1、班级： 姓名： 学号： 考号： 考场： 密封线内不要答题白银五中20132014学年度第二学期高二英语期末试卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AFun dayTo celebrate the Year of the SnakeOrganized by Lam Tin Youth Centre and Kwun Tong High schoolDate：2 February 2013Time：10 am 5 pmPlace：Kwn Tong PlaygroundFee: $ 20 (buy three get one free)Program
2、mes：drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performanceHighlights: 1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera 2) learn to make festival foodJohn us on the Fun day! All are welcome!Note: Ticket are available at the General Office of Lam Tin Youth Centre. For those who would like to be a volunte
3、er, please contact Miss Olivia Wong one week before the activity.1. What you have just read is a .A. noteB. reportC. scheduleD. poster2. What is going to take place on 2 February, 2013?A. A big event to welcome a Chinese new year.B. A social gathering to raise money for wildlife.C. A party for close
4、 friends to meet and have fun.D. A meeting of Kwun Tong High School students.3. How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together?A. $ 20.B. $ 40C. $ 60.D. $ 80.4. Which of the following statements is true?A. Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School.B. Its unnecessary to take soft dri
5、nks with you.C. Free digital cameras are provided for everybody.D. Festival food will be served without extra charge.BOn a stormy day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.Two 12-year-old boys, Christ
6、ian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search a football. Once theyd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.Tim kne
7、w it would soon be swallowed by the waves.“Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls（回忆）. “Im trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. “At one point, I co
8、nsidered turning back,” he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella!”“Lets aim for the pier（码头）,” Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it
9、 began to sink. “Can you guys swim?” he cried. “A little bit,” the boys said.Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed o
10、ver the boys faces.“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. “Yes,” Tim told them each time.After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.5. Why did the two boys go to the sea?A. To go boat rowing B. To get back their football.C. To swim in the open waterD. To test the umbrella as a sail.6. What
11、does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The beachB. The waterC. The boatD. The wind7. Why did Tim raise his head regularly?A. To take in enough fresh air. B. To consider turning back or not.C. To check his distance from the boys.D. To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.8. How can the two boys final
12、ly reach the pier?A. They were dragged to the pier by Tim.B. They swam to the pier all by themselves.C. They were washed to the pier by the waves.D. They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back. CLONDON-A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake（假冒的）bomb detectors（探测器）to 1
13、0 years in prison, saying the man hadnt cared about potentially deadly consequences.It is believed that James McCormick got about $ 77.8 million from the sales of his detectors-which were based on a kind of golf ball finder-to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.McCormick, 57, was con
14、victed（判罪）of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocen
15、t people,” Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. “You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.”The detectors, sold for up to $ 42, 000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and w
16、ere of no use.McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said.9. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?A. He sold bombs. B. He c
17、aused death of people.C. He made detectors.D. He cheated in business.10. According to the judge, what McCormick had done .A. increased the cost of safeguardingB. lowered peoples guard against dangerC. changed peoples idea of social securityD. caused innocent people to commit crimes11. Which of the f
18、ollowing is true of the detectors?A. They have not been sold to AfricaB. They have caused many serious problems.C. They can find dangerous objects in water.D. They dont function on the basis of science.12. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick .A. solo the equipment at a low priceB. was
19、 well-known in most countriesC. did not think he had committed the crimeD. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the textDHome to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia（怀旧）. Its fun to come home. It looks the same. It smells the same. Youll realize whats changed is you. Home is where w
20、e can remember pain, love and some other experiences: We parted here; My parents met here; I won three championships here.If I close my eyes, I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass-top wooden table. To the right of t
21、he living room is my first bedroom. Its empty, but its where my earliest memories are.There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays and where I cried on Halloween-when I didnt want to wear the skirt my mother made for me. I always liked standing on that table because it made me feel ta
22、ll and strong. If I sit at this table, I can see my favorite room in the house, my parents room. It is simple: a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side. Their bed is my safe zone. I can jump on it anytime-waki
23、ng up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.Im lucky because I know my first home still exists. It exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property（住宅）on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles. It is proof I lived, I grew,
24、 and I learned.Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home. I know its where Ill find my family, my dogs, and my belongings. I purposely leave the window open at night because I know Ill be blamed by Mom. But I dont mind, because I want to hear her say my name, which remin
25、ds me Im home.13. Why does the author call her parents bed her “safe zone”（Paragraph 3）?A. It is her favorite place to play.B. Her needs can be satisfied there.C. Her grandparents photos are lined on each side.D. Her parents always play together with her there.14. What can be learned from the passag
26、e?A. The old furniture is still in the authors first bedroom.B. The author can still visit her first physical home in Los Angeles.C. The authors favorite room in her first home is the dining room.D. Many people of the authors age can still find their first physical homes.15. Sometimes when she feels
27、 lost, the author will .A. open the window at nightB. lie down in bed to have a dreamC. try to bring back a sense of homeD. go to Los Angeles to visit her mom第二节 （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。Hollywood movies are regularly filled with sex and violence. They can be exciti
28、ng films but sometimes all you want is a little light-hearted entertainment. Have you heard of Bollywood? All singing, all dancing and unrealistic, it is the perfect alternative to normal Hollywood movies. Bollywood is the Indian film industry, based in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. 16 Yet Bolly
29、wood is the largest producer of films in the world. This year the Indian Filmgare Awards, Bollywoods Oscars, turn 50 years old. The typical Bollywood movie usually has the following ingredients: a cup of romance, a tea-spoon of comedy, a dash of international sight-seeing, served with a huge slice o
30、f singing and dancing. There will also be one brave hero, one beautiful heroine and one baddie. 17Bollywood films are full of ideal things and free of daily worries. 18 The actors change clothes and locations within a single song. But the audience dont mind. To Indian movie lovers, especially the po
31、or, such films are a gateway to heaven and the stars are their gods. The films take them to a magical world away from their everyday troubles. The films tell them the impossible is possible and that true love conquers all. 19 Behind the beautiful scenes, Bollywood still emphasizes traditional family
32、 values. In most films, if two lovers want to break an arranged marriage, they cant just run away. They must win over their parents. Bollywood is a decent refreshing replacement for those over-stimulating Hollywood films. 20 They will take you to a brighter, cheerier and more colorful world, where i
33、ts still cool to dance around a tree and sing a love song.ABollywood has gradually won its reputation on the world stage.BThere is never any mention of politics, poverty or war.CMost Chinese school kids have probably never seen an Indian film.DBollywood films are mostly comic romances with light-hea
34、rted incidental music.E. Bollywood pays great attention to traditional values.FThe result is a fun-filled musical.GSo if youre tired of all that Hollywood actions, check out the following Bollywood films.第二部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分， 满分30分）阅读下列短文，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
35、佳选项。第二卷“Look, its Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults（侮辱）because of the 21 on my head, it was 22 horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class. When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious 23 after a bowl full of hot
36、oil feel on my head. I was 24 to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors 25 to save my life. “Hollys very 26 to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But shell be 27 with scars on her head, and of course her hair wont grow there.”As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I 28 wore
37、a scarf to cover them up when I left home. 29 I didnt, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never 30 understood how it felt.Then through the hospital I was 31 to a childrens burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There I 32
38、 14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so 33 that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldnt 34 what people say about what you look like because were not different from anyone else, Holly, ” She 35 me. “And you dont need to wear a scarf because you lo
39、ok great 36 it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone whod been through something 37 . So weeks later, at my 13th birthday party, 38 by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to 39 away behind my scarf.Now, I am 40 of what I look like an
40、d much happier, because I have realized it is your personality（个性）that decides who you are.21. A. hatB. scarfC. scarsD. cuts22. A. still B. justC. neverD. seldom23. A. hungerB. coldC. defeatsD. burns24. A. rushedB. ledC. invitedD. forced25. A. learnedB. foughtC. returnedD. decided26. A. happy B. luc
41、kyC. lonelyD. poor27. A. pressedB. occupiedC. leftD. painted28. A. possibly B. usuallyC. finallyD. nearly29. A. Although B. SinceC. IfD. Before30. A. correctly B. roughlyC. easilyD. really31. A. promoted B. introducedC. reportedD. carried32. A. met B. recognizedC. rememberedD. caught33. A. honestB.
42、strongC. activeD. young34. A. write downB. agree withC. pass onD. listen to35. A. promised B. encouragedC. orderedD. calmed36. A. in B. forC. withoutD. beyond37. A. similar B. strangeC. hardD. important38. A. allowedB. requiredC. guided D. inspired39. A. hide B. giveC. keepD. put40. A. sick B. awake
43、C. tired D. proud第二节：（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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 41 (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “ Go to the village and buy some salt, but p
44、ay a fair price for it : neither too much 42 too little.”His son looked surprised.” I can understand why I shouldnt pay too much, father, but if I can pay less, 43 not save a bit of money?”“That would be a very 44 (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” N
45、ick said.Nicks guests, 45 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,” The only reason a man would sell sale 46 a lower price would be because he was showing a lack of respect 47 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to
46、produce it.”“But such a small thing couldnt 48 (possible) destroy a village.”“In the beginning, there was only 49 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little always 50 (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”第三部分 写作（
47、共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：把缺词处叫个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Today we had a chemistry test. I found the test difficulty, but I tr
48、ied hardly to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. After think for some time, I let her copy my answers. But after the test, all of us were called to the teachers office. The teacher was angry because we had same answers in the tests. We were warned not to c
49、heat again so she would need to see our parents. I was very upset. I didnt cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why does she punish me?第二节 书面表达（满分25分）某中学生英文报近期开辟专栏，讨论学习习惯问题，请你结合自身学习实际，按一下提示，用英文为该专栏写一篇稿件。1. 说明学习习惯与学习效果之间的关系；2. 介绍一种好的学习习惯并提出养成该习惯的建议；3. 描述自己在学习习惯方面存在的某个问题并给出改进措施注意：1. 词数120左右，开头语已为你写好2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯3. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称Its useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. 班级 学号 姓名 语法填空题41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 改错：1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.