湛江一中2014年高二英语第二学期期末试卷（含答案）

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15. A. impact B. differenceC. connection D. familiarity

第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。
Several days ago， a 16 (shock) news broke out. A Malaysian airplane (MH370) with 239 passengers just disappeared after its departure from the airport. Almost two hours later， the plane just vanished into air，as if it never existed before.
Rumors about its 17 (disappear) have spread fast around the world. Some people said that the plane was kidnapped by the space aliens，the so called UFO. 18 has never been proved or confirmed true. Some people claim 19 the aircraft exploded in the midair before landing. This might be true to some extent，but we still need more confirmative proof.
The people 20 care most about the passengers are the family members of the passengers. They 21 _(wait) anxiously and even getting desperate after waiting 22 (hope) for almost four days. 23 tortures them most is not the sad news of their beloved ones' death， 24 the newsless. They could get no news from anywhere or anybody about the wreckage失事.This has been driving them into craziness day by day.
We hope these people 25 board will soon be found well and safe， and with their family members they could get together and reunited.

II. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Daniel Defoe (about 1660―1731) was an important novelist in the English literature. When he was young, he served as a soldier and had been to Spain, Italy, France and Germany. At the same time, he went in for politics. He cared much about the development of capitalism(资本主义). He had written a lot of articles against it and he was put into prison twice for that. It was not until that he was nearly sixty that he began to write the famous novel “Robinson Crusoe”, which was published in May, 1709. It spread so rapidly that the story was known to every household very soon.
“Robinson Crusoe” can be divided into three parts. The first part is about Crusoe’s three voyages, the second part about his hunting, hiding in caves farming and his hard struggles against nature on a small island, the third about the things which happened after his return from the island. The second part is the body of the novel, in which Robinson’s characters are clearly shown. Defoe wrote his novel in a simple style and his language is easy to understand. His novel writing set a milestone of the modern English novel. In his later part of life, He was in poor health and lived very poorly. He died on April 24, 1731.

26. Deniel Defoe was _______ and the writer of _______.
A. an Englishman, “A Tale of Two Cities”B. an American, “A Million Pound Note”
C. a French, “The Lost Necklace”D. an English, “Robinson Crusoe”
27. How old was he when he began to write his famous novel Robinson Crusoe?
A. He was in his sixties. B. He was in his fifties.
C. He was over 60. D. He was sixty.
28. Robinson Crusoe can be divided into ______ parts and the first is about _______.
A. three, his journeys by sea B. three, his characters
C. two, his lonely life D. four, his fame
29. “Every household” in this passage means ________.
A. all members of a family B. all people
C. every building D. persons living in the same house
30.What was Defoe’s contribution(贡献) to the English literature?
A. He wrote a very interesting story.
B. He made people happy while reading his story.
C. He set a milestone of the modern English novel.
D. He was active in politics and was against capitalism.
B
Growing up, I wanted to be just like my mom. She was kind. People always seemed to feel fortable in her presence. For years, she was a volunteer in our munity. I loved going to the local nursing home with her where she taught a ceramic class.
On one summer day, Mama told me to get changed and meet her at the car.
I had planned to spend the day at the lake with friends. Why did she have to ruin everything? I imagined the cool lake water. Irritated使烦燥，I climbed into the car and slammed the door shut. We sat in silence. I was too upset to make conversation.
“Tasha, would you like to know where we are going?” Mama asked calmly.
“No,” I said.
“We are going to volunteer at a children’s shelter today. I have been there before and I think it would benefit you,” she explained.
When we reached the shelter, Mama rang the doorbell. Moments later, we were greeted by a woman. She led us to the front room where all of the children were playing. I noticed a baby whose body was scarred with iron marks. I was told it was because she wouldn’t stop crying. The majority of the children had noticeable physical scars. Others hid their emotional wounds.
As I took in my surroundings, I felt a gentle tug猛拉，牵引on my shirt. I looked down to see a little girl looking up at me. “Hi. You want to play dolls with me?” she asked. I looked over at Mama for reinforcement. She smiled and nodded. I turned back and said, “Sure.” Her tiny hand reached up and held mine, as if to fort me.

31. The author admired her mom for ________.
A. her kindness to others B. her excellent teaching
C. her quality of honesty D. her positive attitude to life
32. Aording to Paragraph 3, when she was asked to go out with her mom, the author was ________.
A. excited B. angry C. surprisedD. worried
33. From the passage we learn most children in the shelter ________.
A. were often punished by staffB. weren’t allowed to go outside
C. were once treated badlyD. all suffered from mental illness
34. The underlined word “reinforcement” in the passage is closest in meaning to “________”.
A. truthB. helpC. fortD. support
35. What lesson did the author learn from her experience?
A. To value what you take for granted.B. To play with children is fun.
C. To love others is to love yourself.D. To do as what your parents do.
C
TOKYO, Japan (AP) ? Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术). If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a show this week, a humanoid（有人类特点的）with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup. Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate（模仿）life with robot technology.
“A human being may be faster, but you’d have to say ‘Thank you,’” said University of Tokyo professor Tomomasa Sato. “That’s the best part about a robot. You don’t have to feel bad about asking it to do things.”
Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden（卧床不起的）.
Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are being widespread in Japan.
The walking, child?size Asimo from Honda Motor Co. greets people at showrooms. NEC Corp. has developed a smaller panion robot?on?wheels called Papero. A seal robot available since 2004 can entertain the elderly and others in need of fuzzy panionship.
Sato says his experimental room is raising awareness about privacy questions that may arise when electronic devices（设备）monitor a person’s movements down to the smallest detail.
On the bright side, the tea ? pouring humanoid has been programmed to do the dishes.

36. What is the best title of this passage?
A. “Thank You” Will Never Be Needed in Japan
B. Monitoring Technologies Are Widespread in Japan
C. Robot Is Designed to Care for the Elderly.
D. Robot Technologies Are Widespread in Japanese Daily Life.
37. The underlined word “embedded” in the first paragraph probably means .
A. fixed B. established C. settled D. rooted
38. Aording to Professor Sato, .
A. the robot serves tea much faster than a human being
B. the robot does anything like human beings
C. tea ? serving robot helps to form laziness of the aging society
D. tea ? serving robot doesn’t need any reward for the service
39. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. A robot can imitate people to plete plicated tasks.
B. A robot has been programmed to clean the dishes.
C. All the problems in the aging society can be solved by robots.
D. The number of aging people is increasing rapidly in Japan.
40. We can infer from the passage that .
A. people are afraid of being monitored by robots.
B. the technology of robots has been highlighted in Japan.
C. robots can pletely take the place of human beings.
D. people’s privacy should be strictly protected

D
Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesn’t always e home with them. Airline identification tags（标签） can e loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.
The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They don’t keep them, since they’re not in the warehouse business. And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.
So once insurance panies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the store’s shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.
Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran（老练的）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.
The store’s own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.
The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions（获得物） have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, and a medieva l suit of armor.
Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.

41. Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because______.
A. they are fetful
B. they are in a hurry
C. there is no lost and found office in many airports
D. the owners of some luggage can’t be identified
42. The reason why the airlines cannot sell the bags is that ______.
A. they have to find the owners
B. they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose
C. some bags are expensive
D. they have to keep the bags as long as possible
43. The Unclaimed Baggage Center is very popular because______.
A. there's a large variety of goods.
B. all the things there are very cheap.
C. visitors may purchase something undervalued.
D. Visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there.
44. What can we infer from the passage?
A. A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage.
B. The percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small.
C. The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use.
D. People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store.
45. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America.
B. To introduce an attractive place to tourists.
C. To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage.
D. To advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage.

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先，请阅读以下杂志的封面信息及简介：


请阅读以下人员信息，然后匹配人员与相关杂志：
46. Mr. Jones likes military history very much. He knows well a lot of battles in World War Two. Now he wishes to know even more. He wants to learn about some other battles that happened in different parts of the world, so he wants to get a magazine to help him.
47. Mr. Spencer has a very big family and they have different interests, so he wishes to subscribe a magazine that can satisfy all of his family members' needs. For example, he is interested in politics and events, his wife cares about movies while his sons and daughters love music and fashion.
48. Mrs. Baker is trying to subscribe a magazine for her son, aged 10, and her daughter, aged 8. She needs one that includes fun facts about human body and animals, stories, and illustrations designed to spark her children's interest, educating while also entertaining.
49. Mrs. Bates has a full-time job while she has to take care of her family. Sometimes she finds it really difficult for her to get meals ready for them after she gets back from work. Now she needs to find a magazine that could help her prepare some quick and easy food for her family.
50. Mr. Barrow runs a small pub in downtown areas and every day he gets quite a lot of customers who e for beers. To offer better service to his customers, he wishes to know more about beer like new trends in beer. So he wants to find a magazine to do that.

III. 完成句子： 根据中文提示完成句子，每空一词 （共5小题；每空1分，满分15分）
51. 乡村的生活十分无聊，我不久就感到厌烦了。
The life in the country was so boring that I soon got _________ _________ _________ it
52. 如果只是把佛罗里达看作是旅游胜地，那你就错了。
It's a mistake to think ofFlorida only_________ _________ _________its
tourist attractions.
53. 在地震中受损的房子需要修理。
Some buildings damaged in the earthquake are still _______ _________ _________ repair.
54. 在政府的帮组下，农民们开始着手改变这个局面。
With the help of the government, the peasants ________ _______ _______ the situation.
55. 我们队在比赛中输了的消息令我们很沮丧。
We ________ ________ ________ by the news that our team was defeated in the game.

IV. 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
【写作内容】
假如你叫李华，现正在美国加利福尼亚州上大学，你的一个朋友刘英写信向你了解美国加利福尼亚州的情况，请根据以下内容提示给他回信简介加利福尼亚州。
地理方面面积42.4万平方千米，美国西部，西濒太平洋，美国面积第三大的州
人口方面约38,000,000人；
据说15000前印第安人首先进入；16世纪欧洲人开始进入；19世纪中世界各地的人带着发财梦进入；未来将还会有人因喜爱加州的气候和生活方式进入。
语言方面58% 的人把英语作为母语来讲，42%的人讲其它语言。
＊加利福尼亚州： California；太平洋：the Pacific；印第安人：Indians
【写作内容】
请根据以上内容给朋友写回信，内容包括：
1、加里福尼亚的地理方面的信息;
2、人口及其语言方面的信息;
3、信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入句子数。
【写作要求】
只能用5个句子表达全部内容。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯。
Dear Liu Ying,
Your letter reached me yesterday. You would like me to tell you something about California, so now I am writing to you.
_________________________________________________________________________
If you want to know more, you may go to s://en.wikipedia./wiki/California/History. Best wishes to you.
Yours ever,
Li Hua
第二节 读写任务（满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
China now boasts the world's largest publishing industry by volume, with 8.1 billion books printed in 2012, up from 7.7 billion the year before. Never before have Chinese readers had such easy aess to a wide selection ranging from classical Chinese poetry to the top titles on Amazon's best-sellers list.
However, while the supply of books has exploded in China in recent decades, people's interest in them has not kept up. Aording to a survey result published by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication in April, Chinese people read 4.39 books per capita照人数分配的 in the past year, a figure that trails far behind major developed countries; for example, the average American read 7, the average French and Japanese person 8.4, and the average South Korean 11. And, on average, Chinese people allocated just over 15 minutes a day to reading, pared to almost 100 to watching television and over 45 for using the Inter.
An amazing number of the Chinese are turning away from reading books. Zhang Lijia, a freelance writer based in Beijing, thinks the days when friends got together to discuss the books they were reading are gone. "People are too restless, too utilitarian(功利)," she reflects. "You need some peace in mind in order to be able to sit down with a book."
Zhang's opinion is echoed by a number of longtime professionals in the book industry. “Best sellers in China today consist mainly of child-rearing manuals （育儿手册）, cookbooks, health and fitness guides, test-preparation books, thrillers, and romance novels."said He Xiongfei, a well-known publisher of popular books. "Some of them buy books, but this is just for the purpose of killing time or for test preparation. They are looking for things they think are useful to them. They are not reading," He added.
【写作内容】
1.以约30个词概括上文的主要内容.
2.然后以约120个词就“阅读的意义”这一话题发表你的看法，并包括以下要点：
1）你认为现在中国人不如以前喜欢阅读的原因是什么？
2）你觉得阅读重要吗？为什么？
3）以你或他人的经历举例论证你的观点。
【写作要求】
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。


Your letter reached me yesterday. You would like me to tell you something about California, so now I am writing to you.
California, the third largest state in size in the USA with a population of more than 38 million, is located in the west of the United States on the Pacific in the west. It is said that the first settlers were Indians who got there 15000 years ago and only in the 16th century did Europeans e to settle. In the 19th century, people from all over the world came rushing into California with the dream of being rich. It is believed that in the future more people, attracted by the climate and lifestyle, will keep immigrating to California. As for language, only 58% of Californians speak English as their native language, while the others speak other languages.
If you want to know more, you may go to s://en.wikipedia./wiki/California/History
Best wishes to you. Yours ever,
Li Hua