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北京临川学校2015-2016第一学期期末考试

高 二 英 语 试 卷

第Ⅰ卷 (选择题）

第一部分：听力(分两节，共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

(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。

What did the woman do last night?

A. She went to pick up her brother B. She watched a movie at home

C. She drove her brother to the airport

Where does the conversation take place?

A. Over the phone B.At a store C. At home

How much did the digital camera cost the woman?

A. $60 B. $100 C. $120

What does the woman think of the man’s speech?

A. Touching B. Boring C. Exciting

What will the woman’s brother do this weekend?

A. Study B. Go hiking C. Take an exam

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6段材料，回答第6至7题。

Where does the man want to go?

A. To a hotel B. To a kindergarten C. To his aunt’s

How long should the man walk after turning right?

A. 10 minutes B. 15 minutes C. 20 minutes

?听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

Why does the man want to organize the group?

A. To form a band B. To make money C. To hold parties

How does the woman react after hearing the man’s idea?

A. She is disappointed B. She is confused C. She is interested

听第8段材料，回答第l0至12题。

Why did the man choose business as his major?

A. Because he liked this major B. Because it promised good payment

C. Because his parents asked him to do so

How did the man learn French?

A. By going to classes B. By teaching himself

C. By learning from his grandma

How much does the man expect to get paid in three months?

A. $3000 per month B. $4000 per month C. $5000 per month

听第9段材料，回答第l3至16题。

Why did the man go to Chicago?

A. To go sightseeing B. To visit a friend C. To look for help

What did the man do first when his friend didn’t show up?

A. He went to a hotel directly B. He tried to call his friend

C. He talked with a policeman

How did the man most probably feel in Chicago?

A. Shocked B. Cheerful C. Helpless

What did the man do in order to get back to New York?

A. He turned to a friend B. He withdrew some money

C. He turned to the police

听第10段材料，回答第l7至20题。

What day was yesterday?

A. Sunday B. Monday C. Tuesday

How is the weather in the south on the evening of Wednesday?

A. Fine B. Snowy C. Rainy

What’s the temperature in the north of Thursday?

A. Around zero degree B. Around 5 degrees C. Around 10 degrees

Where will the weather be fine on Sunday?

A. In the south B. In the west C. In the east

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。

A

Many students want to learn English through watching American TV shows. It ' s really a wonderful idea. But what kind of TV shows should they watch? I suggest watching TV shows about American families. Such TV shows usually have simple lines that students can easily understand. Here are some.

The Cosby Show - l

Starring: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Keshia Knight Pulliam

Description: A classic 1980s sitcom（情景喜剧） that follows the day-to-day life of the Huxtables, a successful Africa-American family.You’ll have great fun in watching it and improve your spoken English without realizing it.

Party of Five

Starring: Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, Neve Campbell, Jennifer Love Hewitt

Description: This family TV show breaks from the mother-father-children mold (模式 ), following the lives of five Salinger brothers and sisters. They are left to find their own way in life after their parents die in an accident. You 'll not only improve your English. but also learn to love your own brothers and sisters through watching it.

Family Ties

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter

Description: Another 1980s classic, this family TV show follows the lives of ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their talkative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later their youngest son Andrew. Michael J. Fox is now a very famous actor. You can enjoy his performance when he was a teenager in this show.

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Max Casella, Belinda Montgomery

Description: Doogie Howser is a teenage genius, dealing with the usual problems of growing up: hanging out with friends, having a girlfriend and on top of the pressures of being a doctor. You ' ll learn about the problems that American teenagers faces in their life .

21. Party of Five is mainly about the life of _________.

A. an African-American family

B. five brothers and sisters

C. a teenage genius

D. a happy family

If you’re interested in Michael J. Fox’s performance as a teenager, you can watch_____.

A. Family Ties B. Party of Five C. The Cosby Show D. Doogie Howser,M.D

Doogie Howser,M.D. will most probably attract those who are interested in____.

A. the life of ex-hippies B. a classic 1980s sitcom

C. American teenagers’ problems D. a famous middle-aged doctor’s life

B

At the age of ten, my parents thought that I should learn to play an instrument. They chose guitar lessons for me. I had no interest in playing it. All that I wanted to do was to improve my soccer skills. However, my parents believed that playing soccer was a waste of my valuable time. They thought I should use the time to focus on school and develop my brain by taking on a difficult task, such as learning to play music.

However, since the first day of the lessons, I disliked the guitar. While learning to play the guitar. I just wanted to play soccer as much as I could. But what could a ten-year-old do when his parents said they would punish him if he didn’t do what they told him to do?

Even though I loathed the guitar lessons with all my heart, I went to the instructor week after week. And week after week, I would come back and be tired of the lessons and of the amount of practice hours required.

After wasting a year of my life learning how to play the guitar, I still had not made much progress. My parents began to realize that I was not born to play the guitar and that I was not having fun trying to learn, either. They finally understood how much I wanted to play soccer. So after one bad year, my parents called the music instructor and told him I would no longer take guitar lessons.

I was very happy. Now I play soccer every day and I play it very well. I do think parents should let their children do what they're good at and what they truly love.

24. The author took guitar lessons because _______________. .

A. he was afraid of being punished

B. he wanted to learn an instrument

C. he had too much free time to kill

D. he thought he would love playing the guitar

25. What does the underlined word “loathed” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Forgot. B. Disliked.

C. Learned D. Improved.

26. The author ' s parents called the author ' s instructor to __________. .

A. tell him that they were really sorry

B. ask about the author ' s performance in class

C. tell him the author had given up the lessons

D. ask him to spend more time teaching the author

27. At the end of the passage, the author shows that___________ . '

A. playing sports is more important than playing an instrument

B. we 'll finally fall in love with something we hate at first

' C. parents should let their children do what they really love

D. children should know what they' re really good at

C

Should today' s students use textbooks at school? Let's read about some students' opinions on it.

Jonathan Segundo: In my personal opinion, schools should stop using textbooks. They always change and schools don't always have the money to keep updating（更新） them. Don ' t get me to start on all the paper we ' re wasting. It would be a lot easier to use an inexpensive piece of technology. Kids wouldn ' t have to carry around tons of heavy books and they could still get all the latest information. .

Alexx Arredondo: I don ' t think schools should continue to use textbooks. A main reason would be that the information in textbooks can be more easily found on the Internet. I have always found it simpler and more effective to study and research on the Internet rather than to study out of a less informative textbook. Now I hardly use textbooks but I still have to pay for them.

Elizabeth Medrano: I think schools shouldn 't continue to use textbooks because there ' s a lot of new technology coming up. All the information of all the textbooks from any subject can be stored in a high-tech and light-weight device. You don't have to carry all those heavy books everywhere you go. I think we should make new changes for the better of everyone in all school districts.

Krystal Cavazos: I personally think that school should no longer use textbooks. They' re a complete waste of space and paper. We should switch to technology, which is what most school districts are starting to do. We could download these books to our phones, laptops, eReaders and iPads. An app that has my math, reading or science book is not going to make my pocket heavier. It would also be easier to do homework instead of carrying a heavy book around.

28. We can infer that Alexx Arredondo _____________. ~

A. doesn ' t study very hard -

B. considers textbooks cheap

C. likes researching on the Internet .

D. often carries heavy textbooks around

29. What Elizabeth Medrano says shows that using a small device for all textbooks is _____________________.