内蒙古赤峰市第二实验中学2011-2012学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题（解析版）.doc

1、第一节 单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分）21. - Lets dine out tonight. How about Chinese food? Or Maybe Italian? And how about Japanese Sushi? - _.A. Well, whatever B. Neither will do C. At your service D. It is 22. When asked about this major traffic accident, the policeman said it should not have _ if the driver hadnt

2、 been speeding. A. come out B. come about C. come across D. happen23_ to tell him the news；he has been told of it. AThere is no need BIt is no need CYou are no need DIt neednt24.The environmentalist said: “Making money is blameless, but I cant _ to unnecessary killing of wild animals for that purpos

3、e.”A. subscribe B. tend C. oppose D. suggest25. After a thorough search, the rescue team finally brought the mountain climber back, _. A. safe and sound B. safely and sound C. safe and soundly D. safely and soundly26The river, _ the banks are covered with trees，is very long.Awhose Bwhich Cof which D

4、which of27. Maybe if I _ literature, but not science then, I would be able to give you more advice now. A. studied B. would study C. had studied D. was studying28. Why not stay at home _ the road is so slippery after the heavy snow? A. in case B. as long as C. now that D. even if29. Since then, find

5、ing ways to grow more peanuts _ his life goal. A. has been B. were C. was D. have been 30I want _ my hair cut，because it wants _.Ahaving; cutting Bto have; cuttingCto have; to cut Dhaving; to cut（1） Sending Sandra a letter was _，because her husband might intercept (截取) it.Aout of question Bout of th

6、e questionCin question Dof question32Where should I send my form?The Personnel Office is the place _.Afor sending it Bto send it toCto send Dto send it3） Although _ about fatness，she still has confidence in her performance of daily life. Ateased Bteasing Ctease Dto tease34Then came a terrible thunde

7、r _ the sudden lightning.Afollowed Bfollowed byCfollowing Dfollowing by18. The view_many scientists hold is_too much emission （排放）of carbon dioxide is destructive.Awhich；which Bthat；thatCthat；which Dwhat；that第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）Once there was a very brilliant, creative and educated man. He gai

8、ned much 36 while traveling throughout the world. 37 , he lost his legs and left arm in a tragic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so depressed(沮丧的）that he was afraid he would spend his life 38 and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n) 39 way.One day, h

9、e remembered how he had always loved getting 40 . He realized that he still had partial 41 of his right hand and could write with 42 . Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”He 43 where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He tho

10、ught of people in 44 . Many of them had hope of regaining their 45 . Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to 46 them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that

11、writing to the prisoners would be 47 . However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back. 48 with the intention, the man began sending 49 messages of Gods love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the limit. He poured

12、his heart and soul 50 his words, 51 his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any 52 . Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone 53 read his letters. However, this was his 54 chance，so he determined to continue.

13、At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to 55 !”We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of enco

14、uragement and strength.36. A. wealthB. faith C. experience D. confidence37. A. Unfortunately B. FortunatelyC. SurprisinglyD. Unbelievably38. A. writing B. suffering C. weeping D. wandering39. A. abnormal B. regular C. comfortable D. meaningful40. A. presents B. e-mails C. letters D. prizes41. A. sen

15、seB. strength C. shape D. function42. A. affection B. cautionC. difficulty D. confidence43. A. evaluated B. doubted C. assumed D. wondered44. A. hospitals B. churches C. prisons D. charities45. A. families B. letters C. freedom D. conscience46. A. keep in touch with B. get in touch with C. defend D.

16、 know47. A. acceptable B. reasonable C. prohibited D. considered48. A. Faced B. Filled C. Satisfied D. Annoyed49. A. holy B. daily C. one-way D. round-way50. A. down B. in C. out D. into51. A. sharing B. learning C. gaining D. enriching52. A. success B. reply C. help D. progress53. A. curiously B. p

17、atiently C. carefully D. actually54. A. only B. better C. extra D. lost55. A. ruin B. pieces C. the ground D. the bottom第三部分阅读理解 (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。 AA gentle breeze blew through Jennifers hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at th

18、e fiery (火红的) ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “Its getting late,” she thought,

19、“I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.”She wondered how her parents would react when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few

20、 hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite sweater on: it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw

21、her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, but now. It all seemed deserted. She couldnt understand what was going on. She entered the house. First, she wen

22、t into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said: “Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping.

23、Her face looked so tired, as if she hadnt slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different. she wasnt in her mothers room and she wasnt wearing the old clot

24、hes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas (睡衣).It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared.”56. The writer describes the beautiful sunset to show Jennifers _. A. love of the natural beauty B.

25、desire of getting back homeC. intention of becoming independent D. depression of being alone 57. What does the underlined phrase “This thought” most probably mean? A. The idea of going back home. B. Her anxiety about her parents. C. The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater. D. The feeling o

26、f getting back home safely.58. Her father didnt take care of the garden because _. A. he was busy looking for her B. he had to look after his wife C. he was not strict with his jobD. he no longer enjoyed working in the gardenBMake the most of collegeDear Daughter,As we drove off from Columbia, I wan

27、ted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind. First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament（ 证明）of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are. Your college years will be the most important of your

28、 life. It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period when you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isnt extremely impotant for your life, the learni

29、ng skills you gain will be something you will cherish（怀念） forever. Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Dont be trapped by what others think or say, but make up your own mind.Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life. Pi

30、ck a few friends and become really close to them pick the ones who are sincere and honest to you. Dont worry about their hobbies, grades, looks or even personalities. Start planning early what would you like to do? Where would you like to live? What would you like to learn? I think your plan to stud

31、y fashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses. Whether it is summer-planning, or coursework planning, or picking a major, or managing your time, you should take control of your life. I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be i

32、n the drivers seat this is your life, and you need to be in control. Being in control feels great. Try it, and youll love it!College is the four years where you have: A The greatest amount of free timeB the first chance to be independentC the most flexibility（灵活性）to changeD the lowest risk for makin

33、g mistakesSo please treasure your college years make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny（命运）, be bold（敢于冒险的） to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you becom

34、e just what you dream to be.Love,Dad (&Mom)59.What does the author think college life holds in store for his daughter? _A. UncertaintyB. Pure enjoyment.C. Successes and challenges.D. Experimentation with life.60.What does the author advise his daughter to do in college?_A. Plan everything.B. Party w

35、ith friends in her free time. C. Ignore what others think or say. D. Treasure and make the best of her college years.61.Which of these pieces of advice is given in the article?_a. think and live independentlyb. learn how to learnc. choose friends with similar personalitiesd. be genuine and sinceree.

36、 try new thingsA. abc B. bce C. cde D. abe62. From the text, we can conclude the father _. A. is worried about his daughter B. is optimistic about his daughters future C. is strict with his daughter D. is sad that his daughter is leaving home A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over

37、the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mailand speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives. Ten years ago, no one thought that usi

38、ng computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. This addictive behavior has affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites. They become addicted to computers and g

39、radually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and dont concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to

40、websites influences their social life. They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes

41、in society. Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident

42、with real life friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the world. 63. The authors attitude towards weboholism is that of being_. A. oppositive B. positive C. optimistic D. acceptable64. The main idea of the passage is

43、 about_. A. the cause of weboholism B. the advantage of weboholism C. the popularity of weboholism D. the influence of weboholism4 According to the passage, which is right? A. Ten years ago, someone thought computer users will isolate themselves from the society. B. Weboholism, a twentieth century d

44、isease, only affects college students. C. Those who are addicted to computers spend less time with their friends than in front of computers. D. Most students spend all free time surfing but they can concentrate on homework.66. We can infer from the passage that_. A. weboholism has the greatest effec

45、t on teenagers B. students can hardly balance real and virtual life C. people are addicted to games on the Internet D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway DPeople have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formedIt is not easy to explain why one person is in

46、telligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative （合作的）and another is competitiveSocial scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questionsThey want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviorsThere are no clear answers yet, but two di

47、stinct schools of thought （学派）on the matter have developedAs one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theoryThe controversy（argument) is often referred to as “nature and nurture（教育）”Those who support the

48、“nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factorsThat our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behavior is central to this theoryTaken to an extreme(走极端）, this the

49、ory maintains that our behavior is predetermined to such a degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts（本能）Proponents of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claimed that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determi

50、ning how we will actA behaviorist, BFSkinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundingsThe behaviorists view of the human being is quite mechanistic（机械论的）; they maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli（刺激） as the basis of thei

51、r behaviorSocially and politically, the consequences of these two theories are far-reachingIn the US, for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligence testsThis leads some proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically lower in status than whitesBehaviorists, on the cont

52、rary, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same responses that whites doEither of these theories cannot yet fully explain hum

53、an behaviorIn fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes. That the controversy will continue for a long time is certain67This passage is mainly concerned with Arelation between personality and behaviorBrelation between behavior and environmentCdif

54、ferent accounts of patterns of human behaviorDdifferent theories of the formation of human behavior68The underlined word proponents in paragraph 2 means Acreators Badvisors Csupporters Djudges69In paragraph 5 , the author mainly writes about Athe considerable（值得考虑的） influence of the two theoriesBdif

55、ferences between the blacks and whitesCracial discrimination in the United StatesDdifferent responds to intelligence tests70Whats the authors purpose in writing the passage?ATo call our attention to the changes of human behaviorBTo urge scientists to do more research in social scienceCTo give us a d

56、etailed explanation of human behaviorDTo present an argument in the field of social science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。Weight loss is a hard topic. Lots of people arent satisfied with their present weight, but most people arent sure how to change it. You may want to look like the models

57、 or actors in magazines or on TV, but those goals might not be healthy or realistic(现实的) for you . 1 So what should you do about your weight control? 2 The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or dietitian （营养学家 ). 3 If it t

58、urns out that you can benefit from weight loss then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started. 4 People who lose weight quickly by crash dieting or other extreme measures usually gain back all of the pounds they lost, because they havent permanently(永久地) changed thei

59、r habits. Therefore, the best weight management ways are those that you can maintain for a lifetime.Small changes are a lot easier to stick with (坚持做) than large ones. Try reducing the size of what you eat. 5 Once you have that down, start gradually introducing healthier foods and exercise into your

60、 life.Its a good idea to maintain a healthy weight because its just that: healthy.ATry giving up regular soda for a week.BTry to pay attention as you eat and stop when youre full.CWeight management is about long-term success.DBesides, no magical diet will make you look like someone else.EBeing healt

61、hy is really about being at a weight that is right for you.FChanging from whole to nonfat or low-fat milk is also a good idea.GThey will compare your weight with healthy standards and help you set goals第二节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增

62、加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线划掉。修改：在错词下面划一横线，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处不计分。March 22nd, Tuesday I watch TV until nearly 12 oclock, so I could not go over my lessons. This morning I got up very late that I had to hurry to school without breakfast. Yet I was

63、late for the first class. When I entered the classroom, the maths teacher also had to stop explaining an important problem, and all the eyes fixed upon me. My face turned red. Something even bad happened on me in the English class. The teacher asked me to recite the text, but I could speak nothing b

64、ut sorry, because I did not spend any times preparing my lessons. The teacher looked at me coldly. I stood at my bench, not dare to raise my head. What a terrible day I had! I will never do something like this again.第三节：书面表达（满分25分）请以Protecting our environment为题，写一篇提醒人们注意保护环境的短文。要求内容包括以下几个要点，词数在120词左

65、右。(1) 经济的快速发展满足了人们的物质需求，但是不要忽视在很多时候 它是以环境的恶化为代价，我们正遭受越来越多自然灾害的侵害；2我们应该采取措施保护环境；(提出几点措施）3如果我们不马上行动，我们必然受到惩罚。注意：参考词汇：以什么为代价 at the cost of; 受损害的环境 damaged environment 开头已给出不计入总字数 100字左右 Protecting Our Environment Nowadays, our countrys economy is fast developing, which may meet our reqirements in matter in many ways,but_