2015-2016学年浙江省绍兴市第一中学高二下学期期末考试英语试题

绍兴一中2015学年第二学期期末考试高二英语试卷命题人：第一部分：听力（共两节，满分10分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. What soup did the man give to the woman?A. Tomato soup.B. Mushroom soup.C. A new kind of soup.2. What can we learn about the woman?A. She is trying to be healthy.B. She usually drinks her coffee black.C. She needs to add milk and sugar to her coffee.3. What time is it now?A. 6:45.B. 6:30.C. 6:00.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A neighbor.B. A noise.C. A meal.5. What will the woman do on Saturday?A. Go to a party at the man’s house.B. Write a paper at the library.C. Take the man’s computer home.第二节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面2段对话。

每段对话后有2-4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。

听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。

6. What is the woman trying to do?A. Persuade the man to join a club.B. Encourage the man to do more exercise.C. Advise the man to pay more attention to his health.7. What is the man going to do?A. Take exercise with the woman.B. Go to a swimming pool.C. Apply for membership.听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。

8. According to the man, when is the best time to mail something?A. Early in the morning.B. In the middle of the day.C. In the late afternoon.9. What was the cool thing after the man helped the disabled woman?A. He was praised by his boss.B. He didn’t have to wait in line.C. He was given a discount.10. How did the other people feel in the end?A. Angry and jealous.B. Frustrated but patient.C. Understanding and pleased.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共10个小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AAs an old-fashioned explorer, Paul Salopek sets out on foot to circle around the world. He is also a modern-day explorer. On top of a few clothes, a small first-aid kit and notebooks, he is carrying a recorder, a video camera, a small computer and a satellite phone — a telephone that connects to a satellite and can be used in many places where cell-phones don’t work.The journey is long: 21,000 miles! It will take seven years to complete it.Salopek was born in California and spent his childhood in Mexico. He says he has always liked to travel and doesn’t like to rush. At the age of fourteen, he climbed Mount Whitney in California and crossed the stat e’s Sierra Nevada Mountains alone. When he was fifteen years old, he walked the length of Death Valley. He once rode a mule 2,000 miles through mountains in Mexico.As a longtime reporter, Salopek has reported from Africa, Asia and Mexico. Now 51 years old, he plans to keep writing. As he travels around the world, he is writing stories about the people he meets and the way they live. He looks for how people find local solutions to big problems such as lack of food and water. He also records the sounds he hears and takes photos of the sky and the Earth’s surface.The long walk started in the Rife Valley in Ethiopia in East Africa. Many consider East Africa to be home to the first humans, who lived 160,000 years ago.Salopek is retracing the paths our ancestors took as they left Africa and settled in parts of the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas. As Salopek is walking, he is learning more about himself and all of humankind.11. The underlined phrase “on top of” in the first paragraph can be replaced by ______________.A. at the top ofB. in contrast toC. in addition toD. on the basis of12. The author develops the third paragraph mainly by ______________.A. providing examplesB. making comparisonsC. making a careful analysisD. following the order of time13. According to the passage, Paul Salopek is a ______________.A. doctor who likes carrying the small first-aid kitB. journalist who likes traveling, exploring, writing and studyingC. writer who likes traveling, exploring and studyingD. photographer who is good at using satellite communication equipment14. What’s the best title for the passage?A. Paul Salopek: Following Man’s First FootstepsB. Paul Salopek: Reflecting People’s Real LivesC. Paul Salopek: Going for a Seven-year StudyD. Paul Salopek: Looking back upon the ChildhoodBA world-famous Canadian author, Margaret Atwood, has created the world’s first long-distance signing device, the LongPen.After many tiring book signings from city to city, Atwood thought there must be a better way to do them. She hired some technical experts and started her own company in 2004. Together they designed the LongPen. Here’s how it works: The author writes a personal message and signature on a computer tablet(手写板) using a special pen. On the receiving end, in another city, a robotic arm fitted with a regular pen signs the book. The author and fan can talk with each other via webcams(网络摄像机) and computer screens.Work on the LongPen began in Atwood’s basement(地下室). At first, they had no idea it would be as hard as it turned out to be. The device went through several versions, including one that actually had smoke coming out of it. The investing finally completed, test runs were made in Ottawa, and the LongPen was officially launched at the 2006 London Book Fair. From here, Atwood conducted two transatlantic book signings of her latest book for fans in Toronto and New York City.The LongPen produces a unique signature each time because it copies the movement of the author in real time. It has several other potential applications. It could increase credit card security and allow people to sign contracts from another province. The video exchange between signer and receiver can be recorded on DVD for proof when legal documents are used.“It’s really fun,”said the owner of a bookstore, who was present for one of the test runs. “Obviously you can’t shake hands with the author, but there are chances for a connection that you don’t get from a regular book signing.”The response to the invention has not been all favorable. Atwood has received criticism from authors who think she is trying to end book tours. But she said, “It will be possible to go to places that you never got sent to before because the publishers couldn’t afford it.”15. How does the LongPen work?A. It copies the author’s signature and prints it on a book.B. It signs a book while receiving the author’s signature.C. The fan uses it to copy the author’s signature himself.D. The webcam sends the author’s signature to another city.16. What do we know about the invention of the LongPen?A. The designers were well-prepared for the difficulty.B. The basement caught fire by accident.C. Some versions failed before its test run.D. It has been completed but not put into use.17. How could the LongPen be used in the future?A. To allow author and fan to exchange videosB. To improve credit card securityC. To keep a record of the author’s ideas.D. To draft legal documents.CSharks have lived in the oceans for over 450 million years. There are now about 360 species of sharks, whose size, behavior, and other characteristics differ widely.Sharks range in size from the 0.1 meter long dwarf-dog shark to the 18-metre long whale shark —the world’s biggest fish. The whale shark, like two other large shark species —the basking shark and the megamouth shark — are harmless to people because they feed on plants and small aquatic animals.Sharks have extremely sensitive sense organs. Some sharks can detect the scent(气味) of decaying fish or blood even when it is diluted(稀释) to only one part per million parts of seawater. They can probably hear underwater sounds that originate as far as 3 kilometers away and can tell the direction from which underwater sounds are coming.Sharks are key predators(肉食动物) in the world’s oceans, helping control the numbers of many other ocean predators. Without sharks, the oceans would be overcrowded with dead and dying fish.Every year, we catch and kill over 100 million sharks, mostly for food and for their fins. Dried shark fins are used to make shark fin soup, which makes a profit for the sellers. Other sharks are killed for sport and out of fear. Sharks are vulnerable to overfishing because it takes most species 10 to 15 years to begin reproducing and they produce only a few offspring.Influenced by movies and popular novels, most people see sharks as people-eating monsters. This is far from the truth. Every year, a few types of sharks injure about 100 people worldwide and kill about 25. Most attacks are by great white sharks, which often feed on sea lions and other marine mammals. They sometimes mistake human swimmers for their normal prey, especially if they are wearing black wet suits.If you are a typical ocean-goer, your chances of being killed by an unprovoked (无缘无故的) attack by a shark are about 1 in 100 million. You are more likely to be killed by a pig than by a shark.Sharks help save human lives. In addition to providing people with food, they are helping us learn how to fight cancer, bacteria and viruses. Sharks are very healthy and have aging processes similar to ours. Their highly effective immune system allows wounds to heal quickly without becoming infected, and their blood is being studied in connection with AIDS research.Sharks are among the few animals in the world that almost never get cancer and eye cataracts. Understanding why can help us improve human health. Chemicals extracted from shark cartilage(软骨) have killed cancerous tumors in laboratory animals, and these chemicals may someday help prolong our life.Sharks are needed in the world’s ocean ecosystems. Although they don’t need us, we need them. We are much more dangerous to sharks than they are to us. For every shark that bites a person, we kill one million sharks.18. Which statement best expresses the main idea of the article?A. There are many different species of sharks, but only a few of them are dangerous to humans.B. Sharks are important to the ocean ecosystem and they are a valuable resource for humans.C. Although some sharks are dangerous to humans, they can help save human lives.D. Sharks always eat small fishes and they are an essential part of the world’s oceans.19. Which question is NOT answered in the article?A. How long does a shark live?B. How many people are killed by sharks each year?C. Why are sharks important in medical research?D. What do humans kill sharks for?20. It can be inferred from the passage that ______________.A. Movies have given people the wrong impression of sharks.B. Most sharks are dangerous to humans.C. Sharks will attack anyone who is wearing black.D. It is very likely that ocean-goers will be killed by a shark.第二节（共5个小题；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。