高二英语上学期期末考试试题
试卷满分：140分 考试时间：120分钟
A卷满分90分 第一部分
I. 听力理解 (共三节, 满分22.5分)
第一节: (共4小题; 每小题1.5分，满分6分)
听下面四段对话,每段对话后有一道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听一遍。
1. What is the man’s suggestion about the woman’s watch? A. Repair it.
B. Buy a new one.
C. Keep it.
2. How does the man go to work now? A. By car.
B. By bike.
C. By subway.
3. What are the speakers talking about? A. A wedding. B. A dress.
C. The weather.
4. Where will the man go first?
A. To the theatre. B. To the library. C. To the office. 第二节:（共6小题;每小题1.5分，满分9分）
听下面三段对话, 每段对话后有两道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听两遍。
听第5段材料，回答第5至第6小题。
5. Which was the best part of the woman’s tour?
A. Hiking. B. Bungee jumping.C. Visiting friends. 6. Why did the man stay inside and watch TV?
A.It was raining.B. He was too tired. C. He was with his friends. 听第6段材料，回答第7至第8小题。 7. Why did David skip classes last week? A. Because he wanted to surf on the Internet. B. Because his parents quarreled a lot at home. C. Because his friend asked him to chat in a café.
8. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Teacher and student.
B. Mother and son.
C. Good friends.
听第7段材料，回答第9至第10小题。 9. What is the woman doing?
A. Selling her articles to Discoveries Magazine. B.Having an interview with Discoveries Magazine. C. Getting information about Discoveries Magazine.
10. Why did the woman steal something? A. To visit friends in prison.
(听力理解第三节见试卷第7页)
Ⅱ. 完形填空(共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从各题所给的A、B 、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 In a lot of ways, Jamie Dudge seemed below average. Although he tried to do his best, it never got him very far. He wasn’t very 11 , so his school grades were always low. He wasn’t good at music or sports. He had an ordinary face and a personality to match. He didn’t get invited to many 12 .
Jamie was not likely to become famous, or rich, or popular. In one important way, though, he was a very 13 boy. Although he was not as successful as many other kids, he 14 to be unhappy about it. And he didn’t waste time wishing he were someone else. “I am what I am,” he 15 . “Trying to deny(否认) it won’t help. Dreaming impossible dreams is for the movies, not for me.”
Of course, Jamie wanted to know what was possible. “I am good for something,” he thought. And as he wondered about this, he began to notice other people. He didn’t focus on their looks, or their money, or their talents. Instead, he noticed their needs. He began to 16 that many people—even the very talented ones—had trouble or pain in their lives. So he decided to find 17 to help people. He decided to care.
Jamie’s first opportunity to 18 came up in math class. Jamie noticed that his teacher, Mrs. Hebert, was having a bad day. The class wasn’t paying attention, and she looked really 19 . After class, as Jamie left the room, he 20 dropped a little note on Mrs. Hebert’s desk. It simply said, “Mrs. Hebert, I 21 what you do for us. I think you’re a great teacher.”When Mrs. Hebert read the note later, she cried.
Writing that anonymous note to Mrs. Hebert made Jamie feel great. So he wrote more 22 to encourage other people. He knew some students were quite poor. So he began giving them money from his part-time job. He would slip the money into their desks, along with a note saying, “Someone cares.” Jamie found lots of other secret ways to 23 others. Soon, many thankful people were wondering who was being so kind to them. By now, you probably think you know the rest of the story: People 24 Jamie was the one helping them. They finally understood what a great guy he was. They started inviting him to parties. Sorry. That would be one of those impossible dreams. No, people never did uncover Jamie’s secret. 25 he didn’t mind. That was one thing he just didn’t care about.
11. A. active B. smart C. popular D. lucky
B. To get public attention. C. To report on prisons.
12. A. classes B. movies 13. A. unusual 14. A.intended
B. unknown
C. parties D. dinners C. strange
D. curious
B. refused C. managed
D. chose
15. A. reported B. questioned 16. A. believe B. guess 17. A. organizations 18. A. care
C. complained D. decided
D. imagine
D. money
C. realize
B. support C. ways
B. notice C. react
D. change
D. discouraged
D. carelessly D. appreciate
19. A. frightened B. amazed 20. A. secretly 21. A. admit 22. A. notes 23. A. trust
B. simply
C. delighted
C. accidentally C. remember
B. praise B. letters
B. treat
C. articles
C. visit
D. messages
D. help
24. A. supposed B. predicted 25. A. And
B. But
C. discovered D. suspected C. So
D. Then
III. 阅读理解(共11小题; 每小题2分, 满分22分)
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Should online learning be encouraged?
Editor's note: As many parents have tried to give their children a head start, online education services, with their relatively cheap prices, are mushrooming across the world. What do you think? Should this mode of teaching be encouraged?
Ted M (UK)
Online education is not new. It has been found effective in many countries where access to schools is difficult. It lacks the opportunity for social learning of course, but in most systems there are weekend, summer and winter \where students can arrange to meet and interact with others as part of the courses. Such education is valuable for remote learning in inaccessible regions.
Linda (China)
I find that children today spend less and less time playing outdoors than we did when we were young. We have the technology to enable us to teach students to learn with an amazing variety of resources but I do hope not at the expense of losing their childhood.
Breathing (Canada)
I think education is not about learning or gathering only textbook knowledge. It's about
communicating with others, discussing, group work etc. Online education means distance education. At present it is spread all over the world. It has some good results too. But I like face-to-face education. It helps a student to build up his or her mental and physical strength besides textbook knowledge.
Jimmy (US)
It really depends on what kind of learner you are. If you are a self-motivated student and can manage your own time, online learning is for you. So long as you have the ability to learn on your own.
Sunny (Australia)
Online schools offer students with customized learning and help them gain access to courses that may not be provided in their assigned school. This is one of the primary reasons for the increased demand in online learning. Online learning is providing new options for kids and more choices for parents.
26. Which of the following is Linda’s opinion on online learning? A. It limits the time children spend playing outdoors. B. It is valuable for learning in remote regions. C. It lacks the opportunity for social learning. D. It is very popular all over the world. 27. Who is totally supportive to online learning?
A. Ted M B. Breathing C. Jimmy D. Sunny 28. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To list the benefits of online learning. B. To introduce the access to online learning. C. To show the quick spread of online learning. D. To present different opinions on online learning.
B
A plane made a dangerous trip to the South Pole to rescue a sick worker from a U.S. research base.
The U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is home to a crew of 48 scientists. A rescue plane flew there on June 21 to rescue a sick worker. Battling subzero temperatures, total darkness, and other dangerous flying conditions, a plane left the South Pole on Wednesday after rescuing a sick worker from a U.S. research base. After the patient and flight crew rest, the plane will
make its way to South America, where the patient will receive medical care.
The daring rescue mission began last week when two planes flew from Canada to Rothera, a British base on the Antarctic Peninsula. On Tuesday, just one of the planes left Rothera on a nine-to-ten-hour trip to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, where the sick worker was located.
The station is usually unreachable during Antarctica’s long, harsh winter, from February to October. Forty-eight people live at the base, including a doctor and a physician’s assistant. But when the crew there determined the worker needed medical help that couldn’t be provided on site, the emergency rescue mission began.
The Twin Otter is the only type of plane capable of flying in Antarctica’s subzero winter temperatures. A small crew, including a pilot, copilot, medical worker, and flight engineer, made the 1,500-mile trip from Rothera in a Twin Otter plane. It is the only type of plane capable of flying in Antarctica’s winter cold. It can operate in temperatures as low as -103° Fahrenheit. The temperature in the South Pole on Tuesday was -73°F. In such conditions, an aircraft’s fuel and even its batteries need to be warmed up before it can take off.
The pitch-black sky and the threat of high winds and sudden weather changes make such flights extremely risky and rare. \told the Associated Press. He is the operations director at the British Antarctic Survey, in London. “Things can change very quickly down there.\
This rescue is only the third time an emergency mission has been made to the research base since 1999. The National Science Foundation, which runs the station, has not said who was rescued, or the medical condition of the person. The names of the crewmembers who made the daring flight have not been made public either. But according to Peter West, a National Science Foundation spokesman, the mission “went all according to plan.”
29. Why did the plane fly to the South Pole to rescue the worker? A. The worker was trapped in an emergency mission. B. Necessary medical care couldn’t be provided there. C. The worker was sick for home at the research base. D. The reason for the flight rescue was not made public.
30. During the rescue, the plane had to battle the dangerous flying conditions EXCEPT for _______. A. the threat of high winds B. the total darkness C. subzero temperatures D. the lack of fuel 31. What is the Twin Otter?
A. A small crew. B. A Type of plane.
C. A British Antarctic Survey. D. A National Science Foundation. 32.What is the best title of the passage?
高二英语上学期期末考试试题
