湖北省武昌区11-12学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

武昌区2011-2012学年度第二学期期末调研考试

高二英语试卷

本试卷共150分，考试用时120分钟。 ★祝考试顺利★

本试卷第一至第三部分为选择题，共100分；第四部分为非选择题，共50分，全卷 共12页。 注意事项：

1.答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、性名、准考证号填写在答题卷指定位置， 认真核对与准考证号条形码上的信‘息是否一致，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卷上的指 定位置．

2.选择题的作答：选出答案后，用2B铅笔把机读卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如 需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答在试题卷上无效。

3.非选择题的作答：用黑色墨水的签字笔直接答在答题卷上的每题所对应的答题区 域内．答在试题卷上或答题卷指定区域外无效。

4.考试结束，监考人员将答题卷收回，考生自己保管好试题卷，评讲时带来． 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答 案转涂到答题卡上。

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 might prevent the woman buying the table？ A. Its quality. B. The price. C. Its design. 2. Who planted the trees?

A. The woman. B. Henry. C. Someone else. 3 ．What happened to the woman? A. She got fired today.

B ．She got promoted last week. C. She was fooled by the man.

4. What will the woman probably do? A. Watch the ball news with the man. B ．Ask the man to go to the other room. C ．Watch the evening news by herself. 5 ．How long is a day on Mars?

A. Less than 24 hours. B．24 hours and 37 minutes. C．37 hours. 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8题。

6. What do we know about the woman's document?

A. It's about 30000 words long. B. It's written in English. C ．It's a textbook.

7. Which language is the most difficult according to the man? A. Arabic. _ B. Spain. C. English. 8. What does the woman decide to do? A. Translate the document herself.

B ．Hire the man to do the translation. C. Look for another translator.

听第7段材料，回答第9至10题。 9. Why does the woman call the man? A. To place an ad in the newspaper.

B：To ask about something for sale. C. To find out about a TV program.

10. When will the speakers meet this afternoon? A. At 2:00. B. At 3:00. C. At 4:00.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11．Why was the man disappointed?

A. China lost the match. B. China didn't play well. C. China won too easily. 12. What did the woman enjoy most about the match? A. The passion of the sport. B ．The skill of the players. C. The close score of the game.

13．What did the man say that surprised the woman? A. China cannot win close matches.

B ．China will definitely lose to good teams. C ．China should hope for a bronze medal.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In the woman's. B. In the hospital. C. In an office. 15．What was the purpose of the meeting?

A. To find out why the woman's recent work was poor. B ．To ask about the woman's family. C. To fire the woman.

16. What happened to the woman's mother? A. She was seriously ill. B ．She had a car accident. C. She died of stomach cancer.

17．What was Mr. Travers' attitude to the woman in the end? A. He was angry. B. He was guilty. C: He was kind. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18．Where was Brandon last seen? A. In the frozen foods section.

B ．In the sporting goods section. C ．In the toys section. 19. What is Brandon wearing?

A. A white shirt and a red baseball cap. B ．Blue jeans and a black basket-ball cap. C. A dark shirt and blue jeans.

20. What should guests do if they see the boy? A. Call the security department.

B．Take him to the Pizza Hut. C．Take him to the security desks.

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B, C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21．A professor from a Chinese university said biological features would＿criminals or terrorists who are using false names.

A. figure B. identify C. illustrate D. acknowledge

22．Thanks to a micro blog his daughter posted on SinaWeibo, a good＿，Ling Ming was able to fulfill his dream of traveling the world in a matter of days. A. means B. entry C. platform D. construction

23．In an effort to control illegal immigration, in 1996 American Congress passed a law which ＿a turn towards tougher policies for both legal and illegal immigrants. A. stood B. marked C. remained D. celebrated

24. If you discover an idea for a new product, you deserve to receive profit from it and____ for it.

A. trust’ B. assumption C.standard D. advantage

25．Markets are＿and forever changing so that a company must learn to adapt. A. exact B. solid C. considerable D. dynamic

26. They argue that the display is impressive and is＿to attract thousands of new visitors to this marvelous place.

A. bound B. stable C. abrupt D. acute

27. People are convinced that her＿policies will succeed on condition that it can be carried out seriously by the local government. A. delicate B. stubborn C. tough D. determined

28. It is said that the problem of traffic jam will be solved within the year, but it turns out to be worse___

A. in vain B. in place C. in brief D. in effect

29. When it comes to getting a job, continues calling does not＿．If you call and call, you're not going to get the job, because you're annoying. A. get through B. keep up C. live on D. pay off

30. We should cherish the days we spend on campus, but I cannot＿agree to the view that schooldays are the happiest days of our life.

A. completely B. accurately C. appropriately D. somehow 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出可以填入空

白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun 31 to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.

Most of the class might be 32 badly off, but still many would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other 33 goodies（美味食品）of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the 34 of most of her students' art. And they were. But Douglas made a 35 kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher's true child of 36 , weak and thin and unhappy. As other children played at break,Douglas was likely to stand 37 by her side. One could only guess at the pain Douglas felt 38 those sad eyes.

Yes, his picture was different. When 39 to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand. Nothing else. Just a(n) 40 hand. His abstract image captured the 41 of his peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise 42 ．Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and 43 for people. Still others guessed it was the hand

of God, for God feeds us. And so the 44 went-until the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself. When the children had gone on to other assignments; she paused at Douglas' desk 45 down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and murmured, \ She 46 the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there，as she had the other students. How 47 had she said, \outside.”Or, \ 48 your pencil.”Or, \ Douglas was most thankful for his teacher's hand.

The story speaks of more than 49 . It says something about teachers teachzrigand parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it 50 to the Douglases of the world. They might not always say thanks, but they'll remember the hand that reaches out.

31．A. assignment B．assessment C. assistance D. anniversary 32. A. witnessed B. adopted C. considered D. distributed

33．A. abundant B. traditional C. holy D. elegant 34. A. diversity B. security C. profit D. subjects 35. A. various B. identical C. different D. suitable 36. A. ambition B. misery C. humor D. confidence 37. A. close B. out C. down D. up

38. A. throughout B. outside C. across D. behind 39. A. forced B. invited C. asked D. hired 40. A. lonely B. empty C. poor D. voluntary

41．A. imagination B．bravery C．justice D. enthusiasm 42. A. seagulls B. whales C. bison D. turkeys 43. A. apply B. prepare C. care D. send

44. A. conversation B．discussion C．celebration D. identification 45: A. bent B. calmed C. turned D. cast

46. A. counted B. analyzed C. organized D. recalled 47. A. much B. often C. long D. soon

48. A. hold B. purchase C. conduct D. obtain

49. A. happiness B．childhood C. thankfulness D. education 50. A. costs B. works C. takes D. means

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题分2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. \family home. \Impressed-she was a National Merit(全国英才）finalist who had picked up Portuguese(葡萄牙语）in Brazil-Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for The Yale Daily News \

On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces attacked the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.

\her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”

Ms. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. \knew my daughter,\enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying `Don't do this.’This is who she was, absolutely who she was and what she believed in: cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.\her mother said.

51．What can we know about Marie Colvin from the underlined sentence in paragraph 1？ A. She was quite confident of herself. B. She was good at persuading others.

C. She was a rude girl who often ordered others. D. She was humorous and always joked with others.

52．Marie Colvin's story in the passage indicates that she was a＿journalist. A. honest and curious B. patient and confident

C. cautious and creative D. strong-minded and courageous

53．What can we infer from Marie Colvin's life?

A. Any journalist should always obey the editor and follow his/her advice.

B ．A good journalist can make a vivid report by his/her own experience in the situation. C. Being a news reporter is not a wise career choice for a girl because it is too dangerous. D. It is absolutely unnecessary for a journalist to go to a city under attack to cover a story. 54. What can be the best title of the text?

A. Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area B. Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case C. Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria D. Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest B

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