天津市2012-2013学年高二英语上学期期末考试外研社版

某某一中2012-2013-1 高二年级期末考试英语学科试卷
第I卷
I.听力(共两节,总分为10分)
第一节(共5小题; 每一小题0.5分,总分为2.5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三个选项中选出最优选项。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.How does the man usually go to work?
A. On foot.
B. By bus .
C. By taxi.
2. What do we know about the man?
A. He won’t go to the party.
B. He will attend the party alone.
C. He will allow friends at the party.
3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and clerk.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Interviewer and interviewee.
4. What will the woman probably do tonight?
A. Go over lessons.
B. Go to a movie.
C. Take a test.
5. Where probably are the speakers?
A. On a bus.
B. On the sea.
C. On a plane.
第二节〔共15小题；每一小题0.5分，总分为7.5分〕
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三个选项中选出最优选项。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至第7小题。

6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Traffic improvements.
B. Traffic expenses
C. Tourist sites.
7. How much does a six-day tour by train cost?
A. 500 yuan.
B. 650 yuan.
C. 850 yuan.
听第7段材料，回答第8至第10小题。

8. Where is the woman now?
A. In the US.
B. In China.
C. In England.
9. On what day are the speakers going to meet?
A. Monday.
B. Tuesday.
C. Wednesday.
10. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The speakers are going to meet in the afternoon.
B. The speakers will have lunch together.
C. The woman will go to the man’s place.
听第8段材料，回答第11至第13小题。

11. Who is the woman?
A. A train conductor.
B. A ticket clerk
C. A policewoman.
12. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man wants a return ticket.
B. The man has to leave his luggage behind.
C. The man will leave at 5:00 p.m.
13. Where is the man taking his luggage to next?
A. The train.
B. The booking room.
C. The luggage room.
听第9段材料，回答第14至第16小题。

14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Crimes.
B. Movies.
C. Mysteries.
15. What movies does the woman not like?
A. Horror movies
B. Fantasy movies.
C. Mystery movies.
16. What does the man think of horror movies?
A. Mysterious and boring.
B. Special and interesting.
C. Stupid and unbelievable.
听第10段材料，回答第17至第20小题。

17. When will tomorrow’s performance begin?
A. At 9:00 a.m.
B. At 9:30 a.m.
C. At 10:00 a.m.
18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. Conference arrangements.
B. Conference topics.
C. TV programs.
19. What do we know about the first speaker today?
A. He doesn’t agree to do the session (会议).
B. His lecture has been canceled.
C. He is not well now.
20. Where will the workshop session take place?
A. In Room 213.
B. In Room 231.
C. In Room 111.
II. 单项填空〔共20小题；每一小题1分，总分为20分〕
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. When she is put in a situation ______ she has to make a remark on others, she
usually changes the topic.
A. that
B. when
C. which
D. where
22. If you don’t let out your anger or sadness, the chances are ______ you may suffer
from depression over time.
A. what
B. that
C. whether
D. when
23. ______ about the security of their children, many parents have to ask for leave
to pick them up when the school is over.
A. Concerned
B. To concern
C. Being concerning
D. Concerning
24. ----You have made the same mistake.
----______ It’s none of your business.
A. Never mind.
B. So what?
C. No problem.
D. Why not?
25. ----Do you regret having paid 30,000 dollars for the apartment?
----No. I would gladly have paid ______ for it because I really wanted it.
A. twice as much
B. much as twice
C. as much twice
D. twice much as
26. The lion is considered to be the king of the forest as it is a ______ of courage and power.
A. symbol
B. signal
C. mark
D. sign
27. When she came to see the interviewer, the girl was ______ at first but soon calmed herself.
A. frightened
B. conscious
C. nervous
D. cautious
28. It was unwise of you to ______ such an obvious excuse for your absence from school yesterday.
A. make up
B. make for
C. make out
D. make off
29. The computer system _____ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.
A. broke down
B. broke out
C. broke up
D. broke in
30. We discouraged him ______ giving up his job; however, he just treated what we said ______ a joke.
A. in; to
B. in; as
C. from; to
D. from; as
31. One of the safety measures says, “Training by yourself in a gym can be ______.〞
A. in danger
B. danger
C. high dangerous
D. highly dangerous
32. Don’t stop ______ you meet with a word you don’t understand.
A. at the time
B. every time
C. by the time
D. sometimes
33. Though ______ money, his parents managed to send him to university.
A. lacked
B. lack
C. lacking
D. lacked in
34. ---- Watch your little girl _____!
---- Oh, my God! She is standing too ______ to the fire.
A. closely, closely
B. close, closely
C. closely, close
D. close, close
35. Jane helped me with my work last week when I asked for leave. ______, I’ll invite
her to have dinner with me.
A. In return
B. In turn
C. In time
D. In vain
36. He seemed to be ______ with the people behind the bar, for they chatted merrily just now.
A. on good terms
B. in terms of
C. in the long term
D. in his term
37. I just stood there, ________ the notes in my hand, _________.
A. holding, surprised
B. holding, surprising
C. held, surprised
D. held, surprising
38. What _____to me in the highbrow papers is the book and film reviews.
A. attracts
B. calls
C. interests
D. appeals
39. Judith ______ on her new novel which is supposed to come out next month.
A. has been working
B. had worked
C. will be working
D. was working
40. CCTV says that a storm will hit our city. In order to avoid ___, we must take our raincoat with us.
A. to catch
B. catching
C. to be caught
D. being caught
III. 完形填空〔共20小题；每一小题1分，总分为20分〕
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项〔A、B、C和D〕中，选出
最优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

For six years I’ve walked past the same man, a shoe-shiner, on a particular street corner. Today we __41__ for the first time.
He stood up and beckoned〔示意〕me to his chair. I gratefully __42__. I asked him how much and how __43__ it would take. He replied, “Seven dollars and five minutes.〞 It was the exact amount of cash I had, and I had just enough __44 __ before I had to be at work.
He __45 __ to tell me he wasn’t a __46__ man. He believed, however, there is a higher power to help good people. We talked a lot __47 __ he felt he could talk freely with me. We talked about how it takes humility〔谦恭〕to give and to __48 __. It had been a(n) __49 __ morning, and I found a small potato with great wisdom.
He shared with me a brief summary of his __50 __---how he walked about the streets __51 __ to make a living. He had several troubles with people threatening〔威胁〕him and __52 __ they all walked away without any serious result. Those and other __53__ in his life made him understand the truth of humility. It doesn’t stand for weakness or means __54__. It can be a(n) __55__ to your enemies. Let them learn to respect.
Then I sat there listening silently. While he was talking, he was also __56 __ my shoes. True to his words, at the end of five minutes, he __57 __. They looked really good.
Yes, I had shoes in need of a shine, but it was my spirits that really needed __58 __. After exchanging hugs, I shook his hand, __59 __ him, and told him he was my angel. I walked away __ 60__ as if I just experienced a modern-day foot washing 〔洗足礼〕.
41. A. met B. recognized C. cooperated D. spoke
42. A. picked up B. looked down C. sat down D. walked away
43. A. long B. many C. far D. often
44. A. energy B. reason C. time D. distance
45. A. wanted B. continued C. refused D. happened
46. A. careful B. rich C. hardworking D. religious
47. A. because B. or C. but D. until
48. A. receive B. leave C. do D. talk
49. A. boring B. exciting C. wonderful D. painful
50. A. work B. life C. childhood D. joy
51. A. trying B. pretending C. seeming D. coming
52. A. luckily B. generally C. quickly D. finally
53. A. friends B. opportunities C. incidents D. coincidences
54. A. giving up B. giving out C. giving off D. giving in
55. A. goal B. attack C. idea D. attraction
56. A. shining B. making C. repairing D. watching
57. A. forgot B. succeeded C. finished D. failed
58. A. education B. help C. encouragement D. experience
59. A. convinced B. admired C. protected D. thanked
60. A. recognizing B. feeling C. acting D. sounding
IV. 阅读理解〔共15小题；每一小题2分，总分为30分〕
A
Two students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have managed to develop a banana piano. Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum were looking for a way of turning everyday things into keyboards. They have developed a piece of equipment called MakeyMakey that can turn fruit, animals and even humans into keyboards. Mr. Rosenbaum said the idea behind the equipment was to get people to see the world around them as a collection of kits〔原件〕.
When asked about safety matters, Mr. Rosenbaum said the electric current used in the equipment was very small and harmless to the human bodies and animals. He said fuses〔保险丝〕had been included into board as well as the USB port〔接口〕to make sure it was safe.
Mr. Silver said many things in our daily life can be used in their experiment. Even his cat became part of the experiment. According to Mr. Rosenbaum they have managed to turn two of his friends into sound machines, a beach ball into a game controller and have used a cup of milk to make music.
Around 150 kits have been experienced by test-users. AnnMarie Thomas, lived in Minneapolis, was among the first ones to try it. She said even her four-year-old daughter had managed to use the equipment without any help. “My kids love it. My daughter was able to set it up. She has tried many other toys and has even managed to turn herself into the keyboard.〞 Ms. Thomas, a former scientist of engineering, whose job is to train future engineering teachers, thought the equipment could be quite useful to teachers and students. “It is a great way to encourage kids to love science and technology,〞 she said. “It helped my daughter understand how science and technology may change the world.
61. What’s Jay and Eric’s purpose of developing MakeyMakey?
A. To help people make more cheap pianos.
B. To encourage people to learn more about music.
C. To let people know that things in the world can be used as kits.
D. To show that modern technology can help with music development.
62. According to the passage, safety measures of MakeyMakey include ________.
a. having a small electric current
b. having low electric pressure
c. having fuses in it
d. using USB ports
A. a, b
B. b, c
C. a, c
D. a, d
63. In Mr. Silver’s opinion, ________.
A. many objects can be used in MakeyMakey
B. bananas are best fit for MakeyMakey
C. cats should be used in the experiment first
D. MakeyMakey can make music by itself
64. The passage can be read online in the part of________.
A. Education
B. Entertainment
C. Agriculture
D. Technology
B
The south and east of the Great Lakes is famous for the huge amounts of snow it receives. When the snow starts to fall every year, people start discussing the phrase “lake-effect snow〞.
Lake-effect snow which is influenced by the movement of cold air over the relatively warm water of the Great Lakes often comes in late autumn and early winter. Because of the at least 20 degrees’ difference between the lake water and the overrunning air, it’s easy to form huge amounts of snow.
As the cool air crosses the water of Great Lakes, the lowest levels of the atmosphere begin to warm and pick up moisture. This newly warmed atmosphere is lighter than the cold air above it, so it starts rising. As the changed air continues to climb higher and higher, it finally meets much colder atmosphere which changes the moisture into water drops and ice, forming clouds. After this course repeats a number of times, the clouds become heavier and heavier, and then they are changed into snow and fall down.
The most important point that decides the amount of snowfall is the direction of the wind. If the wind runs perpendicularly〔垂直地〕across the lake, there won’t be plenty of time for clouds to develop. However, if the wind runs in the opposite direction, clouds will form easily. The longer the cold air travels over the lake, the more moisture it is able to produce, which leads to a greater amount of snow.
The largest amount of the lake-effect snow was found across the U.P. of Michigan, the northwestern Pennsylvania and the far southwestern and northwestern New York, which are all along the south or east of the Great Lakes. It has been over 100 inches of snowfall in a winter season.
65. The level of the snowfall depends on ________.
A. the size of the lake
B. the direction of the wind
C. the temperature of the lake
D. the strength of the wind
66. From the passage, we can learn that ________.
A. clouds are easy to produce with the help of the perpendicular wind
B. cold air always falls down and picks up moisture to form clouds
C. the temperature of the lake water is the same as the overrunning air’s above it
D. the longer journey of the cold atmosphere can make a grater amount of snow
67. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the influences of the lake-effect snow for local people
B. the weight between moisture and atmosphere
C. how the phrase“lake-effect snow〞 comes in New York
D. how the lake-effect snow forms around the Great Lakes
C
A ban on smoking in public places has come into force in China—home to a third of the world's smokers.
The move is aimed at controlling the number of deaths from smoking-related diseases, running at a million a year. The figure is predicted to double by 2020. The new smoking ban is an attempt to prevent that prediction coming true.
The new laws forbid smoking in places like restaurants, hotels, railway stations or theatres, but not at the office. Employers will have the duty to warn staff of the dangers of smoking but not to forbid them from lighting up at their desks.
But the new laws have been criticized because they do not include punishments for those who choose to flout them. Quite many smokers do not seem to take much notice of them. Often you find people smoking at the next table while you are eating your meal or having a drink in a bar. At bus stops as well as in railway stations smoking can also be seen here and there. Business owners are also angry at the efforts to force them to ban smoking on their premises〔经营场所〕, because many customers refuse to go to restaurants or places of entertainment where smoking is forbidden.
It appears that many Chinese people are unaware of the dangers of smoking. Research suggests only one in four knows the harm cigarettes or second-hand smoke can cause. Officials say they have to try to persuade people not to smoke to try to reduce the numbers dying from smoking related diseases. At the same time, however, the government makes a lot of money from the sales of cigarettes by the state-owned firm that makes and sells all tobacco products throughout the country.
68. What does the underlined word “flout〞 in Para. 4 mean?
A. Be in favor of
B. Be unaware of
C. Act against
D. Be indifferent
69. Some businessmen dislike the ban because ______.
A. they will not enjoy smoking as before
B. their sales of cigarettes will greatly fall
C. their customers will get angry with them
D. the ban may cause their income to fall
70. Why is it difficult for the ban to be carried out?
1. Because the ban on smoking is not written into the law.
2. Because there are no clear regulations about punishment.
3. Because cigarette firms continue producing cigarettes.
4. Because few Chinese know about the danger of smoking.
A. 1,2,3
B. 1,2,4
C. 1,3,4
D. 2,3,4
D
Pete hated losing at anything. His parents, teachers, and many others, said he didn’t know how to lose, but the truth of it was that he couldn’t stand losing. It seemed to Pete that losing was the worst thing that could happen to anyone. If there was a game Pete wasn’t good at, he simply wouldn’t play it.
A new kid, Albert, started at Pete’s school; he was a good table football
player, and it didn’t take Pete and Albert long before they challenged each other to a game. Pete prepared for the match carefully, but Albert seemed not to be taking the thing at all seriously. He walked about the whole time, smiling and telling jokes about all kinds of things. But on the football table, Albert was a real player. He scored goals again and again, laughing and joking all the time. However, Albert was paying so little attention to the match that Pete managed to change the scoreboard〔记分板〕while his opponent was looking elsewhere, and so Pete managed to win by cheating. Pete made a big thing of his win, but it seemed not to matter to Albert.
“It’s been fun. We should play again some other time〞, said Albert.
On that day, people at school talked about Pete’s great victory. But, that night, Pete didn’t feel happy. For several days Pete didn’t feel happy. For several days Pete watched the new guy. He was great at some things, terrible at others, but he enjoyed everything equally. Gradually, Pete understood that the result was not very important. He began learning to enjoy a game while playing with others and didn’t care about winning or losing. Fortunately, he felt happier than ever before.
71. What did Pete think of losing a game at first? ( no more than 10 words )
72. What was Albert’s attitude towards the game? ( no more than 10 words )
73. How did Pete win the game? ( no more than 10 words )
74. Whom do the underlined words “his opponent〞 refer to? ( no more than 3 words )
75. What’s your opinion on losing a game? ( no more than 15 words )
V. 根据所给的首字母和中文写出所缺单词的完整形式〔共10小题，每空1分，总
分为10分〕
1. As we can see in the diagram released by the government, the rapid growth
of population has resulted in the e_____________〔灭绝〕of many wildlife
species.
2. M____________〔与此同时〕, two other actors have carried two large food
baskets to a shady spot under some trees.
3. It has been proved that eating vegetables in childhood helps to
p____________〔保护〕you against serious illness in later life.
4. Mr. Brown was forced to r____________〔退休〕from his position as a
librarian because of his health condition.
5. The chairman a____________〔宣布〕that the competition had to stop because
of the bad weather.
6. She will p____________〔表演〕in Moscow tomorrow to start the second stage
of her world tour.
7. If you see him, please give my a____________〔道歉〕for not having written to him.
8. A mother shouldn’t show too much p____________(偏爱) to one of her children.
9. It was c____________(周到的，体贴的) of you not to play the piano while your mother had a bad headache.
10. I never t____________〔信任〕him because I always think of him as such
a suspicious character.
VI．完成句子〔共10小题；每题1分，总分为10分〕
1. 李宁运动服恰好在适宜的时候上市。

Li Ning’s sports clothes __________ __________ __________ at just the right time.
2. 鲜艳的红色logo由李宁姓名的前两个拼音字母组成。

The bright red logo __________ __________ __________ __________the first two pinyin letters of Li Ning’s name, L and N.
3. 它们比主要竞争对手有一个优势，它们更廉价。

They __________ an __________ __________their better-known rivals---they are cheaper.
4. 到20世纪90年代为止，数字已经下降到50,000.
By the 1990s, the number __________ __________ __________ about 50,000.
5. 这些动物被当场剥皮，然后皮毛被运往印度。

The animals are skinned __________ __________ __________ and the wool taken to India.
6. 随着越来越多的人拥有车，交通事故的数量也在增长。

As more and more people own cars, the number of traffic accidents is __________ __________ __________.
7. 如果你想成为一个更好的倾听者，就不要把目光从与你讲话的人身上移开。

If you want to make yourself a better listener, don’t __________ __________ __________ the person who’s talking to you.
8. 他说错话了，他说老板提出的这个建议是荒唐的。

He __________ __________ __________ in his mouth when he declared that the proposal made by the boss was ridiculous.
9. 当我进了房间后，我发现Roy正在翻别人的口袋。

When I went into the cloakroom, I found Roy ___________ __________ others’pockets.
10. 我转身，没说一句话就走了。

I __________ __________ and walked out without saying a word.
参考答案
某某一中2012-2013-1高二年级期末考试英语试卷答案
听力
1-10 BACAC BABCA
11-20 BACBA CBACA
单项选择
21-30 DBABA ACAAD
31-40 DBCCA AADAD
完型
41-50 DCACB DAACB
51-60 ADCDB ACBDB
阅读
61-64 CCAD
65-67 BDD
68-70 CDD
阅读答题
71. It was the worst thing that could happen to anyone.
72. He didn’t take the game seriously.
73. By changing the scoreboard./ By cheating.
74. Albert.
75. Losing a game is nothing. Enjoying it is important.〔表述正确〕
单词拼写
word
1. extinction
2. meanwhile
3. protect
4. retire
5. announced
6. perform
7. apology
8. preference
9. considerate 10. trust
完成句子
e/came onto market
2.is made up of
3.have advantage over
4.had fallen to
5.on the spot
6.on the increase
7.look away from
8.put his foot
9.going through
10.turned away
11 / 11。