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重庆市沙坪坝区2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题（含解析）共10页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2.答选择题时，必须使用2b铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（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。1.how much rent a month was paid at first? a.$ 500. b.$ 200. c.$ 400.2.what does the man mean? a.the new teacher is sick. b.he hasnt met the new teacher yet. c.he didnt want to meet the new teacher.3.what is the probable relationship between the two speakers? a.customer and bookseller. b.student and librarian. c.teacher and student.4.what does the woman mean? a.the woman should get another job. b.the woman wont have to wait much longer. c.the woman was mistaken.5.what can we conclude from this conversation? a.the woman does not want to go to the movies. b.the man is too tired to go to the movies. c.the woman would love to go to the movies.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面五段对话或独白，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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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8题。6.what is the mans name? a.tom smith. b.tom white. c.tom addison.7.whats the rate for one person one night? a.$ 49. b.$ 59. c.$ 69.8.when shall the man check out? a.any time after 11 a.m. b.any time before 11 a.m. c.any time after lunch.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9.what does the woman want to do? a.invite mr. black and his family to have dinner together on friday. b.invite mr. black to have dinner together on friday. c.invite mr. black to play chess together on friday.10.what does mr. black plan to do on friday? a.play chess with his child. b.have dinner with his child. c.play chess with the woman.11.what will mr. black bring to the dinner? a.nothing. b.white wine. c.red wine.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12.what kind of tickets is the man going to buy? a.movie tickets. b.concert tickets. c.museum tickets.13.what kind of tickets is available? a.front seat tickets. b.back seat tickets. c.standing tickets.14.how much does the man pay for the tickets? a.8 pounds. b.16 pounds. c.60 pounds.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15.what is the man looking for? a.the police station. b.a drugstore. c.a bookstore.16.where is the closest bookstore? a.next door. b.next to a drugstore. c.about four blocks away.17.what does the woman suggest that the man buy? a.a guidebook. b.a police report. c.anything at a drugstore.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18.what is called a gap year? a.the one-year break between middle school and high school. b.the one-year break between high school and university. c.the one-year break between the third year and the fourth year in university.19.where will most gap-year students like to go? a.china. b.austria. c.australia.20.what is an important part of any gap year? a.to teach english to the locals. b.to do charity work in developing countries. c.to learn about the culture and society of other peoples.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，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a, b, c, d）中选出最佳选项。 a “lets have a journey. why not fly out and meet me, dad?” i say one day.my father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for ibm. his job filled his day, his thoughts, and his life. while he woke up and took a warm shower, i screamed under a freezing waterfall in peru. while he tied a tie and put on the same swiss watch, i rowed a boat across lake of the ozarks.my father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. he wants me to settle down, but now i want him to find an adventure.he agrees to travel with me through the national parks. we meet four weeks later in rapid city.“whats our first stop？” asks my father.“what time is it？”“still dont have a watch？”less than an hour away is mount rushmore. as he stares up at the four presidents carved in granite(花岗岩), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of a little boy.“unbelievable,” he says. “how was this done？”a film in the information center shows sculptor gutzon borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.we stare up and i ask myself, “would i ever devote my life to anything？”no directions, no goals. i always used to hear those words in my fathers voice. now i hear them in my own.the next day were at yellowstone national park, where we have a picnic.“did you ever travel with your dad？” i ask.“only once,” he says. “i never spoke much with my father. we loved each other but never said it. whatever he could give me, he gave.”that last sentence its probably the same thing id say about my father. and what id want my child to say about me. in glacier national park, my father says, “ive never seen water so blue.” i have, in several places of the world. i can keep traveling, i realize and maybe a regular job wont be as dull as i feared.weeks after our trip, i call my father. “the photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says. “weve got to take another trip like that sometime.”i tell him ive decided to settle down, and im wearing a watch.21. we can learn from paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _.a. was a very fashionable managerb. was unhappy with the authors lifestylec. got bored with his job so he retiredd. liked the authors collection of stamps22. what does the author realize at mount rushmore?a. he should pursue a specific aim in life.b. he should learn sculpture in the future.c. his father is as innocent as a little boy.d. his father is interested in sculpture.23. from the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author _a. wants his children to learn from their grandfatherb. hopes to give whatever he can to his fatherc. learns how to communicate with his fatherd. comes to understand what parental love means24. what could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?a. they decide to learn photography together.b. they begin to change their attitudes to life.c. the call solves their disagreements.d. the swiss watch has drawn them closer.【答案】 21b22a23d24b22. a推理判断题。根据文章中部we stare up and i ask myself, would i ever devote my life to anything?和no directions, no goals i always used to hear those words in my fathers voice. now i hear them in my own.可知之前父亲说我的生活里没有指导没有目标，之前的我经常听父亲这样对我说，而现在我听见了自己的声音。说明我对之前以前的生活方式产生了怀疑。认为自己的漂泊并没有个自己留下像mount rushmore上的塑像的有价值的东西。说明作者从此要为自己设立一个生活的目标了。这在文章最后一句也有了呼应。故a正确。考点：考查记叙文阅读bhave you ever considered why you begin yawning too when you see someone yawn? or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? well, apparently its because we have mirror neurons (神经元）in our brains.put simply, the existence of mirror neurons suggests that every time we see someone else do something, our brains imitate it whether or not we actually perform the same action. this explains a great deal about how, we learn to smile, talk, walk, dance or play sports. but the idea goes further: mirror neurons not only appear to explain physical actions, they also tell us that there is a biological basis for the way we understand other people.mirror neurons can undoubtedly be found all over our brains, but especially in the areas which relate to our ability to use languages, and to understand how other people feel. researchers have found that mirror neurons relate strongly to language. a group of researchers discovered that if they gave people sentences to listen to ( for example: “the hand took hold of the ball” ) , the same mirror neurons were triggered as when the action was actually performed (in this example, actually taking hold of a ball).any problems with mirror neurons may well result in problems with behavior. much research suggests that people with social and behavioral problems have mirror neurons which are not fully functioning. however, it is not yet known exactly how these discoveries might help find treatments for social disorders.research into mirror neurons seems to provide us with even more information regarding how humans behave and interact. indeed, it may turn out to be the equivalent (相等物）for neuroscience of what einsteins theory of relativity was for physics. and the next time you feel the urge to cough in the cinema when someone else does well, perhaps youll understand why.25.mirror neurons can explain _a. why we smile when we see someone else smileb. why we yawn when we see someone else stay up latec. why we cry when we are hurtd. why we cough when we suffer from a cold26. the underlined word triggered in the third paragraph probably means “_.a. built upb. broken upc. set offd. cut off27. we can learn from the passage that mirror neurons _.a. determine our knowledge and language abilitiesb. control human physical actions and feelingsc. result in bad behavior and social disordersd. relate to human behavior and interaction28.what is the passage mainly about?a. ways to find mirror neurons. b. problems of mirror neurons.c. functions of mirror neurons. d. existence of mirror neurons.【答案】 25a26c27d28c【名师点睛】本文考查了词义猜测题。词义猜测题是高考阅读理解中常考的题型，我们可以从以下几个方面着手解题：1、根据定义或上下文解释进行猜测有时短文中出现一个需要猜测其意义的词或短语，下面接着出现其定义或解释，这就是判断该词或短语意义的主要依据。2、根据同位关系进行猜测阅读中出现的难词有时后面紧跟一个同位语，对前面的词进行解释，这时可利用同位关系对前面或后面的词义或句意进行猜测。3、根据构词法（合成、派生、转化等）进行猜测在英语中，有很多词可以在前面加前缀，在后面加后缀，从而构成一个词，乍看起来，这个词可能是新词，但掌握了一定的构词知识，就不难猜出它的词义。4、根据因果关系进行猜测在一篇阅读文章中，根据原因可以预测结果，根据结果也可以找出原因。5、根据上下文的指代关系进行猜测文章中的代词it,that,this,he,him或them可以指上文提到的人或物，其中it和that还可以指一件事。有时代词指代的对象相隔较远，要认真查找；也有时需要对前面提到的内容进行总结，才能得出代词所指代的事。考点：考查说明文阅读cbook 1the moustache growers guidewritten by lucien edwards this guide, with tons of pictures and tips from professional competitors, will help men everywhere achieve the moustache of their dreams. included are instructions for how to grow and keep 30 classic and modern moustaches. crustache or pyramid looks sharp with skinny jeans and glasses.book 2moonwalking with einsteinwritten by joshua foeras a science reporter covering the us memory championship, foer became attracted by the secrets of the competitors, like the present world memory champion, ben pridmore. with the help of experts, foer learned how to transform the kinds of memories he forgot into the kind his brain remembered naturally. the skills he mastered made it easier to remember information, and foers story shows that the tricks of the masters can be mastered by anyone.book 3vaclav and lenawritten by haley yanner it introduces us to vaclav and lena, two russian kids who, even as teenagers, recognize that theyre in love with each other. the pair dreams of performing a magic show on the coney island, but just as theyre set to make their first performance, lena disappears. in the years that follow, vaclav never stops wondering where lena could be. then on her seventeenth birthday, the truth is uncovered.book 4the art of instructionwritten by katrien vanwall charts were fundamental tools of classroom instruction throughout europe in the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. collected here for the first item in one book are over 100 of these wonderful educational posters in the history of science, art, and design.book 5the hunger gameswritten by suzanne collinsin the ruins of a place once known as north america lies the nation of panem, a shining capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. longago the districts started war on the capitol and were defeated. and each district had to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called the hunger games, a fight to the death on live tv.sixteenyear-old katniss everdeen, who lives with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the games. the rules and level of audience participation may change but one thing is sure to continue: kill or be killed.29. according to the passage, crustache and pyramid are _.a. the names of two men b. two types of moustachesc. two clothing brands d. two professional competitors30. what can we know from the text?a. book 3 introduces the first successful magic show of a young couple.b. ben pridmore suffers greatly from his poor memory.c. joshua foer is the present world memory champion.d. there are a great many pictures in book 1 and book 4.31. which of the following words best describes katniss everdeens feeling?a. ashamed b. hopeless c. regretful d. relieved【答案】 29b30d31b考点：考查广告类阅读don the basis of cultural relativism, the values of artistic works are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions. such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.history has seen the endless productions of shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. it is never rare to find that mozart packs japanese concert halls, as japanese painter hiroshige does paris galleries. unique works of this kind are different from todays popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. they have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.in a 1757 essay, the philosopher david hume argued that because “the general principles of taste are uniform(不变的) in human nature, “the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. he observed that homer was still admired after two thousand years. works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art. for example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction. the structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before. research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist.32. according to the passage, what do we know about cultural relativism?a. it introduces different cultural values.b. it explains the history of artistic works.c. it excites the human mind throughout the world.d. it relates artistic values to local conditions.33. in paragraph 2, the artists are mentioned in order to show that _.a. popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great artsb. history gives art works special appeal to set them apartc. great works of art can go beyond national boundariesd. great artists are skilled at combining various cultures34. according to hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because _.a. they appeal to unchanging features of human natureb. they establish some general principles of artc. they are created by the worlds greatest artistsd. they are the results of scientific study35. which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?a. is cultural relativism scientific?b. are popular arts permanent?c. is human nature uniform?d. are artistic values universal?【答案】 32d33c34a35d34. a推理判断题。根据第三段第一句话in a 1757 essay, the philosopher david hume argued that because “the general principles of taste are uniform(不变的) in human nature, “the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent.提到可知david曾辩论到风格的原则上是没有变化的，所以一些艺术是可能会永生的，故选a项。35. d主旨大意题。本文主要从相对论的角度来说，艺术的价值只能反应当时的社会经济，但作者提出不同的观点，故选d项。考点：考查文化类阅读第二节（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。选项中有两项为多余选项。(特别提示：请将答案填在答题卷上，并在机读卡上的相应位置留出空白。)trust has been regarded as the basis of any relationship, including friendship. no relationship can last long with a lack of trust. not many of your friends will have real faith in you as you would like to believe. 36 sometimes, it takes years, even a complete lifetime, to trust someone. however, how do we know if our friends have faith in us? 37 with whom will you share things that you dont want everyone to know? it would be with a close friend, whom you trust as much as you trust yourself. while a few of your friend may be fiercely protective of their privacy and may not tell their secrets to anyone, those who do, surely find you trustworthy and reliable.whom do you look up to for advice when you need it the most? it has to be either your parents or your friends. 38 this is a shining example of trust. you only seek advice from people you hold in high regard and find dependable. the friends who trust you will never forget to include you in the important decisions of their life.arguments and heated discussions are a part of every relationship, and this is also true for friendship. 39 while some people find it difficult to forgive and forget, your friends will never have problems moving on. it is because they trust you and believe that you will never cause any pain to them on purpose.there are times in life when you find yourself a lonely soldier. 40 your friends will never let you down and will strongly stand for you when you need encouragement. you can determine that they trust you and believe in your beliefs, if they side with you when you need them the most.a. if your friends share their secrets, theres a good possibility that they have much faith in you.b. people can be extraordinarily jealous sometimes.c. two people cann