2012-2013学年高二上册英语期末试卷（附答案）(2)
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57. Why did Obama say their hearts “are broken for the parents of the survivors as well”? A. Their children were mentally hurt by what had happened. B. Some of their children were badly injured. C. The tragedy makes them scared about their kids’ safety. D. It will be difficult for them to ease the pain of losing friends. 58. Obama delivered this speech in order to __________. A. do away with violent crimes taking place in schools B. encourage people to love their families and friends C. state the government’s determination to ensure safety in schools D. call on people to unite and help those who are suffering from the tragedy 59. Which best describes Obama’s tone (腔调) in the speech? A. Anxious. B. Sorrowful. C. Sharp. D. Faithful. B Beatles’ music lives on The news that albums by the pop and rock band The Beatles(披头士乐队)are soon to be re-released worldwide is sure to delight their fans, or rather their new fans. The teenagers, now adults, who listened to them back in the 1960s likely already own most of their albums. The re-release of The Beatles’ music catalogue(目录)is clearly aimed at today’s teenagers who want to discover for themselves the pop band their parents loved. It’s proof of the genius(天才)of the fantastic four’s music that today’s teenage generation want to listen to them. A four-member band from Liverpool, England, that formed in 1960 and broke up in 1970, The Beatles were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed(称赞)bands in the history of popular music. The two most famous band members were Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon. The band’s innovative(创新的)music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s, and their influence on pop culture is still clear today. When the US music magazine Rolling Stone made a list in 2004 of the 100 greatest artists of all time, it surprised no one that they gave The Beatles the top spot of number one. So why nearly 40 years after the band’s split are they still so popular? According to Barry Miles, Sir Paul McCartney’s biographer(传记作者), the answer is that they were the first of their kind. “They were essentially(本质上)the first rock band. The Beatles were the first of the British singer-songwriting bands and they just happened to be the best. They were the first band to play stadiums, to have their own products, they were ground-breaking in every way,” he says. They were also unbelievably talented, as Miles also points out, “They had great performing and songwriting talent, not only John and Paul, but George wrote some fantastic songs and the chance of having three gifted songwriters in the same band is very remote.” 60. The re-release of The Beatles’ albums is intended for __________. A. all The Beatles’ fans B. today’s teenagers’ parents C. today’s teenage generation D. those who were teenagers in the 1960s 61. What’s the purpose of the fourth paragraph? A. To highlight The Beatles’ uniqueness. B. To show The Beatles’ great influence. C. To introduce The Beatles’ achievements. D. To explain why The Beatles remain popular. 62. The Beatles broke through in the following ways EXCEPT that __________. A. they were the first rock band B. they were the first band to perform in stadiums C. they were the first band to perform all around the world D. they were among the first British bands to have several songwriters 63. What can we conclude after reading the passage? A. The Beatles had a successful start but an unhappy ending. B. It’s not rare for a band to have several talented songwriters. C. The band’s fans in the 1960s have lost interest in The Beatles today. D. Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote many of the songs for the band. C About 15 years ago, readers of The Independent, a daily national newspaper, were asked by its travel journalists what they missed when they were away from home, and what they looked forward to when they returned. Apart from “family”, “friends” and “favorite foods”, many people mentioned “the Sunday newspapers” and “the crossword puzzle”. It’s certainly true that among their many hobbies, the English enjoy words, above all reading them and playing with them. Reading books is one of the most popular relaxation activities, with approximately 100,000 books a year published. Over 80 per cent of the population regularly read a daily newspaper, and there are more newspapers per person than any other country except Japan. The weekend newspapers generally contain hundreds of pages, and even the most popular hobbies — fishing, stamp collecting, train-spotting, bird-watching, walking, sports, pets, flower-arranging, knitting and pigeon-fancying — have at least one, if not several specialist magazines, devoted to them. In fact, many people probably spend more time reading about their hobbies than actually doing them. It’s also undoubtedly true that word games, puzzles and competitions are hugely popular in newspapers, on the radio and even on television. One of the most popular television games in the 1980s and 1990s was “Call My Bluff” where two teams of players had to guess which of three meanings of an unfamiliar word was correct. In many cases newspapers have a word games section, such as a “Words within Words” competition where the aim is to make as many words as possible with the letters of a single word. Above all, crossword puzzles are the most familiar word game, with clues ranging from words which have the same meaning as other words, to the “Cryptic” where the meaning of the word is expressed in a very indirect way, and in a variety of linguistic(语言学的) and cultural references. Apparently, some people choose their newspaper not because of the quality of the news coverage but because of the crossword puzzle. You may think that you would need an excellent command of the English language to enjoy playing with words as much as the English do. But many of the word games are very simple and good fun, and in fact, the only skill you must have is to speak and listen or read and write a little. 64. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph Two refer to? A. a magazine B. a person C. a page D. a hobby 65. How many types of word games are mentioned in the passage? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 66. The best title for the passage may be __________. A. A love of words B. A description of hobbies C. An account of word games D. An introduction of newspapers 67. What is the author’s purpose of writing the article? A. To encourage readers to read newspapers. B. To tell readers the functions of the newspaper. C. To report the result of a survey by The Dependent. D. To entertain readers with what is written in the article. D Five-year-old Joe Brown isn’t backward at coming forward about what he thinks of his big sisters, Rosie and Matilda. “They’re horrible and ugly,” he said, with a grin(冷笑). “Horrible and ugly.” Then again, his sisters aren’t always over-fond of their young brother, either. “When Joe was born, Matilda said she was going to kill him before he was three because she really envied him,” said the eldest, 13-year-old Rosie. “She used to get all the special attention and now she doesn’t any more.” As for Matilda, 11, she too can be quite cruel. “Joe’s the one that’s most annoying,” she said. It’s somehow certain to know that kids act the same no matter who their parents are — in this case actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward. And the couple agreed to let their children have freedom when it came to them participating in a Telling-the-Truth ABC TV program about brothers and sisters. The TV program invites an American expert on the subject, Frank J. Sulloway, who tells how our personalities are often shaped by our order of birth, position in the family and relationships between brothers and sisters. First-borns tend to be conservative(保守的), ambitious and close to their parents. Those coming later have to make a conscious effort to be different in order to successfully compete for their parents’ attention. As a result, the youngest children tend to end up history’s great risk-takers, rebels(叛逆者)or movers and shakers. “This kind of relationships is really the key personality-forming relationships of all our lives,” said Ms Sauers, a secondary school teacher. “The relationships are generally the longest relationships we have; they go from childhood to old age.” “A lot of people feel those relationships really ground them because, with brothers and sisters, you can’t get away with anything bad.” “As for Joe, Rosie and Matilda, their daily battles over clothes, musical instruments, who performs best in sport and parental love are as regular as any other kids.” “And considering who their mum and dad are, they’re very normal and unaffected.” 68. What do the underlined words “ground them” mean? A. monitor them B. surround them C. keep them D. worry them 69. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage? A. Children envy each other and can’t get along well enough. B. Joe, Matilda and Rosie’s parents are mentioned in the passage. C. Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward are the three children’s parents. D. Actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward are asked to act Joe, Matilda and Rosie’s parents. 70. What’s the readers’ impression about Joe Brown after reading the passage? A. Joe Brown doesn’t like to go back when he comes to see his big sisters Rosie and Matilda. B. The little brother Joe Brown is a little backward compared with his big sisters. C. Joe Brown is ready to say something ill about his big sisters. D. Young as Joe Brown is, he isn’t forward and actually is as backward as his big sisters. 第Ⅱ卷(两部分，共 35 分) 第四部分 任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中第71至第80小题的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格填1个单词。 Called the “embodiment(化身)of pure intellect(智力)”, Albert Einstein has long been considered one of the most brilliant men who ever lived. During his life, and ever since his death, people everywhere have wondered how one man could have possessed such genius. Now, over 50 years since he died, a new study by Falk of Florida State University, US, has uncovered more about the physicist’s brain, thanks to some newly presented photos. When Einstein died in 1955 at the age of 76, a scientist named Thomas Harvey removed Einstein’s brain and preserved it. Harvey sliced(切片)the brain into hundreds of pieces and took 14 photos from several angles. Harvey showed these brain slices to the public, but kept the photos private. The displayed brain slices allowed scientists a glance into the source of Einstein’s genius, but the findings were very limited. In 1999, for example, researchers at McMaster University, US, compared Einstein’s brain with those of about 90 normal people and found that “one area of his brain was significantly different from most people’s”. Three years after Harvey died, his family finally donated the 14 photos to the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington DC in 2010. Falk and her team began analyzing the photos in 2011 and have made out several previously unrecognized unusual things. In the new study, published Nov 16 in the magazine Brain, Falk found that the size and shape of Einstein’s brain are both normal, but the brilliant physicist had extra folding in his brain’s gray matter, which is responsible for conscious thinking. Scientists believe that more folding creates more connections between distant brain cells, allowing one to make mental leaps(跳跃)more easily. In addition, a part called the frontal lobes(脑前叶), which plays a key role in abstract(抽象)thought, also had unusual folding. This may have helped Einstein develop the theory of relativity. “He did thought experiments where he’d imagine himself riding alongside a beam of light, and this is exactly the part of the brain one would expect to be very active in such thought experiments,” Falk told Live Science. However, scientists are still puzzled: Was Einstein’s brain extraordinary from birth or did years of pondering(思索)physics make it that way? Falk believes both played a role. “He was born with a very good brain, and he had the kinds of experiences that allowed him to develop the potential he had,” she said. Look into Einstein’s mind 71 for the study ◆Albert Einstein is considered one of the most brilliant men worldwide. ◆People everywhere always wonder 72 could make a man with such genius. Harvey’s contributions ◆Harvey took out and 73 Einstein’s brain when he died. ◆Harvey cut the brain into pieces and showed them to the public, but he kept private the 74 he had taken. Researchers’ findings from the brain slices ◆There are significant 75 between Einstein’s brain and most other people’s in some area. Donation of Harvey’s family ◆After Harvey died, his family donated the 14 photos, which helped 76 more about Einstein’s brain. Falk’s findings ◆Einstein had far more folding in his brain’s gray matter, which is in 77 of conscious thinking. ◆ 78 , Einstein had unusual folding in the frontal lobes, which plays a key role in abstract thought. A new 79 of the scientists Was Einstein born with the extraordinary brain or did he 80 it through his scientific work? 第五部分 写(共三节，满分25分) 第一节 单词拼写(共10小题;每小题 0.5分，满分5分) 根据首字母或中文提示完成句子，每空一词。 81. It is amazing that the little girl could swim across the river m_________ 150 meters wide. 82. You have every reason to feel b_________ by your friends if they did let out your secrets to others. 83. No one knows what e_________ the GM material might have on the food chain. 84. You can’t take photos here without p_________. 85. Our school football team’s _________ (表现) in the match greatly encouraged us. 86. The New Year Concert is usually broadcast _________(现场直播). 87. They set up some _________ (临时的) shelters to house the victims of the floods. 88. Considering the injuries he’s had in the accident, there is little _________(期待)of him showing up at our party. 89. It is still not clear who will fill the _________ (空缺的) position when the manager retires. 90. China has a _________ (稳定的) government, which is very important for its economic growth. (以下两项由各学校自主命题，共20分) 第二节 汉译英，完成句子(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5 分) 根据所给的汉语提示完成句子。 91. The couple were very poor, so they _______________________________ spending money(谨慎花钱). 92.When people think of factories, they think of clouds of dirty smoke or of pipes _______________________________ rivers(向河流倾泻化学废物的管道). 93.When my chance came, I really ________________________________________ (在……之间感到为难)further education and beginning to work. 94.The Plains Indians believe that the Great Spirit has no trouble _____________________________(控制) all things including animals, trees, stones and clouds.(用短语完成该句) 95.In that remote mountainous area , there is often one teacher to teach all the children even though they____________________________________.(年龄不同) 第三节 书面表达(满分15分)) 据报道，为了应对网络有害信息，北京展开了一项活动，选出60个母亲为“Mom Jury”，让她们参与到整顿不良网站的活动中。请你根据下表提供的有关信息，用英语写一篇短文。 背景 网民日益年轻化;网上不良信息很多 任务 举报不良网站;提出建议;督促政府部门采取措施等 效果 一个月后，许多不良网站被关闭 你的看法 1. 2. … 注意： 1.逐一陈述以上所给要点，可适当发挥，不要简单翻译; 2.词数：150左右; 3.参考词汇：网民netizen. 注意：词数150。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。 As is known to all, the internet is becoming more and more popular in our daily life. _____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 英语参考答案 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分20分) 1-5 BBCBC 6-10 CCBAC 11-15 BCBBC 16-20 AACBB 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分) 第一节 语法和词汇知识(共 15 小题;每小题1分，满分15 分) 21-25 DBCCA 26-30 ADCAB 31-35 DBCDB 第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分) 36-40 BADCA 41-45 BADCA 46-50 DBACB 51-55 ACDAB 第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分) 56-59 CADB 60-63 CBCD 64-67 CBAD 68-70 ADC 第四部分 任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分，满分 10分) (评分标准：本部分每空1词，与参考答案不符不给分。) 71. Reasons 72. what 73. preserved / kept / stored 74. photos 75. differences 76. uncover / find / discover / learn / know 77. charge 78. Besides / Moreover / Additionally / Furthermore 79. puzzle / question 80. develop / evolve 第五部分 写(共三节，满分25分) 第一节 单词拼写(共10小题;每小题 0.5分，满分5分) (评分标准：本节每空1词，与参考答案不符不给分。) 81. measuring 82. betrayed 83. effect(s) 84. permission 85. performance(s) 86. live 87. temporary 88. expectation 89. vacant 90. stable 第二节 汉译英，完成句子(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5 分) 根据所给的汉语提示完成句子。(短语正确，但时态错误给0.5分) 91.were cautious about 92.pouring chemical waste into 93.felt caught between 94.having power over 95.of different ages 第三节 书面表达(满分15分)) As is known to all, the internet is becoming more and more popular in our daily life. Nowadays Chinese netizens tend to be younger than before and they have many chances to visit websites with bad contents which are harmful to them. In order to protect them from this harm, sixty mothers were selected from a large number of mothers to form a “Mom Jury” in Beijing. Their responsibility of the activity was to report bad websites, give the government advice, urge the government to take measures, and so on. The activity was so effective that many bad websites were closed a month later. On a personal note, it is a good way to deal with the problem , but Dads should also take part in the activity, because the fight against bad websites calls for a joint effort by both parents. It is also important to teach teenagers how to protect themselves while surfing the Internet. (评分标准：本节每题翻译半句，若不能完全正确但大部内容正确给0.5分。) 评分说明： 1. 本题总分为15分，按5个档次给分。评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点，应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。 2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量、确定和调整档次，最后给分。内容要点可用不同方式表达，对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。 3. 词数少于130或多于170的，从总分中减去2分。 A、语言扣分(下列错误各扣2分) ① 动词时态、语态;句子结构。② 相同错误重复出现，不重复扣分。 ③ 发挥部分出现以上错误同样扣分。 B、其它扣分：书写不规范，字迹潦草或卷面不整洁酌情扣2-3分。 C、下列情况为小错，每3个小错相当于一个大错，扣2分： ①不影响达意的介词、冠词、大小写错误、名词单复数错误;②不改变词义的拼写错误;③标点符号错误 4. 内容要点 所给要点：11分;自己的观点：4分 各档次的给分范围和要求： 第五档：(13～15分)完全完成了试题规定的任务。 覆盖所有内容要点。 应用了较多的语法结构和词汇。 语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误，但为尽力使用较复杂结构或较高级词汇所致，具备较强的语言应用能力。 有效的使用了语句间的连接成分，使全文紧凑。 第四档：(10～12分)完全完成了试题规定的任务。 虽漏掉1、2个次重点，应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。 语法结构或词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是因尝试较复杂语法结构或词汇所致。 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文紧凑。 达到了预期的写作目的。 第三档：(7～9分)基本完成了试题规定的任务。 虽漏掉一些内容，但覆盖所有主要内容。 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。 有一些语法结构和词汇方面的错误， 但不影响理解。 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文内容连贯。 整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。 第二档：(较差)(4～6分) 未恰当完成试题规定的任务。 漏掉或未描叙清楚一些主要内容，写了一些无关内容。 语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。 有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。 较少使用语句间的连接成分，内容缺少连贯性。 信息未能清楚地传达给读者。 第一档：(差)(1～3分)未完成试题规定的任务。 明显遗漏主랦内容，写了一些无关的内容，原因可能是未能理解试题要求。 语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。 较多要点、语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。 缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯。 信息未能传达给读者。 0分 未能传达给读者任何信息：内容太少，无法评判：写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法看清。 附听力文字材料： 听力录音原稿 Text 1 M: Jessica, could you type this letter for me? W: Sorry. The computer broke down this morning. I’ll do it for you as soon as I fix it. Text 2 M: I see you enjoyed your holidays in Brighton. Where did you stay, in a hotel? W: No. We camped near the mountains. And some friends went with us there. Text 3 W: Professor Neon, a few of us at the back didn’t get the copy of your reading assignment. M: Well, there are only 38 names on my class list, and I didn’t bring any spare copies. Text 4 M: Excuse me. Does this train go to London? W: No, this is the 11:35 service to Rochester. There’s a London train standing at Platform No. 12 which leaves at 11:45. Text 5 M: Everybody is helping out with dinner. Would you make the salad? W: Anything but that. Text 6 W: Hello. I’m from Sound Bytes Radio and I’m doing a survey about home shopping. Could I ask you a few questions? M: A survey about home shopping? Sure. W: Thank you. Are you a home shopper? Do you use the Internet or watch the Shopping Channel? M: No, I like to look through catalogues and do mail order. Recently I’ve been receiving a lot of catalogues and they have some attractive things in them. In fact, sometimes I even order things I don’t need. W: Like what? M: Well, last year I ordered a heavy jacket with a hat, and it cost only 300 dollars but it has never gotten cold enough to wear it. I should never buy something out of a sudden desire. Hey, do you want to buy it? W: Oh, no, thanks. But thank you for answering my questions. Text 7 W: What’s up? You look a bit down. M: I got the results of my end-of-year exams this morning. I failed one. W: Oh, no. What happened? I thought you really worked very hard and went over everything carefully. M: I did. But the questions were too hard for me. W: Can you take it again? M: Yeah, but I have to take the course again next year. W: What? You have to repeat the whole year? M: Yes, it’s quite normal, isn’t it? W: Not in my country. If we fail in an exam at university, we usually get a chance to take the exam again, but we don’t have to take the whole course again. M: Well, here you have to take the whole course. And pay for it, of course. Text 8 M: Hello, Julia. Have you heard about the chess match? W: Not yet, anything special? M: Well, I suppose you would never be able to guess who came out first. W: Was it Carl, or David? Those two are very competitive. M: I’m afraid you got the wrong ones. The champion was John. It was a real surprise to everybody. He beat 12 other players, lost only 3, and played no draws. W: John is lucky. How about Carl and David? M: Well, Carl only played seventh, and David was better. He played fifth. W: Anyway, I’m still wondering how John could be so successful. M: I don’t know, either. But I heard that both Carl and David were suffering from the flu at that time. Text 9 W: Hey, Neal, now that the midterms are over, we are getting away for the weekend to go canoeing. You want to come along? M: Well, um, it’d be great to get away, but I’ve never done it before. W: None of the others have, either, except me. I went once last fall. But there’ll be an instructor in each canoe the first day. This is our last chance to take a break before the finals. M: I don’t know. W: Oh, come on. The scenery is beautiful, and if it gets too hot, we can dive in whenever we feel like it. M: What would I have to bring? W: Let’s see. Tom is bringing food for the Friday night cookout for everyone. And the people who run the trip have tents set up and they supply food and drinks for all day Saturday. On the way back Sunday morning, we’ll stop somewhere for breakfast. So, you just have to bring a bathing suit and a sleeping bag. M: Well, I do love camping and sleeping out. Where is this place? W: Well, it’s about an hour and a half to the place where we meet the trip leaders. We leave our car there and they drive us and the canoes upriver to the place where we start canoeing. M: And when will we set out on Friday? W: I’ll give you a call to tell you later today. Text 10 Mr. Stevenson was the owner of a general appliance store. He had seen many newly-weds coming into his store to shop for their first refrigerator, washer and dryer, and air-conditioner. Pen and pencil in hand, they would ask him a lot of questions about price, features and after-sale services, but they would usually walk away at the end of their inquiry. The other day a young couple came into his store. They asked him all the usual questions and he answered all of them patiently. But when he suggested an order at the end, they replied firmly, “We’ll have to look around other places first.” Although feeling a bit disappointed, Mr. Stevenson did not show it. Instead, he smiled, moved closer and said, “I know you will go to Discount Dan to look at the price tags. That’s perfectly understandable. I do the same. In fact, they sell the same stuff as we do. But if you buy things there, there is something you will not get. And that is me. I come with everything I sell. I’ve been in the business for thirty years and in a few years’ time, I’m going to give my store to my daughter and son-in-law. I hope they will carry on the family business. I stand behind everything I sell and I will make sure that you will never regret buying things from me.” After this short speech, Mr. Stevenson offered the young couple some ice-cream to thank them for their interest. Impressed by his honesty and sincerity, the young couple decided to place an order. (责任编辑：admin) |