广东省始兴县2012-2013学年高二英语上学期期末试题.doc

1、风度中学2012-2013学年高二上学期期末英语试题一 完形填空（本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分）Everything happens for the best, my mother said whenever I faced disappointment, If you 1 on, something good will happen some day. Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had 2 myself for a sports announcer. So I went to

2、 Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was 3 every time. In one station, a kind lady told me that 4 stations wouldnt employ a person without 5 since I had just graduated. Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance, she said.I returned to Dixon, where I had f

3、inished my high school education and had 6 in the school football team. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to manage its sports department. The job sounded just 7 for me but I wasnt hired.My disappointment had 8 as if by design. Everything happens for the best, Mum 9 me.

4、 Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer. 10 I left his office,! asked aloud, 11 can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he cant get a job in a radio station? Suddenly, I heard the director 12 . Do you

5、know anything about football? Then he asked me to 13 an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was 14 and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the 15 Saturday.1A put B take C move D carry2A devoted B designed C found D enjoyed3A invited B promised C refused D

6、 accepted4A large B all C no D small5A experienceB examination C agreement D college6A played B joined C taken D fought7A possible B successful C right D important8A shown B disappeared C resulted D turned9A woke B advised C demanded D reminded10A While B After C Before D So11A What B How C Whenever

7、 D Wherever12A calling B answering C broadcasting D announcing13A make B act C broadcast D play14A moved B sorry C thankful D satisfied15A future B coming C last D later二 根据课文内容用适当的词填空，使短文完整(一空一词)。（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）Parks provide people 16. a place to amuse 17. for a while. In recent decades，however

8、，many parks have been designed to provide 18. (entertain).We call them theme parks. The new parks are usually huge places and have a 19. of things to see and do. Theme parks have a certain ideaa certain themethat the whole parks is based 20. . The 21. (old) theme park in the world is Disneyland. It

9、seemed like a magical world which can make your dream come true. But if you are interested in traditional culture and history，go to Dollywood,22. you can have fun 23. (learn) all about Americas historical southeastern culture,24. you can go to Camelot Park,25. world of fantasy about ancient England.

10、三、阅读理解（本大题有30小题，每小题2分，共60分） AMr Smith is an English man. He teaches English well. His English classes are very interesting. He likes us and we like him, too. Mr Smith has two children-Tom and Mary. Tom is seven and his sister, Mary, is four. Tom goes to school but Mary doesnt. Mr Smith likes wearing

11、 a T-shirt and jeans(牛仔裤). Football is his favorite sport. After school we often have a baseball match. Sometimes Mr Smith watches and joins us. He plays baseball just for fun. 26. Mr Smith is _. A. a Chinese teacher B. an English driver C. a Japanese teacher D. an English teacher 27. How many sons

12、does Mr Smith have? A. Only one. B. Two. C. Three. D. Not many. 28. Mary doesnt go to school because _. A. she looks beautiful B. she is seven C. she is only four D. she doesnt like school 29. _ is Mr Smiths favorite sport. A. Baseball B. Football C. Running D. Volleyball 30. The story (故事) is about

13、 _. A. Mr Smiths son B. Mr Smith C. Tom and Mary D. a basketball BIt is easy to find your way about in New York. It is laid out so regularly. Instead of streets winding and twisting (迂回) as they do in London, they are all regular and well planned. The streets running north and south are called “aven

14、ues” and are numbered, e.g. 1st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, etc. The streets going east and west are called “streets” and are also numbered, e.g. 51st Street, 63rd Street. It is all much more logical (合理的) than Londons street names. But I couldnt help thinking how much more interesting than these dull cold

15、numbers are Londons illogical but colorful names of streets, e.g. “Bishopgate” (which is not a gate and hasnt a Bishop in it); “Haymarket” or “Corn market” (where you wont see any hey or corn) or “Poultry” (without a living chicken anywhere in sight) or “Thread needle Street” (where you wont find li

16、ttle girls learning to sew).31. In the second sentence of the passage, “laid out” means _.A. builtB. be putC. designedD. cut down32. The streets running from north to south are called _.A. avenues in London B. streets in AmericaC. avenues in New York D. streets in London33. According to the writers

17、opinion, _.A avenues and streets are the sameB streets in America are better than avenues in EnglandC streets in New York are better than those in LondonD the writer didnt agree with the London streets planners34. The names of streets both in London and New York _.A. are quite goodB. are interesting

18、C. are not practicalD. differ greatly in form35. The writer tells his readers that he prefers (更喜欢) _.A. London streetsB. New York streetsC. bothD. neither CAn experimental treatment that causes AIDS patients to develop a dangerously high fever has shown promise as a way of prolonging and improving

19、the patients life.Called the Biologic-HT System, the new treatment lets doctors extract the blood of a patient and heat it before circulating it back into the body. The heated blood causes the patients body temperature to rise above 42 degrees Celsius. In people with AIDS, that increase in temperatu

20、re kills some heat-sensitive HIV, the virus, most doctors say, causes AIDS.Heating the blood of AIDS patients has been tried before, say doctors. But during previous attempts, the treatment induced deadly chemical changes in the blood. The Biologic-HT System prevents those changes from happening, al

21、lowing the heat to kill viruses with few ill side effects.The new heat treatment cannot be considered a cure for Aids, says president of the company that makes the system. He says the treatment doesnt kill all traces of the virus. However, it kills enough virus particles to give a patients immune sy

22、stem a reprieve in its deadly duel with HIV.Tests of the Biologic-HT treatment began on 36 patients earlier this year. The treatment takes about four hours, and the patient normally feels well enough to leave the hospital or clinic the following morning.So far, the patients who have had the treatmen

23、t say they feel better and have developed no new opportunistic infectionsdisease that strike people with damaged immune systems. The patients also have experienced about a 50 percent increase in the number of T cells in their bodies. T cells are key disease-fighting cells of the immune system and th

24、e main target of HIV.36. This passage is mainly concerned with _.A a way for treating AIDS B a heat-sensitive virusC the immune system of the human bodyD the function of high temperature37. The blood of the patient_.A is heated with a single injectionB is heated by being circulated at a higher rateC

25、 is taken out from the body and then circulated through a heating system.D is taken out from the body, heated outside and then put back into the body.38. The previous attempts to use high temperature for treating AIDS failed because they_. A caused chemical changes B could not kill HIV effectivelyC

26、resulted in deaths D killed both HIV and healthy cells39 According to the passage, the new treatment_.A. can kill all the HIV virusesB. cannot eliminate the viruses completelyC can double the number of disease-fighting cellsD. can reconstruct the patients immune system.40 The result of the experimen

27、t seems to be _.A. disappointing B. incomplete C. successful D. surprising DIt helps us understand the world better if we know a little geography and have some maps at hand. But with maps in Chinese only, misunderstanding is possible in studying world events. Chinese names are long, hard to pronounc

28、e and without meaning to a foreigner. For the opening of the country maps are important and helpful and needed badly. I wish maps various languages, such as those used in the United Nations, would come out and be sold in all bookstores open to Chinese.41 The writer is mainly talking about _.A. geogr

29、aphy B. maps C. Chinese names D. the opening of the country42. Knowing a little geography and having some maps in Chinese only, a foreigner _. A. can study world events easilyB. can study world events without misunderstandingC. cant study world events without misunderstandingD. will fell joy in stud

30、ying world events43. What are the difficulties for a foreigner to use a map in Chinese?A. A foreigner has nowhere to buy a mapB. All the bookstores only open to Chinese.C. The names of Chinese people are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning.D. The names of places on a map in Chinese are long,

31、 hard to pronounce and without meaning.44. In the United Nations people use maps in _.A. foreign languages only B. Chinese onlyC. various languages D. English only45. According to the passage maps in foreign language are badly needed _.A. in a country open to other parts of the worldB. if a country

32、is going to join the United NationsC. when we are learning geographyD. if there are no maps in bookstores open to Chinese EFrank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York., in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be farmer. He took

33、 a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract peoples interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Fra

34、nk put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store., selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful

35、. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly form the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole y

36、ear. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the

37、 most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”46. Frank took a short business course in order to _. A. earn more money for his family B. learn something from a salesman C. get away from the farm D. get enough to eat.47. Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because _. A. he knew how to get peo

38、ple to buy his goods. B. he cut down the price by half C. he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way. D. the sign he put on the table was well designed.48. The price of the knives was cut down by half because _. A. the factory workers worked 24 hours a day. B. knives were ordered in large qu

39、antities directly from the factory. C. the knives were made in Germany, where labour (劳动力) was cheap. D. the knives were produced in one factory.49. _ make Woolworth a world-famous man. A. His business skills and his wealth. B. The low price of the goods he sold. C. His trip to Germany and his huge

40、order of knives. D. His natural skill for showing things.50. The belief that : “ The customer is always right” suggests that _. A. whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right. B. If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way. C. stores must

41、always follow the customers orders if they want to make more money. D. stores should do their best to meet the customers needs if they want to be successful. F About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this

42、 matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman! There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green

43、. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green a strange world indeed.Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between col

44、ors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorit

45、e colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.51. The passage is mainly about _. A. color and its surprising effec

46、ts. B. women being luckier than men C. danger caused by color blindness D. color blindness52. According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can_. A. tell different shapes B. see in a weak light C. kill mosquitoes D. tell orange from yellow53. Why do some people say it is safer to be dri

47、ven by women? A. Women are more careful. B. There are fewer color-blind women C. Women are fonder of driving than men. D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.54. Which of the statements about the color- blind is true? A. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color. B. None of the

48、m can see deep red. C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green. D. All of them see everything in shades of green.55. We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _. A. red light B. yellow light C. blue light D. green light 四 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息,

49、并按照要求匹配信息。AAmerican & British ClassicsA classic is a literary work which has stood the test of time. Generations of readers have turned to classics to discover that which is ever-lasting. Through both the works themselves and the people they mirror, we may better be able to see ourselves. B. World L

50、iteratureWorld Literature examines the common people found in quality literature worldwide, in these worlds, we find not only what is unique to each culture but what is universal,C. Creative WritingCreating Writing does not only provide us with an opportunity to express ourselves, but also holds our

51、 attention to word choice, paragraph development, and other skills useful in writing.D. Technical WritingIts a course which can help you to improve your communication skills in, for arid through technology.E. JournalismIts a course for seniors, in which we will cover how 10 gather, write and report

52、the news. We will discuss how information is, or can be organized. F. Non-fictionThe course is a study of non-fiction through reading many different types of non-fiction. The course will also be about the possible changes in journalistic reporting and the sharing of personal stories of various peopl

53、e on various topics such as travel and adventure.请阅读以下学生的相关信息，然后匹配和他/她拟要选择的课程：56. Lucy .wants to become a famous reporter in the world. She is eager to have the course which can help her to realize her dream.57. Sallys vocabulary is very large, but she can not organize what she write well, which mak

54、es her writing illogically. She wants to get some more skill of it.58. Lily can not know how to communicate with others as a. writer. She needs to improve the skill of it badly.59. Jenny wants to become a writer of biography. Therefore, she wants to choose a. course connected with it.60. Mary is int

55、erested in Mark Twain, especially his novels which arc full of humors. She really want to know some other writers who were born in the same country as Mark Twain was.待选课程的学生 课程名称56. Lucy A. American & British Classics57. Sally B. World literature58. Lily C. Creative writing59. Jenny D. Technical Wri

56、ting60. Mary E. JournalismF. Non-fiction 五 完成下列句子（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）1 她从来不满足于现状。Shes never the present situation.2 I am quite (很拮据) recently.3 He (感到很好奇) the people who lived upstairs.4 没有通过考试让我觉得丢脸。Failing in the exam made me 5徒步旅行能帮助我们接近自然。Hiking can help us nature六 基础写作（满分15分）请你根据以下资料说明，使用5个规范的句子描

57、述全部所给的信息内容。写作内容：姓名： 李华 学校：育才中学地址：中国广州育才路138号 出生年月：1989年10月1日身高：180 cm 头发颜色：黑色全家人口：3人 父母职业：教师爱好：集邮和硬币 掌握外语情况：英语写作要求：1 标题：Something about Li Hua 2 必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给内容； 3 将5个句子组织成连贯的短文。评分标准：句子结构的准确性和复杂度；信息内容的完整性和连贯性。2012-2013学年度第一学期风度中学高二英语期末考试答案四 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）5660 ECDFA五 完成下列句子（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）1 satisfied with 2 badly off3 was very curious about4 lose face 5 (to) get close to六 基础写作（满分15分）