高二英语下册期末考试题英语July 2009（考试时间120分钟，满分150分）第一部分：听力（共30小题，满分35分）略Ⅱ.语言知识及运用（共两节, 满分35分）第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Patrick never did homework. “Too boring,” he said. He played baseball, basketbal l and computer games__21___.Then on Children’s Day his cat was playing with a little ___22___ and he grabbed it away. To his ___23__, it wasn’t a doll at all, but a man of the tiniest size. The tiny man cried, “Save me! Don’t give me back to that cat. I’ll grant you a wish; I __24__ you that.”Patrick couldn’t believe how ___25___ he was! Here was the answer to all of his problems. So he said, “Only if you do all my homework till the end of this __26___; that’s 135 days.”The tiny man agreed and began to do Patrick’s homework. But there was one _27_. The elf （小精灵）didn’t always know what to do and he needed ___28___. “Help me! Help me!” he’d say. And Patrick would help in whatever way.As a mater of fact, every day in every way that little elf was a trouble. Patrick was working __29___ than ever. Finally the last day of school arrived and Patrick got his A’s. His classmates were___30__, and his teacher smiled and were full of praise. His parents wondered what had happened to Patrick. While only Patrick knew who helped him.21．A. yet B. instead C. still D. even22．A. boy B. dog C. ball D. doll23．A. surprise B. joy C. disappointment D. satisfaction24．A. offer B. promise C. tell D. show25．A. powerful B. simple C. lucky D. honest26．A. week B. month C. year D. term27．A. way B problem C. advantage D. opinion28．A. answer B. instrument C. help D. medal29．A. faster B. later C. worse D. harder30．A. interested B. excited C. surprised D. sad第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

Once a man came to Allah（安拉）and said, “Oh Allah, I have many bad habits. Which one should I give up first?” Allah said, “Give up telling lies first and always tell the truth.” The man promised to do __31__ and went home.At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the promise he made __32__ Allah. “If tomorrow Allah asks me where I have been, what should I say? Should I say that I went out _33__（steal）? No, I cannot say that. If I tell the truth, everyone will start hating me and call __34__ a thief. I would __35__（punish）for stealing. But __36__ can I lie.”So the man decided not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.Next day, when he was about to drink wine, he also remembered __37__ he promised to Allah, so he gave up __38__ idea of drinking wine. In this way, __39__ the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth __40__ all times. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits.Ⅲ. 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

AZhoukoudian is a small village situated about 50 kilometers to the southwest of Beijing. In the 1920s, archaeologists discovered some prehistoric human bones there which changed people’sview of China’s history. They came from an unknown species of man and were the first evidence of human life in China thousands of years ago. The remains were three teeth!In 1929, a complete skull was also discovered. Eventually, archaeologists found almost 200 items, including six skulls and more than 150 teeth. These discoveries proved the existence of a human species who lived in the area between 700,000 and 200,000 years ago. Four sites where Beijing Man and his relatives lived were discovered on the northern face of Longgushan. They lived in the caves in the area.However, the life span of Beijing Man was short. About 70% of the people probably died before the age of 14. Fewer than 5% lived to the age of 50. Ashes were found alongside the fossils which showed they had used fire for cooking food and also for light, warmth, and protection against wild animals. This is the earliest evidence of the use of fire anywhere in the world. They also made tools of bones and stones. Unfortunately, when Japan invaded China in 1937, excavations at the Beijing Man Site stopped and most of the fossils disappeared, including a Beijing Man skull. After the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949, the work started again.Zhoukoudian was listed as a World Heritage Site in December 1987. It has not only given us important information about prehistoric Asian societies, but also provided amazing evidence about the process of evolution. Today, parts of the caves have been badly affected by rain. Some areas are almost completely covered in weeds, causing serious damage. Pollution from the nearby factories has also contributed to the problem. This is a very serious matter and the Chinese Academy of Sciences is trying to raise public awareness of it.41. Archaeologists _________.A. thought that Zhoukoudian was a beautiful villageB. thought that the findings in Zhoukoudian wouldn’t change the history of ChinaC. discovered some prehistoric human bones in ZhoukoudianD. thought that the findings in Zhoukoudian are the first evidence of human life in Asia42. Beijing Man used fire to do all of the following things EXCEPT _____.A. light in the darkB. keep warmC. make toolsD. scare wild animals away43. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The digging was delayed by the Japanese invasion in the 1930s.B. These ancient Chinese were the first people to use fire in daily life.C. Some valuable things excavated from the site are still missing.D. The digging of Zhoukoudian is famous and is well-funded.44. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?A. The digging of Zhoukoudian is still under way.B. Zhoukoudian plays an important part in the study of prehistoric societies.C. Zhoukoudian is a World Heritage Site.D. Zhoukoudian is in great need of protection.45. From the passage, we can infer that ___________.A. the work of excavating the Beijing Man Site has not proceeded smoothlyB. Beijing Man had a short lifeC. Beijing Man lived in the caves of LonggushanD. archaeologists found six complete skulls and more than 150 teeth in 1929BImagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He, since a very early age, has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy had any education?Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we were born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird’s nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn’t l ike before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as many as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you whether you are good at it.We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you canlearn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can’t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.46. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.A. African children are very poorB. some children are unluckyC. there are many kinds of educationD. schools are of great importance47. In the opinion of the writer, .A. we have to learn from the people around usB. the school is not important at allC. only people who care for us can teach usD. education takes place everywhere48. One can find out what he / she is good at by _.A. what people encourage him / her to doB. the teachings of those he / she meetsC. thinking about it when growing upD. trying and practicing things49. The passage tells us that _ .A. everyone gets education from the day he or she was bornB. different classes of people receive different kinds of educationC. the school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the worldD. everyone will find out what he or she is good at50. According to the last paragraph, we know that .A. the school is not so important as our living placesB. the school enables us to understand the world in other waysC. the school teaches us things which are useless at homeD. the school cannot prepare us for our daily livesCStudents who want to attend an American college or university must explain how they will pay for their education. They have to show that they will be able to pay for each year of study. Students have to consider not only the tuition, the cost of classes, but also meals and a place tolive in, which is known as room-and-board. They also need money for books and supplies. And they need money to spend on social activities and other things.Educational advisers say foreign students should have enough money in a local bank to pay for at least two months of expenditure. So how much will a year at an American school cost? Generally speaking, the answer is: a lot. A leading state university in the Pacific Northwest will serve as an example. The University of Washington says foreign students are paying more than $36,000 this year. This major research university currently has 2,600 foreign students from more than one hundred countries. There are many schools that cost less, but also others that cost more. Its web site says the University of Washington does not offer financial assistance to international students. This is generally true of American schools, especially at the undergraduate level.The international application for the university includes a Statement of Financial Responsibility that must be signed. Students must also provide a bank letter or statement from within the past six months. And they have to name someone who will help with payments. These people must send proof from a bank to show that they have the money. Your government or employer may be able to help you pay all or some of the college costs. A good idea is to ask at least eighteen months before you want to start classes in the United States.Our Foreign Student Services, including links to web sites discussed in our reports, can be found at . To learn more about higher education in America, the State Department has a special web site: .51. Students who are going to study in America must __________.A. buy their own textbooks themselvesB. prove that they can pay for their studyC. find a living place with a kitchenD. find someone to pay for their college fees52. Who is this speech probably given to?A. Students who are going to graduate from colleges.B. Students who are going to college in the US.C. Students who are going to apply for room-and-board.D. Students who can’t pay for their college study by themselves.53. The University of Washington __________________.A. has the highest fees of any collegeB. has the most foreign students of any college in the USC. is a key university in the Northwest of the USD. charges less than other colleges in the Northwest of the US54. What is NOT a must if you, a foreign student, apply for the university in the US?A. Apply eighteen months before you want to start.B. A signed Statement of Financial Responsibility.C. People who will help you pay for the study should provide a bank proof.D. A bank letter from within the past six months.55. What is the speaker’s purpose in this speech?A. To tell foreign students that money is the most important thing in the US.B. To advise foreign students to apply as soon as possible so as to have more chances.C. To state some requirements that foreign students should pay attention to when applying for colleges.D. To tell people about the present situation of foreign students in the US.第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下面的餐馆介绍以及顾客的资料，为他/她们选择适合的餐馆。