上海重点中学2011-2012学年度第二学期
高二英语期末试卷
(满分150分,130分钟完成.答案一律写在答题卡、答题纸上)
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A Short Conversations
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A． At a car shop． B． At a garage． C． In a parking area． D． In a car showroom．
2. A．The meeting started earlier．
C． He met with a traffic jam． 3 A． Change his address． C． Deliver some telegrams． 4． A． He wrote it last semester． C． 5． A．
C． 6． A．
B． His car was broken． D． He lost his way． B． Mail some letters．
D． Call the post office．
B． He’ll finish it in a few minutes． D． He isn’t going to write it． B． Coach and athlete． D． Teacher and student． C. 10:20． D. 10:30． B． It’s not as good as it was．
D． It’s even worse than people say． B． Because she is tired out． D． Because she is careless．
B． Ask the woman to do some typing． D． Check the paper for mistakes． C． A salary cut． D．A
He never does assignment early．
Boss and secretary． Doctor and patient． 10:00． B．10:10．
7． A． It’s better than it used to be．
C． It’ s better than people say．
8． A． Because she has walked a long distance．
C． Because she is all wet． 9． A． Rewrite the paper． C． Read the newspaper again． 10．A． A rent increase． B．A bargain． vacation trip．
Section B Passages
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Two inches. 12. A. Near Denver. 13. A. Hot.
B. Fifteen inches. C. Twenty-four inches. D. One foot.
B. In Florida C. In the desert southeast. D. Along the Gulf coast. B. Cool. C. Warm. D. Cold.
D. fifty-three years
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Eighty years B. Forty years C. thirty-five years
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15. A. she lost her record B. she didn’t stop at a red light.
C. she saw a red light D. she stopped at a red light. 16. A. Because she was too old. B. Because she didn’t look at the traffic light.
C. Because she wanted to break her record. D. Because her eyes had become too weak to see the red light.
Section C Longer Conversations
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you will be required to fulfill the task by filling in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. The purpose of the man’s telephoning Nancy One of the skills Nancy has Nancy’s strong points Because Nancy’s application form is __17___. ___18_____ A pleasant ___19____ and good interpersonal skills. The date when Nancy can begin to work __20___ 10 July. Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. What’s the woman’s job? Where does she work? A ____21_______ of the sales manager. In a ____22___. What qualifications has she got? A degree in ____23______. What does she enjoy though she can have only ___24______ with her boss. two weeks a year for holidays?
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (33%) Section A (24%)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
17. The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American English are so trivial
and few as hardly _____. A. noticed B. being noticed C. to notice D. to be noticed 18. _____ for the breakdown of the school computer network, Alice was in low spirits. A. blaming
B. Blamed
C. To blame
D. To be blamed
19. They were surprised at ________ in the traffic accident.
A. he narrowly escaped to be hit B. he narrowly escaped being hit
C. his narrowly escaping being hit D. his narrowly escaping hitting
20. The scientist _________to _______the secret of nature deserves to win the respect of the world. A. devoted, expose . B. devoted, exposing C. devoting, exposing D. was devoted, exposing
21. The villagers will never forget the trouble the soldiers took _____ the victims in the earthquake.
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A. rescued B. in rescuing C. rescue D. to rescue
22. The pilot felt something ________ wrong with the engine soon after the plane took off. A. go B. going C. went D. to go
23. At the critical moment my advisor mentioned ________ the scientist who used DNA test to solve
the centuries- old mystery. A. contacting with B. to contact
C. contacting
D. to contact with
24. ________ wishing to be successful in his work should learn how to cooperate with others. A. Those who B. Anyone C. Whoever D. No matter who 25. He________ to leave for New York yesterday, but the heavy snow made him change his mind. A. hoped
B. was hoping
C. had hoped D.
would
have
hoped
26. She asks that she ________an opportunity to explain why she's refused to go there. A. is given B. must give C. should give D. be given 27. Between the two rows of trees ________the Buddha scenic spot.
A. stand B. stands C. standing D. are standing 28. The lady was knocked down on the campus, dead. She _____ but for her unselfishness. A. might have lived B. must have been saved C. could have been killed D. should have avoided it 29. --- Where ___ the book? I can’t see it anywhere. ---I put it right here. But now it’s gone. A. did you put
B. have you put
C. had you put
D. were you putting
30. ---I took a photo of you just now. ---Really? I _______ with attention. A. didn’t look B. wasn’t looking C. am not looking D. haven’t looked 31. _______ the production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year. A. For B. As C. Because D. With
32. The lazy boy is expecting a way ______ he can get through the exams without hard work. A. that B. in that C. which D. where
33. _______ we saw in the previous chapter, grammar is just a structural system of a language. A. as B. so C. whatever D. while
34. Cheer up, Maria! You can also enjoy _____ you have been dreaming of, if you don’t lose heart. A．as a convenient life as B．as convenient a life as C．as a life convenient as D．convenient as a life as
35. He puts these impolite behaviors under a microscope in a (n) ______ to explain why we seem to have become so much ruder in recent years. A. Way B. intention
C. attempt
D. trial
36. Good news issued by the government has _____ businessmen on Wall Street to buy stocks. A. indicated B. threatened C. told D. convinced 37. Do remind me tomorrow because I’m ___ to forget what they asked me to do. A. possible
B. likely
C. capable
D. worried
38. For the first time in history, the Chinese scientists reached the Arctic region and ___it. A. explored B. reviewed C. exposed D. searched 39. The teacher you want to speak isn’t ___to take your call. Please leave a message. A. acceptable B. comfortable C. available D. reasonable
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40. We were _______ that everything possible was being done.
A. insured B. ensured C. assured D. believed Section B (9%)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. considered B. overlooked C. particular D. languages E. primary AE. survival AD. preserving AC. extremely AB. frequently BC. disappearing
“True creativity often starts where language ends.”---Arthur Koestler
The net plays another, more active, role on the linguistic（语言学的）front, a role that is 41 overlooked by many people who believe English victory is on the go. Since the advent (来临) of World Wide Web, many minority 42 ，those spoken by single nations or ethnic groups, have enjoyed a dramatic upsurge(急剧上升)in vitality. Many such tongues were 43 endangered just a decade ago. Late-century mobility and economic currents were taking more and more speakers out of their communities and away from fellow speakers. Languages were 44 at an alarming rate. Like biological extinction, linguistic extinction is a serious loss for all of humankind. Languages are some of the 45 ways people maintain their culture and are crucial to understanding other cultures. When fewer and fewer people share a 46 language, it may die, and when it does, part of our collective human culture dies with it．
Surprisingly, though, the Internet has become a valuable tool for 47 endangered languages. Speakers of these languages not only have been particularly active in putting up web pages in their various languages, but also in mounting (配置) 48 effective, large-scale dictionary and language-learning projects online. There is no reason why minority languages cannot live together with a common social language like English. Indeed, the Internet offers more hope for their 49 than they have ever known before, especially as translation tools become more effective. III. Reading Comprehension Section A (20%)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Millions of Americans and foreigners see GI. Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism, but that’s not how it used to be. To the men and women who 50 in World War Ⅱ and the people they liberated, the GI was the 51 man grown into hero, the poor farm kid torn away from his home, the guy who 52 all the burdens of battles, who slept in cold foxholes, who went without the 53 of food and shelter, who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder. This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, 54 an average guy up against the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies in centuries.
His name isn’t 55 . GI. is just a military abbreviation 56 Government Issue, and it was on all of the articles 57 to soldiers. And Joe? A common name for a guy who never 58 it to the top. Joe Blow, Joe Palooka, Joe Magrac…a working class name. The United States has 59 had a president or vice- president or secretary of state Joe.
GI. Joe had a 60 career fighting German, Japanese, and Korean troops. He appears as a character or a 61 of American personalities, in the 1945 movie The Story of GI. Joe, based on the last days of war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle 62 portrayed(描写) themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the 63 side of the war, writing about the
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dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers, not how many miles were 64 or what towns were captured or 65 . His reports paralleled (相似) the “Willie” cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden. Both men 66 the dirt and exhaustion of war, the fragments of civilization that the soldiers 67 with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep. 68 Egypt, France, and a dozen more countries, GI. Joe was American soldiers, 69 the most important person in their lives. 50. A. performed 51. A. actual 52. A. bore 54. A. and 55. A. common
B. served B. common B. caused B. facilities B. nor B. much
C. rebelled C. special C. removed C. but C. popular
D. betrayed D. normal D. loaded D. properties D. hence D. made-up D. claiming D. passed down D. managed D. neither D. distinguished D. colony D. questioned D. human D. covered D. deserted D. admired D. longed D. Beyond
53. A. necessities C. commodities
56. A. intending 57. A. handed out 58. A. pushed 59. A. ever 60. A. dismissed 61. A. company 62. A. employed 63. A. ethical 64. A. ruined 65. A. liberated 66. A. neglected 67. A. destroyed 68. A. With
B. implying B. turned over B. got B. never
C. symbolizing C. brought back C. made C. either
B. disturbed B. collection B. appointed B. military B. walked B. occupied B. avoided B. shared B. To
C. disputed C. community C. interviewed C. political C. left
C. dumped C. emphasized C. envied C. Among
69. A. on the contrary
Section B (42%)
B. by this means C. from the beginning D. at that point
Directions: Read the following five passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
( A )
About twenty of us had been fortunate enough to receive invitations to a film-studio to take part in a crowd-scene. Although our “act” would last only for a short time, we could see quite a number of interesting things.
We all stood at the far end of the studio as workmen prepared the scene, setting up trees at the edge of a winding path. Very soon, bright lights were turned on and the big movie-camera was wheeled into position. The director shouted something to the camera operator and then went to speak to the two famous actors nearby. Since it was hot in the studio, it came as a surprise to us to see one of the actors put on a heavy overcoat and start walking along the path. A big fan began blowing tiny white feathers down on him, and soon the trees were covered in “snow”. Two more fans were turned on, and a “strong wind” blew through the trees. The picture looked so real that it made us feel cold. The next scene was a complete contrast. The way it was filmed was quite unusual. Pictures in front taken on an island in the Pacific were shown on a glass screen. An actor and actress stood of the scene so that they looked trick like this, palm trees, sandy beaches, as if they were at the water’s
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上海重点中学2011-2012学年高二下学期期末考试 英语试题
