湖北省荆门市学年下学期期末考试高二英语试题.docx

1、湖北省荆门市学年下学期期末考试高二英语试题荆门市2014-2015学年度期末质量检测高 二 英 语命题人：叶旭林（荆门外校） 审题人： 刘萍（市教研室）本试卷共 10 页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man want to tell the woman?A. She should

2、 help with the repair work.B. She should choose another way.C. Her bus has gone wrong.2. What does the woman think of the movie?A. Very interesting. B. Very bad. C. Very moving.3. Who might have taken the boys dictionary?A. Jane. B. Mike. C. Helen.4. What are they talking about?A. Building a toy fac

3、tory. B. Visiting America. C. Bills wife.5. What has happened? A. A dog was killed. B. The man was injured. C. The mans car was damaged.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5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，回答第6至7题。6. Wh

4、at do we know about Mr. Hunter?A. He is in his hometown now. B. He knows the owner of the wallet.C. He lost a wallet yesterday.7. What will they do next?A. Give the wallet to Mr. Hunter. B. Go to Mr. Hunters home.C. Put up a notice.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What is the man doing now?A. Having dinner. B. Cle

5、aning a meeting room.C. Preparing for a meeting.9. Whose office does the man have to clean?A. Mr. Browns. B. The managers. C. His own.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How many children does the woman have ?A. Only a daughter. B. A son and a daughter. C. Two sons.11. Where does the mans sister live now?A. In Sea

6、ttle. B. In California. C. In Washington.12. What might happen next year?A. The mans sister will move her home.B. The mans sister will buy another farm.C. The man will go and see his sister.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How old is Alices grandfather?A. 83. B. 79. C. 73.14. Who owns a bookstore?A. Alices fath

7、er. B. Alices grandmother. C. Alices brother.15. What do we know about Alices grandmother?A. She was a college teacher. B. She has poor eyesight now.C. She gave up teaching last year.16. Where is probably Alice now?A. At home. B. At school. C. In a hospital.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the long h

8、oliday offer to people?A. A new way to live and work. B. A long time to deal with difficulties.C. A chance to do different things.18. Which of the following can NOT be achieved during the long holiday?A. Taking intensive courses. B. Becoming an expert at something new.C. Learning to cook.19. How lon

9、g do some organizations offer intensive courses?A. Two days. B. Three days. C. Two or three days.20. What is the advantage of most national parks?A. People can take sports there. B. They provide privacy.C. People can rent cabins there.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答

10、题卡上将该项涂黑。AMany tourists visiting the USA on vacation enjoy shopping for bargains. You can find many bargains in the US if you know where to shop and how to take advantage of the competitive sales.Department stores offer good quality and high fashionMacys department stores offer a wide selection of m

11、erchandise(商品), including fashion clothing, luggage and jewelry. They normally offer good quality merchandise, well known brands and the latest fashions, but not low quality products at bargain prices. They frequently have seasonal sales with attractive discounts. At such times, you can get high qua

12、lity or fashion merchandise at bargain prices. General merchandise stores offer affordable qualitySears and JCPenny are two large national chains with stores across the US. They are similar to department stores but they do not offer high fashion merchandise or luxury(奢侈的) brands. Instead, they featu

13、re good quality merchandise at affordable prices. They are particularly known for their selection of childrens clothing and domestic goods. Sears is famous for its selection of tools and garden products.Discount stores sell at low pricesDiscount stores sell some good quality merchandise at affordabl

14、e prices and some lower quality merchandise at very low prices. If you are not looking for the latest fashions, famous brands, or the best quality, you can find some very inexpensive merchandise at a discount store. Some national discount chains with stores across the US are K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Target

15、 and Caldor.Outlet stores are a bargain hunters wonderlandOutlet stores or factory outlets sell high quality merchandise and well-known brands at discounted prices. They usually offer merchandise with slight flaws(瑕疵) and remainders from the last season or the previous year. They do not have end-of-

16、season sales like the department stores, as their merchandise is always discounted 20% to 40% below department store prices.21. If you want to buy a new dress that is fashionable, you should go to _.A. Sears B. Wal-Mart C. JCPenny D. Macys22. What is a feature of general merchandise stores?A. They n

17、ormally offer the best quality merchandise.B. They offer well-known brands and the latest fashions.C. They offer goods at acceptable prices.D. They can offer a special discount.23. Which of the following is NOT true about outlet stores?A. You can purchase goods with excellent quality and reasonable

18、prices.B. They can offer goods from last year.C. You will get goods with serious quality problems.D. Their merchandise is always discounted below department store prices.BI was 16 when my father finally decided he would send me to wilderness camp for several months. He had threatened to do it many t

19、imes before, but my mother had always managed to prevent him from doing so. This time he insisted on doing it.The latest incident was the last straw. Impulsively(冲动地), I had pushed Mr. Ford, my math teacher, down a flight of steps at school. He broke his arm in two places. Anyway, he had agreed not

20、to accuse me as a favor to my dad, who was in the middle of a tight race for sheriff(执法官) in our town. But my reckless behavior had my dads closest advisor talking.“John, hes your son and hes a kid, but he is dragging you down,” I heard Jake Hutch tell my dad through his closed office door the night

21、 after I pushed Mr. Ford. “If you cant make your son obey the rules, how can you make the law obeyed in this town?”So, off to Pisgah National Forest I went. I imagined hours of untold abuse at the hands of some strong sergeants(军士). I was determined no to be broken. I was who I was.Nearly every day

22、for six months, a small group of other troubled teens and I carried our 30-pound backpacks on a difficult journey covering about 10 miles. We hiked in a rough wilderness that seemed untouched by civilization.Our sergeants were firm but kind, not frightening as I had imagined. We learned how to make

23、a fire without matches and create a shelter with branches and grass. We learned which plants were safe to eat out in the wild. I felt myself change. I was calm and often reflective. My old, impulsive self was gone.One morning, six months later, my dad came to pick me up. I ran to hug him and saw rel

24、ief and love in his eyes.“So whats it like being sheriff?” I asked on the ride home.“I lost the race, Danny,” he said.“Im sorry, Dad.” I knew my behavior probably had a lot to do with the defeat.Dad squeezed my shoulder and brought me close. “As long as I dont ever lose you, Im okay.”24. The author

25、was finally sent to wilderness because _.A. he could learn how to survive in the wildB. his teacher insisted on giving him a lessonC. he pushed his math teacher down the stairsD. his mother feared that he would be accused25. The underlined word “reckless” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. selfish B

26、. careless C. rude D. reasonable26. What can we learn about the author from the passage?A. He changed a lot after the camp.B. He was not satisfied with his life in the camp.C. He was still what he used to be after the camp.D. He made enemies with other troubled teens at the camp.27. How did the auth

27、ors father feel at the end of the story?A. Grateful. B. Annoyed. C. Disappointed D. RelievedCYou may have experienced the annoyance of being fined because of parking illegally or finding your car towed away(拖走)after leaving it parked somewhere for a couple of minutesBut now a high-tech car sticker t

28、hats designed to be stuck to a cars windscreen could help motorists avoid such a situationThe TowStop sticker sends a text message to a driver when touched by a traffic policeman，to allow motorists to send a reply and give them time to move their cars immediatelyFrankfurt-based IT consultant，Daniel

29、Kalliontzis，came up with the idea and is raising money to put his 43sticker into productionCar owners can put the sticker inside their cars windscreen，having set it up with key information，such as their phone numberThe slim design will include a sensor(传感器)that，when touched by a traffic policeman，wi

30、ll send a text message warning a driver of a possible fineThe driver could then type a reply for the policeman using a smartphone，which will appear on the stickers screenThe smart sticker system will rely on the good will of traffic policemen and in a way，a German lawThe law states：an officer has to

31、 choose the most efficient and inexpensive way for the car owner to remove the vehicleIt could be cheaper for the government to call the driver than to tow his carMail Online asked the Department of Transport whether the sticker could be used in the UK in a similar wayA spokesman said，“In England th

32、ere is no legal duty to warn the motorist before issuing the ticketHowever，a policeman does have the discretion not to issue a ticket if he doesnt think the situation is that bad or he just wants to issue a warning”So far，MrKalliontzis has raised just over2,362of his39,381goalIf he manages to raise the money，the stickers will be shipped