云南省腾冲县第八中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含解析

云南省腾冲县第八中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题第一部分听力（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）请听下面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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What’s the news？A.A news giant panda was born.Ｂ. The woman will be sent to take care of pandas.Ｃ.There will be live broadcasts of pandas.2.What’s the most possible relationship between the two speakers?Ａ. A couple. Ｂ. Co-workers. C. Classmates.3. What’s the man trying to do ?A. Pick up children. Ｂ. Help the woman Ｃ. Order dinner.4. Why don’t the speakers buy the subway tickets at the machine?A. The ticket window is faster.Ｂ. They don’t know how much they should pay.Ｃ. The machine is turned off.5. What’s the woman worrying about?Ａ. How to raise money .Ｂ. How to offer the supplies.Ｃ. How to change technology.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第六段材料，回答第6.7题。

6. What’s the woman bus y with right now?Ａ. Working.Ｂ. Filling out the application.Ｃ. Doing housework.7. What will the man do?A. Help the woman . Ｂ. Read aloud. Ｃ. Answer the questions .听第七段材料，回答第8,9题8. Where are the two speakers going to visit today?Ａ. A childcare center.Ｂ. A governmental office.C A children’s hospital .9. What does the woman want to do there?A. To work. Ｂ. To study .Ｃ. To consult.听第八段材料，回答第10-12题10 Where does the conversation probably take place?Ａ. At the airport.Ｂ. At the customs C. At the railway station11. Who is man traveling with?A. His business partner.B. His parents .C. His wife and children.12. What will the man do next?A. Buy some duty-free items.Ｂ. Wait for his plane.Ｃ. Make baggage check.听第九段材料，回答第13-16题13. What are the two speakers waiting for?A. A task.B. A report.C. A person.14. What’s the relationship between Noel Simmons and the man ?A. Boss and employee. Ｂ. Ex-coworkers.Ｃ. Agent and client.15. What can we know about Noel Simmons?Ａ. He is irresponsible.Ｂ. His helpful.Ｃ. He is very patient.16. What will the woman do?Ａ. Light a fire Ｂ. Make a call. C. Keep waiting .听第十段材料，回答第17.20题17. How many people are there in Jennifer Lawrence’s family?A. 4 Ｂ. 6 Ｃ. 518. When did she want to pursue an acting career?A. When she was 14.B. When she was 16.C. When she was 18.19. What was her first major role?Ａ. In a movie Ｂ．In a stage play. Ｃ. On a TV show.20. What can we know about Jennifer Lawrence?A. She is a successful actress.B. She is a boss as well as an actress.C. She is a youngest Best Actress winner.第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A; B; C; D四个选项中选出最佳选项ADarwin was not a bright boy. He was much slower than his younger sister, and he was in many ways a naughty boy. However, at the age of eight he was trying to make out the names of all plants he saw, and he was busy collecting all sorts of things. and he even imagined producing coloured roses by watering them with certain coloured liquids. Once he read the book Wonders of the World, he wished to work wonders himself some day.One summer vacation Darwin became a great collector of beetles(甲虫).At that time he only collected them but made no scientific study of them. One day on tearing off the bark(树皮) he saw some unusual beetles, and seized one in each hand, then he saw a third a nd new kind, which he didn’t want to lose, so he put the one that he held in his right hand into his mouth. But it sent out some gas, which burned his tongue. He was forced to spit it out. It was lost, so was the third one.Darwin accepted the offer by the navy(海军)to go on a voyage to explore the Southern Sea in the name of the government on a warship at the age of twenty-two. He was on board for five years. And during the long voyage he collected a great many of facts in Natural Science.21. In his early years, Darwin was _________ in producing coloured roses.A. successfulB. helpedC. interestedD.not interested22. In the first paragraph "to work wonders" means _________________.A. to have a wonderful jobB. to work with surprising resultsC. to make something difficult to understandD.to produce beautiful things23. Darwin put one beetle into his mouth in order to ________________.A. taste the gas it sent outB. spare his right hand to catch the third oneC. save the life of the beetleD. eat it as he was hungryBThe Canadian people are made up of different national races. The first known settlers of the country were the Indians.It is believed that the Indians crossed into this continent across the Bering Strait and Sea from eastern Asia at least 10,000 years ago. When Europeans first entered the country. Indians were living in most of the forested areas. There were only a few Indians in the provinces near the Atlantic Ocean.The second group of people to enter Canada were the Eskimos. They crossed the Bering Strait from Asia less than 3,000 years ago. There are few records of their early movements.The first white settlers in Canada were the French. They came in greatest numbers to Quebec, but also to Nova Scotia, where they cleared farms on the southern side of the Bay of Funday (芬地湾).The French built their citadel (城堡) at Quebec City, and cleared farms out of the forests in the area. By the time of the British conquest (征服) in 1763, there were about 60, 000 French in Canada, living chiefly between Quebec and Montreal. There were not many British in Canada until American Revolutionary War drove large numbers northward.25. This passage mainly talks about Canada.A. the people ofB. the history ofC. why so many people came toD. the French in26. The French .A. also came from Asia by crossing the Bering StraitB. came to Quebec and Nova ScotiaC. came to Canada at the same time as the IndiansD. reached the number of 60,000 in the 1760s.27. The British .A. were not many at first in CanadaB. came to Canada in large numbers in the 19th centuryC. conquered Quebec in 1763 for the first timeD. all of the above28. Now about half of the Canadians are descendants of the peoples from .A. AsiaB. FranceC. Britain D．GermanyCImagine a boy from a small village in East Africa, He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has that boy ever had any education?Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are able to do. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it.We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.29. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.A. African children are very poorB. some children are unluckyC. education takes many waysD. schools are of great importance30. In the eyes of the writer .A. we have to learn from the people around usB. school is not important at allC. only the people caring for us can teach usD. education takes place everywhereDThis March is a busy month in Shanghai. There's a lot to do. Here are the highlights.Live Music - Late Night JazzEnjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie' s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie' s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.Scottish dancingTake your partners and get ready to dance till you have used up all energy. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors will demonstrate the dances. The liveExhibitions - Shanghai MuseumThere are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof. It is always interesting to visit, especially at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. There are lots of mummies and more gold than you'veDining - Sushi chef in townSushi is getting really a kind of popular food in Shanghai. In Japan, it’s become an art form. The most famous Sushi “artist” is Yuki Kamura. She’s also one of the few femaleFor a full listing of events, see our website.33. Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8 00p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?A. Live Music - Late Night JazzB. Scottish dancingC. Exhibitions - Shanghai MuseumD. Dining - Sushi chef in town34. Which of the following is true according to the advertisements?A. Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tires you out.B. The performance given by the American jazz band won't last long.C. Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.D. It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.35. In the text, the underlined word “chef” probably means _______.A. a cookB. a waitressC. an instructorD. an artist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。