相关试卷
当前位置:首页 > 高中英语试卷 > 试卷信息
2014届四川成都外国语学校高二下期期中考试英语卷(解析版)
一、单项填空
详细信息
1. 难度:简单

When I was a child, my father ______ read me a story at night before bedtime.

A.would            B.should            C.could             D.might

 

详细信息
2. 难度:简单

With the victory at the French Open, Li Na has reached NO.4 in the world, ______ the previous Asian record.

A.equaled                              B.equaling

C.to have equaled                        D.having equaled

 

详细信息
3. 难度:简单

—The wind is always blowing here.

—How I wish it ______ today

A.won't blow        B.didn't blow        C.doesn't blow       D.isn't blowing

 

详细信息
4. 难度:简单

Excuse me, Marcia, a reporter from Vanity Fair ________ all day. Could you speak to her now?

A.phones                               B.has phoned

C.has been phoning                       D.phoned

 

详细信息
5. 难度:简单

About one third of the population in Beijing and Shanghai ______ netizens, but in poorest areas, only three or four percent ______ online.

A.is; is             B.are; are           C.are; is            D.is; are

 

详细信息
6. 难度:简单

Look at the trouble I am in! If only I ______ your advice.

A.followed          B.would follow       C.had followed       D.should follow

 

详细信息
7. 难度:简单

--- What do you think of the speech?

--- The speaker said _____ nothing worth listening to.

A.nearly            B.hardly            C.scarcely           D.almost

 

详细信息
8. 难度:简单

Nothing that he suggested _____ to be of any use.

A.prove            B.proved            C.proving           D.has been proved

 

详细信息
9. 难度:简单

It was in the small house _______ was built with stone by his father _______ he spent his childhood.

A.which , that        B.that , which        C.which , which       D.that ,where

 

详细信息
10. 难度:简单

——Why are the tax collectors so busy?

——Many people prefer to have their tax forms completed by a professional rather than ___.

A.do it themselves                        B.doing it themselves

C.to do it themselves                      D.done by themselves

 

详细信息
11. 难度:简单

Many difficulties have ______ as a result of the changeover to a new type of fuel.

A.risen             B.arisen            C.raised            D.arose

 

详细信息
12. 难度:简单

As we all know, apples are sold by ____ weight, and socks are sold by _______dozen.

A.the; a            B./; a               C./; the             D.the; the

 

详细信息
13. 难度:简单

Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially ____________ containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is very difficult.

A.one              B.that              C.some             D.the one

 

详细信息
14. 难度:简单

The bus hit against a tree in the fog and __________to the deep valley, with ten passengers killed and twenty wounded.

A.down did it roll     B.down rolled it      C.down it rolled      D.it down rolled

 

详细信息
15. 难度:简单

That was a terrible night . The rain was pouring down, _________ thunder and lightning.

A.being accompanied by                   B.accompanied by    C.accompanying   D.accompanies

 

二、完型填空
详细信息
16. 难度:中等

Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an __16__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum(课程) in high school. Actually, __17__, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __18__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __19__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __20__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __21__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __22__ .

Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __23__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __24__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __25__. Some drift from job to job. Others __26__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.

One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __27__ real or imagined prestige (声望). Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __28__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __29__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a white-collar job is __30__ good reason for choosing it as life's work. __31__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __32__ of young people should give serious __33__ to these fields.

Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __34__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take __35__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.

1.                A.identification    B.accommodation  C.occupation    D.entertainment

 

2.                A.thereby        B.however        C.though   D.therefore

 

3.                A.thoroughly      B.mainly          C.entirely   D.partly

 

4.                A.its             B.his             C.their D.our

 

5.                A.therefore       B.since           C.furthermore   D.forever

 

6.                A.fit             B.make           C.take D.leave

 

7.                A.means         B.job            C.way  D.company

 

8.                A.to             B.for            C.with D.without

 

9.                A.little           B.few            C.much    D.a lot

 

10.               A.chance         B.purpose        C.basis  D.opportunity

 

11.               A.apply          B.appeal         C.turn  D.stick

 

12.               A.its             B.their           C.your D.our

 

13.               A.concerning      B.following        C.ignoring   D.considering

 

14.               A.preferences     B.requirements    C.tendencies     D.ambitions

 

15.               A.a              B.any            C.the   D.no

 

16.               A.Therefore      B.Moreover       C.Nevertheless   D.However

 

17.               A.majority        B.mass           C.minority   D.number

 

18.               A.proposal        B.suggestion      C.approval   D.consideration

 

19.               A.towards        B.out of          C.against    D.without

 

20.               A.turns          B.parts           C.risks  D.choices

 

 

三、阅读理解
详细信息
17. 难度:中等

Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge (报复) of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports.

How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres? Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society. For two years she has maintained A’s in every subject. Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A’s in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A’s in two college-level courses.

How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren’t the only answer. “Top grades don’t always go to the brightest students,” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students. “Knowing how to make full use of your innate (天生的) abilities counts for more. Much more.”

In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes don’t do as well as classmates with lower IQ. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down. Hard work isn’t the whole story, either. “It’s not how long you sit there with the books open,” said one of the many-A students we interviewed. “It’s what you do while you’re sitting.” Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.

The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn.

1. What can we conclude from the first paragraph?

A.Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students.

B.People have unfavorable impression on straight-A students.

C.Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films.

D.Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society.

2. Some students become super-achievers mainly because ________.

A.they are born cleverer than others          B.they work longer hours at study

C.they make full use of their abilities          D.they know the shortcut to success

3. What will be talked about after the last paragraph?

A.The interviews with more students.          B.The role IQ plays in learning well.

C.The techniques to be better learners.        D.The achievements top students make.

 

详细信息
18. 难度:中等

While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon(现象)is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”(空巢综合症).

  In order to seek better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response(回应)in time for their aged parents living by themselves.

  The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”.

1. According to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by _________.

A.their earlier experience of feeling lonely

B.the unfavorable living conditions in their native countries

C.the common worry about their income

D.the geographical distance between parents and children

2. Many young people have gone abroad, leaving their aged parents behind, to _________.

A.live in the countries with more money

B.seek a better place for their aged parents

C.continue their studies abroad

D.realize their dreams in foreign countries

3. If young people go abroad, _________.

A.they do not hold to the value of duty at all

B.they can give some help to their parents back home

C.they cannot do what they should for their parents

D.they believe what they actually do is right

4. From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.

A.the situations in the developed and developing countries are different

B.“Empty Nest Syndrome” has arrived unexpectedly in our society

C.children will become independent as soon as they go abroad

D.the aged parents are not fully prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”

 

详细信息
19. 难度:中等

Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. “It’s a well-known pattern,” said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.”

  He points out that differences among households(家庭)exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women when they have children,” Stafford said.

  Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.

  Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most-about 21 hours a week.

  Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.

  Having children increases housework even further. With more than three children, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands’10 hours.

1. According to the “well-known pattern” in Paragraph 1, a married man___________.

A.takes on heavier work                    B.does more housework

C.is the main breadwinner                  D.is the master of the house

2. How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?

A.About 23.         B.About 26.          C.About 13.         D.About 6.

3. What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?

A.An unmarried man.                      B.An older married man.

C.A younger married man.                  D.A married man with children.

4. What can we conclude from Stafford’s research?

A.Marriage gives men more freedom.

B.Marriage has effects on job choices.

C.Housework sharing changes over time.

D.Having children means doubled housework.

 

详细信息
20. 难度:中等

People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb,you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms(体育馆). Here,people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.

  How do people climb the wall? To climb,you need special shoes and a harness(保护带)around your chest to hold you. There are ropes(绳索)tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high,and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult part is to control your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall,the harness and the ropes hold you,and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.

  Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body,especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb,both your mind and your body can become stronger.

1. What can we infer from the passage?

A.People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays.

B.It is impossible to build up one’s body by climbing.

C.People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.

D.It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.

2. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is .

A.to tie ropes to your harness               B.to control your fear

C.to move away from the wall                D.to climb straight up

3. The word “workout” underlined in the last paragraph most probably means .

A.settlement         B.exercise           C.excitement        D.tiredness

4. Why does the author write this passage?

A.To tell people where to find gyms.

B.To prove the basic need for climbing.

C.To encourage people to climb mountains.

D.To introduce the sport of wall climbing.

 

四、信息匹配
详细信息
21. 难度:中等

—Hello. Can I speak to Wu Ming please?

—____1. ____

—Hello, Wu Ming. This is Wang Hong. Sorry to ring you so late in the evening, but I’ve only just got home.

—____2. ____ What’s the news?

—I’d like to ask you about some stamps. Do you still have the cock year stamp? You had it when I last saw you.

—I’m afraid I don’t have it. I sold it last week.

—____3. ____

—I’m sorry. I didn’t know you wanted it. ____4. ____

—Yes, please. Thank you. It’s very kind of you.

—____5. ____

—Thank you very much.

—Bye-bye.

A.Do you like collecting stamps so much?

B.That’s all right.

C.Sorry, Wu Ming is out.

D.Do you want me to find one for you?

E. Oh, what a pity!

F. Yes, speaking.

G. OK, I’ll ring you if I have any news.

 

五、单词拼写
详细信息
22. 难度:中等

首字母填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

1. S________ the environment in exchange for the financial prosperity is the unwisest activity.

2. Steven finally got e________ with 2 more votes.

3. Some states of America would like to a________ the food tax for the purpose of stimulating

the consumption.

4. Rules and r________ contribute a lot to maintaining a peaceful and healthy school environment.

5. This well-loved teacher makes every effort to create a d________ class so that every student can get involved in the daily class management.

6. Independence and equality among states is a fundamental p_________ of international law.

7. S_________ suggest that the population of this country will be double in ten years' time. 

8. High street retailers(零售商) reported a m__________ increase in sales before Christmas.

9.  Christianity is the d__________ religion in America, with 78% of American adults identifying with some form of the Christian religion.

10. Living in an age of globalization, we are b_________ with new opportunities and faced with new challenges.

 

六、其他题
详细信息
23. 难度:中等

用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空(每个短语只能用一次,其中有两个短语

多余的)(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

to some extent  draw upon      be identical to  knock out  knock over  on behalf of

break down     lose interest in  all at once     go through  be dying to  be allergic to

 

1. This is the hottest handbag design and every woman __________ get one.

2. ____________, the architecture of Kyoto(京都) is a mirror of the fascinating culture of ancient China.

3. Some bacteria are capable of _________ the human waste into natural gas and different

chemicals.

4. Older people are better at solving problems, because they have more life experience

___________than younger people do.

5. My cap _________ John's, so I often take his by mistake.

6. Storms ___________ power, but haven’t cooled off southern Asia. 

7. So many thoughts of the past were now crowded into her mind___________.  

8. I could see his discouragement and feared he ___________learning. 

9. We spent several days ____________ all the related reference materials.

10. I'm writing _____________ my mother to express her thanks for your gift.

 

详细信息
24. 难度:中等

阅读下面短文并回答问题, 然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意问题后的字数要求)。

When my friends went to college in great delight, I restarted my senior high school life.My spirit sank.Surrounded by strange classmates, I felt like I was in a maze and was sorry about myself.There were some complex feelings in my minds.I was frightened, nervous and lonely.

To make matters worse, I recalled my failure again and again, which put more pressure on me than I could bear.As a result, I was always feeling down during class time.

My teacher found me spiritless.One day he asked me to come to his office and told me about his attitude towards life: we might suffer from mistakes, but it’s important to learn lessons from them.All the pains and the embarrassing things we experience are part of the process.So keep up your spirit! At last, he added, “If you are optimistic, things you want may happen to you!”

Warmth rushed through my soul.I suddenly found the sun shining again when I stepped out of his office.

With the teacher’s help, I eventually got over my depression.From then on, I no longer bowed my head and began smiling to my classmates.I would put up my hand confidently in class and play with my new friends in my spare time.Meanwhile, I was gradually embraced by my classmates.

Now faced with fierce competition, we all study hard because we know that every second counts.Moreover, there is an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect between us.I love my class; I love my classmates!

To be frank, I still have a thirst for my dream university, but I’m not afraid of failure because I can profit by it.With parents and teachers’ encouragement, I’m quite certain of my success and I’m sure I can fly high.

1. Why was the writer in low spirits at the beginning? (No more than 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________

2. What did the teacher expect the writer to do? (No more than 10 words)

_________________________________________________________________________

3. What is the main idea of Paragraph 5? (No more than 15 words)

_________________________________________________________________________

4. The underlined word “embraced” in paragraph 5 means ______.(No more than 5 words)

_________________________________________________________________________

5. What does the writer think of failure now? (No more than 10 words)

_________________________________________________________________________

 

七、短文改错
详细信息
25. 难度:中等

短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

In recent years many flowers shops have been appeared in our small town. It is

common for people to buy flowers when they go to a gathering, visiting a sick friend,

or attend a wedding or birthday party. I still remember clear one day last year when

Tom, a disabled student, presented some flowers to his mother to express his gratitude for

her. He owing his entire life to his mother’s kind and care. With her he would not

have had the confidence or the courage to fight his disability. As a result the great

effort he has made, he was finally admitted to a key university.

 

八、书面表达
详细信息
26. 难度:中等

最近,学生会对1000名学生进行了关于“你是否愿意在网上购物?”的一项调查, 调查结果见下表。请根据图表所提供的信息写一篇短文,并发表自己的看法。

注意: 词数120左右

你是否愿意在网上购物?

结果

64%愿意

36%不愿意

原因

1.方便, 在家可买到所需物品

2.网上商品比较便宜, 而且可选择的品牌多

1. 害怕买到赝品

2. 担心被骗钱

   

Do you prefer shopping on line?

 

Copyright @ 2008-2013 满分5 学习网 ManFen5.COM. All Rights Reserved.