《首发》陕西省西安市第一中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题WORD版含答案.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家西安市第一中学2014-2015学年度第一学期期末高二英语试题 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分100分。 第I卷 （选择题 共70分）第一部分 英语知识运用(共三节,满分40分)第一节 语音知识(共5小题；每小题1分,满分5分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中,找出与所给单词读音相同的选项并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。、1. fragile A. librarian B. fragrant C. abnormal D. bathe2. possess A. scholar B. potential C. cottage D. compass3

2、. tease A. abuse B. database C. sense D. practise4. ashamed A. escaped B. amazed C. founded D. glanced5. blank A. mental B. appendix C. trend D. anxiety第二节 语法和词汇知识(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。6.There was nothing special about _ filmit was only _. A. a;usual B.a;avera

3、ge C.the;usual D.the;average7. Although money is important, not many people _the idea that money brings happiness.A.refuse to B.devote to C.subscribe to D.contribute to8. As we all know, it was _ that resulted in the terrible car accident.A. because of her carelessness B. her being carelessC. becaus

4、e she was careless D. she was so careless9. At times, he felt _ difficult to _ himself to getting up early. A. it; adopt B. that; attempt C. that; advocate D. it; accustom10. We _ of gas. Im afraid we cant go much further. I know theres a gas station ahead. Will it last until we get there?A. run out

5、 B. have run out C. are running out D. had run out 11.When she woke up, she realized that the things she had dreamt about could not _ have happened.A. possibly B. likely C. hardly D. usually12. It doesnt make _to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are just as good.A. decision B. promise

6、 C. sense D. difference 13. My dictionary has disappeared. Who do you think _ have taken it?A. should B. must C. could D. would14. Mr. Wang is ill, so we must _ a new teacher to the school to take his place. A. appoint B. appreciate C. assist D. approach15. He suggested we _ the plan later, which su

7、ggested he _ against it.A. discussed; was B. would discuss; should beC. discuss; was D. should discuss; should be16. Look at the trouble I am in now! If only I _ your advice !A. followed B. would follow C. had followed D. should follow17. Was it in the village _we used to live in _ the accident happ

8、ened?A. that; where B. which; that C. where; that D. which; where18. Jody had all these feelings _ she had no way to express herself.A. as if B. even if C. except D. as long as19. Reportedly, the number of students _ to computer games _ been on the increase in recent years, which is a major concern

9、for many people. A. devoted; has B. related; have C. connected; have D. addicted; has20. Sarah pretended to be cheerful,_ nothing about the argument.A. said B. to say C. saying D. to be saying第三节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。In the past, man did not

10、 have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 21 . Today things are 22 , the world has become too 23 . We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are 24 our environment with dangerous chem

11、icals . If we continue to do this, human life on the earth 25 survive. Everyone 26 today that if too many fishes are taken from the sea, there will soon be 27 left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fishes are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, 28 will disappear and n

12、othing will grow on the earth. Yet we 29 to use bigger and more 30 machines to cut down more and more trees. We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, fish will die. 31 , in most countries wastes are 32 put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 33 laws to stop t

13、his. We know, too, that if the 34 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough 35 . What can we do to solve these problems? If we eat more vegetables and less 36 , there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops 37 five t

14、imes more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will 38 longer if we learn to recycle them.The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 39 . Finally, if we educate people to think about all the problems, we shall have a better and clean

15、er 40 in the future.21. A. beautiful22. A. common23. A. crowded24. A. protecting25. A. must not26. A. wonders27. A. nothing28. A. mountains29. A. continue30. A. friendly31. A. Thus32. A. still33. A. many34. A. production35. A. rooms36. A. fruit37. A. feeds 38. A. use39. A. control40. A. natureB. end

16、lessB. the sameB. smallB. savingB. will notB. realizesB. anythingB. the seaB. haveB. absoluteB. HoweverB. evenB. muchB. pollution B. vegetablesB. meatB. increasesB. stayB. bornB. seaC. unusualC. changeableC. dirty C. pollutingC. shall notC. considersC. noneC. animalsC. oughtC. comfortableC. Generall

17、yC. alsoC. littleC. populationC. foodC. fish C. suppliesC. keepC. planC. planetD. valuableD. differentD. busyD. fightingD. could notD. discoversD. somethingD. forestsD. go ontoD. powerfulD. ThereforeD. certainlyD. fewD. developmentD. placesD. grainD. helpsD. lastD. payD. forest第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分30分）第

18、一节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 AIn the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animals. This sometimes happens with humans as well. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold

19、doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy. From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They dont get to see this soft

20、side of others. Often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending were brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness thats in them. Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwe

21、ll and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty-four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a r

22、eally low speed. No more angry shouts and no more horns! When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can. And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldnt get around me because of the stream

23、of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak. Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we dont feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don

24、t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared. 41. The author feels sad sometimes because _. A. he has a soft heart B. he relies much on others C. some people pretend to be kind D. some people fail to see the kindness in others 42. What did the other driv

25、ers do when they saw the flashlights? A. They speed up to pass. B. They waited with patience. C. They tried their best to help. D. They put on their flashlights too. 43. In this passage, the author advises us to _. A. handle problems by ourselves B. accept help from others C. admit our weakness D. s

26、how our bravery 44. What is the passage mainly about? A. A Wheelchair Experience. B. Weakness and Kindness. C. Weakness and Strength D. A Driving Experience B No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”, until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the pr

27、actice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling “interpretation” of

28、 it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching cannot replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.I have come to think, in f

29、act, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it, if there isnt time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry. Poetry is “ a criticism(批判) of life”, and “a heightening(提升) of life”. It is “an approach to the truth o

30、f feeling”, and it “can save your life”. It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who dont like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else. But those

31、 who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.45. To have a better understanding of a poem, one should_.A. discuss it with others B. analyz

32、e it by oneselfC. copy it down in a notebook D. practise reading it aloud46. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry?A. Extending your life B. Saving your lifeC. Criticizing life D. Heightening life47. What does the last sentence in the third paragraph mean?A. More stress sho

33、uld be laid on the teaching of poetry.B. Poetry is more important than any other subject.C. One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetryD. Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses C People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in

34、distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why. Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes. We show that Easterners and West

35、erners look at different face features to read facial expressions, Jack said. Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth. According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is mor

36、e complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations. The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye mov

37、ements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye mov

38、ement strategies. It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions, Jack said. Our data sugges

39、t that, whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less. In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help

40、our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation. 48. The discovery shows that Westerners _. . A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth B. consider facial expressions uni

41、versally reliable C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions 49. According to the fourth paragraph,what were the people asked to do in the study? A. To make a face at each other. B. To get their faces impressive. C. To classify some

42、face pictures. D. To observe the researchers faces. 50. What can be the best title for the passage? A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul B. Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions C. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills D. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下

43、面文章，文中有5处需添加小标题。请从以下选项A、B、C、D、E和F中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项多余选项。 A. Slow Down Your Life B. Escape Now and Then C. Separate Your Actions D. Allow Yourself to Be Weak E. Relieve Pressure by Firmly Saying No F. Stop Expecting Everything to Be PerfectHow to Simplify Your Life Less is more. Th

44、is is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, relax instead of stressing, slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplifi

45、cation. 51._ When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didnt even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep grabbing one and then the other, it will take forever, because one of them will keep slipping out

46、 from under your arm and running off. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back and get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, then you can be sure of

47、 success. 52._ The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the expectations that formerly would have been shared among all the relatives are now concentrated on the individual partner. If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all

48、the things you need to do, then its not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact that overloaded people often tend to forget. The solution is equally simple: refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life. 53._ I

49、can handle stress is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work. People who can handle stress are given more and more to cope with - until one day they break. Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can cope with. These signals can come fro

50、m various areas of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency decreases. If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say quite openly, I cant manage that. 54._ If only I were slimmer, more beautiful, richer, more clever, then I would be happier

51、. This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill, depressed, and unhappy. Life has its flaws, defects, corners, and edges. Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life. Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing the road. But life doesnt c

52、onsist entirely of these things. In them there is a lot of room for small and large mistakes. 55._ Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work. Find out which places improve your creativity. For me its the train. When I know that Im going to be traveling for

53、four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door, I find nay mind is free and I can read or write complex articles. There can be problems working on the train, of course : if the person sitting opposite you keeps talking away, or if train traps make you tired ( some people fall asleep a

54、fter a few miles).第II卷 （非选择题 共30分）第三部分写作（共三节，满分30分）第一节单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。56.The problem with Bill was that he never had a _(确切的) aim in life.57.They are now _(呼吁) to the public for donation for the homeless . 58.Mistakes due to carelessness may

55、have serious _(后果).59.I like cats but unfortunately Im _（过敏） to them.60.She felt _（尴尬）about her body shape, so she decided to go on a diet.61.It is a big company and it has _ (分支机构) all over the country.62.This heating system has a(an) _ ( 自动 ) temperature control.63.When it comes to dancing, I must

56、 say Im always a(an) _(笨拙)dancer .64. A rainbow is one of the most beautiful _（现象）of nature.65.As he grew older, his _(欣赏) of art grew.第二节 短文改错 （共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10分）下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加，删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。 修改：在错的词下面划一横线（_），并在该词下面写上修改后的词。 注意：1 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2 只允

57、许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Dear John, How time flies! Its two weeks after the beginning of our winter vacation. How are you going along recently? Ive been staying with my uncle. I find interesting to live in the countryside. However, I feel a bit of lonely, because I have no friends to play with but my s

58、even-years-old cousin. My uncle has permitted me to invite you here. Otherwise, I send the email to you and hope you shall come here. Please write to me as quickly as you make up your mind. If you want to come here, and you can take the bus from the sixth station. It will spend you about an hour to

59、get here. Ill meet you there.第二节 书面表达 （满分10分） 假设你是高中生李越，有感于校园中存在的随意涂写（to scribble）和乱丢垃圾（to litter）的行为;请用英语给校长写一封100-120个词的信, 必须包括以下内容： 1说明写信目的； 2.对这些行为进行批评； 3.提出建议 注意：信头、落款及第一句已给出（不计词数）。 Dear Mr. Headmaster,Im Li Yue,a student from Class1, Senior._Yours faithfully, Li Yue西安市第一中学2014-2015学年度第一学期期末考试高

60、二英语试题 参考答案第一部分 英语基础运用：( 40 分)语音知识：15 CBABD 单项选择：620 DCBDC / ACCAC / CBBDC完型填空：2140 BDACB / BCDAD / BADCD / BADAC第二部分 阅读理解：( 30 分)4150 DBCB / DAA / ACB5155 C E D F B第三部分 写作：( 30 分)单词拼写：56. specific 57.appealing 58.consequences 59.allergic 60.embarrassed 61. branches 62.automatic 63.awkward 64.phenome

61、na 65.appreciation短文改错：1.aftersince 2.goinggetting 3.加it 4. 去掉of 5.seven-year-old6.Otherwise-Therefore/So 7.shallwill/can 8.quicklysoon 9.去掉and 10.spendtake 书面表达：( One possible version)Dear Mr. Headmaster, I am Li Yue, a student from Class 1, Senior II. I am writing to draw your attention to some im

62、proper behavior among us students: littering and scribbling. It makes our school dirty and unpleasant, and does harm to the image of our school. I always feel ashamed whenever I see this. It is clearly not appropriate for a student to litter and scribble about. I wonder if the school could place mor

63、e dustbins around us and set up specific rules against such behaviour. At the same time, students should be encouraged to develop good habits and better behave themselves. I believe that, with the joint efforts of both teachers and students, our school will become a more enjoyable place in the near future. Thank you for your consideration. Yours faithfully, Li Yue- 11 - 版权所有高考资源网