湖北省襄陽(yáng)市老河口市第二中學(xué)2014-2015學(xué)年高二英語下.

1、1湖北省老河口市第二中學(xué) 2014-2015 學(xué)年度高二下學(xué)期期末考試英語試題注意事項(xiàng):1 答題前填寫好自己的姓名、班級(jí)、考號(hào)等信息第一節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 7.5 分）聽下面五段對(duì)話。 每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題， 從題中所給的選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10 秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。1. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a bookshop. B . In a library. C. In a classroom.2. What can we

2、learn from the conversation?A. The girl can t go out this weekend.B. The man wants the girl to do her homework first.C. The man doesn t like the girl s friends.3. Where are the speakers probably going?A. To a zoo. B . To the beach. C . To a theater.4. What probably is the man?A. A chef （廚師）.B . A wa

3、iter. C . A salesman.5 . When will the next party be held?A. In April. B . In may. C . In August.評(píng)卷人得分2 請(qǐng)將答案正確填寫在答題卡上、聽力第一部分（題型注釋）評(píng)卷人得分、聽力第二部分（題型注釋）第 I 卷（選擇題）A、B C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳2第二節(jié)（共 15 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 22.5 分）聽下面五段材料。每段材料后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段材料前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5 秒鐘;聽完后，各小題將給出5 秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段材料讀兩遍。

4、聽下面一段對(duì)話，回答第 6 和第 7 兩個(gè)小題。6 . What part of the man s body was hurt?A. His back. B . His neck. C . His leg.7 . What does the woma n advise the man to do?A. See a doctor. B . Have a good rest. C . Take a hot bath.聽下面一段對(duì)話，回答第 8 至第 10 三個(gè)小題。A、B C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳38. What is the probable relati on ship betwee n th

5、e speakers?A. Husband and wife. B . Employer and employee. C . Waiter and customer.9. What does the man plan to do this weekend?A. Take a long vacation. B . Work in the company.C. Look for a new job.10. What does the man think of the woman s request?A. It is un believable. B. It is un reas on able.

6、C. It is acceptable.聽下面一段對(duì)話，回答第 11 至第 13 三個(gè)小題。11. How will they pick up these people for conference?A. By taxi. B . By minibus. C . By car.12 . Where does Nancy Jorda n come from?A. Bosto n.B . New York. C . Chicago13 . Who has brow n hair?A. Bob Price. B . Nancy Jorda n. C . Steve Maglieri.聽下面一段對(duì)話，

7、回答第 14 至第 17 四個(gè)小題。14 . Where was the woma n yesterday?A.At home.B. At school.C. In a hospital.15 . When will the speakers have a quiz ?A.Tomorrow. B. On Friday.C. Next Friday.16 . What did the teacher ask the stude nts to do?A. Review Chapter6. B . Improve their read ing skills.C. Read the chapter a

8、bout the Spanish War.聽下面一段獨(dú)白，回答第 18 至第 20 三個(gè)小題。17 . What happe ned to the speaker and the couple duri ng the play?A. They fought. B . They quarreled. C . They became frien ds.18 . Wly didn t the speaker enjoy the play?A. It wasn t interesting. B . He couldn t hear it. C . He didn t have a good seat.

9、19 . What did the man ager do?A. He apologized for the speaker.B . He returned the speaker s money.C. He apologized for the couple.20 . How does the speaker feel now?A. An gry. B . Calm. C . Happy.4Japanese high school students either walk or ride bicycles is not too great. Inother cases, students m

10、ust take public buses and trains. After junior high school,stude nts atte nd schools based on their high school entranceexam in ati on scores. So some stude nts travel a great dista nee to atte nd the school.The school day begins at 8:30. Then students assemble in their homeroom classes for thedays

11、studies. Each homeroom has an average of 40-45 students. Students stay in their homeroomclassrooms for most of the school day. Only for physical education, laboratory classes, or other subjectsrequiring special facilities do students move to different parts of the school. Between classes and atlunch

12、time, classrooms can be noisy, lively places. Some schools may have a cafeteria, but most do not.In most schools, students bring a box lunch from home, prepared by the mother in the early morninghours.Japanese students spend 240 days a year at school, 60 days more than American students.Students in

13、high schools take three years each of the following subjects mathematics, social studies,Japanese, science, and English. Other subjects include physical education, music, art, and moralstudies. All the students in one grade level study the same subjects. Given the numberof requiredsubjects,electives

14、( 選修科目 ) are few.* After school ActivitiesClub activities take place after school every day. Students can join only one club, and theyrarely change clubs from year to year, so the clubs are relatively stable. Clubs are made up of sportsclubs (baseball, soccer, judo, kendo, etc.) and culture clubs (E

15、nglish, broadcasting, science, etc.). Newstudents usually are encouraged to select a club shortly after the school year begins in April. Clubs meetfor two hours after school each day and many clubs continue to meet during school vacations. 1 MostJapanese high school students often have their lunch_

16、.A. in restaurantsB. in school cafeteriasC. at home D. in homeroom classrooms 2 Students in the USA go to schooldays a year.A. 180B. 200C. 240 D. 3003 From the passage we know that_ .A. there are less than 40 students in each class in Japanese high schoolsB. students must stay in homeroom classrooms

17、 for physical educationC. there are few subjects for students to choose except the required onesD. there will not be any club activities during school vacations 4 The best subtitle for the second andthird paragraphs may be _ .A. At schoolB. In class C. Subjects D. HomeroomsYoure in a department stor

18、e and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater.Youlisten to their conversation:I cant believe it a評(píng)卷人得分三、閱讀理解（每小題 2 分，共40 分）if the distanee5Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isnt it beautiful? And its a lotcheaper thanthe one Sara bought in Rome.They leave

19、and you go over to see this incredible sweater. Its nice and the price is right. Youve neverheard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked reallystylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You n ever realize that those young wome n are employees ofan advertis ing age ncy. They are actually paid to g

20、o fromstoreto store, talk ing loudly about Lore nzo Bertolla clothes.Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the productseems cool, too. This is the secret of un dercover market ing.Compa nies from Ford to Nike are start ing touse it.Undercover mark

21、eting is important because it reaches people that dont pay attention to traditi onaladvertis ing. This is particularlytrue of the MTVgeneration consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of moneyto spe nd, but they dont trust ads.So advertisingagencies hire young a

22、ctors to perform in bars and other places whereyoung adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive （騙人的）,butmarketingmanager JonathanRessler calls it creative. Look at traditionaladvertis in g. Its effect iven ess is decreas in g.However, one might ask what exactly is real about of young

23、 women pretending tobe enthusiastic about a sweater? Advertisingmanagers would say its no less realthan an ad. The differeneeis that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buysomething. You don t know when a conversationyou overhear is just a performanee.5._ The two attractive youngwomen were t

24、alking so that they could_ .A. get the sweater at a lower priceB. be heard by people aroundC. be admired by other shoppersD. decide on buying the sweater6. Lorenzo Bertolla is_ .A. the n ame of a popular sin gerB. an advertis ing age ncyC. a cloth ing compa ny in RomeD. the brand n ame of a sweater7

25、. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Two Attractive ShoppersB. Lore nzo Bertolla SweatersC. Ways of Advertis ingD. Un dercover Market ingMore and more En glish-educatedChin ese Sin gaporea n pare nts are realizi ngthe importa nee for their childre n tobe n ot on ly good a

26、t the all-importa nt En glishIan guage, but also at Chin ese. China has become a great political and econo mic superpower and theywant their childre n to become bili ngual. _It is com mon kno wledge that, to master any Ian guage, especially one s motherton gue, one must begi n from childhood. But th

27、ere are challe nges and barriers for children ofEnglish-speaking homes to succeed in their journey towardsbili ngualism.6Take my family as an example. While my wife and I are products of English education, we had somefoun dati on（ 基礎(chǔ)） in Chin ese which we kept up in our work ing life. But the Ian gu

28、age of com muni cation in our home is mainly En glish.We are glad that our three children had between 8 and 11 years Chinese schoolingbefore switch ing over to En glish schools. Their foun dati on in Chin ese has becomean advantage in their adult life. They can hold their own in the spoken language,

29、 but would find it hard towrite a business letter in Chinese for lack of usage. Wehave a grandson who will be two years old shortly.His parents have given my wife and I the unenviable task of making him bilingual. It is a very toughassignment, as we are with him only a couple of hours on most days.

30、For the rest of the time, he is beingsurrounded by English sounds by his busy parents.Fortunately, our perseverance is paying off. After eight months, he has been used to hearing Chinesesounds, and even he can now quite comfortably identify common everyday objects in Chinese.8 Why is it becoming nec

31、essary for some Chinese Singaporean children to learn Chinese?A. Because most of the Singaporeans come from China.B. Because their parents are missing their motherland.C. Because China has become a great political and economic superpower.D. Because Chinese is the official language in the UN.9 The un

32、derlined word “ bilingual ” in Paragraph 1 probably means _ .A. a person who knows EnglishB. a person who knows ChineseC. a person who knows only one languageD. a person who knows two languages10 What do we know about the author and his children?A. He lives in China now.B. His children hate learning

33、 English.C. He usually speaks Engliah at home.D. His three children master Chinese very much.11 The author uses the example of teaching his grandson mainly to prove thatA. there are challenges for children of English-speaking homes to learn ChineseB. his foundation in Chinese is a big advantage in t

34、eaching his grandsonC. he is quite good at teaching small children ChineseD. learning Chinese is very popular in Singapore 12 We learn from the passage that.A. all the children in Singapore need to learn ChineseB. understanding Chinese is becoming an advantage in SingaporeC. the author s children kn

35、ow nothing about CshineseD. the author feels it easy to teach others ChineseThe U.S. governments push to decrease the nation s output of greenhouse gases byincreasing the fuel efficiency of the cars Americans drive is arousing again an emotional argument Does7driving a small, fuel-efficient car make

36、 you more likely to die on the road?Engineers and statistical analysts can point to data that suggest more-efficientcars don t necessarily put motorists atgreater overall risk. But mostof us careless about the “overall ” risk than we do about ourselves. Drivi ng a big Chevrolet Tahoe SUV makesmany o

37、f us believe we are safer than we would be in a smaller car even if statistical measures across a large population of vehicles and all kinds of car accidentssuggest the advantage of safety isn t quite as wide as SUVowners believe.The Obama government has put the fuel-efficiency and safety question b

38、ack on thefront burner by calling for new-vehicle fuel economy to rise to an average of 35 miles per gallon （加侖）by 2020 from about 25 mpgtoday. That goal could move higher if the government decides to adoptCalifornia s requirement to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas giving off, which would result in stric

39、ter mileagestandards.Those moves, and the effectsof last summer s gas -price shock, are driving automakers to offer cars such as the Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit and Daimler AGs SmartFor Two which get the kind of mileage today that law says should be the average in a decade.Beyond that, auto makers will

40、launch a wide range of new compact（緊湊的） vehicles, and decrease production of large, body-on-frame SUVs.That s leading to new concerns about“green safety ”, a term for managing thebalance between reducing vehicle size for efficiency and adding safety and protection features that tendto make vehicles

41、heavier and less efficient. Undoubtedly, further work has to be done before Americansmake the choice.13 The U.S. government requires to improve the fuel efficiency in order to _.A push Americans to drive smaller cars B reduce the output of greenhouse gasesC drive auto makers to produce fewer SUVsD c

42、ause Americans to make an argument14According to Paragraph 2, engineers and analysts idea _.A fails to relieve people of their worry about safetyB persuades people to purchase smaller cars instead of SUVsCis based on research and therefore persuasive enoughDmakes people think of their safety as well

43、 as others15About the Obamagovernments new moves, the auto makers are _ and averageAmericans are _.A uncertain; positive B doubtful; uncertainC supportive; positive D positive; uncertain16 The best title for the text should be _.ANew Law Reduces Greenhouse Gases Output BCan Small Cars Overcome Accid

44、ent Fears?CNew Compact Cars Gets Popular in the U.S.8DDo We Have to Follow the Government?We chat with our colleagues all the time when we have lunch, gossip in the tearoom, or leave worktogether. Sharing your personal life brings you closer to your coworkers and builds trust within your team.But re

45、vealing too much about yourself to colleagues, managers or human resources staff can causedifficulties and even endanger your work.Its important to keep the right balance between getting along with colleagues and maintaining yourprivacy. “Communication in the office is tricky and complicated.You can

46、 neither spread chatter, nor be too silent and shut yourself off from others ，” said Yang Yudan,deputy HR director at P&G.According to her, there are several safe topics to talk about with colleagues during the break, such asthe weather or movies. Womenlike to talk about makeup and clothing, whi

47、le men are fond of sports andonline games. But discussing your private life, such as relationship, habits or health conditions, is apotential minefield.Liang Kun, 26, had to resign from his job at a trading company in Guangzhou lastweek after discussing his income withcolleagues during a lunch break

48、.“I didntrealize it was such a serious issue until a senior member of staff went to find the boss, asking why I gota higher salary than her，” said Liang. “Then our HR toldme that according to the employee handbook it is forbidden to talk about salary in the office. ” HRexpert Yang also reminds us th

49、at paychecksare your own business.It is unwise to share this information with others, no matter how close you are.To summarize, Yang advises office workers to be more aware of the image they project when talking tocolleagues, “When you share your personal life, it will be recorded on your invisible

50、resume and mayslow down your career progressing.”17 The author quoted Yang Yudan in the text to _.A show his admiration for herB make an argument with herC support his own viewpointD build up his fame18 What can be inferred from the fact that Liang Kun had to resign his job according to the text?AIt

51、 was unwise for him to share information with others.BHe broke the rules made by the company.CHe was such an honest person that he told the truth.DHe treated his colleagues as family members.19 What is the authors purpose in writing the text?ATo draw peoples attention to their behaviors in public.BT

52、o advise office workers to be aware of the image they project.CTo make you believe that communication in the office is complicated.DTo warn you to be careful of invisible trouble while talking about your privacy to colleagues.920 Which would be the best title for the text?10A.At Work, Keep It to You

53、rselfB.Keep the Right Bala neeC.Share Your Personal Life with OthersD.Safe Topics to Talk about四、完形填空（共 20 小題；每小 題 1.5 分，滿分 30 分）Obamas celebrate Kin gs birthday at worship servicePreside nt Obama and his family celebrated Marti n Luther Ki ng Jr.s birthday at aSun day worship service. The legacy（ 遺

54、產(chǎn)）of the civil_ leader was rememberedat eve nts_ the coun try.Obama, his wife, Michelle, and daughters Natasha and Malia sat in the second rowof Washingtons Zion Baptist Church as the church _ Kings 83rd birthday, which is _ observedtoday.A program for the service bore a photo of _ on the steps of t

55、he Lincoln Memorialand the _ I Have a Dream. A church deacon welcomed the_family and reada passage from Ki ngs Letter from a Birmi ngham Jail.The sermon（布道）,_ by the Rev. KeithByrd, drew from Chapter 5 of the Gospel ofMatthew, which _ to the salt of the earth. Byrd urged the people at the_to_preserv

56、e our morals, preserve our values like salt among political, social,a nd_turmoi1（ 混亂）.In NewYork, Occupy Wall Street dem on strators _ artists, celebrities, and othersat a candlelight vigil（守夜）last night. The vigil was at Riverside Church, whichhosted a program_jncluded performa nces by Patti Smith

57、and other artists, andspeeches by Yoko Ono and Russell Simmons.Members of Local 100 0f the Tran sport Workers Union _ outside a midtow n Man hatta nhotel for a separate candlelight respect to King. King, a Baptist minister and Nobel Peace Prize recipie nt,was_ in Jan. 15,1929 in Atla nta. He was ass

58、ass in ated（ 暗殺）44 years_ in Memphis, Tenn.A new memorial to King, which_ in August in Wash ington, celebrates the idealshe supported. Quotations from his speeches and writings _ us of his message, anda 30-foot sculpture describes King emerg ing as a sto ne of_ from a moun tainof despair, a desig n

59、in spired by a line of his famous_ I Have a Dream.21.A. rights B. laws C. wars D. politics22. A. among B. in C. over D. across23.A. remembered B. forgotte n C. memorized D. remin ded24.A. informally B. fluently C. sometimes D. officially25.A. Marti n Luther King B. Li ncoInC. Birmi ngham D. Obama26.

60、A. words B. la nguage C. sentence D. phrases評(píng)卷人得分1127.A. first B. seco nd C. last D. late28.A. delivered B. deliveri ng C. givi ng D. making29.A. refers B. con tributes C. leads D. tur ns30.A. school B. memorial C. street D. church31.A. econo mical B. developme nt C. economy D. society32.A. combi ned B.