrid car. It flashes a warning on its computer screen that says, “I am low on gas”. When it completely runs out, the warning reads, “YOU ARE NOW OUT OF GAS!” Then the electric power supply kicks in to let the driver travel a few more miles to a gas station.
68．According to the passage, the word “hybrid” refers to ________.
A. a high tech discovery
B. a combination of two things
C. a new invention
D. energy saving
69．Which of the following is right about the EPA?
A. They set important guidelines that help control pollution.
B. They made a law to forbid the burning of fossil fuels.
C. They designed hybrid cars.
D. Their main purpose is to protect endangered plants and animals. 70．Which of the following is the reason for developing hybrid cars?
A.They cost less than regular cars
B. They’re safer to drive than most cars.
C. They’re more modern than other cars.
D. They use less gas than regular cars.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，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。

71 ． But still there is a danger that grows every year．Airliners get larger．Some airplanes can hold over 300 passengers．And the air itself becomes more and more crowded．If one giant airliner crashed into another in mid-air, 600 lives could be lost．
72 ．Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down．The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may handle 2500 planes a day．Not al of them actually land at the airport．Any plane that flies
near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there． 73 ．Recently such a disaster almost happened． 74 ．One, with 69 passengers, had come from Toronto, and the other, with 176 passengers, from Chicago, An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other．He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb．But he made a mistake．He ordered the wrong plane to do this．Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane．They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second．The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool． 75 ．A．Even a small mistake on their part could cause a disaster．B．Two large jets were flying towards the airport．
C．Nowadays people like traveling more by air than by car．D．Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a bus motor-way．E．This is an example of the danger that grows every year．
F．In a word, air travel is more dangerous, we should choose others．G．From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screen．
五、写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，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(Λ)，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。

Once a man got on a bus for New York. He
Hid in toilet, because he did not want to pay. 1.______ But a passenger saw her. She tapped the person in 2.______ front of her on the shoulder and say, "There's a 3.______ bum(流浪汉) in the toilet. Tell the bus driver."
The message was past from person to person. 4.______ But anywhere along the way, it changed. The bus 5.______ driver was told that there was a bomb in the toilet.
He immediate stopped the bus and telephoned the 6.______ police. When the police came in, they told the 7. ______ passengers to get off the bus or stay far away. Then 8. ______ they closed the highway. This soon caused a 15-miles-long 9. ______
traffic jam. Under the help of a dog, the police 10._____ searched for two hours. Of course they found no bomb!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
最近你班就“是否应该实行有偿失物招领”这一话题进行了一番讨论。

请你用英语给某英文报社写一篇报道，讲述讨论的内容，并发表你的观点。

观点比例理由
支持40% 可以增加失物失而复得的几率，只要东西回来了，出点儿钱没有关系
反对60% 和拾金不昧的传统道德相悖，会让小偷更加猖狂
你的观点……
注意：1.词数120个左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：待领失物lost property 传统道德traditional values
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