2013-2014学年第一学期八县一中期末联考

高中 二 年 英语 科试卷

完卷时间：120分钟 满分：150 分

第Ⅰ卷 选择题（满分105分）

第一部分 听力理解（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. Why is the woman in the shop?

A. To buy a skirt.

B. To make a complaint.

C. To find her friend.

2. Why can’t the woman read?

A. It’s too quiet.

B. The library is closed.

C. People are being too loud.

3. How many people will eat dinner together?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.

4. What is the man’s suggestion for the woman?

A. Buy some new clothes.

B. Get some clothes from her sister.

C. Keep wearing her old clothes.

5. Whom does the book belong to, according to the boy?

A. Miss Patterson. B. The girl. C. The whole class.

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。听每段对话或独白钱，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the woman do for fun these days?

A. She runs. B. She swims. C. She watches TV.

7. Which sport did the man do in college?

A. Basketball. B. Swimming. C. Skiing

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What happened at the end of the story?

A. The characters got married.

B. The characters had a lot of fights.

C. The prince became a king.

9. What does the woman tell the boy?

A. No one lives happily ever after.

B. The characters were probably still happy.

C. The ending is to put kids to sleep.

10. What does the boy know about his parents?

A. They are perfect.

B. They fight sometimes.

C. They only pretend to be happy.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What is true about the elevator?

A. It is only a few years old.

B. It has no mirrors.

C. It is made of wood.

12. Why does the man call the fire department?

A. They got stuck in the elevator.

B. Something went wrong with the lights.

C. The elevator’s phone isn’t working.

13. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She agrees with the man.

B. She only likes beautiful things.

C. She believes new technology is more reliable.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What happened to the man’s mother yesterday?

A. A boy stole her iPad.

B. She couldn’t find a seat at the café.

C. Someone spilled coffee on her iPad.

15. How did the mother feel?

A. Indifferent. B. Excited. C. Scared.

16. What did the police say?

A. They would find the boy.

B. This kind of thing happened before.

C. The mother should protect her things better.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How much is the duck today?

A. $6 a pound less than usual.

B. $4 a pound less than usual.

C. $2 a pound less than usual.

18. When will the vegetables go on sale?

A. 10:00 a.m. B. 12:30 p.m. C. 1:00 p.m.

19. What can you order ahead of time?

A. Pork chops. B. Mushrooms. C. Noodles.

20. What can you do while waiting for the ordered item?

A. Shop for more things.

B. Pay your grocery bill.

C. Be first in line for the meat sale.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题; 每小题1分，满分15分）

21. --Does the girl standing at the gate have possession of ______ car?

--No. The car is in ______ possession of her father.

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

22. When the accident happened in the factory, the workers _______ screams of terror.

A. put out B. let out C. take out D. bring out

23. He was late ________ the very heavy traffic.

A. because B. thanks for C. owed to D. due to

24. I hear ________ money have been collected for the earthquake-hit area.

A．quantities of B．a great deal of C．a quantity of D．much

25. He would see a cartoon film to refresh himself if ________ allowed him to.

A. contributions B. coincidences C. circumstances D. stresses

26. ________ is it ________ has caused this global warming?

A. What; what B. What; that C. How; how D. How; that

27. Many people are finding ________ difficult ________ up smoking .

A. it; to give B. it; in giving C. that; to give D. that; in giving

28 With so many kinds of flowers________, you needn’t worry about the ceremony.

A. choose from B. choosing from C. to choose from D. chose from

29. Among the painters ________ the impressionist who came from Paris.

A. was B. were C. being D. been

30. The No.1 searched term for 2013 was Nelson Mandela, an international ________ of strength.

A. opinion B. scene C. sign D. symbol

31. Millions of people working or studying out of their hometowns ________ home to reunite with families as the Chinese Spring Festival approaches.

A. have hurried B. hurry C. will be hurrying D. hurried

32. Your time is limited, so don't waste it ________ someone else's life.

A. living B. live C. to live D. lived

33. The only people ________ really care about you are your ________ ones, your friends and family.

A. who; love B. that; loved C. who; loves D. that; loves

34. We were lucky to get out of there without running into the security guys, because there ________ real trouble

A. couldn’t have been B. weren’t C. were D. could have been

35. The boy was found bloodied and in a drugged state with both eyes missing near his home in late August. He________ missing for four hours.

A. had been B. have been C. was D. would be

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As a teenager，I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious（反叛的）outside，but I wanted to be liked 36 .

Once I left home to hitch-hike to California with my friend Penelope. The 37 wasn’t easy，and there were many times I didn’t feel 38 . One situation in particular kept me grateful to still be alive. When I 39 home，I was different，not so sure of myself.

I was happy to be home. But then I 40 that Penelope，who was staying with us，was 41 my clothes. And my family seemed to like her 42 than me. I wondered if I would be missed if I 43 there. I told my mom，and she explained that 44 Penelope was a lovely girl，no one could 45 me. I pointed out，“She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful 46 ，but I was the only person who could 47 my role. She made me 48 that even with my 49 —and there were many－I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced.

I became a searcher，wanting to 50 who I was and what made me 51 . My 52 of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist pressure to act 53 that I didn’t like any more，and I was 54 by who I really was. I came to feel much more sure that no one can ever take my 55 .

36. A. except B. besides C. inside D. apart from

37. A. aim B. school C. life D. trip

38 A. safe B. specific C. concrete D. terrible

39. A. left B. predicted C. worried about D. returned

40 A. noticed B. glanced C. watched D. stared

41. A. collecting B. wearing C. abusing D. dressing

42 A. crazier B. tougher C. less D. better

43. A. belonged B. stayed C. weren’t D. survived

44 A. if B. though C. because D. since

45. A. replace B. blame C. hurt D. appoint

46. A. disadvantages B. conditions C. qualities D. random

47. A. adopt B. ban C. lose D. fill

48. A. refuse B. realize C. dislike D. refresh

49. A. faults B. strengths C. judgements D. presentations

50. A. result in B. appeal to C. find out D. put forward

51. A. flexible B. absolute C. casual D. unique

52. A. pattern B. feeling C. sight D. view

53 A. in case B. in ways C. for fear D. on condition

54. A. delighted B. fragrant C. attracted D. puzzled

55 A. position B. prejudice C. place D. chance

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30分）

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Many years ago, when I was a young man in my twenties, I worked as a salesman for a St.Louis piano company. We sold our pianos all over the state by advertising in small town newspapers and then, when we had received sufficient replies, we would load our little trucks, and drive into the area and sell the pianos to those who had replied.

Every time we would advertise in the cotton country of Southeast Missouri, we would receive a reply on a postcard which said, “Please bring me a new piano for my little granddaughter. It must be red mahogany(红木). I can pay $10 a month with my egg money.” The old lady had scrawled on and on until she filled up the postcard, then turned it over and even wrote on the front-around and around the edges until she filled up there was barely room for the address.

No finance company would carry a contract with payments that small, so we ignored her postcards. One day, however, I happened to be in that area calling on other replies, and out of curiosity I decided to look the old lady up. I found pretty much what I expected: The old lady lived in a one-room sharecroppers cabin in the middle of a cotton field.

The cabin had a dirt floor and there were chickens in the house. Obviously, the old lady could not have qualified to purchase anything on credit-- no car, no phone, no real job, nothing but a roof over her head and not a very good one . I could see daylight through it in several places. Her little granddaughter was about 10, barefoot and wearing a feedsack dress.

56. According to the passage, the writer

A. was told to visit the old lady B. was asked to pay a visit by the old lady

C. got to that area by accident D. had a close friend in that area

57. The underlined word “scrawled” in the second paragraph means .

A. cried B. begged

C. written D. called

58. After the writer explained to her, the old lady .

A. accepted the writer’s advice

B. didn’t listen to the writer

C. reported the writer to the boss

D. told her granddaughter to write postcards

59. What do you expect to be continued?

A. The writer helped the old lady.

B. The old lady gave up writing postcards.

C. The local government tried to help.

D. The writer lost his business.

B

Tens of thousands of South Africans have joined dozens of world leaders for the national memorial service for former President Nelson Mandela. The service was held in front of a noisy crowd in the FNB stadium in Johannesburg.

US President Barack Obama said Mr Mandela was a "giant of history", describing him as the last great liberator of the 20th Century.The former South African president died last Thursday, aged 95.

The country is observing a series of commemorations（纪念） leading up to the funeral on Sunday. The memorial service, which began at about 12:00 (10:00 GMT), lasted about four hours. It was one of the biggest gatherings of international dignitaries（高层） in recent years, with more than 100 current（现任的） or former heads of state or government attending.

There had been fears people would be turned away. But with heavy rain, security and transport issues, and the fact that Tuesday was not declared a national holiday, areas of the 95,000-capacity stadium remained empty. Introducing the proceedings, the master of ceremonies, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that Mr Mandela's "long walk is over... and he can finally rest".

Current South African President Jacob Zuma made the keynote address but was booed （喝倒彩）in some parts of the ceremony. He said Mr Mandela was "one of a kind... a fearless freedom fighter who refused to allow the cruelty of the apartheid（种族隔离） state to stand in way of the struggle for the liberation of his people". Mr Zuma announced he was renaming the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where Mr Mandela will lie , as the Mandela Amphitheatre.

Earlier Mr Obama delivered his address, carried on the White House web site, to huge cheers. He said: "It is hard to eulogise（颂扬） any man... how much harder to do so for a giant of history, who moved a nation towards justice. "He said Nelson Mandela had taught the world the power of action and the power of ideas, and that it had taken a man like Mr Mandela to free not only the prisoner but also the jailer.

60. Why was the memorial service said to be one of the biggest gatherings of international dignities in recent years? .

A. Because large amounts of money had been spent.

B. Because everyone in the country had been asked to attend.

C. Because Nelson Mandela had taught the world the power of action .

D. Because more than 100 current or former heads of state or government attended it

61. The memorial service for Nelson Mandela took place .

A. on Sunday

B. on Tuesday

C. on Thursday

D. .on the day the passage doesn’t mention

62. When Mr. Obama said “It is hard to eulogise（颂扬） any man... how much harder to do so for a giant of history…”, he meant .

A. We don’t need to eulogise Nelson Mandela

B. It is much harder to eulogise Nelson Mandela

C. We shouldn’t eulogise Nelson Mandela in a hurry.

D. It is much easier to eulogise Nelson Mandela

63. It can be inferred that

A. Nelson Mandela only used the power of action to win his struggle.

B. Nelson Mandela paid much attention to the power of ideas to win his struggle.

C. Nelson Mandela used both the power of action and the power of ideas to win his struggle.

D. Nelson Mandela refused to use the power of ideas to win his struggle.

C

While many Chinese overseas artists are switching to other more profitable fields, Huang Shanye, a painter of the Zhuang ethnic group, stands out as an exception. His art has gradually earned him fame over the course of his more than 20 years in the United States. He was even able to leave behind his steady job as an art teacher and fully devote himself to what he describes as a pursuit（追求） of beauty.

The common theme of Huang's many works lies in the combination of traditional Chinese elements and Western painting techniques. "I apply Chinese calligraphy（书法）, paper cutting, facial makeup of Peking Opera -- all the things that I can find in traditional Chinese culture -- to Western oil painting," Huang said at an exhibition held recently in his home county of Montgomery, Maryland in the US, where friends and neighbors had come to view some of his work. 

One of Huang's works in the show, which had been featured on the exhibition's flier（广告传单）, served as a good example. Titled In Harmony, the painting shows two green dragons facing one another on a golden plate -- a characteristic of Chinese tradition. Huang decorated the surface with the words "peace" and "dragon", both in Chinese and in English. Michele Cohen, director of the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, pointing to Huang's In Harmony, says: "I think this work really shows how an artist can combine one tradition with another, and it really comes out in a mixed form."

In 1998, American composer Silas Huff met Huang at an exhibition and was moved by Huang's sketch Tapestry of Dreams, which was later realized into a large-scale work consisting of a dozen 1-by-1-meter panels of paintings describing the traditions and longings of Huang's people.

Inspired by the work, Huff composed a 25-minute symphony（交响乐）, Spring Song Festival, made up of Chinese folk melodies. Ten years later when Huff and Huang reconnected, Huff was able to bring two ballet schools on board and create a ballet based on the symphony. The work was performed at LaGuardia Performing Art Center in New York in the spring of 2009, with Huang's Tapestry of Dreams as a background.

64. What is the theme of Huang’s many works?

A. The combination of traditional Chinese elements and Western painting techniques.

B. The difference between traditional Chinese elements and Western painting techniques.

C. The advantages of traditional Chinese elements and Western painting techniques.

D. The disadvantages of traditional Chinese elements and Western painting techniques.

65. We can infer _________.

A. Huff composed a 25-minute symphony, Spring Song Festival after he arrived in China.

B. Huff composed a 25-minute symphony, Spring Song Festival because he graduated in China.

C. Huff composed a 25-minute symphony, Spring Song Festival, because of Huang’s work.

D. Huff composed a 25-minute symphony, Spring Song Festival because of money.

66. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. A Pursuit of Beauty

B. The Life of an Artist

C. True Friends

D. The Differences of Art

67. Michele Cohen, director of the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, _________.

A. thinks highly of Huang's In Harmony.

B. pays no attention to Huang's In Harmony.

C. wants to buy Huang's In Harmony.

D. criticizes Huang's In Harmony.

D

US scientists have performed an important reversal（逆转） of the ageing process in animal studies. They used a chemical to rejuvenate（使年轻） muscle in mice and said it was the equivalent（等同于） of transforming a 60-year-old's muscle to that of a 20-year-old — but muscle strength did not improve. Their study, in the journal Cell, identified an entirely new mechanism（原理） of ageing and then reversed it. Other researchers said it was an "exciting finding".

Ageing is considered a one-way street, but now researchers at Harvard Medical School have shown that some aspects can be reversed. Their research focused on a chemical called NAD. Its levels naturally drop in all cells of the body with age. The team showed this damaged the function of the cell's in-built power-stations, leading to lower energy production and ageing.

Experiments showed that increasing NAD levels, by giving mice a chemical which they naturally change into NAD, could reverse the sands of time. One week of youth-medication in two-year-old mice meant their muscles became similar to those of a six-month-old .

Dr Ana Gomes, from the department of genetics at Harvard Medical School, said: "We believe this is quite an important finding." She argues muscle strength may return with a longer course of treatment. However, this could never be a cure-all for ageing. Other aspects such as shortening of telomeres or damage to DNA would not be reversed.

Dr Gomes told the BBC: "Ageing is multi-factorial, it's not just one component（成分） we can fix, so it's hard to target the whole thing. I believe there is a lot of cross-talk in cells and energy is very important in a cell and likely to be a very big component of ageing that might cause some of the other things that happen with ageing."

68. From paragraph 1 we learn that ________.
A. bones can be transformed
B. muscle strength can be transformed
C. color can be transformed
D. muscle can be transformed

69. From paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 we learn that
A. researchers think ageing is a one-way street.
B. NAD levels’ dropping could make mice become younger.
C. increasing NAD levels could make mice become younger.
D. researchers think any aspect can be reversed.

70. Dr Gomes will agree that
A. we can target everything about ageing.
B. muscle strength may return over a longer course of treatment.
C. ageing could be cured.
D. energy is of little importance in a cell.

第Ⅱ卷 （满分45分）

第四部分 词汇（共两节，满分15分）

第一节 根据首字母或汉语提示写出单词 （共10小题; 每小题0.5分，满分5分）

71. Courage and religious f________ alone are not enough to win battles.

72. It's difficult to find a ________________ (永久的) cure for this disease.

73. Colours like red c____________ a sense of energy and strength.

74. Tom gave Helen an apple in e_____________ for a piece of cake.

75. Things can easily go wrong when people are under s__________ .

76. You ought to be a____________ of your foolish behaviour.

77. He made a _______ (稳定的) income from his friends and he made friends easily.

78. He is an a______________ man. There's nothing special about him.

79. Lacking __________(设备), we couldn't continue climbing the mountain.

80. I _________ （保证） that if you take this medicine, you'll soon get well.

第二节 根据所学课文内容填空（共5小题，每空0.5分，满分10分）

81. 人们开始较少关注宗教主题而采取一种更人性化的生活态度。

People began to ________________ less ______________ religious themes and ______________ a more humanistic _______________ to life.

82. 童谣不一定有什么意义，甚至看起来自相矛盾，但是它们容易学，也容易背诵。

The poems may not _______________ ______________ and even _______________ ___________________, but they are easy to learn and recite.

83. 我知道，吸烟容易戒烟难。你知道，当我还是一个十几岁的孩子的时候，我也吸过烟，而且还上了瘾。

I know how easy it is to begin smoking and how ______________ it is to stop. You see, during ________________ I also smoked and became _______________ _______________ cigarettes.

84. 所有科学家赞同这种观点，人们为了生产能量而燃烧化石燃料（如煤、天然气和石油等），从而引起了地球温度的升高。

All scientists ________________ _______________ the view that the increase in the earth's temperature is ______________ _______________ the burning of fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil to produce energy.

85. 收集和评估了这些信息之后，我就帮助其他科学家一起预测下次火山熔岩将往何处流，流速是多少。

________________ _________________ and __________________ the information, I help other scientists to ________________ where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.

2013---2014学年度第一学期八县（市）一中期末考联考

高中 二 年英语科答题卷

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，三部分，共４５分）

第四部分　词汇　（共两节　满分１５分）

第一节　单词拼写（共10小题；满分5分）

根据首字母或汉语提示写出正确的单词，补全下列各句（共10小题，每小题0.5分，满分5分）。

71.___________72.______________73.____________74._____________75.______________ 76._____________77.____________ 78.____________ 79._____________ 80._____________

第二节　课文填空．根据课文内容填入所缺单词。（10分，每空0.5分）

81. _______________ _______________ ______________ _______________

82. _______________ _______________ ______________ _______________

83. _______________ _______________ _______________ _____________

84. _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________

85. _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________

第五部分 写作（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 短文填词 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词意义准确，拼写正确。

I want to be a teacher. I can help many students l_____ 86. ______________

things well. When I see many doctors save their ______, I 87. ______________

want to be a doctor. I think I can be a doctor when I g_____ up. 88. ______________

Then I can help many people out of _____(危险). I will be the 89. ______________

_____(快乐的) girl in the world.  I want to be a reporter 90. ______________

_______ I watch TV. We can get lots of important 91. _______________

i________ from them. And I can learn a lot about China 92. _______________

and the other countries a_______ the world. I can meet many 93. _______________

superstars as _____.   I have lots of dreams. I think they can 94. _______________

come true one day, because there’s an old __________(谚语) 95. _______________

“Where there is a will, there is a way.”

第二节 书面表达（满分20分）

假如你是中学生李华。在一位叫WolfDad 的学生家长的博客上，你看到如下内容。请你根据博客内容、写作要点和要求，给这位家长回复。

I’m the father of a sixteen-year-old boy. I have a rule for my son: be among the top 3 students or get punished in one way or another. He has been doing very well in school, but some friends of mine keep telling me that I put too much pressure on him. Am I wrong?

写作要点：

1. 表明自己的看法；

2. 陈述自己的理由(可举例说明)；

3. 提出至少两条建议；

4. 词数120 左右。

Hi,WolfDad,

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

福建省福州市八县2013-2014学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题