新人教版高二英语上学期期末考试试卷.doc

长春市十一高中2009-2010学年度高二上学期期末考试
英 语 试 题

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第II卷两部分, 满分120分, 考试时间为120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷 客观题（满分85分）

一、听力(共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分)
第一节 、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秒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. How much will the man pay for the tickets?
A. ￡7.5.
B.￡15.

C.￡50.
2. Which is the right gate for the man’s flight?
A. Gate 16.
B.Gate 22.
C.Gate 25.
3. How does the man feel about going to school by bike?
A. Happy.
B. Tired.
C. Worried.
4. When can the man get the computers?
A. On Tuesday.
B. On Wednesday.
C. On Thursday.
5. What does the woman think of the shirt for the party?
A. The size is not large enough.
B. The material is not good.
C. The color is not suitable.
第二节 、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题。
6. What can we learn about Mr. Brown?
A. He is in his office.
B. He is at a meeting.
C. He is out for lunch.
7.What will the man probably do next?
A. Call back.
B. Come again.
C. Leave a message.
听第7段材料，回答第8—9题。
8.What kind of room does the man want to take?
A. A single room.
B.A double room.
C. A room for three
9.What does the man need to put in the form?
A. Telephone and student card numbers.
B. Student card number and address.
C. Address and telephone number.
听第8段材料，回答第10—12题。
10. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Fellow clerks.
B. Boss and secretary.
C. Customer and salesperson.

11. What does the man like about his job?
A. Living close to the office.
B. Chances to go abroad.
C. Nice people to work with.
12. What do we know about the woman?
A. She likes traveling.
B. She is new to the company.
C. She works in public relations.
听第9段材料，回答第13—16题。

13. When will the visitors come?
A. In March.
B. In April.
C. In May.
14. How many visitors are coming?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
15. What will the visitors do on the second day?
A. Go to a party.
B. Visit schools.
C. Attend a lecture.
16. Where will the visitors go on the final day?
A. To London.
B. To Scotland.
C. To the coast.
听第10段材料，回答第17—20题。
17. What is the first word the baby tried to say?
A. Truck.
B. OK.
C. Duck.
18. How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?
A. About 18 months.
B. About 21 months.
C. About 24 months.
19. What did the father do when the baby screamed that word at the airport?
A. He corrected the baby.
B. He tried to stop the baby.
C. He hid himself somewhere.
20. Why did the mother pretend not to know the baby?
A. She got angry with the father.
B. She was frightened by the noise.
C. She felt uneasy about the noisy baby.
二、单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
21. _______，I think, all the problems could be solved.
A. Double your efforts
B. Unless you double your efforts
C. Making great efforts
D. So long as you make efforts
22. How did it _______ that such an excellent student wasn’t admitted to that college?
A. come out
B. come about
C. turn out
D. turn up
23. I was impressed _______ the work efficiency of the company.
A. in
B.about
C. with
D. for
24. _______ is well-known to all that Hong Kong has returned to China.
A. Which
B. It
C. That
D. As
25. The doctor _______ him to quit smoking, but he turned a deaf ear to it.
A.convinced
B. persuaded
C. advised
D. had

26. The poem is hard to understand.Can you make of it?
A. idea
B. difference
C. sense
D. understanding
27. — I can’t find Mr.Smith. Where did you meet him this morning?
— It was in the hotel he stayed.
A. where
B. which
C. that
D. at which
28. _______your letter, I would have written back two days ago.
A. If I received
B. Should I received
C. Had I received
D. If I could have received
29. —The flight has been put off because of the heavy fog.
— ______. Then we will have to stay here for another two hours.
A. That’s all right.
B. You must be kidding.
C. What a bore!
D. No problem.
30. — What do you think of chemistry?
— In my opinion, chemistry is______ physics.
A. subject so difficult as
B. as difficult a subject as
C. as a difficult subject as
D. difficult as a subject as
31. When the accident happened, he was ______ his way to the nearby post office.
A. feeling
B. making
C. walking
D. leading
32. The plan, aimed to increase ______production of local food, caused______ diversity of opinions.
A. the; the
B. the; a
C. /;a
D. /;the
33. ____ of danger in the street at night, she had to go home with a friend____ her.
A. Warned; followed
B. Warning; following
C. Having warned; followed
D. Having been warned; following
34. He ______ go shopping when his old friends came to see him.
A. was going to
B. would
C. was about to
D. was to
35. We hadn’t enough money to pay______ our bus fare, and______ we had to walk.
A. for; as consequence
B. for; as result
C. /; consequent
D. /; in consequence

三、完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather. Several times, it 36 several obstacles in its path. And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour (绕道). 37 one point, the ant had to cross a crack about 10mm wide. After some 38 thoughts, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked 39 it and picked the feather up on the other side, then continued on its way. I was 40 by the cleverness of this ant. It was only a small insect, lacking in 41 yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome. 42 this ant, like the other two-legged creatures 43 on the earth, also shares human failings.
After some time the ant 44 reached its destination --- a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its 45 home. It was 46 that the ant met its match. How could that large feather possibly 47 such a small hole? Of course, it couldn’t. So the ant, after all this 48 and using great brightness, overcoming problems a1l along the way, just gave up the 49 and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through 50 it began its journey and in the end the feather was 51 more than a burden. Isn’t our 52 like that?
We worry about our families; we worry about the 53 of money; and we worry about all kinds of things. These are all burdens --- the things we pick up along life’s path, and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to 54 that at the destination they are 55 and we can’t take them with us.
36. A. brought about
B. got over
C. came across
D. dealt with
37. A. At
B. For
C. To
D. With
38. A. brave
B. tiring
C. magic
D. short
39. A. across
B. through
C. beside
D. behind
40. A. frightened
B. attracted
C. annoyed
D. satisfied
41. A. size
B. height
C. depth
D. length
42. A. Therefore
B. But
C. Moreover
D. Otherwise
43. A. working C．1iving D．walking
B. sleeping
C. 1iving
D. walking
44. A. probably
B. suddenly
C. easily
D. eventually
45. A. underground D．big
B. lonely
C. comfortable
D big
46. A. here
B. there
C. where
D. the place
47. A. fill
B. fix
C. suit
D. fit
48. A. decision D．matter
B. pleasure
C. trouble
D. matter
49. A. insect
B. problem
C. hole
D. feather
50. A. after
B. until
C. before
D. once
51. A. nothing
B. anything
C. something
D. everything
52. A. study
B. aim
C. dream
D. 1ife
53. A. waste
B. lack
C. worth
D. danger
54. A. think
B. find
C. wonder
D. warn
55. A. bad
B. practical
C. useless
D. meaningful

四、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
A
Nine-year-old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine and he was shocked by a series of photos. The pictures were of a black man who destroyed his skin with chemicals that promised to make him white.
For the first time, the African-American boy began to doubt who he was.
However, now the boy who used to struggle with his identity doesn’t see it as a problem any more, but an advantage for his successful career. Last week Obama made history by being elected as the first black president of the United States. He defeated John McCain in a landside victory.
Obama’s story starts in opposite corners of the world. His white mother was born in the heartland of the US. His black father grew up in a tiny village in Kenya. They met during college in Hawaii, but his father left the family when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia.
At 10, Obama moved back to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii. At his class, a white boy asked Obama if his father ate people. Out of embarrassment, Obama lied to his classmates that his father was a prince. “I kept asking who am I and I ended up trying drugs and drinking,” Obama recalled.
Things came to change after the young men made friends with those with a similar background at college. Their experiences back in Africa helped Obama to finally face up to his African origin. He worked hard to become a star at Harvard Law School and the third black senator(参议员) in US history.
At the beginning of his campaign for the White House, few people viewed Obama favorably. Many doubted his unusual background, which left him neither “black” enough nor “white” enough. But Obama turned his pain of growing up into a tool to make Americans believe: “ There’s not a black America and a white America, a Latino American, an Asian America. There’s the United States of America.”
Barack Obama’s victory is “ a historic victory that promised change and overcame centuries prejudice. His success accomplished Martin Luther King’s dream that a man be judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character”, wrote ABC news.
56. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A. who he was
B. Obama’s successful career
C. making him white
D. defeating John McCain
57. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. Obama’s parents come from the same country
B. the black man who destroyed his skin was Obama himself
C. Obama was once troubled by his identity
D. Africa is where Obama was born
58. Which of the following is the correct order?
a. being elected the first black president of the US
b. returning to live with his grandparents
c. becoming the third black senator in US history
d. going to college
e. going to Africa for his origin
f. joining in the campaign for the White House
A. b-e-d-c-f-a B. f-a-b-e-d-c C. a-b-e-f-c-d D. c-f-d-b-e-a
59. The best title of the passage would be _____.
A. The first president of the US
B. Martin Luther King’s dream
C. A historic victory
D. The history of African Americans

B
The Original London Sightseeing Tour—Hop On Hop Off
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.”—Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Duration: 24 Hours pass

Welcome to London and welcome to The Original Tour. Providing more than just a great way to travel around the capital, founded nearly 60 years ago at the time of The Festival of Britain, The Original Tour is now the largest and most popular sightseeing operator in the world.
The Original Tour has been regarded as the basic introduction to London. You are invited to experience all the magical sights and sounds of London in a comfortable and safe environment.
There is a full explanation in English and a choice of six other languages on selected routes. Live English-speaking guides appear on the yellow route service. Your tour tickets are completely unlimited. Each route makes frequent stops—simply hop off where you want to and return to the same stop to continue your tour.
You can relax and enjoy the tour while your children are entertained and informed by the highly praised “Kids’ Club” commentary (讲解)and their free London activity packs. “Kids’ Club” is featured on the red route service.
Your ticket includes a free Thames River cruise (巡游). You can choose between a 24-hour river cruise hopper pass and a 50-minute circular tour depending on the time you have.
60. Dr Samuel Johnson’s words are put at the beginning of the advertisement to ______.
A. show the excellence of The Original London Tour
B. draw the readers’ attention
C. tell the readers about the bright side of London
D. prove the writer’s opinion
61. According to the text, The Original Tour is _____
A. a tourist guides organization
B. a travel magazine
C. a public transport system
D. a bus tour company
62. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “hop off” ?
A. get off B. take off C. put off D. turn off
63. Which of the following descriptions is correct about The Original Tour?
A. There is commentary in 7 languages on all the routes offered.
B. Tourists with children had better choose the yellow route.
C. A ticket holder can choose a 24-hour or 50-minute cruise for free.
D. There are not English-speaking guides on all the routes

C
We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another. Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough and that all will be well when they are older. Then we are frustrated because they reach teenage years and we must deal with them. Surely we'll be happier when they grow out of the teen years.
We tell ourselves our life will be better when our spouse (配偶) gets his/her act together, when we have a nicer car, when we can take a vacation, when we finally retire. The truth is that there is no better time to be happy than right now. If not, then when? Your life will always be full of challenges. It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy in spite of it all.
For the longest time, it seemed that life was about to start—real life.
But there was always some obstacles along the way, a pain to get through, some work to be finished, some time to be given, a bill to be paid. Then life would start. It finally dawned on me that those obstacles were part of life. Little by little, that point of view also helped me see that there isn't any road to happiness.
Happiness is the road. So, enjoy every moment. And bear in mind that ________ So stop waiting for school to end, for a return to school, to lose ten pounds, to gain ten pounds, for work to begin, to get married, for Friday evening, for Sunday morning, waiting for a new car, for your debt to be paid off, for spring, for summer, for fall, for winter, for the first or the fifteenth of the month, for your song to be played on the radio, to die, to be reborn… before deciding to be happy.
Happiness is a voyage, not a destination. There is no better time to be happy than… NOW! Live and enjoy the moment.
64. The most proper title for the passage should be______.
A. Hap