2014益阳三校高二第二学期英语期末试卷（含答案）
详细内容
PREHENSION (30marks)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best aording to the information given in the passage.
A
A Guide to the University
Food
The TWU Cafeteria is open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.
If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.
Relaxation
The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m, closed on Sundays.
Health
Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is mitted to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Academic Support
All students have aess to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door, two 30?minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free.
Transportation
The TWU Express is a shuttle service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1.
56. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?
A. Have meals and meet with friends B. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts
C. Do homework and watch TV D. Add money to your ID and play chess
57. Where and when can you cook your own food?
A. The Lower Café, Sunday B. The Globe, Friday
C. The TWU Cafeteria, Friday D. The McMillan Hall, Sunday.
58. The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre _________.
A. is open six days a week B. offers services free of charge
C. gives advice on mental health D. trains students in medical care
59. How can you seek help from the Writing Centre?
A. By applying online B. By calling the centre
C. By going to the centre directly D. By filling in a sign-up form
60. What is the function of TWU Express?
A. To carry students to the lecture halls. B. To transport students to and from the stores.
C. To take students to the Mattson Centre. D. To provide students with campus tours
B
Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this unnoticed form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.
“The lift bees this interesting social space where behaviors are sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They (elevators) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”
We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else es in, we may have to move. And here, aording to Gray, lift-users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.
He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want ? it’s your own little box.
If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance.
When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it bees a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.
Newers to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple ? look down, or look at your phone.
Why are we so awkward in lifts?
“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”
In such a small, enclosed space it bees very important to act in a way that cannot be understood as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.
61. The main purpose of the article is to _____.
A. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator
B. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator
C. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride
D. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator behaviors
62. Aording to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____.
A. turn around and greet one anotherB. look around or examine their phone
C. make eye contact with those in the elevatorD. try to keep a distance from other people
63. Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?
64. The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. ignore B. judge C. put up with D. make use of
65. Aording to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _____.
A. the lack of space B. someone’s strange behaviors
C. their unfamiliarity with one another D. their eye contact with one another
C
Without a shadow of a doubt, Brazil is the the most suessful football nation of all time, with five World Cups won. But this nation has something else to be proud of.
Brazil has bee one of the developing world’s great suesses at reducing population growth―but more by chance than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says Gee Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99％ a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93％ a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television work, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
"Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values―not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working," says Martine. "They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attractive package."
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to bee consumers. "This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was inpatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction." says Martine.
66. Aording to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth_______.
A. by educating its citizens B. by careful family planning
C. by aident D. by developing TV programs
67. Aording to the passage, many Third World countries_______.
A. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population
B. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate
C. haven’t attached much importance to birth control
D. neglected the role of TV plays in family planning
68.The phrase "puts it down to" (Line 1, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to "_______"
A. contributes to B. owes it to C. finds it a reason for D. pares it to
69.Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because_______.
A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV B. they popularize birth control measures
C. people are drawn to their attractive package D. they have gradually changed people’s way of life
70.What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
A. The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.
B. Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory.（相互矛盾的）
C. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
D. A country’s production is limited by its population growth.
PART FOUR WRITING (45marks)
SECTION A (10marks)
Directions: Read the following passage. plete the diagram by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
The private automobile (私家车) has long played an important role in the US. In fact, it has bee a necessary and important part of the American way of life. In 1986, 69% of American families owned at least one car, and 38% had more than one. By giving workers rapid transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems.
For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools.
Family life has been affected in various aspects. The car helps to keep families together when it is used for piics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents can’t keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs--- or is “showing off” by speeding or breaking other traffic laws. Mothers of victims of such aidents have formed an anization called MADD (Mother Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies. They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest driving age. Students have formed a similar anization. SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) are spreading the same message among their friends.
Americans have different attitudes towards the automobile. For some, it is a necessity. But for others, it is also a mark of social position and for young people, a sign of being an adult. Altogether, cars mean very much to Americans.
Title: 71.______________ in the USA
72.______________It has bee a necessary and important part of American life.
Percentage of ownership in 198669% of the families owned at least one car.
73.______________ had more than one.
74.______________
PositiveFreeing workers from living near their place of work.
75.______________ the growth of cities.
Being helpful to farmers in business, pleasure and so on.
76.__________Causing 77______________.
Causing danger if improperly used by teenagers
78.___________of setting up MADD and SADD
To prevent further tragedies
79.___________ towards owning an automobileA necessity
80._____________ of social position.
A sign of being an adult
SECTION B (10marks)
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions aording to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
In recent years the safari Park has bee a popular tourist attraction around the world. A safari park is a park in which wild animals are kept. They are mainly located in east or central Africa. They often oupy a very wild area, with mountains and rivers. To visit the park and look at the animals, people have to drive around in a car for a few of hours because the park is huge.
In south Africa there is a safari park, which contains all sorts of wild animals like lions, elephants, rhinoceroses(犀牛), zebras, wild pigs, deer and giraffes.
There is a wild road leading through the park, but nobody is permitted to walk on the road. Anyone traveling in the park has to go in a car because wild animals may fiercely attack people. From the car he may see almost every types of African wildlife. Some of these are getting scarce (稀有的) because people kill them for various reasons. For example, rhinoceroses are killed for their horns (角), which are used in traditional Chinese medicines for colds and headaches. Perhaps they will be seen only in museums and books one day.
Travels may purchase food for the animals. They can feed them when they tour the park. Of course, they should not feed them in a close distance because the wild animals may attack people. In addition, they should only give proper food to the animals.
A traveler may carry a gun with him in his journey. The gun is given to him by the government. However, it is not used for hunting. In fact, a seal is fixed to it. The traveler may fire at a wild beast to defend himself in case he is attacked. However, he has to prove to the government that he has been attacked and that he has not fired at a harmless animal.
81. Why do travelers have to stay in a car during their visit?（no more than 6 words）2’
________________________________________________________________________
82. Why are rhinoceroses getting scarce?（no more than 7words）2’
________________________________________________________________________
83. What warning are given to travelers when they feed the animals?（no more than 15words）3’
________________________________________________________________________
84. What is the passage mainly about?（no more than 6 words）3’
________________________________________________________________________.
SECTION C（25marks）
Directions: Write an English position aording to the instructions given below in Chinese.
下面这幅照片反映了部分学生在就餐时不注意节约的情形。请根据你对这幅照片的理解 用英语写一篇120字左右的短文。
你的短文应包含以下内容：
1.描述照片内容,如情形、人物、行为等等；
2.结合自身实际，谈谈生活中的浪费现象；
3.提出厉行节约的建议。
益阳市一中 岳阳县一中 澧县一中2012级二年二期期末联考试卷答案
英 语
1-5 ABA 6-10. BABCA 11-15 CBCBA
16. 90 17. month 18. Reference 19. Christmas Day 20. ID card
21-35 ABABB AABCB DBAAB
36-47 CABCB CDBAD AD
48. it 49. When 50. but 51. why 52. for 53. what 54. the 55. where
56-60 ABCDB 61-65 DDCBA 66-70 CABDC
71. The Automobile/ Automobiles 72. Present situation 73. 38%
74. Effects 75. Encouraging 76. Negative 77. traffic problems /aidents
78. Purpose/ Aim/Goal 79. (different) Attitudes 80. A mark
81. Because the park is huge. / Because animals may attack people[来
82. Because people kill them for their horns.
83. Staying away from the animals and giving them proper food.
84. A safari park in South Africa.
The phenomenon of waste can often be seen in our daily life. As is shown in the picture, when students have dinner in the school canteen, they throw so much left-over food into the waste collector, which upsets the teachers and workers.
This scene reminds me of similar problems around us. It is not unmon to see things go to waste in schools. Some students do not turn off the lights when they leave the classroom, others leave the water running after using it, and still others throw away their pens, tapes or even notebooks just because they don’t like them. Such behavior will only contribute to students forming bad habits.
To avoid wasting food at school, we should first of all realize the significance of saving and be aware of our own misdoings. Then, we need to take action and be careful with the things we eat or use in our daily life. Also，we should persuade others not to waste things.