金山中学2015学年度第一学期高二年级英语学科期末考试卷
（考试时间：90分钟 满分：100分 ） 2016.1
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第I卷（共75分）
Ⅰ.Listening Comprehension (20%) Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. He can use her dictionary. B. The dictionary is nowhere to be found.
C. He is not allowed to use the dictionary. D. She wants to help the man.
2. A. $50. B. $28 C. $14 D. $15 3. A. To the dinning hall. B. To a shopping mall. C. To a restaurant. D. To a bookshop.
4. A. By bus. B. By subway. C. By car. D. On foot.
5. A. He is eager to go home. B. He enjoys the weather here. C. He doesn’t agree with the woman. D. He doesn’t miss his home. 6. A. She has got over the stomachache. B. Her condition is improving. C. She hasn’t seen a doctor yet. D. She took the medicine by mistake.
7. A. In an elevator. B. On a bus. C. In a taxi. D. On a boat.
8. A. Sue didn’t plan to come to the party. B. Sue was always changing her mind.
C. Sue wasn’t willing to attend parties. D. Sue enjoyed being alone.
9. A. He suffered from a high fever. B. He didn’t want to leave his mother.
C. He didn’t like hiking with his mother. D. He got hurt when coming down.
10. A. She doesn’t like having parties. B. She is ready to do anything. C. She would rather do something else. D. She isn’t willing to help others.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear one short passage, and you will be asked three
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questions on the passage. The passage will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Write down every word. B. Learn everything by heart. C. Make an outline of important points. D. Keep every sentence in mind. 12. A. Keep eye contact with your audience. B. Keep yourself straight while standing. C. Pause after an important point. D. Refer to your notes quite often. 13. A. To emphasize one’s points. B. To relieve your nervousness.
C. To hold audience’s interest. D. To make your speech vivid. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. How to improve listening ability. B. How to develop reading ability.
C. How to write better English and read fast. D. How to improve spoken English.
15. A. It’s better to have a dictionary at hand. B. It’s better to choose a good radio set. C. It’s better read the news in Chinese first.
D. It’s better not to look up words in a dictionary. 16. A. Listening is more important than reading and writing.
B. Start the second book even if you don’t understand the first. C. Don’t try to run before you can walk.
D. Special English is too difficult for English learners. Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear one longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Where to be installed Beside each side of the bed. The ___18___ side of the bedroom. In the living room. In the kid’s room. What to be installed ___17___ small beside table lamps. A large standing floor stamp. One large standing floor lamp and one ___19___ size table lamp. A star-shaped __20___ lamp. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
II. Grammar and vocabulary（25%） Section A (16%)
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Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
There was this wise teacher who took all his students for tea. They were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. They all took a cup and thought of ___(21)___ (drink) their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher let them do that for a while and then said: “Do you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each other’s tea cup and I ____(22) ___ see some of you who have the chipped (有残缺的) ones are even envious of the finer cups of others. Is this not so?” The students agreed, for they ___(23)___ (amuse) by their own behavior. “I put them there on purpose, and you may probably wonder ____(24) ___ you all had different cups. You see, they are like life itself. Life is like that tea and the cups are like the physical circumstances of your life. You all got ___(25) ___ same thing in your cups — tea. And yet you cannot truly enjoy ___(26) ___ in your being envious of another’s cup. It’s quite similar to life. You forget to enjoy your own life just ___(27)___ you concentrate on being envious of the circumstances of someone else’s life.
So now, close your eyes, and taste your own tea. Really taste it. And tell me — did it matter ___(28) ____ which cup it came?”
(B)
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people ____(29)____ meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we ____(30) ____ (know) how to be grateful for that gift.
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing (荡秋千) with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the ____(31)____ (good) conversation you've ever had.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know ____(32)____ we've been missing until it arrives.
Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it ____(33) ____ (grow) in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours. It takes only a minute to get a crush (痴迷) on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, ___(34)____ it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
Don't go for looks; they can cheat you. Don't go for wealth ; Even that disappears. Go for those people ___ (35)____ make you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the very one ___(36) ___makes your heart smile.
Section B（9%）
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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