高二英语下学期期末考试试题下.docx

1、高二英语下学期期末考试试题下沁县中学2015-2016学年度第一学期高二期末考试英 语答题时间：120分钟，满分：150分第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AOne day a student was walking with his teacher in the countrysideAs they went along，they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the pathThey were a p

2、oor farmers，who was working in the nearby fieldThe student turned to the teacher saying：“We will hide his shoes，and hide ourselves behind those trees，and wait to see what he will do”“My young friend”answered the teacher,“we should never make fun of the poor. Why not put a coin in each shoe，and then

3、we will hide ourselves and watch?”The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon finished his work，and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. After putting on his coat，he put his foot into one of his shoes，and felt something hardT

4、hen he bent (弯腰) down to feel what it was，and found the coin. Surprised，he looked at the coin，turned it around and looked at it againHe then looked around，but no person was seenHe put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His surprise was doubled on finding the other coi

5、nHe couldnt control his feelings and fell to his knees，looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks. Then he spoke of his wife，sick and helpless，and his children without breadHe said the help would save them from dying.The student stood there deeply moved，and his eyes filled with tears“Now,”said th

6、e teacher, “Are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”1. When the student saw the shoes，he wanted to_A. steal them B. give the owner some money C. find their owner D. play a joke on the owner2According to the passage，the teacher is_Aquiet and honest B. patient and clever C. kind and

7、 friendly D. strict and careful3. When the farmer saw the second coin, he_A. was surprised and decided to find the owner Bwas very excited and gratefulC. was worried and looked up at the sky Dspoke of his difficulties and asked for more help4 .What can we learn from the passage?A .All good things co

8、me to an end B. True happiness comes from helping others C. Where there is a will，there is away D. It is never too late to learnBI work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderlyThis year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for，Alice, had gone through a difficult time .She got demen

9、tia and so she had been in the hospital twice .In November I was finally able to get her back to her“home”Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days. When she finally realized that that happy mo

10、ment was not going to happen，she was very sadKnowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy，I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!On Christmas Eve，I gave her a surprise by asking if she could like to go to a candlelight service at church that

11、night Instead of taking her to my church，I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were. We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came inThen soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with herThe

12、 candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there. The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alices face5.The underlined word“dementia”in Paragraph 2 probably is_Aan illness Ba letter Ca house Da plan6. Where did A

13、lice spend her Christmas Eve according to the story?A. In her old neighborhood churchB. In her old houseCIn the nursing home D. In the hospital7. What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve?AThe candlelight service BPraise from Alices friendsCThanks from Alice s daughterDAlices happi

14、ness8What is the best title for this passage?AThe dream of all old lonely lady BA special candlelight Christmas EveCMy special job D . The true loveCIn a computer age，a broadband （宽带）Internet connection is very popular nowWhether cable(电缆) or mobile broadband，todays connections are many times faster

15、 than those in the early days. Videos play smoothly, complex websites load quickly，and files download much faster than ten years agoAnd the files are much bigger tooTheres a hidden problem：You have to live near enough to a major city to get broadband Internet. If you dont，its slow dial-up access for

16、 you. And for those living really far out，there may be no Internet access at a11Technology experts often talk about the “last mile” problem， which refers to the difficulty of bringing Internet access to remote （遥远的）locationsIn cities and suburbs(郊区)，its relatively easy to provide access for everyone

17、It is much more difficult to deliver access to those living far from cities，especially in developing countriesInternet service providersfor their part，have been reluctant（不情愿的） to provide access to sparsely(稀疏地)populated areasThe handful of Internet users they would reach wouldnt cover the expense.B

18、ut every year, technological advancements allow of more and more Internet users. Most broadband connections today run over existing cable TV and telephone lines although these technologies arent available everywhereSome companies have delivered the Internet over standard power lines. Advancements in

19、 cheaper more efficient fiber optics cables(光纤电缆)promise to bring extremely fast Internet connections to more usersStillthe“last mile”problem remains hard to deal withThere will always be somewhere that doesnt have an affordable broadband connectionBut someday that might not matterIf the rapid progr

20、ess in cell phone technology is any indication（迹象），it may not be too long before an Internet connection simply follows you wherever you go.9. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AInternet connections have been popular everywhereBInternet service providers are willing to care abou

21、t rural(农村的)customersC. Computer cant become popular in developing countries.D. The problem of Internet access hasnt been completely dealt with10.Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that technological advancements_.Amake TV and telephone available everywhereBbring great change to peoples everyday lifeC. mak

22、e it possible for more people to use the InternetD. bring faster Internet connections to users11What may eventually settle the“last mile”problem?A. .The rapid progress in cell phone technologyB. The broadband connections getting fasterC. More and more Internet connectionsD. More and more Internet us

23、ers12. The best title for this passage may be_AInternet Connections Need Improving BInternet Connection Problems C. Progress in Internet Connections DInternet Connections TodayDA good deal of fascinating research has been done about the reading patterns of young people，and it is surprising to discov

24、er at what an early age children start expressing preferences for particular kind of books. A recent report，which examined in detail the reading habits of primary-school children, showed that even seven-year-old boys and girls have clear views about what they want to read. Girls，in general，read more

25、，and far more girls than boys preferred reading stories. Boys were showing a taste for the more instant appeal of picture stories，or else books about their hobbiesThese tastes continue unchanged until the children are teenagers. Apparently girls read more in general，but more fiction(小说) in particula

26、r .You could say that there are more opportunities for girls to read fiction：magazines encourage the fiction habit in girls in their early teens，and by their late teens they have probably moved on to the adult womens magazinesTeenage boys tend to buy magazines about their hobbies：motorcycles，heavy t

27、ransport and so onAdult reading tastes are also the subject of researchAgain the number of women who read for pleasure is considerably higher than the number of men. It seems that the majority of women still want love storiesThere has also been some analysis of what men actually read. Apparently onl

28、y 38 percent of men read anything，but 50 percent of what they read is fiction in the form of action-packed(内容丰富有趣的)stories of space or gunmen13. What has the recent research into childrens reading show?A. Children begin to read very fast at an early ageB. Children examine in detail what they read at

29、 schoolC. Children form their reading tastes by the time they are sevenDChildren can read clearly in primary schoo114. If we have a close look at the reading habits of boys and girls well find that_A. girls are more interested in action-packed stories than boysB .girls are more interested in fiction

30、 than boysC .boys read much more than girlsDboys have no interest in fiction15 .It can be inferred from the passage that_Apeople usually do not change their reading tastes when they grow upBboys change their reading tastes more often than girlsCboys and girls form their reading habits by reading mag

31、azinesD. people have no definite(确切的)reading tastes第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)Organizing Your TimeYou can set a budget（预算） for your time just as you can set a budget for your money. Since youre trying to reduce worry rather than increase it，go into this process with a focus on maximizing(使最大化)your per

32、sonal time，rather than cramming(塞满) as much as you can into each day. Set a sleep schedule. 16 Give yourself a one-hour target window for bedtime in the evening，and set a strict time to get up in the morningBe sure that the space between your bedtime and the start of your day gives you roughly an hour more than the amount of s