高二上学期英语期末考试卷本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，总分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15个小题，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（ＡＢＣＤ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AThe following are four forms about medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take any by mistake.Take the medicine with water，followed by one tablet every eight hours，as required. For further nighttime and early morning，take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For children six or twelve years old，give half the adult dosage. For children under six years old，go to your doctor for advice. Reduce dosage if nervousness，restlessness or sleeplessness takes place.Each pill of the medicine is taken three times every day for those fourteen years old. As usual，a pill at 6：00 a.m. before breakfast，one before 11：00 a.m. and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart trouble.The medicine is for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep. Half for children under 12 years old. Children with a high fever，go to see a doctor.The medicine is taken three times a day. Once five pills for adult with a cold. Half of the pills for children 10 years old. Take the medicine before breakfast，lunch，supper or before sleep.1. If one aged 22 with fever requires to get rid of the illness，he should take the _______ kind of medicine.A. firstB. second C third D fourth2. When an adult has a cold，he had better ______.A. have five pills a dayB. have nine pills a dayC. have pills four times a dayD. have about fifteen pills a day3. How many kinds of medicine are used for the children four years old？A.All of them.B. Three kinds of medicine.C. Two kinds of medicine.D. Nearly not any medicine.BKenyon Scudder once told me a story about his friend, Michael. Michael happened to be on a train sitting next to a young man who seemed worried. Finally the young man told the friend that he was a convict (罪犯) returning home from a prison far away. What he did had brought shame on his family, and they had neither visited him nor written to him. He hoped, however, that this was only because they were too poor to travel and too busy to write.When he was set free he had written to tell them he wanted to go home. To make matters easy for them, however, he had asked them to put up a signal for him when the train passed their little farm. If the family had forgiven him, they were to put up a white ribbon (丝带) in the big apple tree near the railway. If they didn't want him back, they were to do nothing, and he would stay on the train, and go far away.As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the window. He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree. They changed seats. In a minute, Michael put his hand on the young convict’s shoulder. "There it is," he said, his eyes filled with sudden tears. "It’s all right. The whole tree is white with ribbons."4. For which of the following reasons might the young man be worried?A. His family hadn’t written to him frequently.B. His family would not remember him.C. His family might not allow him to go home.D. His family was too poor.5. According to the passage, the white ribbon in the big apple tree means ________.A. pleasureB. forgivenessC. happinessD. education6. The word "suspense" underlined in the last paragraph can best be replaced by ________.A. painB. interestC. worryD. happiness7. Why did Michael cry at the end of the story?A. The young man couldn’t live with his family.B. There was no white ribbon on the apple tree.C. The young man was very sad.D. He was moved by what he saw.CThe iPhone, the iPad, each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fashion. Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” — and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer — which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet — adopted the title in 2008. A lovely bear — popular in the US and UK —that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version of London’s Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name “i”.In general, single-letter prefixes have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use.Most “i” products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independent’s “i”, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name.But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, head of the Language Center at King’s College, London, “i” works because its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBC Magazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition,” he says.“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability (轻便) .”adds Thorne.Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the WesternWorld is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason.Along with “Google” and “blog”, r eaders of BBC Magazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.But as history shows, people grow tired of fads. From the 1900s to 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modern. However, as we entered the new century, the trend eventually disappeared.8. People use iPlayer to ______.A. listen to musicB. watch TV programs onlineC. read newspapersD. make a call9. Nowadays, the “i” term often reminds people of the products which are ______.A. recyclableB. advancedC. portableD. environmentally friendly10. We can infer that the Independent’s “i” is aimed at ______.A. young readersB. old readersC. fashionable womenD. engineers11. The writer suggests that ______.A. iTeddy is a live bearB. “i” products are often of high qualityC. the popularity of “i” products may not last longD. the letter “b” replaces letter “i” to name the productsDA volcanic eruption(火山爆发) in Iceland has sent ash across northern Europe. Airlines have stopped or changed the flights across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving hundreds of passengers stuck in airports.Grimsvotn is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Europe. What makes Grimsvotn different is that it lies under a huge glacier(冰川) of ice up to 12 meters thick. The hot volcano heats up the ice above it, which then forms a layer(层) of water between theglacier and the volcano. This layer of water puts pressure on the volcano, keeping it stable. As the water flows out from under the glacier, the pressure lifts. The lava（熔岩）from the volcano then comes up to the surface. This is exactly what happened today.Now, airlines have to make changes to their flights so as to fly through the clouds of volcanic ash. According to KLM, one of Europe’s biggest airlines, airplanes cannot go under the cloud or over it, going through the cloud can result in ash getting stuck in the airplane’s engines causing damage to the plane.The eruption has also caused problems for animals in Iceland. The volcano left ash and sharp, glass-like rocks all over the countryside. Farmers are keeping their animals inside to stop them from eating ash covered grass or the sharp objects.12. What makes Grimsvotn different from other volcanoes?A. it lies under the sea.B. it is below ice.C. it is the largest volcano.D. its lava affects the airlines.13. What keeps Grimsvotn still?A. the slow flow of water.B. the low water temperature.C. the thick glacierD. the water pressure.14. Which of the following is the result of the volcanic eruption?A. people stop travelling in Europe.B. airlines suffer from the loss of planes.C. it becomes dangerous for animals to eat outside.D. farmers have lost many of their animals15. This text is most probably taken from _______.A. a research paperB. a geography textbookC. a class presentationD. a newspaper report.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，选项中有两项为多余选项。