海南中学2015—2016学年度第二学期期末考试

高二英语试题

第I卷

（本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。）

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）。第I卷1页至6页，第II卷7页至8页。考试结束，只交回答题卷。

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，共计40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The manager and staff are happy to welcome you and will do all they can to make your stay an enjoyable one.

MEAL TIMES

Our overnight charge includes a continental-type breakfast.

Breakfast: 7:30—9:30 a.m.

Lunch: 12:00—2:00 p.m.

Afternoon tea: 4:00—5:30 p.m.

Dinner: 7:00—9:15 p.m.

Meals can be served in rooms at a small extra charge. We regret that meals can not be served outside these times.

Light refreshments(茶点) including tea,coffee, biscuits and sandwiches can be served in rooms between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. except during the meal times listed above. Cold drinks are available in the room refrigerator.

ROOM CLEANING

Please hang the sign on your door handle if you do not wish to be disturbed. It will be easier for the maids if you can leave the room temporarily at any time beween 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

VALUABLES

We are not responsible for the loss of money, jewels, or other valuables unless they are kept in the safe and signed for by the manager.

DEPARTURES

Please inform receptionists of your intended leaving before 9:30 a.m. of the day concerned and leave the room by noon to allow for its preparation for incoming guests. If necessary, luggage can be left in the charge of the hall porter(搬运工人).

A SPECIAL REQUEST

We would respectfully suggest that in consideration of the comfort of other guests, the volume of radios and televisions should be turned down after 11:00 p.m.

1. Meals can be served________.

A.in rooms at 9:00 p.m.

B.in the dining room from 7:30 a.m. to 9:15 p.m.

C.in the dining room at 6:00 p.m.

D.outside the room at 3:00 p.m.

2. If you intend to leave the room tomorrow, you may leave at any of the following hours EXCEPT______.

A.10:00 a.m.

B. 12:00 a.m.

C.3:00 p.m.

D.11:00 a.m.

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.Cold drinks can be found in the room refrigerator.

B.Guests are requested to turn down their radios and televisions after 11:00

p.m.

C.The sign that can be hung on the door handle shows that the room needs to be

cleaned.

D.Your luggage can be kept by the hall porter.

4. Where is this notice most likely to be found?

A.In hotels.

B. In the newspapers.

C.At restaurants.

D. In shops.

B

For years, experts have been encouraging people to exercise, using steps as simple as taking the stairs instead of a lift and walking to work, where possible.

A recent study bolsters this advice--- it shows that frequent active exercise throughout the day can have great health benefits.

The study, published in the magazine Preventive Medicine, found that just 2 minutes of stair-climbing several times a day can lower total cholesterol(胆固醇), raise HDL (“good”) cholesterol and improve the heartbeat in young women who do not have much activity during the day.“such improvements may have important effects on the health of women, since, like cigarette smoking, poor fitness have been shown to be a high risk for heart disease and death in women,”said Dr.Colin Boreham with the University of Ulster in Belfast, Ireland and the fellow researchers of this study group. Furthermore, improvements in total cholesterol levels achieved in the study could cut the rate of heart disease in women by a third, they noted.

The team of researchers from Britain studied 12 women between 18-22 years old, before and after the exercise program. The women used a public staircase for about 2 minutes a day for 5 days a week. Compared with a group of 10 women who did not take part in the stair-climbing program, the women who climbed stairs showed marked improvements in health and fitness levels after 7 weeks. However, they did not show any signs of weight loss.“A short-term stair-climbing program can give great health benefits to young women. Stair-climbing may be a particularly suitable way of combining exercise with an individual’s daily lifestyle,”they pointed out.

Experts advise visiting your doctor before beginning a new exercise program.

5. The underlined word “bolsters”( in Paragraph 1 ) means “_______”.

A.seeks

B.offers

C. follows

D. supports

6. According to the study done by Dr.Boreham and his group, improvements in

cholesterol levels are important in _______.

A.helping women to give up smoking

B.enabling women to take exercise

C.preventing women from having heart disease

D.helping women to lose weight

7. What is the main subject of the second and third paragraphs?

A. Causes of heart disease in young women.

B.Research findings of a stair-climbing program

C.Major contents of the magazine Preventive Medicine.

D. A report of a comparative study by Irish and British scientists.

8. What would be the best title for the text?

A.How to Prevent Heart Disease---- What Do Doctors Say?

B.Stair-climbing Attracts More

C.Good Health Advice—take the Stairs

D.Yes, Exercise Is Good for You

C

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only esape route --- through the boot(行李箱).

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding(打滑) on ice and hitting a bank.“Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly”, he said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other drivers by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to open the back seat to get into the boot.

I hammered desperately trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

It took ten minutes to open the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a tool and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by.“It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed out of my car as it filled up.”

His hands and arm cut and bruised, Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs.Lucy Bates. Covered with a blanket, he said,“That thirty minutes seemed like hours.”“Only the tips of the car wheels were visible,”police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.”

9. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A.the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

B.the accident happened on a clear warm day

C.the ditch was along a remote country road

D.Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

10. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A.Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.

B.Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.

C.Mr. Johnson struggled in the mud as he opened the back seat.

D.Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the icy road.

11.The underlined part “Finally it gave”( in Paragraph 5 ) means that ______.

A.Luckily the door was torn away in the end

B.The lock came open after all his efforts

C.At last the tool went broken

D.The chance was lost at the last minute

12. What would be the best title for this passage?

A.The story of Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman

B.Car boot can serve as the best escape route

C.The driver survived a terrible car accident

D.The driver escaped through the car boot

D

Archaeologists（考古学家） studying Stonehenge and its surrounding area say they've dug up the relics of an untouched, ancient campsite that dates back to 6,000 years--a find that could rewrite British prehistory.

“This is the most important discovery at Stonehenge in over 60 years,” Professor Tim Darvill, a Bournemouth University archaeologist and a Stonehenge expert who did not take part in the new discovery, told the Telegraph. And as he

told The Huffington Post in an email, the discovery changes earlier theories that Stonehenge was built in a landscape that was not heavily used before about 3000

B.C.

The discovery was made during a dig at Blick Mead, a site about 1.5 miles from Stonehenge. Researchers found charcoal（木炭）dating back to 4,000 B.C. and evidence of possible buildings, according to a statement released by the university. They also dug up burnt stone and tools, as well as the remains of animals--ancient

cattle that served as food for ancient hunter-gatherers.

The researchers plan further analysis on

the artificial objects but say they're worried the tunnel construction （隧道建设）could damage the site and get in the

way of their work.

“Blick Mead could explain what archaeologists have been searching for centuries--an answer to the story of Stonehenge’s past,” David Jacques, the University of Buckingham archaeologist who discovered the campsite, told The Guardian. “But our only chance to find out about the earliest part of Britain’s history could be ruined if the tunnel goes ahead.”

Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument made up of a ring of standing stones, lies

eight miles north of Salisbury, England in Wiltshire. It has been listed as a World Heritage Site since 1986.

13. The main purpose of the passage is _________

A. to introduce a recent discovery of ancient relics

B. to call on people to protect the ancient relics

C. to warn the researchers not to do further analysis

D. to attract more tourists to visit Stonehenge

14. We can learn from the passage that_______.

A. the researchers express their concern that the relics might be ruined

B. the ancient campsite has been destroyed by the construction workers

C. archaeologists are repairing artificial objects founded in the relic site

D. the tunnel construction rewrites the earliest part of Britain’s history

15. In which section of a newspaper can we read this passage

A. Travel.

B. Business.

C. Lifestyle.

D. Culture.

第二节信息填空题（共5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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When you are hungry, what will you respond? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? 16 But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity sets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", or "Why can't I think?"

17 Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood. Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to take help from reading.

When you read a book, of course you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you. 18 Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!

This is nothing but creativity. 19 Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words.

So, friends, do give food to your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. 20

Go and get a book!

A.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.

B. Why not do some reading while you are hungry?

C. Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry.

D. Now what are you waiting for?

E. Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.

F. Reading can help you make more friends, too.

G. Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.

第三部分：英语知识运用（共二节，共计45分）

第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文。掌握其大意，然后从17-36各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选

出最佳选项，并在答案卡上将该项涂黑。

When I come across a good essay in reading newspapers, I tend to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 21 side is as much interesting as the one.

It may be a discussion of the way to 22 in good health, or 23 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front essay, the opposite one is likely to 24 damage, leaving out half of it 25 keeping the text without the subject. As a result, the scissors would stay 26 they start, or halfway done when I 27 the regretful consequence.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, 28 deserving your attention, you can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 29 . But you know the future is unpredictable--- the changed situation may not allow you to do what is 30 behind. Thus your are caught in a fix(困境) and feel sad. How come that nice opportunities and brilliant 31 should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one alternative to the other.

In fact that is what 32 is like: we are often 33 with the two opposite aspects of a thing which are both 34 like newspaper cutting. It often 35 that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we are engaged in another. The 36 may be more important than the latter. I still remember a philosopher’s words: “When one door shuts, another 37 in life.” So a casual or passive 38 may not be a bad one.

Whatever we do in our liftime, wherever life’s storm tosses (颠簸) us , there 39 be something we can achieve, some shore we can land, that opens up new visas to us. Don’t forget God always keeps an alternative 40 open for every one. While the front door is closed, there must be another open for you.

21. A.first http://st C.front D.opposite

22. A.keep B.get C.have D.make

23. A.discussion B.problem C.advice D.way

24. A.reduce B.suffer C.receive D.lead

25. A.and B.or C.but D.how

26. A.before B.after C.when D.until

27. A.understand B.know C.see D.find out

28. A.either B.neither C.nor D.both

29. A.refused B.picked C.given up D.followed

30. A.kept B.remained C.forgotten D.left

31. A.ideas B.news C.attention D.ways

32. A.future B.life C.work D.thing

33. A.faced B.connected C.supplied D.accustomed

34. A.interesting B.famous C.desirable D.funny

35. A.seems B.occurs http://e D.appears

36. A.beginner B.starter C.first D.former

37. A.closes B.locks C.opens D.frees

38. A.choice B.decision C.solution D.look

39. A.might B.can C.may D.must

40. A.window B.future C.door D.path

第II卷

第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

It’s a simple and powerful idea. When 41 (ask) the key to recognizing opportunity to win success, Cuban, a billionaire, considers doing one’s homework

as the 42 (important) factor. “The hard part is doing the homework to know 43 the idea could work in an industry or not,”he says. He admits that he does

not have original ideas. He combines existing ideas in unique ways that no one else

is doing, 44 he manages to know because he has thoroughly studied his industry.

He says that the characteristics of an entrepreneur (企业家) are 45 (willing) to learn, focus, and ability to absorb information.

When Cuban set the goal to retire at 35, he studied 46 he could find about business and the industries that 47 (interest) him. He actually considered any job as 48 paid opportunity to learn more about a business.

He advises young entrepreneurs 49 (learn) as much about their businesses as possible and never to take shortcuts. Over and over again, he emphasizes homework, superior knowledge, the drive to learn, and the need to get

to work.

Anyone could adopt his ideas and do well in anything. Regardless 50 your dream, do your homework. It’s simple and insures success.

第四部分写作（共二节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题：每小题各一分，共10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中

共有10处错误，每句中错误最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。按以下

要求进行修改：

1）增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词；

2）删词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉；

3）修改：在错的词下画一条横线，并在该横线下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词; 2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

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