福建省南安第一中学2014年高二上学期期末考试英语试题及答案

第I卷（选择题 共115分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. When will the plane take off?

A. At 5:30. B. At 5:15. C. At 5:10. 2. What will Jane do at 4 o’clock?

A. Play tennis. B. Stay at home. C. Look after a patient. 3. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Only children. 4. How does the man look?

A. Very nervous. B. Very tired. C. Very excited.

5. What is the woman busy with?

A. Preparing for a speech. B. Writing a report. C. Organizing a discussion. 第二节(共15小题; 每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟; 听完后,各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段对话，回答第6、7题。

B. Life attitudes. C. Making friends.

6. What is the relationship between Jim and Mary?

A. Colleagues. B. Classmates. C. Couple.

7. What’s the woman’s attitude towards Jim and Mary’s problem?

A. She believes it is their business. B. She doesn’t want to help them. C. She agrees with their Mom and Dad. 听第7段对话，回答第8至10题。

8. Which word can be used to describe the woman?

A. Old-fashioned. B. Fashionable. C. Intelligent.

9. What kind of clothes doesn’t the man generally wear?

A. Casual clothes. B. Formal clothes. C. Sportswear.

10. According to the man, what are smart girls usually interested in?

A. Music, sports, or movies B. Literature, music, or sports. C. History, sports, or music. 听第8段对话，回答第11至13题。

听第9段对话，回答第14至16题。 14. What’s the woman’s final destination?

A. The 16th street. B. Battery Park. C. Union Square.

15. Why does she want to make a stop halfway? A. She needs to pick up some tickets. B. She wants to buy something there. C. A friend is waiting for her there. 16. Where is Sally?

A. In front of a bookshop. B. Next to a post office.

C. On the left side of the 16th street. 听第10段对话，回答第17至20题。

17. Where is the palace?

A. Near Tokyo. B. Near Osaka. C. Near Kobe.

18. What do we know about the palace?

A. It is in a valley.

B. It enjoys a terrific scenery. C. It is especially big.

19. What should you do if you get lost?

A. Wait for help. B. Call the speaker. C. Return to the entrance. 20. How soon should the listeners meet the speaker again?

A. In 55 minutes. B. In 45 minutes. C. In 35 minutes.

第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（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。 21. What a pity it is to have lost the game ______ one goal! A. for

B. by

C. over

D. to

22. A(n) ________ idea is different from the one you have and can be used instead. A. secure

B. conservative C. mild

D. alternative

23. —Did they carry out the experiment in the school lab?

—No, it was in the scientific center _______ their teacher worked. A. that

B. where

C. why

D. which

24. Tourist excitement has built up _______ new places of interest were opened two years ago. A. as

B. even though

C. only if

D. since

25. While talking with his colleagues, he accidentally ________ that he had got divorced. A. let out B. gave out

C. turned out

D. brought out

26. New ideas and values took the place of those _______ in the Middle Ages. A. held

B. having held

C. being held

D. holding

27. After graduating from college, I took some time off to go travelling, _________ turned out to be a wise decision. A. that

B. which

C. when

D. where

28. —Is Bob still a volunteer?

—No, but he _____. He worked for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

A. used to B. used to be C. used to do D. was used to

29. _________ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest country doesn’t not seem big at all. A. Compare

B. Comparing

C. When comparing D. When compared

30. Jerry was about to sit down and have a cup of tea _______ the doorbell rang. A. while

B. as

C. when

D. until

31. But for Mr. Thompson’s timely help, we ________ the task on time. A. couldn’t have finished C. could have finished

B. couldn’t finish D. could finish

32. —I’m sure Andrew will win the first prize in the final.

—I think so. He ______ for it for months. A. is preparing

B. was preparing C. had been preparing D. has been preparing

33. I _____ busy at that time, otherwise I could have come to help you. A. am

B. had been

C. were

D. was

34. I was caught in the rain on my way home. __________, I had a bad cold. A. After all B. As a result C. On other words D. As usual 35. – Would you take this along to the office for me? – ________.

A. Don’t mention it B. That’s right

C. Never mind

D. With pleasure

第二节： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Forty years ago, I was a boy of eight. At that time, if I cleaned the hockey (曲棍球) field near my home and ___36_____ an empty envelope with an extra ____37____, I would get a photo of a hockey player. Hockey was my __38_____ sport. I wanted the photos of all my heroes, especially the numbers of the Boston Bruins.

“Michael! You’re going to put us in the poor house __39___ stamps and envelopes.” My mum __40___me. “But, Mum! I want to get the whole set, ___41____ all the Boston players.” Mum said, “Write the ___42____ neatly, so that it gets to the right place.”

When I finished, I put the envelope in the __43____ the next day. Each day after, I’d ask, “Mum, did it come yet?” “Michael, we just mailed it off. Be ___44___.”

A week later, when I opened the door, on the table was a brown __45____ addressed to me. My heart skipped a beat. It was the first mail I ever __46___. Inside was a photo waiting for my ___47____ hands to take out. I ___48____ the envelope, ran to my room, and opened it with shaking hands. There it was. I did get a ___49___ of the Bruins’ highest scorer---Phil Esposito.

For weeks, I had cleaned the hockey field. In the __50___ of collecting the photos, I was making the field a __51____ place. Every week, I received an envelope. My collection __52_____. If I received a photo I already had, I’d take it to school and share with best school friends. My collection was ___53___ when the hockey season drew to a close. I was so ____54___ to have all the photos of the Boston Bruins.

I now still have those photos. As I look through them, I think the photos are my ___55___. And I understand: if you want something, you have to be dedicated (投入的), and you have to work for it.

36. A. found 37. A. stamp

B. borrowed B. note

C. mailed C. advertisement

D. unfolded D. notice

38. A. ordinary B. unforgettable C. original D. favorite 39. A. making B. buying 40. A. scolded 41. A. totally 42. A. homework 43. A. drawer

C. drawing D. sticking

B. praised C. suggested D. informed B. briefly B. address

C. simply

D. especially

C. sentence D. number

B. schoolbag C. mailbox D. cupboard

44. A. positive B. generous C. patient D. silent 45. A. envelope B. parcel 46. A. posted 47. A. frozen 48. A. caught 49. A. signature 50. A. face 51. A. richer 52. A. remained

C. toy

D. case

B. invited C. prepared D. received B. eager B. left B. request B. process B. noisier

C. painful D. dirty C. tore

D. threw

C. performance D. picture C. light

D. form

C. cleaner D. larger

B. increased C. disappeared D. improved

53. A. complete B. limited C. available D. different 54. A. concerned

B. calm

C. curious

D. proud D. skill

55. A. choice B. success C. reward

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题：每小题2分, 共40分)

A

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

“When my grandmother got arthritis (关节炎), she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” — Rebecca, age 8

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” — Chrissy, age 6

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip (一小口) before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” — Danny, age 7

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day.” — Noelle, age 7 “My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” — Clare, age 6

“Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than David Beckham.” — Chris, age 7

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four-year-old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap (膝盖), and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”

56. The children’s answers are mainly based on ________. A. their own stories

B. their family stories

C. what happened around them D. how they viewed people around them

57. How many children’s answers describe a happy marriage? A. Three.

B. Four.

C. Five.

D. Six.

58. According to Leo Buscaglia, the four-year-old boy________. A. cheered his neighbor up in a unique way

B. gave love a special definition

C. comforted his neighbor in the most caring way D. had a good understanding of his neighbor’s sadness 59. What is the purpose of writing the text? A. To report a survey. C. To report a contest.

B. To explain the meaning of love. D. To show children’s loveliness.

B

No poem should ever be discussed or \"analyzedeacher

or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice 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(解释)\" of 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 can not replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting(背诵)it.

I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than

\"analyzing\" it, if there isn't time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry. Poetry is \"a criticism of life\and \"a heightening (提升) of life\". It is \"an approach to the truth of feeling\of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.

I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who don't like it should not be

forced to put that dislike on anyone else. But those, 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.

60. According to the text, to have a better understanding of a poem, the best way is______.

A. to hear it read out C. to discuss it with others k

B. to analyze it by oneself D. to practise reading it aloud

61. The best explanation for the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 should be__________. A. students should read the poem at the end of poem class B. we should end the analyzing of the poem by reading it aloud

C. sometimes the sound of the poem represents the meaning of it

D. we feel the original meaning of the author by hearing the poem read loud after discussion 62. What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply? A. The teaching of poetry should have been much more stressed. B. One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry. C. Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses.

D. The teaching of poetry is more important than the teaching of any other subject. 63. The phrase “make room” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by ______． A. “provide equipment” C. “set aside enough space”

B. “leave a certain amount of time” D. “build a booth”

C

Best of News Design

The competition invites entries from all magazines and newspapers---daily or non-daily---published anywhere in the world. How to Enter

Best of News Design TM Creative Competition is held each year. The Call for Entries is published in print and online in November of the competition year.

Printed copies of the Call for Entries are mailed in November to anyone who needs a copy. Or, get a PDF copy of the Call for Entries in English here.

Later this month Society of News Design (SND) will post copies of the Call for Entries in French, German, and Russian as well.

Each entry requires a small entry fee, paid in U.S. dollars. Entry Deadlines

Entries from publications in the United States must be received at Syracuse (N.Y.) University no

later than Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2015.

Entries from publications outside the United States must be received at Syracuse (N.Y.) University no later than Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2015.

SND will inform winners by e-mail or U.S. mail beginning Saturday, March 1, 2015.Also, SND will list the names of winners on this website in early mid-March.

Don’t forget to check out our web coverage of judging beginning Saturday, Feb. 8, 2015. Be the first to know what’s happening in Syracuse. Winners

Newspapers that win Award of Excellence, Silver Medal, Gold Medal, Judges’ Special Recognition or Best in Show honors receive recognition in several ways: • Each winner receives a certificate(证书).

• A picture of the winning newspaper and the names of winners are published in the book, “The Best of News Design TM”.

• One picture of the winning entry, along with the names of winners and other information, are published on www.snd.org.

• SND publishes a piece of news showing the results of each year’s competition. . What do we know about the competition? A. It is designed for the U.S. print industry. B. It has language requirements. C. It is a yearly event. D. It costs too much.

65. If the New York Times wants to join in the competition, what’s the closing date for entries? A. March 1, 2015.

B. Feb. 8, 2015.

C. Jan. 22, 2015. D. Jan. 15, 2015.

66. The winners of the competition will________. A. show their certificates online

B. have their names recorded in a book C. get an advertisement page in a newspaper

D. make a public appearance at a news conference

D

67. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 indicates that __________. A. you may do what you want to do C. you should have a goal

B. you had better not copy others D. you may have different ideas

68. It seems that the writer’s dreams and visions became a reality because the writer _______. A. had put something magic in the letter B. could foresee what would happen

C. was experienced in writing the Ten Years letter D. took what was written in the letter as a guide in life

69. According to the writer, “Leslie” in your letter should be the person that _________. A. does the same exercise as you B. will become your friend in ten years

C. you know now and may still know in the future D. you can imagine when you write your letter

70. The writer advises you to write the Ten Years in the Future letter _________. A. in ten years’ time B. as soon as possible C. when you have time D. as often as possible

E

Who knows about sleep? Astronauts. They have to. Their bodies are cut off from the outside world that reminds us what time it is. But actually, it’s even worse than that. An astronaut reported in his diary that he was likely to make mistakes on days following an unusually late bedtime.

So NASA started doing some serious research. They quickly realized that we’re a slave to the outside world. Without light and darkness, we’re unable to regulate (管理) sleep times.

Because of modern technology, we’re all living more like astronauts now. Light is no longer a function of the sun, but of always-on indoor lights, TV and computer screens. Temperature no longer follows a cycle of cooling at night and warming during the day. Is it any wonder that a third of American have sleep problems?

Maybe you think this doesn’t affect you--- or at least not much. You’re wrong. Research done on non-astronauts has shown the same thing. After two weeks of six hours of sleep a night, you’re drunk. By the end of two weeks, the six-hour sleepers behaved as badly as those who hadn’t slept for 24 hours.

But what did they say when asked how they felt? “It’s not affecting me.” So if you are performing poorly because of sleep problems, you may have no idea. This is a real problem.

So what answers did NASA come up with?

Take an hour to calm down before bed. Yes, you’re busy. But your time is not more valuable than an astronauts’. Keep your bedroom dark, cool and free from noise. Even if you think “the light doesn’t affect you” or “the noise isn’t that bad”, it can still affect sleep quality.

Another advice: forget the alarm clock in the morning; set an alarm to remind you to go to bed at night. When it goes off, finish up any work on the computer, and turn off any unnecessary lights. This prevents you from cheating yourself on sleep and allows you to wake up naturally. 71. What did NASA find about people’s sleep?

A. It takes a long time to develop regular sleep times. B. It’s strongly influenced by the outside world. C. It remains untouched by outside influences. D. It’s hard to change one’s sleep habits.

72. Paragraph 3 is mainly about _________. A. different sleep types

B. the importance of a good sleep

C. the reasons why we have sleep problems D. the disadvantages of modern technology

73. The biggest problem of those who haven’t enough sleep lies in the fact that __________. A. they can’t fall asleep without the lights on C. they refuse to regulate their sleep times

B. they don’t know whether they sleep well D. they get too drunk to sleep well

74. What does the underlined sentence in the passage mean? A. You should make full use of tour time.

B. You can find the time to get ready to sleep. C. You can sleep later to finish your work first. D. You should learn from astronauts’ way of sleep. 75. What’s the advice on the alarm clock? A. Use it to remind you it sleep. B. Put it far away from your bed. C. Get up immediately when it rings. D. Listen carefully to it when it rings.

温馨提醒：(请记得把第I卷的选择题答案填涂于答题卡上)

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

注意：第Ⅱ卷请用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔在答题纸上作答。

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、 拼写正确。

How to make a friend? Here are some tips for you!

Smile! It’s the easiest way to let someone know that you’re nice! Even the(76)_______(腼腆的) person can manage a little smile. You may notice at first that it feels strange to smile a lot, (77)_______over time, you’ll find that one smile can really make a(n) (78)________(区别)in your life.

Be fun! We all prefer spending time with people (79) ______ make us feel happy. Think about the people you most enjoy being with---usually they are always on the up and up. (80)______fun makes people happy and brightens the way they think (81) _______you. It makes you seem like you truly love life and you can deal with any problems that you have to (82) f________.

Listen! Good conversations are (83) i______ when you want to make a new friend, and sometimes you just have to be quiet and listen. When you do get chatting, pay ((84)______(注意力) to what they’ re saying. And don’t just talk about (85) _______ all the time. Phew! It’s hard work making new friends, but it’s worth it!

第二节 书面表达（共25分）

作为中学生，你肯定经历过多次考试，体验过成功，也遭遇过失败。请你根据下面的提示内容，简要概述中学生普遍存在的对考试失败的两种态度，并结合自身实际，说明你的观点。 态度一 当考试结果不尽人意时，情绪低落，散失信心，不再继续努力。 态度二 当考试失败时，分析并找出失败的原因，鼓励自己，增强自信，避免再犯同样的错误。 你的观点 ?

注意：

1.词数120字左右。

2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

As middle school students, we all have taken examinations or tests of different types and _____

________________________________________________________________________

南安一中2014～2014学年度上学期期末考

高二英语科参

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

1-5. ACABA 6-10. CABAA 11-15. CAABC 16-20. ACBCB 第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

21-25 BDBDA 26-30 ABBDC 31-35 ADDBD

第二节： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

36-40 CADBA 41-45 DBCCA 46-50 DBADB 51-55 CBADC 第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题：每小题2分, 共40分)

56-59 CACB 60-63 DDAB -66 CDB 67-70 CDCB 71-75 BCBBA 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

76 shyest 77 but 78 difference 79 who/that 80 Being

81 of/about 82 face 83 important 84 attention 85 yourself