海南中学2010—2011学年第二学期期末考试
高二英语试题
本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时，将1-50小题答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。满分120分。
第一卷
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
1. ---Did you have a good time in Thailand last week? --- ____, it was too hot. A. Not really C. Oh, great A. 不填；a A. free
A. how
B. Yeah, why not D. You’re right C. the; the C. handy C. whether
D. the; a D. convenient D. that
2. Students should be encouraged to use _____ Internet as _____ resource.
B. 不填; the
3. Would it be ___ for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport?
B. empty B. why
4. Then came the disturbing news ______ Dolly had become seriously ill.
5. After the National Entrance Examination the students will have an anxious couple of weeks _____ for the results
A. wait B. to be waiting C. waiting D. waited 6. Scientists still wonder ______ cloning will help or harm us and _____ it is leading us.
A. that; what C. if; that knowledge.
A. being known C. to be known A. refusal clear.
B. whether; where D. whether; how
7. Don’t use words, expressions or phrases _____ only to people with specific
B. having been known D. known
D. objection
8. I have no _______ to the plan, so long as it would not cost too much.
B. comment C. idea
9. Every possible means ______to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not
A. are being used C. has been used you. Please forgive me.
B. have been used D. had been used
10. I was_______ about it. I thought you were responsible and that’s why I scolded
A. curious B. worried old they are. A. classified A. seating
B. combined C. listed D. clarified B. seated
C. to seat
D. to be seated
12. Please remain ______; the winner of the prize will be announced soon. 13. --- Shall we go out for a walk?
--- Sorry. This is not the right _____ to invite me. I am not in the mood to walk now.
A. moment B. situation worse.
A. who
B. whom C. what
D. which
15. You have no idea how she finished the relay race ____ her foot wounded so much. A. for
B. when C. with D. as
第二节：完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific 16 that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to 17 . She wanted to help, 18 she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to 19 and hand out to people. When 20 to the homeless shelter, I passed out the 21 meals. I began making sandwiches and 22 them with the crowd. I had the containers with my 23 cookies in them and began to 24 , offering them to anyone near me.
I 25 an old gentleman and said, ―Sir, would you like a cookie?‖ He stopped and turned around, looked at me rightly and said, ―What did you say? Did you call me
C. particular D. mistaken
11. In our school students are _______ according to how much they know and how
C. place D. chance
14. He was very rude to the Customs officer, _____ of course made things even
sir?‖ I told him I 26 , and his eyes 27 a little bit and said, ―No one has 28 called me sir.‖ So he was completely moved. It 29 me.
I explained I had been raised that 30 color and social status, everyone deserved respect. It 31 me to think that just because he was homeless, no one 32 him the honor. It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand 33 no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every 34 person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that memory and the 35 it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone’s life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?
16. A. accident 17. A. participate 18. A. however 19. A. bring
B. incident B. but
C. event C. yet C. collect
D. affair D. so D. take D. left
D. family’s
B. attend C. choose B. fetch
D. go
20. A. arriving B. getting C. reaching 22. A. shared B. gave
D. coming
21. A. remained B. remaining C. remain
C. helped
23. A. classmate’s B. schoolmate’s C. sister’s 24. A. walk around B. knock around C. come around 25. A. went B. came C. approached 26. A. had B. called 27. A. watered
B. cried
28. A. already B. ever
C. would C. tore
D. assisted
D. stand around
D. met D. dropped
D. do
C. never D. yet
C. concerned about D. for fear of
29. A. hit B. occurred C. struck D. beat 30. A. in spite of B. regardless of
31. A. strengthened B. saddened C. frightened 32. A. handed B. offered C. provided
D. pleased
D. supplied
33. A. what B. when C. whether D. why 34. A. single B. poor C. ordinary D. normal 35. A. lesson B. class C. truth 第二部分：阅读理解
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。
D. reality
A
The bus driver and his passengers were being hailed as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.
Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis, of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway I shortly before 5:00 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s southbound（南行的）Suzuki Alto collided（碰撞）. The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said.
Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers—New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr. McDermott said.
―There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,‖ he said. ―We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car …… then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.‖ Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher（灭火器）from the bus，doused（泼洒）the flames，and several other workers controlled traffic.
However，he said his actions were ―no big deal‖. He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman.
―The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.‖ Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped. ―They should acquire a good pat on the back.‖ he said.
36. It can be known from the passage that the car accident happened _____. A. at noon
B. in the morning D. at night B. Bill McDermott. D. The firefighters.
C. in the afternoon
37. Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter？_____. A. Brock Davis. C. Allan Goldsworthy.
38. The underlined sentence ―They should acquire a good pat on the back‖ in the last paragraph really means _____.
A. the government should give each of the heroes a gold medal of honor B. the saved woman should offer as much money to the heroes as she can C. everybody there should pat the heroes on the back gently and thankfully D. the good deeds of the heroes are well worthy of great appreciation
B
If there is one thing I'm sure about，it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.
The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives - the big political stories，the coverage of the wars，earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do - as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted（传送）electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact，I’m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu；making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read - sports and international news, etc.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media. They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures：on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen. 39. What is the best title for the passage？_____. A. The Best Way to Get News C. Make Your Own Newspaper
B. The Changes of Media D. The Future of Newspaper
40. In the writer’s opinion, in the future，_____.
A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news B. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer C. newspapers will cover more scientific research