1、1实验中学 2015-2016 学年上学期高二年级期末考试英 语 学 科第 I 卷（共 100 分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman order?A. Fish. B. Beef. C. Chicken.2. What does the man want to do?A. See a fi
2、lm. B. Enjoy a play. C. Read a novel.3. Where is the woman going next?A. To a museum. B. To a restaurant. C. To her house.4. When should the man arrive at university?A. By 9:30. B. By 8:50. C. By 8:40.5. What does the woman imply?A. The man isnt telling the truth.B. The man had no reason to be sick.
3、C. The man didnt need to attend the meeting. 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第六段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. What are the speakers going to do on Saturday together?A. Play football B.
4、 Watch a game C. Attend a party7. How will the man go on Saturday?A. He will walk. B. He will get a ride. C. He will drive a car.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What does the woman dislike about her job?A. The boss B. The workmates C. The working field9. According to the woman, why was she hired?A. She had
5、a lot of experience.B. The job interviewer liked her.C. Many employees quit every year.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where did Mrs. King originally plan to go?A. To Miami. B. To Chicago. C. To Los Angeles.11. Why will Mrs. King go to Los Angeles? A. To do an interview.B. To have a sales meeting.2C. To
6、attend the opening of an office.12. What could the woman most probably be? A. An airline clerk. B. A secretary. C. A travel agent.听第 9 段材料，回答 13 至 16 题。 13. When does the conversation take place?A.In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.14. What do we know about the man?A. He will go
7、to school today.B. He cant finish his homework today.C. He cant hand in his project today. 15. What relation is Mr. Bell to the man?A. His neighbor B. His teacher C. His classmate16. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Help him hand in his project.B. Call his teacher to ask for leave.C. Drive h
8、im to the hospital right now.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is the talk about? A. Advice on the choice among courses.B. Differences between the courses.C. Required and elective courses. 18. Why does history open at all levels?A. Students have different levels of history knowledge.B. Different cour
9、ses are usually taught by different teachers.C. There are many cultures and time periods in history. 19. What is included in the elective courses?A. History. B. Science. C. English.20. What will the speaker do for the students?A. Give them advice on course schedule.B. Help them sign up for a course.
10、C. Find them room in a course.第二部分：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)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。AEven before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mum, I cant peel potatoes. I have
11、only one hand.”Mum never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And dont ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swi
12、nging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.That night I told Mum about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “well see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, mu
13、m looked carefully at 3the bars.“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached.Ill never forget the next time, cross
14、ing the rungs; I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mum came into my room. “Mum,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”For a long time, I didnt hear anything. Then she
15、said, “Oh, honey, someday youll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.21. Which of the following expressions can be
16、used most suitably to describe Mums attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?A. Cautious B. Serious C. Strict D. Considerate22. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 imply?A. Mum believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult
17、 enough for a child to give up.C. Mum was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.D. What the child had said brought Mum great attraction and curiosity.23. When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because _.A. they felt sorry for what they
18、 had done beforeB. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurtC. they wanted to see what the author would do on the barsD. they were astonished to find the authors progress24. The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is _.A. the last incident was sad enough to m
19、ake Mum weepB. the childs experience reminded Mum of that of her ownC. Mum could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraphD. Mum suffered more in the process of the childs growth actuallyBTwo recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior.One showed
20、that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study.They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoners Dilemma.
21、 The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group. The students played in groups of four. Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players. Harvard researcher Dav
22、id Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. The groups that rewarded the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded the least. And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings. The study appeared last month in the journal Science.The o
23、ther study involved children. It was presented last month in California at a conference on 4violence and abuse. Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. More than eight hundred children were aged two to four the first time they were tested. More than seven hundred children were aged
24、five to nine. The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test. Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not. The study says the IQs of the younger children who were not spanked were five
25、 points higher than those who were. In the older group, the difference was almost three points. The more they are spanked, the slower their mental development. 25. Which of the following is TRUE according to the second study?A. Childrens IQs have much to do with physical punishment.B. The study is a
26、bout violence and cooperation of children.C. The children tested were divided into groups of four.D. Childrens mental development only relies on their IQs.26. What does the underlined word “spanked” refer to?A. punished B. blamed C. tested D. praised27. What might be the best title for the text?A. T
27、he Best Way to Correct MisbehaviorB. Punishment Is the Best Way of EducationC. Cooperation Is the Most Successful BehaviorD. Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior? CThe sharing economy has grown in recent years to include everything from apartment sharing to car sharing to community t
28、ool sharing. Since 2009, a new form of sharing economy has been emerging in neighborhoods throughout the US and around the world Little Free Library. The libraries are boxes placed in neighborhoods from which residents can withdraw (取出) and deposit (存入) books. Little Free Libraries come in all shape
29、s and sizes. Some libraries also have themes, focusing on books for children, adults, or tour guides.In 2009, Tod Bol built the first Little Free Library as a gift to his mother, who was a devoted reader. When he saw the people of his community gathering around it, exchanging conversation as well as
30、 books, he knew he wanted to take his simple idea further. “I think Little Free Libraries open the door to conversations we want to have with each other,” Bol said. Since then, his idea has become a movement, spreading from state to state and country to country. According to Little FreeLibrary.org,
31、there are now 18,000 of the little structures around the world, located in each of the 50 US states and 70 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.The Internet has helped to spread Little Free Libraries. But an Atlantic article says the little structures serve as a cure for a world of e-reader download
32、s. The little wooden boxes are refreshingly physical and human. For many people, the sense of discovery is Little Free Libraries main appeal. “A girl walking home from school might pick up a graphic novel that gets her excited about reading; a man on his way to the bus stop might find a volume of po
33、etry that changes his outlook on life,” says the Atlantic article. “Every book is a potential source of inspiration”. 28. How do Little Free Libraries get their books?A. The communities bought them. B. Tod Bol donated them.C. US government provided them. D. Citizens shared them.29. Why did Tod Bol w
34、ant to build more Little Free Libraries?A. They can offer neighbors more chances to talk. B. He was inspired by the sharing economy.5C. He wanted to promote his idea worldwide. D. They are a gift to please his mother.30. What does the author of the Atlantic article believe?A. Little Free Libraries a
35、re more popular than e-reader downloads.B. E-reader downloads are undoubtedly beneficial.C. Little Free Libraries are physical and human.D. The Internet has helped to spread Little Free Libraries.31. Little Free Libraries attract readers most in that _.A. they are in various shapes and sizes B. they
36、 are located all over the worldC. they connect strangers together D. they may give readers a sense of discoveryDiPhone owners are vainer and spend more on clothes and grooming (仪容) than those who have BlackBerrys and Android phones, new research claims. BlackBerry owners earn the most and are more l
37、ikely to have long-term relationships, while people with Android handsets are most creative and the best cooks. The study, carried out by TalkTalk Mobile, surveyed 2,000 owners of the three major smartphone brands to determine whether the choice of handset was an extension of their personality. The
38、study rated users in various walks of life using a point scoring system including personalities, daily habits and the type of industries they work in. Other results from the study found that people with an iPhone are more image conscious and generally rate themselves more attractive than those with
39、other handsets. They are most likely to describe themselves as adventurous, bright and are most likely to work in media, publishing and education. They also believe their boss rates them highly. Apple owners also tend to have done more travelling and are the most active on social media sites. BlackB
40、erry owners were found to be the least punctual, but despite putting in the least hours at work they are the most active phone user sending more texts and making more calls in the average day than any other phone user. They are more social and have more friends overall. They also earn nearly two and
41、 a half thousand pounds a year more than other smartphone owners, with an average salary of $27,406. BlackBerry users classed themselves so loud and mainly work in the health, finance or property sectors. They were also found to drink more tea and coffee each day than any other phone user.Android ow
42、ners were found to watch more TV than others and drink the most alcohol consuming more in an average week than iPhone and BlackBerry drinkers. They have the most jobs in engineering, the government and public services and environmental services. They have the best manners and are more shy and relaxe
43、d than their counterparts. Dan Meader, Director of Mobile at TalkTalk, said, “Many of us have our mobile phones on us almost constantly so they do become an extension of us in many ways. Its interesting to see then how the choice in handset may reflect different aspects of personality and the result
44、s do show some unusual differences.”32. The underlined words “image conscious” (Paragraph4) mean “caring about _”.A. income B. appearanceC. social media D. interpersonal relationships33. What were Android users found to be like?A. Loud. B. Brave. C. Polite. D. Confident.34. Dan Meader may agree that
45、 the kind of mobile phone we use _.A. will decide the way we live our life B. can be a window into the lives we lead 6C. can change our personalities gradually D. has become the most important part of our life35. How is the text organized?A. By drawing comparisons. B. By giving reasons only.C. By pr
46、oviding examples. D. By giving solutions.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。Do you know what a big dream is? 36 Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kil
47、l them before they ever have a chance to grow.The SelfImmediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego (自我). Its there for protecting and should be listened to. 37 Most people are influenced b
48、y the inside voice. Thats why only a handful of people make their dream come true.38 Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams wont come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they
49、love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.The WorldIf one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. 39 In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth
