发布时间 : 星期二 文章江苏省盐城市2015-2016学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷(Word版含答案)更新完毕开始阅读
2015/2016学年度第二学期高二年级期终考试
英 语 试 题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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秒钟的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 man mean?
A. He’ll be happy to help. B. His hands are already full. C. The suitcase is too heavy for him.
2. What are the speakers going to do this evening? A. Go to the cinema. B. Do their homework. C. Attend the woman’s sister.
3. What is the weather like now? A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny. 4. Where will the woman put her sports bag? A. In her car. B. On the desk. C. On the floor. 5. What are the speakers talking about? A. An exam. B. A book. C. A story. 第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What color dress would the man like to buy?
A. Purple. B. Blue. C. Red. 7. How much should the man pay? A.＄120. B.＄100. C.＄80. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is the woman doing? A. Asking for directions. B. Checking job information. C. Having an interview. 9. What do we know about the woman?
A. She has been working for three years. B. She teaches second-year students.
C. She is a student reporter.
听第8段材料，回答第11至12题。 10. Where is the man? A. In Chicago. B. In New York. C. In Los Angeles. 11. How will the woman go to meet the man from the airport? A. By car. B. By taxi. C. By bus. 12. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Book a hotel for her. B. Talk to the staff. C. Spend some time with her.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Why will the woman move out of her aunt’s home？ A. Her cousin needs the room.
B. Her aunt is leaving for Singapore.
C. She prefers to live in a homestay family.
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14. How long has the woman been in Sydney? A. Half a year. B. One year. C. One and a half years. 15. What does the woman plan to study next year? A. General English. B. Academic English. C. Medicine. 16. What will the speakers talk about next? A. When the woman can move out. B. What kind of place the woman likes. C. What kind of house the man has got. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. How long did Westlife last? A. 19 years. B. 14 years. C. 12 years. 18. Which is Westlife’s first single? A. Flying Without Wings. B. If Let You Go. C. Swear It Again. 19. What do we know about Westlife? A. They broke up in 2011.
B. They sold over 15 million records in all.
C. Their first three singles topped the lists in the UK. 20. Which country did Westlife fail to break into? A. The US. B. Ireland. C. The UK. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. In the Spring of 2016, she _________ a challenging program designed for senior people at a local TV station. A. hatched B. possessed C. scanned D. tuned 22. This kind of medicine should not be placed ________ it is accessible to young children.
A. when B. why C. where D. if
23. The talks between the two companies ________ due to some conflicts over their interests.
A. broke out B. broke away C. broke in D. broke down 24. Through superior production techniques the factory is able to gain the competitive ________ in the
international market.
A. support B. edge C. reputation D. balance 25. Difficult as French is ________, my elder brother goes all out for it.
A. mastered B. to be mastered C. mastering D. to master 26. My computer has got another kind of virus. If only I ________ that program!
A. didn’t run B. shouldn’t run C. hadn’t run D. wouldn’t run 27. KFC opens concept store in Shanghai, which ______ to attract more young and middle class customers.
A. will be expected B. has been expected C. was expected D. is expected 28. My sister got the job she had been dreaming about all the time. Never in all her life ________ so happy.
A. had she felt B. did she feel C. she had felt D. she felt
29. Nowadays more and more people tend to buy things on the Internet, ________ they believe the qualities are good.
A. at which B. of which C. in which D. for which 30. As is well-known to us, education for all would be ________ to promote social and economic development.
A. content B. vital C. reliable D. sensitive
31. We are all eager to see whether or not the chairman himself is going to ________ the commitment he has made. A. get down to B. look forward to C. live up to D. think back to 32. —I wonder if you can tell me how to use this new type of machine. —________ . I know nothing about it.
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A. You’ve got me there B. You name it C. You are welcome D. You said it
33. Students must be taught the skills to locate, ________ and communicate information from the Internet.
A. ensure B. evaluate C. contain D. cast 34. Many diseases arise from ________ people really don’t know about in their daily life.
A. how B. that C. what D. why 35. ________ too much to TV programs, many children are performing badly in their studies.
A. Being exposed B. Exposing C. To expose D. Exposed 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A 12-year-old California student who already has three community college degrees said he plans to go to college in the fall. The boy named Tanishq Abraham 36 to turn doctor and medical researcher by age 18. Tanishq has been 37 to University of California, where he received an official 38 .
“I think I’ll be 18 when I get my M.D.,” Tanishq said, 39 to a doctor of medicine degree. As for what comes next for the child, he hopes to become a doctor, a medical researcher, and in the end, 40 of America.
He started community college at 7, and last year he 41 associate’s degrees from American River College, 42 general science, math and physical science, and foreign language studies.
43 , professors at the college didn’t want Tanishq in their classes because of his age. 44 finally a professor agreed to let him enter his class if his mother, a doctor of medicine, also 45 the class.
Tanishq looks into a microscope(显微镜) in a 46 at American River College in Sacramento, California. “There were 47 when I had to explain general relativity and 48 relativity to my mom,” he said.
Biology professor Marlene Martinez said the boy was not 49 to ask lots of questions. In lecture he would always raise questions 50 like “so, does that mean…”or “what about this?” “I think 51 he puts his heart into it, he can achieve whatever he wants.” Martinez said.
Tanishq is also unique in that he can 52 to people of all ages. He says child geniuses are often seen as odd（怪人）. “When you think of a 53 , you think of a mad scientist kind of thing,” he said. But he 54 he’s just an ordinary kid who likes learning and 55 for experiments but also playing video games. “I just think learning is fun,” Tanishq said. 36. A. remains B. aims C. agrees D. promises 37. A. committed B. opposed C. accepted D. condemned 38. A. diploma B. license C. membership D. scholarship 39. A. referring B. pointing C. sticking D. taking 40. A. professor B. president C. chemist D. captain 41. A. offered B. applied C. employed D. earned 42. A. about B. in C. with D. beyond 43. A. Gradually B. Eventually C. Initially D. Directly 44. A. So B. And C. But D. Or 45. A. gave B. taught C. held D. took 46. A. library B. lab C. stadium D. store 47. A. times B. hours C. weeks D. years 48. A. universal B. diverse C. effective D. special 49. A. afraid B. ready C. willing D. anxious 50. A. suddenly B. shortly C. deliberately D. sincerely 51. A. while B. unless C. as D. if 52. A. lead B. connect C. come D. return 53. A. genius B. doctor C. professor D. researcher 54. A. votes on B. thinks out C. points out D. focuses on
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55. A. ideas B. materials C. microscopes D. books
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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There’s a thin line between downtime and wasting time.
We’re surrounded with statistics and stories about how we’re all overscheduled and underslept. “Busy-ness,” described as both a virtue and an epidemic, inspires countless blog posts and a healthy number of books.
Experts warn parents and educators against overscheduling children, whose growing minds and bodies need downtime to develop in every field — social, emotional, academic and physical. But we don’t spend as much energy defending unstructured time for adults.
“There’s a misunderstanding with downtime,” says Shimi Kang, a Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist.
“It sounds a little ridiculous to say you prioritize rest,” she says. “People judge you as not very ambitious, not very competitive.”
In truth, Kang says, restorative downtime is critical for our mental and physical health.
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