高二英语期末试卷(A卷)
第Ⅰ卷(三部分,共80分)
第一部分:听力(共两节,满分15分) 第一节(共5小题,每小题1.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置上,每段对话仅读一遍。
W: You don’t really like pop music? M: No, not at all.
1. What does the man mean?
A. He doesn’t understand pop music at all. B. He doesn’t like pop music. C. He likes pop music very much. 【答案】B
M: Hello, Mary. This is Dick at the Grade Hotel. Is Bob at home? W: No, Dick. He is in the office now. He’ll be home for dinner. 2. Who is in the office now?
A. Bob. B. Mary. C. Dick. 【答案】A
W: How long have you been driving?
M: Actually I began driving when I was thirteen. But I didn’t get a licence until I was sixteen. 3. When did the man start driving? A. When he was sixteen. B. When he was twenty-one. C. When he was thirteen. 【答案】C
W: Good afternoon, sir. Please sit down. I’ll bring you the menu right away. M: Thanks, but I’d like a cup of tea first. 4. What are the man and the woman? A. Waitress and customer. B. Student and teacher. C. Secretary and boss. 【答案】A
M: The dustbins are all full. When will the rubbish collectors call? W: On Mondays and Thursdays.
5. How often do the rubbish collectors call? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Only on Mondays. 【答案】B
第二节(共5小题,每小题1.5分)
听下面2段对话。每段对话后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最最选项,并标在试卷上。听每段对话前,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。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段对话,回答第6~7题。
W: Do you know where Tom is? M: Sorry, I don’t know. W: Oh, my God!
M: What’s the matter?
W: He is supposed to be at the meeting a quarter later. But I can’t find him anywhere.
M: Oh, I remember something. John told me that Tom went out for lunch at about a quarter to 2 and would not come back until 3:30.
W: Then he will be late for the meeting. M: What’s the time now? W: 3:00.
6. When would the meeting start?
A. At 2:45. B. At 3:0. C. At 3:15. 【答案】C
7. What is Tom supposed to do a quarter later? A. He is supposed to go out for lunch. B. He is supposed to come back home. C. He is supposed to have a meeting. 【答案】C
听第7段对话,回答第8~10题。
W: What are you doing, Tom? M: I’m writing to my mother.
W: But you wrote her only yesterday.
M: Yes, but I have something new to tell her. W: Something new?
M: Yes. I am telling her I’ve decided to take up a part-time job as a shop assistant.
W: What do you mean? You’ve been working as one for three months already. Have you been fired by Rogers?
M: No, My mother doesn’t know I have a part-time job. W: You mean, you didn’t tell her before?
M: No, I didn’t want her to worry about my study. W: But why are you telling her now?
M: Now I don’t want her to worry about my life here. You see, I told her that I’d just bought a car in my last letter.
8. What does Rogers mean in this conversation? A. Tom’s friends. B. Tom’s teachers. C. The name of a shop. 【答案】C
9. What does Tom tell her mother in yesterday’s letter? A. He had found a job. B. He had lost his new job. C. He had just bought a car.
【答案】C
10. Why does Tom tell his mother about his job?
A. Because he doesn’t want her to worry about his job. B. Because he doesn’t want her to worry about his life. C. Because he doesn’t want her to worry about his study. 第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分35分) 第一节:单项填空(共15小题,每小题1分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合空白处的最佳选项。 11. If you______ your belief, you promise to succeed eventually. A. hug B. stick up for C. keep up with D. hold out 【答案】hug坚持并乐于信守(某观点);stick up for支持或维护;keep up with知悉(消息),认识(形势);hold out保持、维持。
【答案】A
12. Life is_______ ups and downs, my friend. A. full of B. made of C. afraid of D. plenty of
【解析】该句的意思是“人生充满了起起落落”。 【答案】A
13. Seconds_______ in an emergency. A. are valued B. cost C. worth D. count 【解析】count有价值,有重要性。 【答案】D
14. The______ woman was______ to hospital by an ambulance. A. gas-poisoning; taken B. gas-poisoned; run C. gas-poisoning; carried D. gas-poisoned; rushed
【解析】gas-poisoned煤气中毒的;rush(使某人)急速去或来。 【答案】D
15. If you find a poisoned person who has stopped breathing, clear the airway and try to get him______. Next,______ an ambulance at once.
A. breathe; call for B. breathing; call on C. breathe; call up D. to breathe; call for
【解析】get sb. doing/ to do使某人做某事;call for叫(车);call on拜访;call up给……打电话。
【答案】D
16.—Xiao Li_______. What a bad man he is!
—I can’t agree with you more! He is_______ but______. A. robbed my wallet; anything; a rogue B. robbed me my wallet; anything; a rogue C. robbed me of my wallet; nothing; a rogue D. robbed me of my wallet; anything; a rogue
【解析】rob sb. of sth.偷某人的东西;anything but绝不,并不;nothing but只有,仅仅,只不过是。
【答案】C
17. A desert is a place_____ is_______ nothing but sand. But a camel can walk in the desert for months without any food or water.
A. where; almost B. there; nearly C. where there; almost D. that; almost
【解析】第一句是一个包含“there be”结构的用关系副词where引导的定语从句,意思是:沙漠是一个除了沙子之外几乎什么都没有的地方。且nothing前不用nearly。
【答案】C
18. _______ a person be breathing but not conscious, it is usually best if he or she not______ moved.
A. Could; be B. Shall; / C. Should; be D. Might; to be
【解析】条件状语从句中的动词部分有should,were, had时,常将if省略,而采用倒装结构。这句的意思是:受伤者要是有呼吸但无知觉,那么最好不要移动他(她)。
【答案】C
19. The rapid growing population is one of the major problems_____ the world. We must keep the number of people______ growing so fast in order to let our sons and grandsons live a better life.
A. faced; from B. facing; / C. facing; from D. faced; /
【解析】此处face指“要求某人/某事物的注意,面临”;keep…from doing阻止,使免于。
【答案】C
20. According to_______ World Health Organization, the “big three”______ more than seven million deaths every year.
A. /; cause B. the; cause
C. the; causes D. the; has caused
【解析】the “big three”指的是水污染、环境卫生差和空气污染,应用复数;组织名前面要加the,如“the Party”等。
【答案】B
21. The_____ street was the only_____ to her home.
A. dead-end; access B. dead-ending; way C. dead-end; enter D. dead-ended; access
【解析】dead-end(街道等)一头不通的;access接近,进入。 【答案】A
22. The willingness you have to help the poor is important, _______ is the money you’ve got. A. also B. as C. not D. and
【解析】此处as同so,表示“……也一样”。 【答案】B
23. A family can hardly manage_______ 5000 yuan a year. A. in B. on C. with D. to
【解析】on指“靠……生活”。
【答案】B
24. Here_______ some letters and two books for you. A. is B. are C. have D. has
【解析】此句为倒装句,谓语应与主语在数量上保持一致。 【答案】B
25. The doctor insisted the plan_______ reasonable and we_______. A. was; carry it out B. be; carry it out C. be; should carry it out D. was; carried it out
【解析】insist当“坚持说,坚持认为”时,后面不用虚拟语气;当“坚持要求做”时,后面用虚拟语气。
【答案】A
第二节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
There were two lazy men who 26 did any work at all. They 27 spend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleeping 28 talking about what they would do when they were 29 .Many years went 30 in this way and the two men 31 poor. One summer’s day as they were sitting 32 on a bench in the sunshine, one of the men jumped 33 his feet without warning and exclaimed, “We can’t go on 34 this. We’ve got to do something to 35 some money.”
“ 36 for instance?” asked his friend in a 37 voice.
“We’ll go to the mountains and 38 snails(蜗牛),” said the first man.
The second man didn’t want to go out at first. But in the end his friend 39 him. They each took a bucket(桶)and set 40 for the mountains. They walked extremely slow. When they reached the hill, they looked 41 it might have a lot of snails on it. The first man said, “Let’s work 42 . I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side with 43 , we’ll meet at the top.”
They 44 snails all day and in the evening they met on top of the hill. “How many did you get?” asked the first man. “Two,” said the second man. “I 45 got three, but one got away.”
26. A. always B. never C. often D. seldom
【解析】never…at all构成否定结构,用来加强语气,相当于not…at all。 【答案】B
27. A. used to B. was used to C. got used to D. became used to 【解析】“used to+动词原形”表示过去经常发生的动作;be used to, get used to, become used to表示“习惯”,后应跟名词或v.-ing形式。
【答案】A
28. A. or B. and C. but D. with 【解析】or表示选择。 【答案】A
29. A. old B. ill