高中英语真题-2014—2015学年下学期高二年级期末考试

高中英语真题:2014—2015学年下学期高二年级期末考试

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）

听下面五段对话。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。

What does the man want to do first?

A. Have an ice cream. B. Open the gifts.

C. Play some games.

What does the woman mean?

A. She will pass the man some sugar.

B. The man shouldn’t have more sugar.

C. She will make some coffee for the man.

What is the woman’s suggestion for the man?

A. Find someone to replace him B. Take a break now.

C. Wait for Ben.

Why is so happy? A. She has received her favorite journal. B. She has won a prize for her research.

C. She has got her paper published.

What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. An interesting film. B. Some history books.

C. Their activities last night.

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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料.回答第6至7题。

What is Johnny doing?

A. Playing in the water.

B. Playing with cars. C. Having a walk.

Who is giving Johnny his bath tonight probably?

A. The man. B. The woman .

C. Himself.

听第7段材料.回答第8至9题。

What’s the man doing?

A. Applying for a job. B. Asking for help.

C. Showing the way. What level does the man mostly teach?

A. All levels. B. Beginners.

C. Advanced.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a net bar. B. At the woman’s office.

C. At the man’s apartment.

How much did the woman pay for her hard drive?

A. $200. B. $300. C. $350.

What do the speakers agree?

A. Hard drives are more expensive.

B. Technology keeps improving.

C. People depend too much on computers.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

What does Nathan have to write down first?

A. A monument . B. A bar.

C. A hall.

What is the Mound?

A. His family history.

B. His education background. C. His personal information. Why does Nathan say he is in trouble?

A. He got fired from his last job.B. He has never had a real job before.

C. He has never filled out an application before.

What can we learn about Nathan?

A. He went to college in 2010. B. He used to walk his neighbor’s dog.

C. He is still a high school student.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

What does the woman talk about first?

A. How to measure earthquakes. B. Causes of earthquakes.

C. People’s understanding of earthquakes.

What do the Richter scale and the MMS scale have in common?

A. They both go from 1 to 10. B. They both measure shaking power and energy.

C. They are equally accurate in their measurements.

Why do most people think the Richter scale is still used?

A. Because of textbooks.

B. Because of the media. C. Because of scientists. What is the most important thing to do during an earthquake?

A. Keep calm.

B. Leave where you are. C. Call for help all the time.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分 ）

（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.

When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: "No pain, no gain". He hardly watered

his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water. So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty five years ago. They were all tall and strong.

I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years

of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity(逆境) seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never could.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to meet with hardship. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so