高二年级英语下学期期末试题
英 语 试 题
（本套题共两部分，第一卷分为客观题，第二卷分为主观题）
第一卷
第一节 单词辩音 从下面ABCD四个选项中，选出其划线部分与前面所给单词划线部分相同的一个选项。
01.pleasure A.feat B.bread C.deal D.year
02.ocean A.progress B.origin C.official D.noise
03.worth A.breath B.bathes C.though D.southern
04.yard A.chimney B.beyond C.bury D.society
05.farther A.war B.sugar C.grammar D.argue
第二节 单项选择 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的一个最佳选项。
06. from space, the earth, with water seventy percent of its percentage, looks a “blue ball”.
A. Seen; covered B. Seeing; covering C. Seeing; covered D. Seen; covering
07. Mary rushed home she heard the news, only that his wife was gone.
A. as soon as; finding B. immediately; to find
C. the moment; find D. when; found
08. The boy insisted that he the money and he at once.
A. not steal; be set free B. hadn't stolen; be set free
C. didn't steal; should be set free D. hadn't stolen; set free
09. breaks the law should be punished.
A. Those who B. Anyone who C. No matter who D. Whoever
10. When I returned to my hometown, I found it completely.
A. have changed B. has changed C. changed D. changing
11. —Tom isn't so strong as he , is he?
—Yes, he is his two brothers.
A. thinks, no stronger than B. expects; as strong as
C. appears; not stronger than D. looks; the strongest of
12. —It's many years since I saw you last, I you at all.
—I wouldn't have, either, if someone you by the name.
A. didn't recognize; hadn't called B. didn't recognize; didn't call
C. haven't recognized; didn't call D. recognized; had called
13. —Which team is to win the game?
—In my opinion, it is for our team to win.
A. probable; likely B. possible; probable
C.ikely; probable D. likely; possible
14. During the terrible storm last night, a tree fell over a car and caused .
A. falling; slept; great damages B. fallen; slept; a great deal of damage
C. falling; sleeping; a great deal of damage D. falling; sleeping; great damages
15. The part that China in the international affairs in international society.
A. played; is widely praised B. played; is wide praised
C. takes; widely praised D. takes; wide praised
16. During the hurricane the night before, Tom lay in bed, , the rushing winds.
A. awake; was listening to B. awake; listening to
C. waking up; was listening to D. woke up; listening to
17. —Were they late for the play?
—Not really. As soon as they themselves in their seats in the theatre, the curtain .
A. settled; went up B. settled; had gone up
C. were settled; went up D. were settling; had gone up
18. On the top of the hill the old man once lived.
A. a temple stands there; in which B. a temple standing; on which
C. does a temple stand; where D. stands a temple; where
19. Nobody noticed the thief into the house because the lights happened to .
A. had slipped; be put up B. slip; give in
C. slipping; be turned on D. slip; go out
20. When a chopstick is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it______ .
A. breaks B. has broken C. were broken D. had been broken
第三节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 21 , it has been said that today children 22 their education to go to school. The 23 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 24 , compared with schooling. Education knows no 25 . It can take place 26 , whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 27 learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 28 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces 29 . A chance talk with a 30 may lead to a person to discover how 31 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 32 on. Education, 33 , is a very 34 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 35 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one's entire life. Schooling, on the other hand, is a 36 experience, whose style changes 37 from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 38 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and 39 , and so on. Schooling has usually been 40 by the edges of the subjects being taught.
21. A. Then B. However C. Thus D. Therefore
22. A. understand B. need C. enjoy D. interrupt
23. A. difference B. importance C. use D. problem
24. A. unexpected B. endless C. countless D. simple
25 .A. answers B. ways C. edges D. meanings
26. A. anywhere B. anywhere else C. somewhere D. somewhere else
27. A. part-time B. public C. standard D. strict
28. A. If B. Because C. So D. Though
29. A. pride B. surprises C. knowledge D. progress
30. A. neighbor B. friend C. foreigner D. teacher
31. A. wonderfully B. well C. greatly D. little
32. A. babies B. grown-ups C. women D. men
33. A. still B. next C. then D. yet
34. A. long B. broad C. narrow D. short
35. A. that B. when C. after D. before
36. A. basic B. strict C. final D. irregular
37. A. unusually B. differently C. little D. frequently
38. A. large B. new C. fixed D. small
39. A. take exams B. hold exams C. mark papers D. read papers
40. A. changed B. limited C. chosen D. controlled
第四节 阅读理解 阅读下面短文，从题后所给的A、B、C、D四个答案中选出最佳选项。
A
Critics say Microsoft Windows 95 must be able to do what the company has said or sales will fall sharply. This could mean the public would reject future Microsoft products. The public would lose trust in the company. Some people say this will not happen. They say Microsoft sent out several thousand copies of their new product to computer experts to test several months before it was released. Problems that these testers found were immediately corrected. Microsoft representatives are working to solve all the other problems buyers find when they try the new system. Computer industry experts say that if there are no major problems Microsoft can expect to earn about 7 thousand million dollars from Windows 95 in the first two years. The experts say this could be just a beginning for Microsoft and the whole computer industry. The experts say Windows 95 can help the user do many different and difficult tasks. They say this means the sale of more powerful computers and other computer products will increase as people learn about the new Microsoft product. Other companies say Windows 95 is not a big improvement. The Apple Computer Company says its Mackintosh Operating System has been able to do many of the same things since 1989. For example, it has been able to let users work two different programs at the same time. The Amega Computer also has offered this for almost ten years. And IBM says the operating system it developed about 7 years ago is very similar.
41. In the passage the writer .
A. thinks Windows 95 will be a success
B. is doubtful about what Microsoft Company has promised
C. shows no opinion of his own
D. is advertising Windows 95 for Microsoft Company
42. Some believe that Windows 95 will not only bring in a lot of money but also .
A. replace the older products
B. threat (威胁) other computer companies
C. help sell other products produced by Microsoft Company
D. bring about changes in other fields
43. All the following show Windows 95 is important to Microsoft Company except .
A. Windows 95 will build up people's faith (信心) in the country's future products
B. Windows 95 will bring about a great change in the whole computer industry
C. other companies don't think highly of Windows 95
D. Windows 95 will help sell more powerful computers
B
“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right,” says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie's opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing. “If you aren't telling a story, you're a very dead writer indeed,” she says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain (让人愉快), Mollie is indeed an entertainer. “I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,” she says. “This love goes back to early childhood. I've told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said ‘Nonsense, Mollie, dear, you’ll be a writer.’ So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.”
This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie's ambition (理想) and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免地)brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields—sadly now covered with modern houses.“I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I'll never go back,”she said. “Never.”“When I set one of my books in Scotland,”she said,“I can recall my romantic (浪漫的) feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that's important, because children now know so much so early that romance can't exist for them, as it did for us.”
44. What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book?
A. It should not aim at a narrow audience.
B. It should be attractive to young readers.
C. It should be based on original ideas.
D. It should not include too much conversation.
45. In Mollie Hunter's opinion, which of the following is one sign of a poor writer?
A. Being poor in life experience. B. Being short of writing skills.
C. The weakness of description. D. The absence of a story.
46. What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child?
A. She didn't expect to become a writer. B. She didn't enjoy writing stories.
C. She didn't have any particular ambitions. D. She didn't respect her teacher's views.
47. In comparison with children of earlier years, Mollie feels that modern children are .
A. more intelligent B. better informed
C. less eager to learn D. less interested in reality
48. What's the writer's purpose in this text?
A. To describe Mollie Hunter's most successful books.
B. To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter's books.
C. To introduce Mollie Hunter's work to a wider audience.
D. To provide information for Mollie Hunter's existing readers.
C
There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art (美术馆); Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.
FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don't have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.
Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he starts the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.
A computer artist can only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers. He can also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needs an expensive laser printer.
Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have
an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.
49. The main purpose of this text is to give information about .
A. museums throughout the world
B. an electronic art museum in Miami, U.S.A.
C. art exhibitions in Florida International University
D. latest development of computer art
50. To see the art in FIU museum, you need .
A. floppy discs B. a computer and a printer
C. pictures and drawings on paper
D. a computer connected to the museum by telephone line
51. The museum was started when .
A. Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists
B. Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists
C. art students needed a place to show their works
D. computer scientists wanted to do something about art
52. The words“an audience”in the last paragraph refer to .
A. art students B. computer owners
C. exhibits in the museum D. those who will enjoy art
D
One would have to be a fool to overlook the importance of using positive thinking for you rather than allowing negative thinking to work against you. In recent years, research in psychopharmacology (精神药理学) has proved how many people have known over the centuries: a positive attitude is good for you, good for your health, good for your wealth, good for everything. Researchers found that a positive attitude produces a specific chemical reaction which makes people feel better, while negative thinking results
in a decline of hormone (荷尔蒙) and shuts down the immune (免疫的) system. This leads to illness and depression. Positive thoughts will make you feel better. Even if you must begin by literally forcing yourself to be positive (faking it, so to speak), it will become contagious (会传播的) and the positive thoughts will generate nice little chemicals and good feelings which will reinforce the positive thoughts.
For example, if you force yourself to smile or laugh, even when you don't feel like smiling or laughing, if you keep at it for a few minutes, you will soon feel like it. Feelings can generate thoughts, but thoughts can also generate feelings. Control your thoughts and you can control your feelings. Positive thinking is important in all aspects of our lives. There is probably no single factor more important in determining your success in achieving your career objectives than your own attitude.
It's often been said that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. And in the office of militant (好战) negativism, the positive workers shine like gold. You cannot control external events, but you can learn to control your reaction to those events and thereby have a positive attitude and be happy. This vital key to success is totally within your control. Use it.
53. We can infer from the passage that .
A. positive thinking can cure you of your diseases
B. positive thinking can easily be generated by anyone
C. a decline of hormone may cause you to be depressed
D. a specific chemical reaction is the cause of negative thinking
54. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Feeling and thoughts can generate each other.
B. It's easier to control thoughts than to control feelings.
C. Your success depends wholly on your attitude.
D. Keeping smiling will surely make you successful.
55. Just like a one-eyed man in the land of the blind, you should .
A. take positive attitude in the office of militant negativism
B. be king in your office
C. pay no attention to what is going on around you
D. control your feeling to what is happening to you
56. The best title to the passage is .
A. Thinking Benefits People B. Why Should People Think
C. Positive Thinking and Negative Thinking D. Thinking: The Vital Way
E
SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND—A British teaching union famous for strange ideas has supported proposal to employ dogs as classroom assistants.
At the annual conference of the Professional Association of teachers in Southport, northwest of England, one person suggested properly trained dogs be able to keep order in primary schools. They can round up lost children and protect those who experience unfortunate “accidents”. Wendy Dyble, a Sheetland Islands woman who teaches children up to age seven, made it clear to her fellow friends that she was not “barking mad”. They obviously believed her, supporting her idea by 16 votes to 13, with a total of 57 abstentions.
he said big dogs could help round up children, keep them in line, lick up the milk they spill on the floor and provide the extra eyes that a teacher needs to keep order. “A big dog would also be helpful for breaking up fights and look for lost property, like gym shoes or dolls, ” Dyble said at the conference. “The dog will also be useful in sniffing out smells that children do not own up to,” she added. “It would be nice for the teacher not to have to go round sniffing each child to find the culprit.”
The idea was greeted by the Dog Defense League but less so by bigger teaching unions. A spokesman for Education Secretary David Blunkett, who is blind, said his guide
dog was always popular with pupils when he visited schools. The Professional Association of Teachers, with around 35,000 members, is the smallest teaching union in Britain. It has an honour for occasional strange ideas.
Earlier this week, its annual conference here suggested stopping exams because they lead to stress and introducing selection at the age of 12 based on physical coordination and manual skill in the use of hand.
57. According to the writer's opinion, to employ dogs as classroom assistants .
A. is a wonderful idea
B. can improve the relation between children and animals
C. is beyond ordinary people's minds D. can make some teachers lose jobs
58. What Dyble said at the conference .
A. gained some support from the members
B. frightened everyone at the conference
C. interested everyone at the conference
D. caused some trouble to trained dogs
59. A spokesman for Education Secretary .
A. once used a dog as classroom assistant B. sang high praise for Dyble's idea
C. would employ dogs as teachers D. benefited from dogs more than others
60. The last paragraph of this passage .
A. has nothing to do with the topic of this passage
B. shows there are too many exams in British school
C. provides further facts about the teaching union
D. shows the writer's anger to the union
第五节 根据对话内容，从对话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。
Peter: 61
Monica: Yes, but not here. 62 I don’t like eating standing up.
Pater: There is another restaurant over there.
Monica: 63 Only the rich nan can afford to eat there. Besaides, 64 I’m not going into a restaurant that doesn’t have a menu.
Pater: We just passed a cafe that does snacks.
Monice: 65
Pater: You’re one of those people that are never satisfied, aren’t you?
A. Shall we have something to eat?
B. Do you come here very often?
C. I don’t like cafe without tables.
D. It is expensive and charges very high prices.
E. Oh, I don’t like the look of it
F. It serves very good coffee.
G. I can’t see a menu.
第二卷 笔试部分
第一节 单词拼写
66．How much do you ______________(收费) for a bed a night?
67.The news was heard _______________(广播)first by the Beijing Radio.
68.I’m sorry, but I didn’t do it on ________________(目的).
69.Finally, the little girl _____________(吞咽)the medicine with the help of some juice.
70.We need food and water for _______________(生存).
71.He was waiting for his brother’s return with _____________(焦虑).
72.How many ___________(德国人) are going to visit their town next mouth?
73.The doctors were busy ___________(检查) for the coming examination.
74.Is it as cold in ___________(一月) in Australia as it is here in China?
75.The court ___________(判处) the murderer to death by law.
第三节 短文改错
Recently we have had a heating discussion on 76．_________
whether people should keep the pets at home in cities． 77．_________
Some students think it’s a good idea to keep pets because of 78．_________
many old people who live alone at home can get some comforts 79．_________
from pets．Besides, getting along well with animals will 80．_________
make our life interesting．
On the other hand, the other students against the idea． 81．_________
In our opinion, if too many people keep pets at home, 82．_________
it will do good to the environment．What is worse, pets may 83．_________
make too much noise and even attack people．
I like animals, but I don’t think it’s bad to keep pets at 84．_________
home．But we must make some measures to prevent them 85．_________
from polluting our environment．
第三节 书面表达
假定你是武汉二中高三学生，请根据以下内容，代王刚先生用英文发一份e-mail预约旅馆。内容如下：
感谢去年12月受到你们无微不至的照顾。我和同行友人都非常高兴能住宿于贵旅馆。
预定今年12月再次前往夏威夷。将于12月7日上午抵达，故希望能从当天中午开始为我保留房间。将于12月12日上午离开。若能保留一楼面海（oceanfront）之房间，将更为感激。
真的非常感谢您们，让我前几次投宿留下了美好回忆。
November 14,2003
Mr. Edwin C. Heimer
Executive Assistant-Administration
Kabala Hilton
5000 Kabala Avenue
Honolulu ,Hawaii 96816
U.S.A
Dear Mr. Heimer,
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Sincerely yours,
Wang Gang
[参考答案]
单项选择：01—05 BAABD 06--10 ABBDC 11—15 CADCA 16—20 BADDC
完形填空：21—25 BDABC 26—30 ACDBC 31—35 DACBD 36—40 ACCAB
阅读理解：41—45 CCCAD 46—50 ABCBD 51—55 BDCAA 56—60 CCADC
61—65 ACDGE
66.charge 67.broadcast 68.purpose 69.swallowwd 70.survival(no living) 71.anxiety 72.Germans 73.examining(no checking)74.Hanuary 75.sentenced
76．heating 改为heated 77．去掉the 78．去掉of 79．comforts改为comfort
80．正确 81．students间 against加are 82．our改为their 83．good改为bad
84．but改为and 85．make改为take
书面表达：A possible version
Dear Mr Heimer,
Thank you for the fine arrangements that were made for me last December. My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay this December. I will arrive on the morning of December 7 and hope that a room can be used from noon. I will leave on the morning of December 12.I would very much appreciate it if you could arrange for a ground-level oceanfront room.
Thank you again for everything you have done to make my previous stays memorable.
Sincerely yours,
Wang Gang