高二上学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、高二上学期期末考试英语试题高中二年级期终质量评估英 语 试 卷第卷（选择题，共100分）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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B.9.15 . C. 9.18.答案是 B。1.What will the woman probably do?A. Read some books. B. Buy h

2、er sister a book. C. Give a card to her sister.2.Who is using a bike?A. Ann. B. Bob. C. John.3.What does the woman want to do?A. Keep slim. B. Learn cooking. C. Take exercise.4.Where is the woman going?A. To a park. B. To a church. C.To a flower shop.5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. T

3、he luggage. B. The clothes. C. The weather.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、7题。6.What is the man doing?A .Reserving a table. B .Buying some food. C. Having dinner.7.How much is

4、he going to pay?A.$100. B.$400. C.$500.听第7段材料，回答第8 、9题。8.What is the woman telling to her father?A. Her plan for her holiday. B. Her sightseeing experience.C. Her impression of Greenwich Village.9.What is the woman going to do on her last night?A. See the Statue of Liberty. B. Visit Chinatown. C. Wa

5、tch a show.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10.What are the speakers mainly discussing?A. What to cook for their father. B. How to show love to their father.C. Where to eat on their fathers birthday.11.What does the speakers father enjoy most?A. The Chinese food. B. The French food. C. The Italian food.12.When does

6、 the conversation probably take place?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13.Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a car. B. At a bus stop. C. At a car park.14.What does the woman think of taking a bus?A. Enjoyable. B. Convenient. C. Unbearable.

7、15.Why did the man stop driving a car into town?A. It was difficult to park the car.B. It was expensive to pay the fine for the car.C. There are too many traffic jams on his way to his company.16.What is the womans opinion?A. More people should take the bus. B. The government should take some measur

8、es.C. The bus company should increase the drivers pay.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Why did the speaker plan to go to Kuala Lumpur？A. To work. B. To travel. C. To study.18.What did the speaker do before she left?A. She sold her apartment. B. She borrowed some guide books.C. She got rid of all her heavy cloth

9、es.19.What happened to the speaker in the end?A. She quit her job and went back to her hometown.B. The previous offer was cancelled but she got another job.C. The weather changed and she had to buy clothes for winter.20.Where is the speaker now?A. In Madrid. B. In Bangkok. C. In Kuala Lumpur.第二部分 阅读

10、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和D）中, 选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。AHistorical fiction allows the young to experience history in an entertaining way , to meet people or to learn about other times and places .The following are some books which are sure to bring your children differe

11、nt experiences.Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess Author: Richard Platt Illustrator (插头画家 ): Chris RiddellOverview (概要): With an oversize format and wonderfully detailed illustrations, young readers get a firsthand view of daily life in a castle in 1285 as Tobias Burgess, who is 11 years ol

12、d, recounts his experiences as a new page (男侍).Awards: Parents Choice Awards, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young PeoplePublisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: 1999 Johnny TremainAuthor: Esther ForbesOverview: Set in the 1770s, the story of Johnny Tremain, a 14-year-old orphan, is a d

13、ramatic one, focusing on his involvement in the Revolutionary War and the effect it has on his life.Award: 1944 John Newbery Medal Publisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublication Date: 1943The Evolution of Calpurnia TateAuthor: Jacqueline KellyOverview: Set in Texas in 1899, this is the story of Cal

14、purnia Tate who is more interested in science and nature than in learning to be a lady and her life with her family, which includes six brothers.Award: Newbery Honor BookPublisher: Henry HoltPublication Date: 2009Across Five AprilsAuthor: Irene HuntOverview: This novel covers five years in the life

15、of young Jethro Creighton and focuses on how the Civil War affects life for Jethro, from the age of 9 to 14,and his family on their southern Illinois farm.Awards: Five, including recognition as a 1965 Newbery Honor BookPublisher: Follett CorporationPublication Date: 196421. Which two persons share a

16、 similar life experience?A. Tobias Burgess & Johnny Tremain. B. Calpurnia Tate & Jethro Creighton.C. Tobias Burgess & Calpurnia Tate. D. Johnny Tremain & Jethro Creighton.22.What can we learn about The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate?A. Its a science fiction. B. Its story happens in a castle.C. Its stor

17、y focuses on a girls childhood.D. Its the last book to come out among the four.23.Which of the following publishes a book that earns the most awards?A. Henry Holt B. Follett CorporationC. Candlewick Press D. Houghton Mifflin HarcourtBMy mother had guest soaps in the bathroom. In a home with very few

18、 luxuries (奢侈品), those tiny roses of grape purple and lemon yellow represented something special to her; they were something she wanted to keep nice for our guests. So she kept them in a covered glass container, where they would be safe from the many sets of little fingers in our household that need

19、ed washing. Those soaps decorated the shelf in the bathroom for as long as I can remember. There they stayed, displayed until dust caked in the container, and the roses lost their beauty. But they were never used.Fast forward to my adult life. When we were visiting my in-laws, it was casually given.

20、 No big deal; everyone got one. It was just a bar of soap, wrapped in beautiful paper with a lovely label showing that this soap had been made not by machine but somebody who just happened to be my new brother-in-law. That soap was only a few dollars, but I carried the weight of it for years. It was

21、 guest soap.It was too pretty to use. It was proudly set out to be looked at, but not used, for about a week. My practical husband did not see the point of it cluttrng up (胡乱填满) th countertop. An empty childhood bedroom where there was a glassed-in display shelf was the new home for the soap.I loved

22、 this room. Bright and sunny, it was filled with furnishings and things I loved. When I got sick, it became my recovery room. I could rest there surrounded by happy memories. As I got better, I took inventory (盘点) of my life, and of my surroundings. And, I saw the soap.I saw something that was meant

23、 to be used, not admired. I took that carefully wrapped soap off the shelf and opened it with a sense of childish delight. Then I ran it under water. As I concentrated on the bubbles (气泡) building between my hands, I felt all my troubles washing away with those tiny bubbles. It became a moment of pu

24、re joy.So,fromnowon,Iwillusetheguestsoap.And whileIm atit,Imightaswellusethegoodtowels too.24.Whathappenedtotheauthorsmotherssoapin theend?A.Itwasfulloffingerprints. B.Itwaskeptwellbytheauthor.C.Itfailedtowintheauthorslove. D.Itstoppedservingitsdecorativepurpose.25.Inwhatwaywastheauthorssoapspecial?

25、A.Itwasaweddinggift. B.Itwasmadebyhand.C.Itwasabitexpensive. D.Itwasboughtbyherhusband.26.Wherecanwefindthereasonwhy theauthorputher soapinanotherroom?A.InParagraph2. B.InParagraph3.C.InParagraph4. D.InParagraph5.27.How did the author feel while washing her hands with the soap? A. Guilty. B. Concern

26、ed. C. Carefree. D. Disappointed.CWhile the Internet has met the needs of sight and sound, it has not reached touch, taste, and smell yet. Several groups are trying to break those barriers. Immersion is developing a system called“TouchSense”. With the plug-in they provide for free at their site and

27、the correct type of mouse, one can actually “feel” the sensation of different things online. The sense of smell is not far down the line either. Another company , DigiScents is developing technology that will allow folks to literally download smells. The sense of smell plays an important role in fur

28、ther involving the user in the virtual world. But what does this all mean to society? Will people be so won over by the technology and the experiences there that they will forget about the“read world”? There are several books, games and TV series based on the idea of“cyberaddiction”.For example , a

29、popular science fiction book, Neuromancer by William Gibson, goes to great lengths to describe the addiction of living in a VR(Virtual Reality) world. A movie, Strange Days ,has a person dealing in recorded emotions and experiences to sell to a VR addicted market, But can those things really happen?

30、 I believe so. I believe if we dont watch ourselves we will fall into that state of addiction where VR becomes “Better-Than-Life”.The world around us is filled with so many painful things that the Internet and the temptation (诱惑) to escape through VR are quite strong.Over the last couple of years as

31、 Ive run various games online, Ive seen more and more people join in and participate. People are more accepting of“playing”in these virtual worlds.The world is different now and the Internet, all it has to offer and all it will offer in the future, will increasingly become our lifelines. If were not careful, fiction will become reality. The addiction is already there.28. What can we know about DigiScents technology?A. It will encourage people to focus on themselves.B. It will drag more and more people into cyberadd