福建省安溪第一中学高二英语下学期期中试题 (2).doc

安溪一中2014-2015学年高二下学期期中考英语试题 (满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟)第i卷（满分110分）第一部分 听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节 听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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. what does the man imply about mary?a. shes already been to the exhibit.b. she had difficulty getting tickets.c. she wanted to get tickets for everybody.2. where does the man want to go?a. london.b. paris.c. new york.3. where does the conversation most probably take place?a. at a party.b. at a meeting.c. in a post office.4. what do the two speakers mainly talk about?a. the rain.b. the jacket.c. the climate.5. what can we learn about the woman?a. she hardly understood the lecture.b. she totally disliked the lecture.c. she helped the american students understand the lecture.第二节 听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出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、7题。6. what color is alices hair now?a. black.b. gray.c. blond.7. how does alice do her art now?a. by hands.b. by cameras.c. by computer.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. what is the man going to do?a. go shopping.b. meet steve.c. write an article.9. where will the two speakers meet?a. at the supermarket.b. at the zoo.c. at the sandwich bar.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. why is the woman going to the united states?a. to see her parents.b. to work there.c. to visit her grandparents.11. how long will the woman stay there?a. fifteen weeks.b. half a year.c. a year.12. what is the cheapest transportation in the us according to the man?a. car.b. train.c. bus.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. which game are the two speakers going to watch?a. china against japan.b. england against germany.c. thailand against malaysia.14. who booked the tickets?a. mary.b. toby.c. may.15. what do we know about english footballers?a. they will never be beaten.b. they pay more attention to famous footballers.c. they always have younger team players.16. what is still unclear?a. when the match will start.b. which country china will play against.c. which team the english footballers will beat.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. why is the school called a free school?a. the school is open every day, except weekends.b. the children dont have to go to school every day.c. the children have the freedom to choose what and how to learn.18. what might miss green be?a. a cook.b. a math teacher.c. a driving teacher.19. when will the students have a school meeting?a. on monday morning.b. on wednesday afternoon.c. on sunday night.20. what do the children sometimes do on friday?a. visit the museum.b. prepare lunch together.c. do the washing-up.第二部分 语言知识应用（共两节，满分40分）第一节 语法和词汇知识（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21. just as the clothes a person wears, the friends with whom he spends his time, as well as his house, can _ his personality.a. resembleb. strengthenc. reflectd. shape22. _ the old mans sons wanted to know was _ the gold had been hidden. a. what; whereb. that; what c. what; that d. that; which23. my schedule this may is so _ that i dont have time to go exercising.a. firm b. tight c. bent d. transparent24. admiring the beauty of the yellow stone park, he paid a visit to it _ while in america.a. at random b. on purposec. at all costs d. at any rate25. robert is said _ abroad, but i dont know which country he studied in.a. to be studyingb. having studied c. to study d. to have studied26. guess what, weve got our visas for a short-term visit to the uk this summer. how nice! you _ a different culture then.a. will have experienced b. have experiencedc. will be experiencing d. are experiencing27. its really a surprise that the manager should have no idea about the plan.of course he doesnt, for the plan was made in his _.a. absence b. presence c. announcement d. analysis28. the incomes of skilled workers went up. _, unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.a. moreover b. meanwhile c. therefore d. otherwise29. not _ of the change of the time, jessica arrived late at the meeting. a. to be informedb. having informed c. to have been informedd. having been informed30. _ you leave so early?yes. _ i not arrive home before 10 oclock, my dad would get crazy at me. a. must; should b. can; shouldc. should; mightd. need; might第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。its a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes, and candies. the young man behind the counter knows his 31 by name and what they normally want to buy. he treats children and adults with equal 32 . he reads science fiction behind the counter when business is 33 .one day, three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could, 34 not intending to pay for it. he hit the “panic button” and then went over the counter and 35 the front door. it was obvious they were homeless, and equally obvious that they werent going 36 with their ill-gotten gains. they 37 the food and simply crowded together in panicknowing the police were 38 the way.imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didnt have to steal if they were that 39 . “we have food in the back, expired(到期) but still 40 to eat. if you need food, you 41 have some.”they were told to 42 what they had dropped and put it back, then asked to straighten out the mess. they were doing just that 43 the police arrived. the officers were told the situation was under control and the police were no longer 44 .this wasnt what they had 45 . they were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong theyd done. shocked, they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up.soon three 46 people walked out with all the 47 their arms could hold. they were 48 that, if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab.and then the young man went back to reading until the next customer came in. he would be the 49 person in the world to claim he was a hero. but he gave three people something they were in desperate need ofa 50 amount of self-respect and a little bit of hope.31. a. passengersb. customersc. neighbors d. friends32. a. offence b. pridec. wisdom d. respect33. a. slow b. busyc. heavy d. swift34. a. hardly b. obviously c. bravely d. reasonably35. a. opened b. struckc. locked d. broke36. a. nowhere b. somewherec. anywhere d. everywhere37. a. hid b. liftedc. swallowed d. dropped38. a. in b. onc. off d. by39. a. anxious b. cautiousc. courageous d. hungry40. a. safe b. easyc. sweet d. unique41. a. must b. canc. should d. need42. a. take in b. hand inc. pick up d. put up43. a. when b. afterc. before d. since44. a. controversialb. necessaryc. reliable d. significant45. a. wanted b. declaredc. expected d. admired46. a. more fierce b. more dedicatedc. cleaner d. quicker47. a. food b. cigarettesc. drinks d. money48. a. ensured b. warnedc. ordered d. reminded49. a. best b. worstc. first d. last50. a. large b. smallc. fair d. full第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分45分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。awhen it comes to learning a foreign language, many people wonder if they will be able to memorize enough vocabulary. but this question never happens about their mother tongue, and yet, it was a foreign language once. however, among all the questions that new parents ask, no doctor has ever heard: “will my baby be able to learn my language?” be honest. do you know all the words of your mother tongue? the answer is: “no”. new words, and new ways of using old words, appear every day. twenty years ago, who would have been able to understand a sentence like this: “click here to download your digital book”? nobody. you never stop learning new vocabulary and you never know how long you will need it.sometimes, you have the word on the tip of your tongue . and it sticks there! but you do know this phenomenon and dont think that it is because of a bad memory. you should not give this phenomenon more importance in the language you are learning than in your mother tongue. you need to learn only 2,000 or so basic words to be able to create any phrase you need. you cant avoid some work in order to learn these necessary words and all the more if you want to learn quickly. and before you consider buying into any method, be sure it is right for you. it is not wise to depend on any method based upon memotechnics (记忆术). the first words seem very easy to learn; so, you buy the course; but then you discover quickly, though too late, that a dozen words later, it is all the more difficult to learn a new word when you have also to learn the trick to memorize it. 51. from the first paragraph, we know that _. a. it is honest to answer “no” to a question you dont know b. a baby can know all the new words of its mother tongue c. there is no need to know all the words of a foreign language d. people find it hard to memorize vocabulary of their language 52. the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 probably means _. a. you are not sure of the wordb. you just fail to remember the wordc. you have no courage to speak the wordd. you darent open your mouth to speak the word 53. to learn a foreign language, the author advises you _. a. to learn at least 2,000 necessary wordsb. to pay more attention to your bad memoryc. to keep up with new ways of using old words d. to remember new words according to memotechnics 54. the underlined phrase “buying into” in paragraph 3 probably means _. a. purchasingb. submittingc. attainingd. adopting55. the passage is mainly about _. a. using old words in a new way b. learning new words from the context c. finding a method to memorize vocabulary d. learning vocabulary of a foreign languagebfuture studies, also known as futurology or foresight, involves the study of the past and present to make educated guesses about the future. the data gathered from these studies can be used to predict possible or probable future events or situations. it can also be used to design a way to reach preferable future conditions.many people believe that history is cyclical, or that certain circumstances will be seen again and again. this is the principle（原则）that future studies are based on. searching history and present times for patterns can allow future forecasters a way to predict the future. a lot of future studies use cause and effect. for example, if a government is being unjust（不公平的）or is unpopular with the citizens of that country, the current government is either changed or overthrown. this has been hundreds of times throughout history, will probably be a pattern seen a hundred times more.there are numerous（无数的）applications for future studies. one possible application is as a way to predict future fashion and design fads (时尚). the fashion market typically needs to work 18 months in advance, allowing the designers time to design, advertise, and manufacture the future styles. the stock（股票）market is another area where futurology is used. determining which companies are likely to become successful, and which ones are heading for bankruptcy, requires the ability to use future studies correctly.some say that future studies can not predict long-term events and trends in the way that it could a decade ago. global changes in technology, communication, and marketing have resulted in scenarios (情况) that no one could have predicted. change is happening at a faster pace than ever before in history. it will be difficult to foresee future trends because of these changes. new future studies professionals will need to be able to consider these new trends carefully before creating their predictions.56. the author starts the article by _. a. telling a storyb. offering figuresc. making comparisonsd. providing a definition（定义）57. according to the passage, the basis of futurology is _. a. cause and effectb. the belief that history is cyclical c. how people see the pastd. studying history for patterns 58. what is mainly discussed in para.3? a. the practical use of future studies.b. the development of future studies. c. how to learn future studies effectively.d. how to predict future events correctly.59. the underlined word “bankruptcy” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _. a. failureb. dilemmac. starvationd. fortune60. according to the last paragraph, some people believe that it is _. a. necessary to predict future changes in the world b. impossible and unnecessary to predict the future c. now more difficult to predict the future than befored. wise now to use the old way to predict the futurecthe olympic games are seen as the greatest test of an athletes ability and are supposed to celebrate the spirit of fair play. but in fact, sportsmen have been using drugs to cheat their way to victory since the games first began.in the early years, athletes ate mushrooms and plant seeds to improve their performance. nowadays, this kind of cheating has a name doping.just last month, britains top sprinter（赛跑选手）dwain chambers and several american athletes tested positive for the drug thg. until a coach（教练）secretly gave a sample of thg to scientists, no one knew how to test for it.“were like the police chasing criminalsathletes are always adapting and looking for areas we havent investigated（调查）,” said jacquew de ceaurriz, a french anti-doping expert.since the first drugs test was carried out at the 1968 olympics in mexico city, many cheats have been caught out. the most famous case in history is that of canadian sprinter ben johnson. he broke the 100 meters world record in winning gold at the 1988 seoul olympics. but days later, he tested positive for drug use, lost his gold medal and was banned from the sport. five years later, he returned to actiononly to be found positive again and banned forever.china has also had problems with drug cheats. at the 1994 asian games, 11 chinese athletesseven of them swimmerstested positive for banned drugs. sports organizations promised that cheating on this scale（规模）would not happen again.experts are also worried that doping can damage a persons health. it is believed to increase the risk of liver and kidney diseases, and women may experience reproductive（生育）problems. as long as they can stay ahead of the scientists, it is unlikely the cheats will stop. but experts say there is a limit to what can be achieved and that athletes will not be able to change their bodies using gene technology.“for the moment, genetic doping does not exist,” said de ceaurriz. “even in 10 or 15 years it will not be done easilythe scientific community will not let it happen.”61. we can know from the passage that _.a. athletes used to eat mushrooms and plant seeds to keep healthyb. scientists knew about thg with the help of a coachc. 11 chinese swimmers were caught doping at the 1994 asian gamesd. genetic doping has changed the bodies of some athletes 62. how many countries are mentioned in the passage in which there were athletes doping?a. two.b. four.c. six. d. eight.63. we can infer from the passage that _.a. problems with drug cheats are still serious though they are severely testedb. scientists get a lot of information about drugs before the athletes take dopingc. taking doping will never happen again because of the serious testd. few athletes used drug cheats before the 1968 olympics64. which statement of the following is true?a. the drug test was carried out until the 1968 olympics.b. ben johnson was banned from sports forever after the 1988 seoul olympics.c. many police are sent to chase criminals of taking doping during the olympic games.d. there is the possibility that women athletes taking doping will give no birth to a child.65. which of the following would be the best title for the passage?a. the damages caused by dopingb. research on cheating by gene technologyc. fighting against cheating at the olympic gamesd. police caught athletes doping at the olympic gamesdwhat will man be like in the futurein 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? we can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.let us take an obvious example. man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. now, on average, men are about three inches taller. five hundred years is relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brains capacity. as time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! this is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.nowadays our eyes are in constant use. in fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. but over very long period of time it is likel