牛津版高二英语下册期末测试（II）

第一节：单项填空（共1５小题；每小题１分，满分1５分）

1. —Hi, Brown. Are you going to have an outing?

— .

A. I can’t say. B. Yes, I will do.

C. It’s fun to do so. D. That all depends.

2. The secret of his success is that he does everything ．

A． efficiently B． curiously

C． anxiously D． slightly

3. At times, worrying is a normal to a difficult event or situation—a loved one being in an accident, for example.

A. response; injured B. reaction; wounded

C. reply; hurt D. reflection; died

4. One car went too fast and missed hitting the other one.

A. narrowly B. nearly C. hardly D. closely

5. Doris’ lies in the fact that she is co- operative and to learn from others.

A. failure; eager B. failure; anxious

C. success; eager D. success; anxious

6. He have the book when I finish reading it.

A. would B. shall C. must D. ought

7. It will cost a lot of money. , I think we shall need it and it will certainly be useful.

A. In other words B. In case

C. As a result D. At the same time

8. Football is different from most careers because employers do not advertise that they have a

job in the newspapers or on the Internet.

A. empty B. vacant C. perfect D. hard

9. As they haven’t a child of their own, they’re going to a little girl.

A. accept B. receive C. adapt D. adopt

10. When different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.

A. compared B. being compared

C. comparing D. having compared

11. Our car and we had to push it off the road.

A. broke down B. broke up

C. broke out D. broke away

12. If I hadn’t stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you now.

A. wouldn’t be smiling B. couldn’t have smiled

C. didn’t smile D. won’t smile

13. —The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.

—Don’t worry. We have already two thirds of it.

A. got down B. got through

C. given in D. given away

14. I might fail, but I will insist on doing it. I don’t mind it.

A. however B. anyhow C. yet D. meanwhile

15. the employees’ working efficiency, the supervisor will allow them to have a coffee break.

A. Improving B. To improve

C. Having improved D. Improved

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

This was the morning, when Jeremy, 14 years old, was to begin his duck shooting. He had 16 the whole idea ever since his father had bought him 17 and had promised him a trip to this island. But he loved his father and wanted to 18 him.

They came to the beach. To ease the sense of fear, he took a 19 of his father. Then he put the camera aside and picked up the gun. His father said happily, “I’ve been waiting a long time for this day. I’ll let you 20 first.” He leaned(屈身) forward, eyes narrowed. “There is a small flight now. Keep your head down; I’d give you the 21 .”

Jeremy’s heart was beating 22 . “No, don’t let me do, please!” But they came, closer, closer... “Now, take him!” cried his father. Jeremy felt his body 23 . He stood up, leaned into the gun as the 24 his father taught him. In the same distance, the ducks saw the gunners and flared (忽然飞去) widely. For a second he hung there balanced between life and death. There was no sound. Jeremy stood 25 , seizing the gun.

“What happened? Why didn’t you shoot?” his father said in a controlled voice. The boy didn’t answer. His lips were trembling(发抖). “Because they were so 26 .” He said and burst into tears. He sat down, face buried in his hands and wept(哭泣). All 27 of pleasing his father was gone. He had his chance and he had 28 .

For a moment his father was 29 . And then he said, “Let’s try again.” Jeremy didn’t 30 his hands.“It’s no use, I can’t.”

“Hurry, you’ll miss him. Here!” Cold metal touched Jeremy. He 31 up, unbelieving. His father was handing the camera to him, and said softly, “Quick!” Jeremy stood up and pressed his shutter release button in a flash. “1 got him!” His face was bright.

Jeremy saw that there was no disappointment in his father’s eyes, 32 pride and love. “I’ll always love shooting. But that doesn’t mean you 33 . Sometimes, it takes as much 34 not to do a thing as to do it.” He paused. “I think you could teach me how to operate that 35 .”

16. A. hated B. loved C. hoped D. known

17. A. a toy B. a camera C. a bike D. a gun

18. A. join B. praise C. help D. please

19. A. rest B. breath C. picture D. care

20. A. come B. shoot C. catch D. play

21. A. word B. gun C. chance D. fact

22. A. wildly B. slowly

C. suddenly D. nervously

23. A. warm B. excite C. delay D. obey

24. A. rule B. road C. way D. path

25. A. surprised B. quietly

C. still D. hard

26. A. lovely B. sad C. frightening D. friendly

27. A. hope B. means C. decision D. practice

28. A. succeeded B. missed

C. failed D. won

29. A. silent B. cheerful C. calm D. worried

30. A. raise B. life C. lower D. put

31. A. sat B. looked C. stood D. came

32. A. almost B. mostly C. even D. only

33. A. need B. could C. dare to D. have to

34. A. energy B. work C. courage D. mind

35. A. camera B. gun C. television D. tool

第三节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

Don’t be puzzled if you visit a Chinese university campus and happen to hear a student speak in broken English to a computer about a first date. He is just taking part in a multimedia course to sharpen those English-speaking skills.

Learning and teaching English，which has been popular in China for years as the country increases exchanges and trade with the rest of the world， got a high-tech face-lift yesterday when the Ministry of Education approved for multimedia systems aimed at improving university students’ communication abilities.

The new systems，developed by the country’s four leading publishing houses，will be on display at Tsinghua University in Beijing until December 25.

More universities are expected to adopt the systems next autumn as they try to meet new College English Curriculum Requirements expected to be released by the ministry soon.

The new requirements will serve as a guideline for teaching non-English major students in China which aims to cultivate comprehensive abilities， especially listening and speaking.

36. In which section is this article probably taken from？

A. World. B. Business.

C. Life &People. D. Nation.

37. The new multimedia system introduced in the text was created by .

A. four leading publishing houses

B. Tsinghua University in Beijing

C. Ministry of Education of China

D. more universities in China

38. The new College English Curriculum Requirements to be released is for college students .

A. for English-speaking countries

B. majoring in English

C. majoring in subjects other than English

D. majoring in trade only

B

I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility（责任） of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable. He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then, when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace. I washed dishes and cooked from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn’t long before I became known as a singing cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night, a woman executive（董事） from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call—Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I’ve ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer.

39. Why was the writer once known as the singing cook？

A. Because he was a cook at a country-music club.

B. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook.

C. Because he often sang while cooking.

D. Because he liked singing better than cooking.

40. Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful？

A. Warner Brothers. B. His manager.

C. His father. D. A businesswoman.

41. What made the writer proud of himself？

A. His ability to live independently.

B. His sense of responsibility in whatever he did.

C. His courage in the face of rejections.

D. His hard work in his early days.

42. We can infer from the passage that .

A. the writer’s success is partly due to his father

B. the writer’s family was very poor

C. the writer succeeded easily

D. the writer’s first record was a total failure

C

More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor window. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.

Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to ￡50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.

However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing（倒开）your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid（有效） medical certificate（证书）which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these facts request you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.

43. Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle .

A. reduces road accidents by more than half

B. saves lives while driving at speed up to 30 miles per hour

C. reduces the death rate in traffic accidents

D. saves more than 15,000 lives each year

44. It is the driver’s responsibility to .

A. make the front seat passengers wear a seat belt

B. make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat belt

C. stop children riding in the front seat

D. wear a seat belt each time he drives

45. According to the text, does not have to wear a seat belt.

A. someone who is backing into a parking space

B. someone who is picking up the children from the local school

C. someone who is delivering invitation letters

D. someone who rides in the back

46. For some people, it may be better .

A. to wear a seat belt for health reasons

B. not to wear a seat belt for health reasons

C. to get a valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt

D. to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt

D

You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation（撤离） of an island nation-the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.

During the 20th century, sea level rose 8-12 inches. As a result. Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.

Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusaually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.

Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions（排放）, which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years,” Laupepa told the BBC.

Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.

Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable（易受影响的） to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.

47. The text is mainly about .

A. rapid changes in earth’s temperature

B. bad effects of global warming

C. moving of a country to a new place

D. reasons for lowland flooding

48. According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is .

A. greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations

B. higher surface water temperatures of the sea

C. continuous global warming

D. rising sea levels

49. Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not .

A. agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

B. sign an agreement with Tuvalu

C. allow Tuvaluans to move to the US

D. believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real

50. The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is .

A. Australia B. New Zealand

C. the Maldives D. the United States

E

It seems that great artists and scientists often suffer from mental problems. Both Einstein and Dickens had mental illness. Now scientists have started to look at whether mental illness and genius are linked.

Dr Adele Juda studied 5,000 creative people in Germany. She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than in the general population. Poets had the highest rate of mental illness, followed by musicians, with lower numbers for painters and architects.

Other scientists did research which also showed a strong link between mental problems and creativity. But, it did nothing to explain it.

Dr Ruth Richards of Harvard University made a breakthrough. Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric (精神病的) patients and tested them for creativity. The patients got much higher scores than a normal group.

Also, the patients’ close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal group. This suggests that the key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes (基因).

But this is a problem. According to Darwinism, harmful genes should be removed. Some scientists believe that evolution (进化) has created a balance, where the madness of a few people leads to the development of the whole human race.

Geniuses may be mad, bad or just difficult to under- stand, but their discoveries have improved the world we live in. It seems that a little creative madness is good for us all.

51. According to Dr Adele Juda, which of the following has the lowest rate of mental illness?

A. Painters. B. Musicians.

C. Poets. D. Bus drivers.

52. The underlined phrase “make a breakthrough” in the 4th paragraph means “ ”.

A. discover or find something new and important.

B. make a way through using force.

C. (of the sun or moon ) appear from behind (clouds).

D. suddenly change (from a slower to a faster pace)

53. Based on the research of Dr Ruth Richards of Harvard University, we can conclude that .

A. great artists and scientists often suffer from mental problems

B. the patients’ close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal group

C. psychiatric patients have more creativity than the average people

D. it is our genes that determine the link between creativity and mental illness

54. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Among the 5,000 creative Germans, more people suffer from mental diseases.

B. There is a strong link between mental problems and creativity.

C. Psychiatric patients make greater contributions than common people.

D. The key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes.

55. What is the writer’s attitude toward madness?

A. Madness is harmful to the whole society.

B. A little creative madness is good for us all.

C. All the talented people are mad.

D. Only the people with mental illness have more creativity.

第四节： 对话填空。（根据上下文对话语境及所给单词首字母，补全所缺单词）（共10空；每空１分，满分10分）

A: Hi, Xiao Zhang, I was told you make a (56) friend today, is that true? (56)

B: Yeah. As life is f (57) of strife and conflicts, we need friends to support and help (57)

us o (58) of difficulties. (58)

A: Sounds reasonable. What can friends do for us?

B: Well, first, friends can give us warnings a (59) danger. Second, they can offer us (59)

advice with regard to how to d (60) with various situations. (60)

A: And true friends share not only our j (61) but also our sorrows. (61)

B: That’s right. With friendship, life is happy and harmonious. Without friendship, life is

s (62) and unfortunate. (62)

A: I a (63) with you. And we should cherish our friends. (63)

B: I will never forget my old friends and k (64) making new friends. (64)

A: And I will show concern for my friends. E (65) if it is only a comforting word. (65)

第五节：书面表达（满分25分）

请根据以下的任务说明和写作要求，写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

[任务说明]

你要参加一场英语辩论赛，主题是“寄宿好还是走读好”。在参赛之前，你要查阅相关资料，并预备你的辩论发言。请认真阅读下面的短文，然后完成以下的任务：

1． 概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数大约60-80；

2．就“寄宿好还是走读好 ”这个主题发表你的看法，该部分的词数大约60-80；

3．以自己为例，简述你的观点和体会。

[写作要求]

你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

[阅读材料]

There has been much disagreement over children’s education in recent years. One of the questions is whether children benefit more from boarding schools where students live in school or from going to day schools and staying with their parents after school. It is becoming a matter of concern for more and more people, especially for parents with only one child.

The people who are in favor of children going to boarding schools point out that a boarding school is an ideal place for building up children’s independence, which they seldom learn from their parents at home. Children who have the experience of going to boarding schools will come up with their own ways to problems they meet with instead of turning to their parents or others for help. What’s more, these children usually enjoy team work than the little emperors’ in many one –child families. They are generally more used to competing with others and will find it easier to fit modern society, which is full of competition when they grow up.

On the other hand, those who are against children going to boarding schools argue that schools are usually much more expensive than ordinary day schools. Usually children from rich families gradually develop a sense of pride toward those from other families. And children at boarding schools have less time to be with their parents, which may lead to a gap between them and weaken family ties.

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第五节：

One possible version:

More and more people came to be concerned about whether a boarding school is better or a day school is. Opinions are different. Those who enjoy a boarding school think that it is a better place, and there children become more independent than those in day schools. Also children in boarding schools enjoy team work and it is good for their future. On the other hand, those who are against boarding schools think that children at boarding schools spend less time with their parents and have no communication with the family and the family tie seems to be lost.

As a student at a boarding school, I think that there are more advantages for children in going to boarding school. For one thing, I can learn more than what I learn from teachers and textbooks. The experience of living with other children and taking care of each other can give me valuable lessons. I know how to go over difficulties and sometimes I can learn more from other children than from parents. Though I spend less time with my parents at home, I can still communicate with them by telephone. It seems that we are closer than ever when I am home at weekends. I really enjoy my boarding school life.