安徽省合肥市第一六八中学高二英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

合肥一六八中学2015-2016学年第一学期期末考试高二英语试题 (考试时间:120分钟 满分:150分）注意事项：1、本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。2、选择题答案请用2B铅笔准确地填涂在答题卡上相应位置，非选择题答案必须填写在第卷相应位置，否则不得分。3、考试结束后，将答题卡和第卷答题卷一并交回。第卷第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分30分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。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称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 woman mean?A. She has bought a present for Tom.B. She wants to buy something on sale.C. She hasn't decided on the gift.2.What are the speakers talking about?A. A festival. B. A party. C. A holiday plan.3.Why does the man make the call?A. To invite the woman to the library.B. To reschedule an appointment.C. To apologize for being late.4.What is the weather like recently?A. Dry. B. Rainy. C. Nice.5.When will the man fly to Guangzhou?A. On August 1. B. On August 2. C. On August 3.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、7两个小题。6.What is the man looking for?A. A photo. B. A coat. C. A camera.7. Where will the speakers probably go?A. A park. B. The police station. C. A clothing shop.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8.What is the man doing?A. Apologizing for being late.B. Making an invitation.C. Putting off an appointment.9.When will the speakers meet tomorrow?A. At 5:00 pm. B. At 6:00 pm. C. At 9:00 pm.10.What kind of food will the speakers have?A. Chinese food. B Italian food. C. Korean food.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11.What is the relationship between the speakers?A. A couple. B. Co-workers. C. Classmates.12.Why does the woman prefer public transportation?A. It's safer. B. It's cheaper. C. It's greener.13.How does the man usually travel?A. By car. B. By bus. C. By motorbike.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。14.What sport did the woman play yesterday?A. Basketball. B. Football. C. Tennis.15.How does the man find basketball?A. Difficult. B. Interesting. C. Boring.16.What does the man do?A. A student. B. A teacher. C. A coach.17.What did the man do last Sunday?A .He played football.B. He watched TV.C. He saw a match.听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。18.What is the lowest price to go to Hawaii?A.199. B.372. C.400.19.Where can people have a package holiday?A. Rome. B. Bahamas. C. New York.20.How can people get the brochure?A. Make a call at 900-9889.B. Visit .C. Go to funholiday.第二部分 阅读理解 (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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFrank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. "Oh no!" he thought to himself. “Another day at that office; a boss who shouts at me all the time. ”As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. “Bigwoods Football Pools would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds. ”Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette(香烟) fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street. At 11:30 Frank arrived at work. “Please explain why youre so late,” his boss said. “Go and jump in the lake,” replied Frank. ”Ive just come into a little money so this is goodbye. Find yourself someone else to shout at. ” That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar(雪茄) when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men, neatly dressed in gray suits. “Mr Smithson,” one of them said, "were from Bigwoods Pools. Im afraid theres been a terrible mistake ”21. What do we know about Frank?A. He was a lazy man. B. He didnt make a lot of money. C. He was a lucky person.        D. He didnt get on well with his boss. 22. When he heard the knock at the door. Frank probably thought _. A. someone had come to make an apologyB. someone had come to give him the money C. his friends had come to ask about the football pools D. his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck23. On hearing “. theres been a terrible mistake .” Frank was most likely to be _. A. disappointed            B. worried               C. nervous                  D. curious BEating too much fatty food, working out too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露）to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风）within as little as a few hours after exposure. In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物）were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of “moderate” (良好）quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.24. The text mainly discusses the relationship between _ . A. heart problems and air quality B. heart problems and exercisingC. heart problems and smoking D. heart problems and fatty food25. The underlined word “modest” in Paragraph 3 most probably means _ . A. relatively high B. extremely lowC. relatively low D. extremely high26. What can we learn from the text? A. Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.B. The EPA conducted many studies on air quality.C. Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking.D. Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.27. The authors purpose of writing the text is most likely to _. A. inform B. persuade C. describe D. entertainCSometimes children do not do what their parents tell them to doWhen this happens，a parent tries to help the child to do the right thingWhen this does not work，the parent usually punishes the childThere are many things that a parent can doOne thing that people have done is to spank the childWhen a parent spanks a child, they will use their hand or a hard object to strike them on the bottomThis means showing the child that they have done something wrongOne parent remembers being spanked when he was a childHis parents used a wooden spoonWhen he spanked his own children with his hand, he saw that he put a red mark on his childs legHe never did that againOne problem with spanking is that it teaches the child to hit someone when they do not like what the other person is doingAnother problem with spanking is that the parent is usually angry and can hit the child too hardSometimes parents will use spanking for everything and not try other ways to get the child to do the right thingMany parents are not sure of what to do instead of spankingSome people think that their religion tells them that spanking is okaySome think that the law lets them do itThe courts(法院)say that parents have the right to teach their children how to behaveOther things should be tried before a parent decides to spank a childTelling the child exactly what is wanted from them can ne one thingGiving a child more than one choice is another thing that can be triedGetting down to the childs level and taking a more child-friendly approach can help as well28According to the passage，when children do something wrong，one thing that parents usually do to punish them is to _.Astrike them on the bottom Btry to help them do the right thingCteach them what to do Dtake them to court29Which of the following is NOT the problem caused by spanking?AIt makes parents try other ways to make the child do rightBThe parents may get angry and hit the child too hardCSometimes parents may use spanking for everythingDIt teaches the child to hit others when they offend him or her30. Which of the following can best describe the writers attitude towards spanking?A. favorable          B. indifferent (不关心)     C. interested                   D. unfavorable31From this passage，we can conclude that_Agood children always do the right thingBparents have no choice but to spank their childrenCparents should try their best to avoid spanking their children Dchildren can have more than one choice to avoid being spankedDLondoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books - especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound（装订）between hard covers.There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.32. “Londoners are great readers” means that _.A. Londoners are great because they read a lot. B. There are a great number of readers in LondonC. Londoners read a lotD. Londoners are readers who read only great books 33. According to this passage, Charring Cross Road _.A. is famous for its bookshops B. is in the suburbs of LondonC. contains various kinds of shops D. is the busiest street in London34. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean? _.A. buy books in a most busy street B. waste time looking for booksC. move away from a busy street D. take a risk of losing ones life35. On Farringdon Road, _.A. you can find fine bookshops for the latest books B. you can see book sellers selling books on hand-cartsC. there are only small bookshops for the second-hand booksD. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold第二节 (共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分) 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。Getting olderNo one really knows how and why people change as they get older. 36 . Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs. In fact, even in one person, different organ systems “age” at different rate. At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken. 37 . It may become more difficult for us to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives. 38 . A good diet plays an important role. The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors. 39 . But scientists studying the aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer. 40 . Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often we get better understanding of the world and ourselves.What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows, with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries, rather than in years! A. Our strength may become weaker.B. Symptoms include a lack of energy, slow reactions, insomnia and poor memory.C. Our living condition is yet another.D. Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging processE. As for diet, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar.F. Many factors decide our health.G. There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes.第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分45分)第一节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (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。Abraham Pais did business in the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his _41_ and traveling.Then, after returning to the United States from a _42_ trip to the former Soviet Union, Mr. Pais got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the _43_ of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place _44_ him. The material between his bones became _45_.In less than one week after his return, he could not _46_. Every move that he _47_ was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Pais problem and he might never _48_ over the illness. Mr. Pais, however, refused to give up _49_ . Mr. Pais thought that _50_ thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. _51_, he felt that happy thoughts or _52_ might cure his illness.He began to _53_ on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Pais quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the