高二下学期期末英语考试试题（120分）第一部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分40分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。
1. By the year 1889, there were just 541 bison in the whole of North America.A. leaving aliveB. to leave aliveC. to be left aliveD.left alive2. money, people usually tend to spend more than they have to.A. In the eyes ofB. Regardless ofC. In terms ofD. In place of3. From this day , I will be more careful when crossing the street.A. onwardsB. backwardsC. afterwardsD. forwards4. --I failed in the driving test.--Don't be so disappointed. , you'll have one more chance of trying it.A. At allB. After allC. In allD. Above all5. by the beauty of the countryside, the old couple decided to stay another week on the farm.A. Being attractedB. AttractedC. To be attractedD. Having attracted6. Instead, it seems that creative thinking is a (n) of habits.A. affairB. businessC. matterD. problem7. Is this a book on farming? If so, I want to borrow .A. thisB. oneC. itD. the one8. The square box has a door, there are some buttons.A. beside itB. beside whichC. beside thatD. beside what9. You'd better carry a(n) tyre in the back of your car in case it breaksdown on the way.A. extraB. freeC. convenientD. spare10. The law of Venice says if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice,everything that he owns be taken away from him.A. shallB. canC. mustD. may第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was 11 to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She 12 the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old 13 thinking that she wouldn’t live 14from then on. Over the years, I 15 and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike, 16 a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an) 17 trying (难受的) day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang 18 .A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair, 19 into my son’s room with a box of20 . After 16 years, I still 21 Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about 22 since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she 23 the path for those people who were less 24 than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be 25 .Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt 26 . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was 27 . From this person that I thought would have no 28 of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously (神奇的) 29 and we moved north, but I owe Helen 30 that I can never repay.11．A. walking B. riding C. running D. driving12．A. lived B. survived C. existed D. escaped13．A. mind B. brain C. head D. thought14．A. equally B. calmly C. quietly D. normally15．A. studied B. moved C. worked D. 1ived16．A. suffering B. causing C. bearing D. catching17．A. normally B. particularly C. necessarily D. eventually18．A. up B. off C. back D. down19．A. ran B. walked C. rolled D. moved20．A. tissues B. presents C. pills D. candies21．A. realized B. knew C. recognized D. reminded22．A. her life B. her son C. her family D. her work23．A. clear B. smooth C. clean D. open24．A. rich B. healthy C. strong D. fortunate25．A. money B. hope C. pity D. medicine26．A. small B. pitiful C. weak D. shameless27．A. admitted B. beaten C. hurt D. hospitalized28．A. use B. value C. meaning D. quality29．A. treated B. worsened C. relieved D. recovered30．A. some money B. some tissues C. a debt D. a hope第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）AFor many parents , raising a teenager is like fighting a long war ,but years go by without any clear winner . Like a border conflict between neighboring countries ,the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?Both sides want peace ,but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict . In part ,this is because neither is willing to admit .any resp onsibility for starting it . From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course .the teens see it in exactly the same way , except oppositely . Both feel trapped In this article. I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things . Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the clean liness of the bedroom ,the preferred style of clothing , the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school ,or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends .Second ,blaming.The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goeswrong . Third , needing to be right ,It doesn’t matter what the topic is –politics. The taws of physics ,or the proper way to break an egg –the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong .for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something —and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately , as long as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other ,they’ll contin ue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress31. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?A. Both can continue for generations .B. Both are about where to draw the lineC. Neither has any clear winnerD. Neither can be put to an end32. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflictC. The teens acouse their parents of misleading themD. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents33.Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ________.A. give orders to the otherB. know more than the otherC. gain respect from the otherD.get the other to behave properly34. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?A. Causes for the parent –teen conflictsB. Examples of the parent –teen war.C. Solutions for the parent –teen problemsD. Future of the parent-teen relationshipBI was being interviewed by a senior manager for a big company. I told him honestly that the principal reason that I was interviewing with them was my need to keep my family in Boston. My wife had recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some pain for my 16-year-old daughter and me. It was important to me to keep her present high school.Bruce, the interviewer, was politely kind, but he didn't search any further. He acknowledged(承认) my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of interviews, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had 3 children. I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had and it was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a loved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, should I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help.From that one act of kindness, when he had no idea if we could ever see eachother again, he helped our family deal with one of life's greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview process into an act of earing and supporting for another person in a time of extreme need.35. According to the passage, the interviewer, Bruce, was very .A. generousB. kindC. happyD. mean36. The underlined word "principal" in the first paragraph probably means .A. mainB. unimportantC. necessaryD. possible37. We can infer from this passage that .A. the writer didn't get the job in the companyB. Bruce made the writer pass the interviewC. another manager also lost his wifeD. the business interview was cold38 Which of the following statement is NOT true?A. The writer's daughter was studying in Boston at that time.B. Both the writer and the interviewer experienced the same pain.C. Bruce was a senior manager of a big firm.D. Bruce wanted to make Mends with him because he gave him his business cardand home phone number.CWhen I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously , did not give her good service , pretended not to understand her , or even acted as if they did not hear her .My mother has realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she . I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人).I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, ―This is Mrs. Tan..‖And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, ―Why he don’t send me che ck already two week long?.‖And then, in perfect English I said : ―I’m getting rather concerned .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.‖Then she talked more loudly. ―What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss.‖ And so I turned to the stockbroker again, ―I can’t tolerate any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately , I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.‖The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. Bu t now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world. 39．From Paragorph 2, we know that the author was .A. good at pretendingB. rude to the stockbrokerC. unwilling to phone for her motherD. ready to help her mother40．After the author made the phone call, .A. they forgave the stockbrokerB. they went to New York immediatelyC .they failed to get the check D. they spoke to their boss at once41．What does the author think of her mother’s English now?A. It confuses her.B. It embarrasses her.C .It helps her tolerate rude people. D. It helps her understand the world.42．We can inter from the passage that Chinese English .A. is clear and natural to non-native speakersB. is vivid and direct to non-native speakersC. may bring inconvenience in AmericaD. has a very bad reputation in AmericaDThat ―Monday morning feeling‖ could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2,600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 per cent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 per cent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.A study of 11,000 Italians proved 8 am on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewer heart attacks in both countries.The findings could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, accordin g to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. ―We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol（胆固醇）but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them,‖ he said.Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.―When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal（内分泌）c hanges in their bodies,‖ Willich explained. ―All these things can have an unfavourable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot（血凝块）in the arteries（动脉）which will cause a heart attack.‖―When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activity,‖ said Willich.43．Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows, .A. is not so serious as people thoughtB. is harmful to working people in developed countries.C. is the first killer in Germany and Italy.D. is created by researchers in Germany and Italy44 To protect people from suffering from heart attack, doctors have paid much attention to .A. people’s working timeB. pe ople’s living placeC. people’s diet and lifestyleD. people’s nationalities45．It can be learned from this passage that heart attack has nothing to do with .A. blood pressureB. heart rateC. hormonal changesD. blood group46．If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be? A. Stop working on Monday B. Create a pleasant working environmentC. Get up late on Monday morningD. Go to work with a doctorEThe huge Florida wetland known as the Everglades is a slow-moving river 80 kilometres wide but only a few centimeters deep. People call the Everglades a ―river of grass‖ because sawgrass covers most of it. Sawgrass is not really grass. It is a plant that has leaves edged with tiny sharp teeth that can easily cut through clothes—and skin!Travel in the Everglades is difficult. You cannot walk through shallow water because the sawgrass will cut you. The water is too shallow for regular boats. So, we use an airboat. An airboat is a flat, open boat. Like an airplane, it has a big propeller to move it. The propeller is fixed on the rear of the boat. It makes a tremendous noise, but it does the job. The boat skims along the water’s surface. Although we can still get lost in an airboat, at least we are above the alligators(短吻鳄).While hundreds of different kinds of animals live in the Everglades, the most famous is surely the alligator. Once endangered, alligators are now protected within Everglades National Park. Visitors are likely to see them both on land and in water.For a long time, dangers have threatened the Everglades. Around 1900, some people felt this precious wetland should be drained (排干). They said it was just a big swamp and not good for anything. In the 1920s, there was a land boom in Florida. People wanted to build homes everywhere, including in the Everglades. They built canals, levees (防洪堤) , and other water systems that stopped the rivers flowing into the Everglades. Factories were built near rivers that flowed into the wetland. These factories dumped poisonous waste that damaged the Everglades ecosystem.People are now working to preserve the Everglades National Park for the future. Right now, one big problem is the paperbark tree. This tree is an invader from Australia.Paperbark trees soak up a lot of water. In the early 1900s, people brought them to Florida because they thought they would help drain the Everglades. However, the invaders adapted too well. Paperbark trees have taken over hundreds of thousands of acres of the Everglades and killed other trees. Scientists are cutting down these invaders or spraying them with herbicides (除草剂) to kill them.47 Which helps to explain why it is difficult to travel in Everglades?A. Airboats may make a very big noise.B. You may get lost when passing through.C. Paperbark trees soak up too much water there.D. Many different kinds of animals are to be protected.48. Why do people use airboats instead of normal boats?A. They have big propellers to move them faster than alligators.B. The propeller makes loud noise so as to scare alligators.C. Their flat bottom can skim along the water surface.D. They can watch alligators without hurting them.49. The following measures were taken to drain the Everglades except that people______.A. built canals and levees to stop the rivers flowing into EvergladesB. built factories near rivers that flowed into the wetlandC. brought Paperbark to soak up water in EvergladesD. are cutting down these Paperbark trees50 The underlined word "invader" probably means something______.A. that moves in from another placeB. that enters and takes controlC. that has been brought inD. that is in danger第三部分书面表达（共两节，满分40分）第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
