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重庆八中20132014学年度（上）半期考试高二年级英语试题本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。第一卷（三部分，共120分）第一部分听力（共二节，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，并标在试题卷的相应位置。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. what does the man think of watching tv? a. it helps people kill time. b. it makes people less active. c. it keeps people well-informed.2. what does the woman mean? a. shell use her bike soon. b. she lent her bike out. c. shell borrow a bike.3. what does the man think of the woman? a. she is poorly dressed. b. shes got too many dresses. c. she should buy a dress for betty.4. whats going to be difficult for the man? a. making good coffee. b. working at home quietly. c. choosing a birthday gift.5. what are the speakers discussing? a. whether to go on a holiday. b. how to pay for the house. c. whether to find a better job.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 请听下面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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，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。6. who is mr. li? a. the womans co-worker. b. the womans secretary. c. the womans boss.7. what does mr. li want to talk to the woman about? a. a job offer.b. a big sale.c. a new department.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. what is the man doing now? a. trying to find a job. b. traveling around the world. c. teaching english for money.9. where will the man be working? a. in an australian school.b. in a shipping company. c. in a foreign trading firm.10. what will the speakers do together in the evening? a. go sightseeing in the city. b. eat in a chinese restaurant. c. have a home-made dinner.听第8段材料，回答第11至12题。11. what do the speakers decide to do? a. ask carrie for help.b. buy a huge cake.c. play cards.12. who will probably get surprised at the party? a. maggie.b. the man. c. jackie.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what kind of families can be possibly chosen as home-stay families? a. good at cooking. b. close to the school. c. with international background.14. what can an international student expect in a home-stay family? a. a bathroom of their own. b. no choice of meals. c. a shared bedroom.15. what is the main advantage of staying with a home-stay family? a. learning the language better. b. having more freedom. c. going to school early.16. what should the student do to get along with the family? a. cook for the family. b. keep his or her habits. c. follow the house rules. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. whats the purpose of the program? a. to plan a nice weekend. b. to prepare for new years day.c. to celebrate the start of a vacation.18. what are the children going to do? a. look for the hidden gifts. b. hide around the building. c. have a group discussion.19. what are the children required to do before going out of the building? a. wait at a corner. b. give their names at a desk. c. stay together with their parents.20. who will go out of the building through the double doors? a. the preschool children. b. the third grade children. c. the fourth grade children.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. put these books away, please. they are _ great value. a. to b. for c. in d. of 22. there _ some different opinions on this matter.a. exists b. is existedc. existd. are existing23. the difficulty we had _ to the local life has now been removed. a. adaptation b. to adaptc. adaptedd. adapting24. it is required that the committee _ the plan before the coming christmas.a. presentb. presentsc. will presentd. presented 25.students _, as the school rule says, to stay out after 10 pm. a. forbidding b. are forbidden c. have forbidden d. forbidden 26. - why _ you trust mary instead of me, ms morrison? - sorry, jack, another 5 classmates replies are the same as marys. a. mayb. mustc. shalld. would 27. traveling in the attractive town, i found an ancient temple _ by hills and a clear stream. a. surround b. to surround c. surrounded d. surrounding28. - i cant afford a ticket for jay zhous concert on nov. 2nd. - _. why not turn to mr li for help? he may offer us a part-time job. a. never mind b. thats settled c. go for it d. dont mention it29. _ you devote yourself to the english study will you make rapid progress.a. if only b. on condition thatc. only ifd. unless30. i love _ when dreams find their way home. a. itb. themc. /d. that31. -i didnt finished my ppt because my computer crashed yesterday.-you _ your fathers. he wasnt using it.a. ought to borrow b. neednt have borrowedc. had better not borrow d. could have borrowed32. - it is said that jake is still working into the murder case. - really? i thought he _ it.a. is dropping b. dropsc. has droppedd. had dropped33. we will take action immediately _ you believe israeli actions are against us interests. a. what b. where c. which d. that34. - sorry, your name me for the moment. - thats all right. im frank. a. escapes b. supports c. runs d. covers35. - when shall we leave for shanghai? - not until we _ all the details. a. will settle b. have settled c. are settling d. settled第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a the keeper of the riveran old man had been working for many years for a town. his job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby. quietly and 36 , the old man guarded the hills, 37 the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have 38 and polluted the fresh flow of water. elegant swans（天鹅）were seen floating along the clear river and the view was so beautiful 39 wordsyears passed. one evening, the town committee met. as they reviewed the budget(预算), one mans eye caught sight of the salary 40 being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river. he asked, who is the old man? why do we 41 to employ him? no one in town ever sees him. for all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isnt doing his job. his position isnt 42 any longer.” then they voted to 43 the man. for several weeks, nothing changed.by early autumn, small 44 broke off and fell into the pools of the hills, slowing the 45 of the shining water. within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible smell was soon 46 . swans left. the only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness. never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job, or life. they may all make a 47 .36a. regularlyb. suddenlyc. naturallyd. actually37a. cutb. burnedc. removedd. selected38a. carriedb. blockedc. changedd. poured39a. beyondb. withinc. in case of d. by means of40a. listb. informationc. figured. picture41a. promiseb. continuec. stopd. want42a. powerfulb. importantc. necessaryd. suitable43a. findb. firec. supportd. forget44a. swansb. dirtc. flowersd. branches45a. flowb. soundc. smelld. direction46a. decreasedb. raisedc. seend. sensed47a. suggestionb. differencec. progressd. decisionbfeeling stupid is often the result of something that was said that didnt make much sense. its often because the speaker wasnt 48 very well to what was being said, or they opened their mouth before they 49 what the conversation was really about. this results in a feeling of being stupid. 50 , its not really ignorance. it is just speaking before thinking.if you are one who often ends up feeling less 51 than you should be, stop and think before you open your 52 . often, the conversation is deeper than you realize it, and thats why when you jump into the conversation, you end up feeling stupid. in other words, you are 53 to think before you speak.if this 54 to you a lot, make a promise to yourself not to open your mouth without thinking. as you get better about not speaking before thinking, your feelings of being stupid will 55 .48. a. listeningb. seeingc. usedd. related49. a. askedb. demandedc. realizedd. watched50. a. in additionb. howeverc. in totald. finally51. a. foolishb. proudc. confidentd. intelligent52. a. armsb. eyesc. booksd. mouth53. a. supposedb. forcedc. encouragedd. requested54. a. approachesb. happensc. suffersd. sticks55. a. increaseb. appearc. decreased. respond第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。akaty johnson hit her forehead into a tree branch while walking and texting on her cell phone a couple of weeks ago.“im pretty sure i was replying to two texts at a time,” the 18-year-old girl said, recalling one text was from her dad and one from a friend.“i was just so devoted to the texts that i just walked right into it.”there appear to be a growing number of serious injuries that occur when people use their cell phones to send text messages while also doing something else, such as walking. bill haselow, an emergency physician, said the risks are real. he treated two serious texting-while-walking injuries at the mequon hospital in the past few months. both teens suffered a broken nose after falling face first on a sidewalk.if youre over 25 or so, it might be hard to appreciate the popularity of exchanging word messages that you compose and read on the screen of your cell phone. but theres no doubt they have an attraction.perez, a new college graduate, said the number of text messages she sends and receives easily exceeds the number of calls she makes and receives on her cell. perez said her bills show she typically sends 3,000 texts per month, or an average of 100 per day.perez said she favors texting because its less formal than calling someone and because its easier to communicate while doing another activity although she is aware now that texting and walking arent always easy to do together.“i only talk on the phone if i really have to,” perez said.the popularity of cell phones has led to efforts to limit their use. illinois is considering a ban on walkers using wireless devices while crossing streets. and wisconsin passed a bill to forbid text messaging by drivers.but dont expect laws to change addiction er, habits.56. the underlined “it” in paragraph 3 refers to _. a. the textb. the phonec. the branchd. the friend57. the most suitable title for the passage is _. a. a fantastic lifestyle: texting, not callingb. a new danger: texting while walkingc. texting: easier and less formald. texting while walking? no way!58. according to the author, _. a. its nothing serious to text while walkingb. texting and walking are easy to do togetherc. laws wont help much to change the present situationd. its crazy that so many people get injured while texting59. it can be inferred from the passage that _. a. katy was reading two messages when she ran into a treeb. perez makes more calls than sending messages on cell phonesc. emergency physicians dont allow drivers to text while they are drivingd. sending messages on the phone is attractive to both teenagers and youthsbinternational studies (ba)key featuresrecognizes the “global community”(国际社会)has close connections with practical researchmuch of the teaching is done in small discussion groups about the coursethe course gives you chances to know great power politics between nation states. it will provide more space to study particular issues such as relationship among countries in the european union, third world debt, local and international disagreement, and the work of such international bodies as the united nations, the european union, nato, and the world bank.the course puts theories into the working of the international system with close attention to particular countries. you will also have a better knowledge of methods of solving the international problems.related(相关的) coursesba(hons) community managementba(hons) public policy and managementemployment possibilitiesinternational organizationsinternational businessearth science(bsc)key featuresbased on key courses and the latest research findingspays much attention to practical skillsoffers chances for fieldwork(实地考察)about the coursethe demand for natural resources is becoming an increasingly serious problem for the future of mankind. graduates in earth science will play an important role in meeting this demand, and in knowing the meaning of using the natural resources.the course covers geography and geology. you will carry out fieldwork in the uk and possibly overseas, and a research in an area of interest to you in the final year.related coursesbsc(hons) geographybsc(hons) geologyemployment possibilitiesmineral, oil, water or other related engineering industries60. international studies is a course in_.a. international politicsb. international businessc. international systemsd. international bodies61. after taking the course of international studies, the students will_.a. become practical and open-mindedb. have a greater ability to discuss theoriesc. know how to settle international problemsd. have good jobs in any international organizations62. earth science, as described in the second text, _.a. is attractive because of the chances for fieldworkb. pays more attention to practical skills than theoriesc. is built on important courses and the results of recent studies d. encourages students to play a role in using natural resources63. it can be inferred that the above two texts are written for the students who_.a. enjoy research workb. plan to choose coursesc. study in the ukd. are interested in overseas fieldworkc in bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the childs acquisition(习得) of each new skill-the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. it is often attractive to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child: this might happen at any stage. a baby might be forced to use a toilet too early；a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. on the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself patents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. some may be especially strict in money matters. others are serious over times of coming home at night or being on time for meals. in general, the controls introduced represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the childs own happiness.as for the development of moral(道德) standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. to forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. if they are not sincere and do not practice what they support, their children may grow confused, and emotionally unsure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some degree fooled.a sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.64. eagerly watching the childs acquisition of new skills _. a. should be forbiddenb. is universal among parentsc. makes children feel defeated and worriedd. will make children bored with learning new things65. the second paragraph mainly tells us that _. a. parents are always very tough on their children at any time b. parental controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the community c. parental controls are different, not only adopted for kids benefitsd. parents vary in strictness towards their children according to the situation66. the word “precept” (line 3, para. 3) probably means “_”. a. thought b. punishment c. behavior d. instruction67. in moral matters, parents should _.a. obey the rules themselvesb. forbid things with no foundation in moralityc. consistently ensure the security of their childrend. realize the marked difference between adults and childrendif you walk slowly through downtown helsinki（赫尔辛基）during the day, taking in the splendid 19th century buildings, white boats and noise of passing trams, you will start to understand why it is called a city of two colors: white and blue.the sea is always present in helsinki. when you take a walk over the great open space of the central square, you will hear seabirds screaming. when you take the tram, suddenly and unexpectedly, you are faced with a calm, shining blue sea. you may notice that people in helsinki do not rush about as in other cities. instead, they walk along the roads, politely letting other people by.a usual way to see helsinki for the first tim