高二英语模拟试练.doc

高二年级下学期期末考试英语试卷4本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.om）两部分，共150分，考试用时120分钟.第一卷（三部分，共90分）第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.om第一节 语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）从每小题的A B C D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。1. publicA. argueB. customC. popularD. busy2. nationA. laborB. camera C. villageD. natural3. southernA. encourageB. soupC. pronounceD. youth4. excellentA. extremeB. explain C. extraD. express5. honestA. horribleB. honor C. holiday D. hotel第二节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.om分）从每小题的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. The chairman will be pleased at _ scene that everything is in _ place.A. a; aB. the; theC. the; 不填D. 不填; the7. -Karen, can I talk to you for a minute?-Sure, _?A. how comeB. whats up C. hows thatD. what for8. The English spoken in the United States is only slightly different from _ spoken in England.A. which B. what C. that D. the one9. -Its hard to believe that Jack _ have fought with the policeman. -Yes. If one _ ask for trouble, it cant be helped.A. would; willB. must; may C. need; dare D. should; must 10. Many of the creatures in the movie “Avatar” are not real, but much of _ happens is attractive. A. whatB. thatC. which D. them11. Lawrence Craven, a doctor from the USA, is the author of several published reports, one of _ introduced the idea in 1953 _ aspirin could reduce the risk of heart attacks.A. them; when B. which; that C. what; that D. which; when12. -Mike, the telephone is ringing. -I _ answer it. A. will B. am going to C. am to D. am about to13. How long do you think _ the computer company turns out a new product?A. it will be that B. will it be until C. will it be since D. it will be before14. -Good morning. How much should I pay for these books _ to Alabama? - Hm, about ten dollars. A. being sent B. to be sent C. sent D. having been sent15. I have no dreams to have a happy life. A. rather thanB. more thanC. other thanD. less than 16. - Why isnt Cathy here yet? - She to be picked up at the station. w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.omA. could waitB. must waitC. might be waitingD. can be waiting 17. -Have you seen Bob recently?-No, but I was told he _ for a new job all through the summer.A. has been looking B. had been lookingC. is lookingD. was looking18. -What does the model plane look like?-Well, the wings of the plane are _ of its body.A. more than twice the lengthB. twice more than the lengthC. more than the length twiceD. more twice than the length19. Will you see to that my birds are well looked after while I am away? A. themB. yourselfC. meD. it20. Is it a wonder that little cells can store much energy? A. so; soB. so; suchC. such; suchD. such; so第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.omIn the depth of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call 21 and love. I dont remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did 22 the water. Any kind of 23 ride seemed to give him pleasure. 24 he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along. But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being 25 the water, moving through it, 26 it all around me. I was not a strong 27 , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my 28 . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my fathers office and 29 those summer days with my father, who 30 come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the 31 person not in swimsuit. After swimming, I would go 32 his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me 33 anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk 34 he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldnt be playing with his 35 . But my father always 36 and said easily, “Oh, no, its 37 .” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get 38 an ice cream A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is 39 .” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but 40 , in that childhood, look at us. w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.om21. A. desire B. joy C. anger D. worry22. A. avoid B. refuse C. praise D. love23. A. boat B. bus C. train D. bike24. A. But B. Then C. And D. Still25. A. on B. off C. by D. in26. A. having B. leaving C. making D. getting27. A. swimmer B. rider C. walker D. runner28. A. hopes B. faiths C. rights D. fears29. A. spending B. saving C. wasting D. ruining30. A. should B. would C. had to D. ought to31. A. next B. only C. other D. last32. A. away from B. out of C. by D. inside33. A. put up B. break down C. play with D. work out34. A. the moment B. the first time C. while D. before35. A. fishing net B. office things C. wooden chair D. lab equipment36. A. stood up B. set out C. showed up D. turned out37. A. fine B. strange C. terrible D. funny38. A. the student B. the assistant C. myself D. himself39. A. memory B. wealth C. experience D. practice 40. A. which B. who C. what D. whose第二部分 阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.om）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、和）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIt was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor. On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, “Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life.” At my inquiry, he answered, “Because the students you have gotten to know have to leave.”As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleagues words no longer existed. When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher. It obviously isnt the money. Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change. He was working at Nintendo Corporation. His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade. With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired. I thanked him, but declined his kind offer. A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework. She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class not about math, but about life would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away. As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher. Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with renewed dedication (奉献w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.om) and a deeper sense of satisfaction I will always be grateful that I am a teacher. 41. Hearing his colleagues description of graduation for the first time, the author . A. quite agreed with his colleague B. was very puzzledC. thought it very funnyD. was very sad42. The underlined part blue hats and gowns refers to . A. university colleagues B. graduates clothes C. life memories D. decorations in the hall43. The author wrote this passage to . A. express his devotion to being a teacherB. compare two different graduation ceremoniesC. talk about the meaning of graduationD. give advice on how to be a good teacher44. The reason why he earns less than the computer science student is that . A. he was only a young professorB. he didnt do well in his work C. he taught his students more about life than mathD. salaries for different careers are different Bw.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.omWhen I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from china.When India had not opened up its markets to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now.Still, her answer surprised me: “Green tea.”As long as I can remember she didnt even drink Indian tea.I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and headed home to hear the story. My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses.At the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian. It was a strange country.How things change! And how soon!Now every town of any size seems to have a “China Market”. And everyone is talking about China.The government of India has planned to send a team to China to see how things are done. A minister once said that India must open the doors for more foreign investment (投资) and such a step would “work wonders as it did for China”.But its a two-way street. I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Bangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the Indian IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China.No wonder that trade , which was only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to hit about US$15 billion for last year and US$20 billion by 2008, a goal set by both governments.No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino-Indian (中印)century as the two countries started on January 1 the Sino-Indian Friendship Year.But what is still a wonder to me is my mother drinking Chinese tea.45. Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea?A. She was tired of Indian tea. B. She had a son working in China.C. She believed it had a curing effect.D. She was fond of Chinese products.46. What does the author mean by “its a two-way street” in Paragraph 10?A. The exchanges between India and China benefit both.B. Tea trade works wonders in both India and China.C. Chinese products are popular in both China and India.D. China and India have different traffic rules.47. What do we know about the Indian IT industry?A. It will move its head office to Shenzhen.B. It is seeking further development in China.C. It has attracted an investment of US$15 billion.D. It caught up with the US IT industry in 2008.48. In the text the author expresses _.A. his concern for his mothers healthB. his support for drinking Chinese green teaC. his wonder at the growth of Indias IT industryD. his surprise at Chinas recent development CTell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open peoples mind to another culture or race.People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them. For example, most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources, cultures, and times. They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education, but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.“Most local stories are based on a larger theme,” American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says, “Cinderella (灰姑娘), or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness, appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world.” Working with students in schools, Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories. She works with prisoners too, helping them knowing who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives. If they dont like the story they are living, they can rewrite the story. Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers. “For every advance in business,” she says, “there is a greater need for communication.” Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager-worker relationship, she says.Pugh spent several years in Nigeria, where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there. The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere, she says.“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,” she says, “What I do is to focus on the value of the stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs. We are all storytellers. We all have a story to tell. We tell everybodys story.” 49. What do we learn about American storyteller from Paragraph 2?A. They share the same way of storytelling. w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.omB. They prefer to tell the stories from other cultures.C. They learn their stories from the American natives.D. They find storytelling useful for both children and adults.50. The underlined sentence (Paragraph 4) suggests that prisoners can _.A. start a new life B. settle down in another placeC. direct films D. become good actors51. Pugh has practised storytelling with _ groups of people.A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 552. What is the main idea of the text?A. Storytelling can influence the way people think.B. Storytelling is necessary to the growth of business.C. Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.D. Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others. D Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two. Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference. Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex. In the past half-century, average income has sharply increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.“Dollars buy status, and status makes people feel better,” conclude some experts, which helps explain why people who can seek status in other waysscientists or actors, for examplemay happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desiresnot just for money, but for friends, family, job, healthrose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap (差距). Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income.” says Michalos.Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad. “Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied? ” asks Protessor Laura Carstensen.In one survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotions questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people, but negative emotions much less often.Why are old people happier? Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or theyre more realistic abour their goals, only setting ones that they know they can achieve. But Carstensen thinks that with time running out, older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that dont.“People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever,” she says. “A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.”53. According to the passage, the feeling of happiness .A. is determined partly by genes B. increases gradually with ageC. has little to do with wealthD. is measured by desires54. Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs .A. make them feel much better B. provide chances to make friendsC. improve their social position D. satisfy their professional interests55. Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more .A. optimisticB. successfulC. practicalD. emotional56. Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if .A. the gap between reality and desire is biggerB. they have a stronger desire for friendshipC. their income is below their expectationD. the hope for good health is greater w.w.w.k.&s.5*u.c.om EAs kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods. “The woods” was our part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse. If I went to a friends house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, hes out in the woods, ” with a tone (语气) of airy acceptance. Its similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone Im looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or even “away from his desk.” For us ten-year-olds, “being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while.We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring(探索). Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today. History seemed to be mostly about explorers. Our explorations, though, seemed to have less system than the historic kind: something usually came up along the way. Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, picking blackberries, digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Italian burial mound.Often we got “lost” and had to climb a tree to find out where we were. If you read a story in which someone does that successfully, be skeptical; the topmost branches are usually too skinny to hold weight, and we could never climb high enough to see anything except other trees. There were four or five trees that we visited regularlytall beeches, easy to climb and comfortable to sit in.It was in a tree, too, that our days of fooling around in the woods came to an end. By then some of us had reached seventh grade and had begun the rough ride of adolescence（青春期. In March, the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter, two friends and I set out to go exploring. We climbed a tree, and all of a sudden it occurred to all three of us at the same time that we really were rather big to be up in a tree. Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria.57. The author and his friends were often out in the woods to _.A. spend their free time B. play golf and other sportsC. avoid doing their schoolworkD. keep away from their parents58. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?A. The activities in the woods were well planned.B. Human history is not the result of exploration.C. Exploration should be a systematic activity.D. The author explored in the woods aimlessly.59. The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _.A. calm B. doubtful