辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学2014-2015学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷

沈阳铁路实验中学2014-2015学年度下学期期末考试

高二英语

时间：100分钟 分数：120分

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Around four years ago, I received a call from the principal of our school as to the “Parents View” talk the next morning. He asked me to speak to the group. After the call, my whole body became feverish and panicky. The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. The whole night, I could not sleep with many ominous apprehensions in mind. One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not come. Finally, I gathered some courage. I thought, “If I miss this opportunity, surely the school will never invite me again to any of their programs.”

I reached the school in time. Before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. When my turn came and I started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to read the written speech properly. I was not aware of where I was standing and what I was reading. That was the day when I realized my biggest weakness-- Public Speaking.

After my speech, I met with the principal and explained what happened to me. He told me that this happens to everyone. Even great speakers, faced the same things when they started. He suggested that I come again next time.

Around one month later, I was invited to refer to a topic on Motivation. This time I was feeling comfortable. My speech was appreciated by the principal as well as the teachers, because I was able to get my idea across to them. They encouraged and praised my efforts.

After delivering it successfully, I became more confident. I said to myself, “If I can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates others, I can now speak in front of others too.”

I started delivering lectures in my plant, on various topics like Self Motivation, Personality Development, Personal Excellence, Spoken English and Presentation Skills. This has become a passion for me. I learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step.

1. Which of the following is the hest title for the passage?

1. Practice Makes a Man a Better Speechmaker B. Public Speaking Makes a Man Embarrassed.

C. Principal Provides the Best Chances. D. Spoken English Develops in Malting Speeches.

2. The author had bad feelings before the speech because______.

1. he disliked the idea of giving a lecture B. he feared he couldn't perform it properly

C. he regretted accepting the invitation D. he had got a high fever before that

3. What does the underlined part “ominous apprehensions” in the first paragraph mean?

1. unlucky opportunities B. curious views C. negative ideas D. happy comments

4. What can we conclude from the passage?

1. Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. B. Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

C. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. D. Necessity is the mother of invention.

B

A US student has just spent 30 days on an “insect diet ” – eating insects three times a day. Camren Brantley-Rios says traditional meats such as pork and beef are unable to continue and he wanted to try out what many consider the diet of the future.

Many people would find the idea of eating insects distasteful, even if it were not disgusting. Not so long ago, Brantley-Rios was among them. But for the last month he has been eating insects for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

“I’m mainly sticking to three kinds,” he says. Occasionally he has included different insects. Preparing these he “actually cried”, though he insists they were surprisingly good.

Insects consume fewer resources than animals, like pigs and cows, to produce the same amount of protein(蛋白质), Brantley-Rios says – and more than two billion people worldwide include insects in their regular diet, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

“There’s not really a need to eat insects in America because we have it so nice,” Brantley-Rios says. “We have finer meats and we’re lucky to have that luxury(奢侈), so there’s not much of a pressure to eat insects right now. But what a lot of people are trying to do is make it a little bit more marketable.”

He has ordered insects from farms that usually supply zoos, which need them “to feed certain animals”. He has always made sure the insects have been fed on an organic diet, he says, and only bought species he knows are safe to eat.

He knows that one person eating insects won’t make much difference. To have a real environmental effect, millions would have to follow his example.

5．Why has the US student tried out an “insect diet”?

1. To seek for future vegetables. B. To advocate traditional meats.

C. To make up for the lack of meat. D. To explore new forms of protein.

6．What can we learn about Brantley-Rios from Paragraph 2?

1. He is tired of meats like pork and beef. B. He advised people to eat insects though disgusted.

C. He had nothing to eat but insects last month. D. He didn’t like the idea of eating insects.

7．What does the underlined part “actually cried” in Paragraph 5 mean?

1. was scared B. was pitiful C. was sorry D. was puzzled

8．How does Brantley-Rios guarantee the safety of his insect diet?

1. He tests each species before eating it. B. He orders insects for certain zoo animals.

C. He feeds his insects on an organic diet. D. He has insects raised on his own farm.

C

Minimalism(简约主义)is a term that describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is reduced to its most basic features．As for me, minimalism functions well not in art or design, but in my daily life．

When I was packing for university, I found it extremely difficult to let go of some of the things I owned．I knew I couldn’t take everything with me, but I kept asking myself “how could I possibly throw this away?”, “what if I need it one day?”, and “what about all of the memories?” Now that I’ve moved, and left that stuff behind, I don’t even miss it. Whether or not I got rid of it, it barely makes a bit of difference to me now．I’ve learned that over time people forget, or their need for a particular object eventually disappears. Either they store it away or they get rid of it．

You might think nostalgically（怀旧的）about the toys you cared about when you were a child, but what is making you smile now is not the thing itself but the memory of it. I’ve heard it a hundred times, “you don’t need things to make you happy.” It takes something life-changing like moving across the country to realize how true this is．

Speaking of which, for a lot of people, minimalism is about able to move．It’s about being able to go almost anywhere at any time because you don’t have many possessions to carry. When you keep things you don’t need, they become a burden that ties you to a place. Moving to university was a good time to let go of a lot of stuff．And when I visit for the holidays, I’ll probably get rid of even more, to lighten the burden．

Of course there are exceptions. There are some things that are irreplaceable, very rare or expensive or we simply love and cherish for some reason or another, since we are humans．But after we keep those, how much is left that we don’t really need?

Hence, minimalism．And why does minimalism bring happiness? That’s because what really makes me happy is freedom．And the key to freedom is minimalism because minimalism reduces our attachment to things．

Attachment to too many objects creates a great mess and can severely hold back our freedom to do whatever we want, while minimalism helps us start new projects, move, travel, learn new things, work, expand, be debt-free, be healthy – really living life to our full potential．

I left the nest to fly onwards and upwards. I can’t do it with old things weighing me down. And that is why I have adopted minimalism with open arms．

9．In paragraph l, the writer gives the definition of minimalism to _________ ．

A．introduce a topic B．present his own idea

C．describe a scene D．offer an argument

10．Many people don’t want to let go of some of their belongings because _________ ．

A．they haven’t had any life-changing experiences

B．they hope to live life to their full potential by storing things away

C．they fear their memories will be gone with the thrown-away stuff

D．they may have to change their lifestyle because of the loss of them

11．Which of the following is NOT the reason why the writer favors “minimalism” in life?

A．It takes the burden off her while she is moving． B．It reduces her attachment to her personal things．

C．It enables her to gain the freedom that she desires． D．It helps her to realize how true life is．

12．What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Minimalism brings happiness． B．Minimalism is applied in many fields．

C．Minimalism makes people think nostalgically． D．Minimalism is about able to move．

D

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To join our club, fill in the brief application listing your name, address, and phone number on the postage-paid card at the bottom of this page. Then drop the card in the mail and our present catalogue will be immediately mailed out to you for your 3 free selections!

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13．If you join the Evergreen Teen Book Club, you can __________.

1. buy books at cost price B. get one free book for a cash purchase of 3 books

C. receive a gift after each order D. expect 3 free books each month

14．If Lily wants to get free delivery, she should __________.

1. accumulate 6 bonus points B. order at least 3 books

C. purchase the catalogue D. join the club before June 30th

15．The purpose of the text is to get more people to __________.

1. join the club and order books B. read different kinds of books

C. collect books for the club D. learn from famous writers

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。（E=AB, F=AC, G=AD）

16.Half a minute? A few seconds?

Google engineers have discovered that even 400 milliseconds—as short as the blink of an eye—is too long for most Internet users.

A millisecond is one thousandth of a second. People hardly notice such a small time difference, but it does cause them to stop searching, reported The New York Times.

Nowadays, millions of smart-phones and computers are constantly gathering and sending out information. 17you can get digital"traffic jams". Meanwhile, users are expecting faster and faster service.

Google found that if one website is 250 milliseconds slower than another website, then people will visit it less often. 18.Google said people do expect different things from different websites because they realize not all loading times are the same. For example, a person will be more patient waiting for a video clip to load than for a search result.

Even so, four out of five online users will click away if a video takes too long to load. This makes it difficult for video websites to choose between the quality of pictures and fast loading times.

Pursuing a higher speed has always been part of the history of the Internet.

In the 1990s,when the World Wide Web first started to become popular, 19． people called it the"World Wide Wait". But engineers managed to fight the problem with new inventions. They laid a lot of fiber optic cables for high-speed transmissions; they improved software so it would work more smoothly; they placed computer servers all around the world to be nearer to users; all this increased speed.

Nowadays we can enjoy much faster Internet ._20．But they will need to keep fighting to keep up with the developing demands of internet users.

1. Internet is becoming faster and faster.
2. With so many people downloading maps, sports videos, news and restaurant recommendations,
3. We can not expect a faster speed about the internet.
4. Major search engines such as Google and Microsoft's Bing usually find search results in less than a second.
5. How long are you willing to wait for a webpage to open before you start to lose your patience?
6. This is why technology companies are now competing to be the fastest.

G it was very crowded and slow;

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.

On this special day for teachers across the country, I can ____21.____keep myself from telling your white lie(善意的谎言) to those who would lend me an ear.

Do you still remember the happy ___22.___about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your ___23.__.You, a beautiful young lady, ____24.__ us that you would live in our village.

Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children ____25.__more time on their books ___26.___ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still ____27.__ that one day you might leave. You _ _28.__a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their___29.__ of your leaving. You went all out in the ____30.__ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition(学费).You often emphasized to us the ____31.__ of one's life, so that must have been what you were ___32. __ in those five years!

One cold morning when class began, you entered the room ____33.__ you had been crying ____34.__. In your class, we ____35.__ but looked away from your eyes. You ____36.__for some time as if you were ___37.__to find the right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…

On the following morning, we ____38.__ you the very best and the villagers gave you their ____39.__The train took you away and your broken ____40.__.The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Will41． matter if you don’t take your breakfast? Some time ago a test 42． (give) in the United States. The test included people of different 43． (age) from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got 44． breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see 45． well their bodies worked when they had eaten 46． certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect 47． if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be 48． (especial) true if a person works 49． his brain. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with 50． (much) attention in class.

第三部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错(共10小题; 每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

While Joe left university, he got a good job in a bike factory. After he had worked there for some years, he decided to have change. But he put a notice in several newspapers, saying what experiences he had and the kind of job he would like to have. One of the answers he accepted was from a man looked for a job, too. This man wrote to him, “Dear sir, when you get a new job, to be kind enough to give my name and address to your present boss，as I have been trying to find a position like you for a long time.” After he reads the letter, he suddenly realized what he had done was real foolish.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是李华，你国际学校的朋友Paul邀请你下个星期天去他们学校参加文化交流活动并介绍中国传统绘画 (traditional Chinese painting), 但是你的爷爷生病住院，不得不谢绝他的邀请。请根据下面的要点给Paul用英语写一封回信。

要点：1. 谢绝Paul的邀请；

2. 说明你的理由；

3. 推荐你的同学Anna参加。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入你所写词数）。

Dear Paul,

Thank you very much for your invitation. ___________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  　   Yours,

Li Hua

高二英语答案

1. 阅读理解

1-4 ABCC 5-8 DDAB 9-12 ACDA 13-15 BDA

二．七选五

16-20 EBFGD

1. 完形填空

21-25 DACAB 26-30 ABCDA 31-35 CACBA 36-40 BDDAB

四．语法填空

41. it 42. was given 43. ages 44. no 45. how

46. a 47. than 48. especially 49. with 50. more

五．改错

【小题1】While 改成When/After

【小题2】在change前加a

【小题3】But 改成So

【小题4】experiences 改成experience

【小题5】accepted改成received

【小题6】looked改成looking

【小题7】to be kind 中to去掉

【小题8】like yours 中you改成yours

【小题9】reads改成read

【小题10】real改成really

六．作文

Dear Paul,

Thank you very much for your invitation.

I’d love to accept it and take this opportunity to introduce traditional Chinese painting to foreign friends, but I’m sorry to inform you that I can’t. My grandpa is seriously ill in hospital and I have to look after him. As for the introduction speech, I strongly recommend my friend Anna, who is the most suitable choice, to take my place next Sunday. She began to learn painting at an early age and has a broad knowledge of traditional Chinese painting, which, combined with her active personality and perfect spoken English, will help make your activity a success.

Sorry again for any inconvenience caused by my absence and all the best wishes to you.

Yours,

Li Hua