高二英语下学期期末考试习题3
广东省湛江第一中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
After I mastered my first concerto(协奏曲) at age fourteen, my parents decided to get me a nice violin. I tried out dozens of instruments before I found my match: a German violin. It was beautiful, but what I liked best about it was its voice. Confident and strong, it was everything I longed to be.
I'm not sure how much that violin cost, but my parents made me promise never to let it out of my sight. They didn't understand that dragging a large violin case run counter to my daily middle school task of being invisible. I was a strange absent-minded kid. When I spoke up in class, my comments brought confused silence from teachers, and wild laughter from students. Like a deer in a wolf pack, I tried to be quiet and still.
On the contrary, my new violin was almost shockingly loud. Together, we could drown out the rest of my middle school orchestra, which was encouraged, since the other kids made sounds like cats’ crying. For one glorious hour every day, I was showered with attention. Everyone wanted to hear what I had to say.
Between classes, I bent under the combined weight of my violin case and a backpack filled with books. My posture suffered, but my confidence grew. With my violin by my side, I found my voice. More and more, I contributed to class discussions and even made a couple of friends.
Today, I’m just an amateur v iolinist with a regular day job. As I sit in my community orchestra, sometimes I feel jealous of my fellow musicians’instruments with their elegant voices. I may not be the best violinist around, but at least I’m still the loudest.
1. The underlined part “run counter to” in paragraph 2 probably means ______.
A. was similar to
B. went along with
C. was the opposite of
D. had something in common with
2. We know from paragraph 2 that the author ______.
A. did not fit in at school
B. was an excellent student
C. was strong and confident
D. didn't attend classes regularly
3. What kind of feeling is expressed in paragraph 3?
A. Disappointment.
B. Anger.
C. Pride.
D. Regret.
4. What can we infer from the text?
A. The violin changed the author in some way.
B. The author hated the loud voice of his violin.
C. The violin always made the author embarrassed.
D. The author was the best violinist in his community orchestra.
B
On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.
“Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi?” the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. “I’m from Mississippi too.”
Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.
“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. “I didn’t know what my New York friends were thinking.”
Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Welty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi.
“My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’” Welty added. “And I said: ‘Now
you know. These are the people that make me write them.’”
Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.
“I don’t make them up,” she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or s o years. “I don’t have to.”
Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty’s people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.
5.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?
A. Two strangers joined her.
B. Her childhood friends came in.
C. A heavy rain ruined the dinner.
D. Some people held a party there.
6.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s.
A. readers
B. parties
C. friends
D. stories
7.What can we learn about the characters in Welty’s fiction?
A. They live in big cities.
B. They are mostly women.
C. They come from real life.
D. They are pleasure seekers.
C
For 28 years, three months, and 12 days, I drove a New York City taxi. Now, if you were to ask me what I had for breakfast yesterday, I probably couldn’t tell you. But the memory of one fare is so vivid. I’ll remember it all my days in this world.
It was a sunny Monday morning in the spring of 1966. I was cruising down York Avenue looking for a customer, but with the beautiful weather, it was kind of slow. I had stopped
at a light just opposite New York Hospital when I spied a well-dressed man dashing down the hospital steps. He was greeting me.
Just then, the light turned green, the driver behind me honked(按喇叭) impatiently, and I heard a cop’s whistle. But I wasn’t about to lose this ride. Finally, the man reached the cab and jumped in. "LaGuardia Airport, please," he said. "And thanks for waiting."
Good news, I thought. On Monday morning, LaGuardia is hopping, and with a little luck, I could get back-to-back fares. That would make my day.
As always, I wondered about my passenger. Was this guy a talker, or a newspaper reader? After a few moments, he started a conversation. It began ordinarily enough, "How do you like driving a cab?"
It was an old question, and I gave him my old answer. "It’s OK," I said. "I make a living and meet interesting people sometimes. But if I could get a job making $100 a week more, I’d take it — just like you would."
His reply intrigued me. "I would not change jobs if it meant I had to take a cut of a hundred a week."
I’d never heard anyone say such a thing. "What do you do?"
"I’m in the neurology(神经学) department at New York Hospital."
I’ve always been curious about people, and I’ve tried to learn what I could from them. Many times during long rides, I’d developed a rapport (和谐)with my passengers —and quite often I’d received very good advice from accountants, lawyers, and plumbers. Maybe it was that this fellow clearly loved his work; maybe it was just the pleasant mood of a spring morning. But I decided to ask for his help.
8．What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A. The taxi driver was a green hand.
B. There were fewer customers near the hospital.
C. When the weather was fine, there were more customers.
D. The driver was greatly impressed by one customer.
9．Why did the driver behind the writer honk impatiently?
A. Because the light turned yellow.
B. Because the writer was about to lose his ride.
C. Because a cop whistled from behind.
D. Because the writer was in the way of him.
10．What does the underlined word in the passage mean?
A. Annoyed
B. Interested
C. Frightened
D. Inspired
11．Which of the following is true of the doctor?
A. He was not much of a talker.
B. He earned not so much as the taxi driver.
C. He loved his job very much.
D. He would go on business by train.
D
A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night’s sleep. But now a study has found it really does help people nod off—if it is milked from a cow at night.
Researchers have discovered that “night milk” contains more melatonin(褪黑激素), which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety.
The study, by researchers from Seoul, South Korea, involved mice being fed with dried milk powder made from cows milked both during the day and at night.
Those given night milk, which contained 10 times the amount of melatonin, were less active and less anxious than those fed with the milk collected during daytime, according to the study published in The Journal of Medicinal Food.
Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.
While the effect of cows milk harvested at different time has not been tested on humans up to now, taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fall asleep at night.
Previous studies have also indicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calcium content, which helps people to relax.
Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening. The more fat you take in before bedtime, the greater burden you will put on your body at night.
12. According to the text, the mice fed with daytime milk_______.
A. started sleep more easily
B. were more anxious
C. were less active
D. woke up later
13. Which of the following is true of melatonin according to the text?
A. It’s been tested on mice for ten years
B. It can make people more energetic
C. It exists in milk in great amount
D. It’s used in sleeping drugs
14. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Night Milk and Sleep
B. Fat Sugar and Health
C. An Experiment on Mice
D. Milk Drinking and Health
15. How does the author support the theme of the text?
A. By giving examples.
B. By stating arguments.
C. By explaining statistical data.
D. By providing research results.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文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。
Consider… YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or
a billion, or a gazillion…
16
You're amazing! You're awesome! 17 Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process.
18 That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. 19
Paint a Masterpiece!
20 Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you.
A. You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!!!
B. Nobody will be more beautiful than you from now on.
C. God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest.
D. With other people helping you, you’re sure to be truly perfect.
E. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.
F. Amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so.
G. Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节: 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Mum, can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night, please? It’s Friday, and we don’t have any 21 .Can I, please?” Mum was sitting at the kitchen table. Dad was 22 next to her, resting his head on his arms. Mum could 23 that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.
“I’m so sorry, James,” she said.
“I’m never allowed to have friends come to the house? Why, Mum?” James asked sadly, almost in 24 .
“I know it’s 25 for you,” Mum said softly. “But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little… strange. And then they would make fun of you.”
“No, they wouldn’t, Mum,” James protested. “We’re not26 at all. We’re just ordinary people.”
Mum s ighed heavily. “To tell you the truth, James, my neck has been so painful that it’s given me a heavy 27 . And your poor father –he doesn’t feel 28 . He really
needs a rest.”
“I can help, Mum!” James said. “29 I can make you and Dad feel better, can Brett come over? Please?”
“Well…”Mum began.
“Great! Thanks, Mum!” James almost shouted. “Just sit there, don’t move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and 30 what he needed –two spanners（扳手）.
“Hang on, Mum,” he said. “This won’t take a second.” After some 31 , James was finished. With a smile of 32 on his face he said, “There! How does that feel?” “Oh, James,” Mum said. “That’s much better! How did you do it?”
“Easy,” James said 33 .” Dad had tightened your neck bolts (螺栓) too much!
I just 34 them slightly! I learned that in robotic science at school.”
“What about you father? Can you 35 him?” asked Mum.
“I’ll try,” James replied. He 36 up Dad’s hair at the back of his neck and plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head. Then he turned the 37 on. Dad opened his eyes and 38 immediately. “He just let his39 run too low, that’s all,” James said, “Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow?”
“I guess so,” replied Mum. “Your frie nds will just have to 40 that we are a very unusual family. Thanks, son!”
21. A. chance B. message C. homework D. difficulty
22. A. asleep B. reading C. alone D. standing
23. A. explain B. see C. agree D. doubt
24. A. terror B. tears C. surprise D. silence
25. A. fair B. easy C. good D. hard
26. A. strange B. normal C. popular D. anxious
27. A. headache B. loss C. task D. day
28. A. ill B. funny C. sorry D. well
29. A. As B. If C. Since D. Before
30. A. kept B. controlled C. found D. returned
31. A. requests B. thoughts C. repairs D. instructions
32. A. sympathy B. satisfaction C. bitterness D. politeness
33. A. embarrassedly B. gratefully C. impatiently D. proudly
34. A. adjusted B. collected C. produced D. covered
35. A. greet B. accompany C. help D. ask
36. A. lifted B. caught C. gave D. filled
37. A. television B. power C. light D. gas
38. A. grew up B. lay down C. broke down D. sat up
39. A. food B. temperature C. battery D. blood
40. A. prove B. expect C. suspect D. accept
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, 41 Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might 42 (make)of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal 43 (create) special designs.
The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, 44 (use) twigs(树枝) to remove it. Over time, 45 the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 46 (gradual)turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 47 lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the 48 (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and 49 (be) too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 50 their hands.
第三部分：写作（共三节，满分65分）
第一节：完成句子（共30空；每空1分，满分30分）
根据句意、括号中的汉语提示或用所给单词的适当形式填空。每空一词。
51. We sincerely hope that our request will ___________ ___________ your ___________(得
到······同意).
52. Out of ___________(同情), Tony ___________(陪伴) Claire to the shops, ___________(声
称；宣称) that he didn’t want to leave her.
53. ___________(意识到) that there was a shark nearby, James was terrified of ___________
___________(放弃；遗弃；抛弃) by us.
54. The gift you give is not something your loved one keeps but a ___________(自愿的；志
愿的；无偿的) contribution towards the lives of people ___________ ___________(在困难中；在危急中).
55. The preparation course, which Xie Lei highly ___________(推荐；建议), is helping her
get used to the academic requirements of a western university. She was told that she couldn’t write what other people had said without ___________(承认；确认；答谢) them and she was encouraged to ___________(反驳；驳斥) the authors she had read.
56. ___________ ___________ ___________(与······合作或一起工作) a couple from my hotel,
I spent all day driving around the city.
57. All efforts of cloning an animal will be ___________ ___________(白费力气；枉费心机)
if there is not enough diversity in the group to ___________(抵抗；对抗) illnesses.
58. I tried ringing you but your phone was ___________ ___________ ___________ (发生故
障)and I couldn’t get through.
59. Professor Higgins，an expert in phonetics who can place a man by just a few ___________(谈
论；言论；评述), says that Eliza’s terrible English will ___________(注定) her to the gutter to the end of her days.
60. The archaeologist has made it clear that nobody has the right to spit in the street
___________ ___________(不管) their social position or age and she asks the students whether they know the best way to stop crying when ___________ ___________(切碎) onions.
第二节: 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last week my younger brother Mike broke his leg while playing the football
in a school match. He was took to hospital and had an operation performing by one
of the best doctors in town. Although it took older people some time recover from
an operation, he felt better very quickly because he's young or fit. Now, Mike
was recovering at home. The doctors say that he has to take it easily for the next few weeks, but I know he has started to feel boring now. Football has always been
his life. While other children were playing with trains, she would be running around with a ball. Let's hope he'll soon be back on his foot.
第三节书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，是某国际学校的一名高三学生。请用英文跟你的美国朋友克里斯写一封电子邮件求助，要点如下:
1. 需要口语和写作方面的辅导。
2. 想了解美国的文化和风俗。
3.希望得到帮助。
注意:
1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以
适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。
Dear Chris,
__________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
湛江一中2015—2016学年度第二学期期末考试
高二英语参考答案
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
1-4.CACA 5-7.ADC 8-11.DDBC 12-15.BDAD 16-20.AFGEC
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节: 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
21-25.CABBD 26-30.AADBC 31-35.CBDAC 36-40.ABDCD
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
41. and 42. be made 43. to create 44. using 45. as/when
46. gradually 47. who 48. development 49. were 50. with
第三部分：写作（共三节，满分65分）
第一节：完成句子（共30空；每空1分，满分30分）
51. meet with; approval 52. sympathy; accompanied; declaring
53. Aware/Realizing; being abandoned 54. voluntary; in need
55. recommends; acknowledging; contradict 56. Teaming up with
57. in vain; resist 58. out of order
59. remarks; condemn/doom 60. regardless of; cutting up
第二节: 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Last week my younger brother Mike broke his leg while playing the football in a school
match. He was took to hospital and had an operation performing by one
taken performed
of the best doctors in town. Although it took older people some time Λ recover
to
from an operation, he felt better very quickly because he's young or fit. Now,
and
Mike was recovering at home. The doctors say that he has to take it easily for is easy
the next few weeks, but I know he has started to feel boring now. Football has
bored
always been his life. While other children were playing with trains, she would
he
be running around with a ball. Let's hope he'll soon be back on his foot.
feet
第三节书面表达（满分25分）
Dear Chris,
I'm writing to ask for your kind help.
I want to study in America after graduating from senior high school, so I need to make some careful preparations in advance. I'm wondering whether you can help me improve my spoken and written English in your spare time, which I think is very important for my studies.
I also want to know more about American culture and customs, which will make it easier for me to live there. I would appreciate it if you could lend me a helping hand. I am available at the weekend. What time would be convenient for you?
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua