2016江西高二上学期人教版高中英语期末考试

 Greenhouse phenomena would cause _____ rise in sea levels worldwide and change _____ weather on the earth.

A. a; the                 B. the; /             C. a; /                     D. /; the                    

 We were in so _____ a rush when we left that we forgot the airline tickets.

   A. actual               B. anxious           C. cautious                 D. casual                       

 When I try to find _____ that prevents so many people from coming here, it seems that there are two main causes.

   A. why is it            B. what is it         C. why it is         D. what it is    

 _____ himself in thought, he nearly ran into the tree.

   A. Lost                 B. Having lost      C. Losing             D. Having been lost     

 I hate ____ when people talk with their mouths full.

A. it                    B. that                C. these              D. them              

 The accident happened on April 10th , ____ 4 innocent people with more than 12 ____.

A. killed, injured     B. killing, injured         C. killed, injuring  D. killing, injuring    

 Personally I think it is the teacher, rather than the students, _____ to blame.

A. is                     B. are                 C. that is            D. who are     

 _____ I had done it I knew I had made a mistake.

A. Hardly              B. Directly           C. Mostly           D. Nearly   

 The most striking ______ of the house was two huge poles patterned with dragons and phoenix.

A. advantage         B. character        C. point             D. feature    

 People who come to attend court hearing are always chosen ______ in order to be fair.

A. at random        B. by chance       C. on purpose      D. in general       

 _____ such heavy pollution already, the river is now too difficult to clean up.

A. Suffered         B. suffer                   C. Having suffered      D. To suffer    

 ---I expected him to be nervous before his interview, but he was as cool as a cucumber.

---He _________ have prepared it seriously.

A. should              B. might            C. must           D. could   

 _____ the Internet is bridging the distance between people, it may also be breaking some families.

A. When              B. While            C. If                         D. Since     

 Had you listened to the doctor, you _____ from the terrible disease now.

A. don’t suffer                         B. shouldn’t suffer

C. could not have suffered                D. would not be suffering    

 Hard as a doctor may try, he can’t _____ to cure all his patients of all diseases.

A. ensure             B. insure           C. be sure            D. guarantee        

When I was younger, about 14, I was already ready to work. My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life. For him, getting up at 5 a.m. and working  36      hours before I went to school, and then working more after school until there was not enough   37   to see, were  38   .

My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very   39   . He began to show me these, not through words, but through his actions. He would not   40   a job until it was done. He   41   put his all into everything he did. However, he showed me this not just in   42   , but in everything. Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to  43  a game once, and he explained to me that I had made a  44   and that even if I just skipped one game, I did not 45   to play the rest of the games.                        

So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was  46   to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to  47  . My entire   48   was to make my father proud of me. I knew that   49   I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it. My first job was doing construction for a company. As most of you know, construction is not an easy job,   50    being so young. When someone as young as I was started working, they would either   51   or get stronger. I got stronger. I worked the   52   I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had. In the end, my boss was    53   . He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents' eyes shone. From that day   54  I have worked every job to my full   55   , because that day defined my life. It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it.

36. A. a lot                      B. a great deal of        C. a couple of            D. the number of

37. A. lightning                 B. light                      C. lamps                   D. lanterns

38. A. normal           B. abundant         C. widespread      D. conscious

39. A. ridiculous               B. fortunate               C. hopeless               D. vital

40. A. quit                        B. seek                     C. perform                D. complete

41. A. might                     B. would                   C. could                    D. should

42. A. persuading             B. educating             C. acting                   D. working

43. A. enjoy                      B. defeat                   C. skip                      D. dip

44. A. commitment           B. improvement        C. resolve                D. conclusion

45. A. decide                    B. stop                      C. deserve                 D. resist

46. A. prepared                 B. shocked                C. contradictory        D. interested

47. A. stick                      B. succeed                C. fail                       D. play

48. A. problem                  B. world                   C. trick                     D. goal

49. A. in case                   B. even though          C. only if                  D. what if

50. A. especially               B. specially              C. typically             D. mentally

51. A. break                     B. struggle                C. pause                   D. arise

52. A. manner                   B. moment                C. way                     D. method

53. A. impressed               B. astonished           C. amused               D. conventional 

54. A. in                           B. on                        C. out                       D. beneath

55. A. ambition                 B. skill                      C. spirit                    D. potential

How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and the old wishing they were young again! Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting any time in useless regrets.

    Children is a time when there are few duties to make life hard. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after, and loved whatever he may do. It’s impossible for him to be given so much again in his life without having to do anything in return. Besides, life is always giving new things to the child. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside makes him wild. But a child has his pains; he is not so free to do as he wishes. He is continually being told not to do this, not to do that, or being punished for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.

When the young man starts to make his own living, he becomes free from the rules of school and parents; but at the time he is forced to accept duties. He can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the law of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble, and has good health, he can have the great happiness of seeing himself make steady progress in his job and of building up his own position in society.

Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be, but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age should come wisdom and the ability to help others with advice wisely given. They can have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them and, perhaps, best of all, they can, if their life has been a useful one, feel the happiness of having come through the battle of life safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving others to continue the fight.

56. The main reason children wish they were grown up, and the old wish they were young again is that ___________.

A. both are satisfied with the strong points at their ages

B. both enjoy the strong points at the other age by looking back or looking forward

C. the human beings should be like this

D. regrets and happiness both exist whether they are young or old

57. According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that __________.

A. life for a child is comparatively easy

B. a child should enjoy the equal freedom with seniors

C. if much is given to a child, he is expected to do something in return

D. a child’s greatest dissatisfaction lies in the trouble he makes

58. Which of the following is NOT needed for a young man to be happy?

A. Hard work.          B. Freedom from troubles.           C. Wealth.             D. Health.

If there’s one thing the British are good at, it’s watching telly. You may think the Americans would beat us at that, but we’ve taken and turned it into an art form. Like most people, our favorite TV subject is ourselves, which has led to a number of shows aiming to be as British as possible. So if you want to learn how to be British, sit down to a few episodes of these distinctly British shows.

DOCTOR WHO

　 Political aside, Doctor Who owes its long television life not only to a brilliant central character, terrifying alien foes and intelligent scriptwriting, but also to a distinctly British way of doing things. If the Earth is the Doctor’s favorite planet, it’s clear that Britain is his favorite country.

SHERLOCK

　　The global popularity of the modernized Sherlock Holmes series has proven yet again that no amount of big blockbuster all-guns-blazing cop shows can compete with the reserved and sharp detective work of one of Britain’s most well-loved characters. Benedict Cumberbatch has been rightly praised for his description of the fast-thinking private eye, which has proven again we Brits are good at more than drinking tea.

BLACKADDER

　　Similar to the Pythons, the brilliance of Blackadder is set in its genius application of witty and classically British humor. From the humorous tones of lead man Rowan Atkinson to the clumsy (笨拙的) sidekick (伙伴)Tony Robinson, there’s no better show for telling what makes the British British and having a good laugh at it, including an entire season of pointing fun at the French, one of the most British activities.

FRIENDS

　　I know what you’re thinking – Friends is an American show, about Americans’ living in America! How can it be distinctly British? But perhaps you’re not aware that, apart from Season 1, Friends is written entirely by British writers, and if you watch the first season in comparison to the others, the difference really shows. British sense of humor that can’t be replicated artificially. It’s a fine art by a natural hand. As an English student, I figure–Friends is, and although they speak in American accents, a British !

59. If you hunger to laugh, ______ is the best choice.

   A. Sherlock.            B. Blackadder         C. Friends        D. Doctor Who

60. What is stressed by the text?

   A. The British are crazy about tea-drinking.

   B. Friends are actually made by the British.

   C. The British are always finding faults with the French.

   D. The British are good at producing and watching telly.

61. The main purpose of the text is to________.

   A. challenge the American show lovers

   B. advertise the British most loved shows

   C. provide some information about the British

   D. introduce the techniques of the British shows

62. What would the author be?

   A. A devoted British.                     B. A confident movie reviewer.

   C. A cool British shows actor.              D. An English show-making major.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed (展现) herself as she did nowhere else.

After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate (巨头) Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline's close friend and former White House social secretary Letitis Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life. She became not less but more interested in reading. For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher's editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing(追求)a late­life career longer than her two marriages combined. During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes. She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversation into a book, The Power of Myth. The book went on to become an international best­seller. She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography(自传), Moonwalk.

Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth. Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself. In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind. Her books are the autobiography she never wrote. Her role as First Lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor. However, few knew that she had achieved so much.

63. Why did Jacqueline accept to consider publishing as her career?

A. She wanted to comfort her close friend.

B. She hoped to find her own way of life

C. She was interested in reading.

D. She missed her dead husband.

64. What can be inferred from the second passage?

A. Moonwalk is Jacqueline’s autobiography.

B. The Power of Myth was an adaptation from a TV program.

C. Jacqueline's two marriages lasted more than 20 years.

D. Jacqueline wrote over 100 books in her life.

65. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that______.

A. Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady

B. Jacqueline's life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor

C. Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady

D. Jacqueline's role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor

66. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Jacqueline's lifelong experiences

B. Jacqueline's social relations in publishing

C. Jacqueline's life both as First Lady and as an editor

D. Jacqueline's career as an editor in her last 20 years

You know eating fruit and vegetables does good. But do you know it can also make you look good? People who increased their intake over just six weeks developed a healthy glow and appeared more attractive, researchers found. Scientists at St Andrews University found eating them slightly increased yellow and red pigments(色素) in the volunteers' skin. They monitored the food intake of 35 people and took pictures of their faces, arms and hands using a sensitive camera at the start, and after three and six weeks. Increasing their intake of greens by 2.9 portions a day was found to make the person look healthier and an extra 3.3 portions could enhance their attractiveness, when their photographs were rated by others.

Fruit and vegetables are rich in carotenoids(类胡萝卜素), which are known to protect against cell damage from pollution and UV rays, and can also prevent age-related diseases including heart disease and cancer. But while it was known eating extreme amounts of certain vegetables such as carrots could turn skin orange，it was not known a small increase was perceptible(被觉察）to others—and was seen as appealing.

A camera measured changes to the skin's redness, yellowness and lightness, and found it significantly changed in people who naturally increased their intake. These changes were not evident in three weeks. Using light sensors, the researchers showed these red and yellow hues(色调) were linked with the levels of carotenoids in their skin. There are hundreds of carotenoids but those thought to have the most dramatic effect are lycopene—which gives tomatoes and red peppers their red color—and beta-carotene found in carrots as well as broccoli, squash, and spinach. Skin color is also affected by chemicals called polyphenols, found in apples, blueberries and cherries, which cause blood rush to the skin surface. 

67. What does the underlined word “glow” probably mean?

A. Life style           B. Family tradition               C. Skin color         D. Eating habit

68. Carotenoids have all the functions except ____________.

A. curing some diseases.

B. preventing heart disease and cancer.

C. preventing age-related diseases.

D. protecting against cell damage from pollution and UV rays.

69. Which of the following can cause blood rush to the skin surface?

A. Polyphenol.              B. Beta-carotene.           C. Lycopene.         D. Carotenoid.

70. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. How to become attractive?

B. Eating fruit and vegetables does good.

C. Fruit and vegetables are rich in carotenoids.

D. Eating fruit and vegetables makes you look good.

Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job?”

      71  .There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job. Still there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time.  72  . He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the young man offered to take his place.  73  .

This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself. If the man had gone home to ponder（考虑）his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance.  74   ; it is another thing to take it and use it well.

Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs（美差）. When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying.  75  . And within a year this person had become general manger of the company. (319)

A. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity.

B. People find jobs in a great variety of ways.

C. It’s almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers.

D. Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.

E. But a person landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company’s faults.

F. He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.

G. It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.

    假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Before I left my hometown to come to study in England, I was partly terrified, and mostly I was excited. I was travelling all on my own to a place that I didn't know any person at all. I couldn't even say the language well, but I wasn't going to let that stop me. Within a few month after arriving in London, I fall in love with the city. I met some of the most amazing people from all over the world. I wasn't quite preparing for the culture shock of a different place at the beginning of. But after one and half years, I am accustomed to living there. Now I realize our views and ideas have changed completely in this country.              

    某中学生英文报近期开辟专栏，讨论学习习惯问题。请你结合自身学习实际，按以下提示，用英文为该专栏写一篇稿件。

        1. 说明学习习惯与学习效果之间的关系；

        2. 介绍一种好的学习习惯并提出养成该习惯的建议；

        3. 描述自己在学习习惯方面存在的某个问题并给出改进措施。

注意：字数100字左右。