河北省唐山一中高二英语下学期期中试题 文.doc

唐山一中20142015学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷注意事项：1. 答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）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分，满分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 woman want to do?a. give the paper to the boss. b. stop working on the paper. c. finish the paper in three hours.2. how does the man come to the store?a. by car.b. on foot.c. by bike.3. what does the woman find difficult when learning english?a. vocabulary.b. grammar.c. pronunciation.4. what are the speakers talking about?a. animals.b. a tv programme.c. sports.5. what does the woman mean?a. she loves living in new york. b. it is convenient to live in new york. c. new yorks weather is bad.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）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，各小题给出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6至7题。6. what do the speakers agree?a. folk music is more beautiful than rock. b. heavy metal makes a lot of noise. c. hip hops rhythm is good.7. what are the speakers going to do tonight?a. talk more about music.b. go to a concert.c. listen to some rock music.听第7段材料， 回答8至10题。8. what does the man want to buy?a. trousers.b. a shirt.c. a dress.9. what colour shirt did the woman buy?a. red.b. black.c. white.10. where is the new department store?a. behind a bank.b. opposite a barbers.c. near a market.听第8段材料， 回答11至13题。11. what relation is the woman to jack steve?a. his college teacher.b. his shcoolmate.c. his former colleague.12. what does the man ask the woman to do?a. interview jack steve right now. b. give him some information on jack steve. c. persuade jack steve to work in his company.13. what is jack steves weakness?a. he is not creative. b. he forgets things sometimes. c. he lacks knowledge about the internet.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. what did david bardreth do in his early forties? a. he had his first novel published. b. he began to write poems and stories. c. he gave up writing.15. how did david bardreths friends feel when he left teaching? a. happy. b. understanding. c. puzzled.16. at what time does david bardreth usually start work? a. about 7:00 a.m. b. about 8:00 a.m. c. about 2:00 p.m.17. where does david bardreth prefer to get information when writing? a. from books. b. from friends. c. from the internet.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. how long have the speaker and her husband been married? a. for about 1.5 years.b. about 2.5 years.c. for about 4 years.19. why does the speaker find it hard to live in a village in england? a. she doesnt have any neighbours. b. she is not used to the quiet life there. c. she cant play any sports except tennis.20. what do we know about the speaker? a. she likes going to the pub. b. she will move to london. c. she wants to return to singapore.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，满分30分）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。aa girl became a volunteer in the activities of deathbed care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from an incurable disease with days numbered.the girl was assigned to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad. their living conditions were not satisfactory while the old man had a lot of savings. she was expected to comfort him and keep up his spirits.every saturday the girl came on time to keep him company, telling him stories. when he was having an intravenous drip (静脉滴注), she would help massage his arms. the doctor found the patient much improved mentally. the old man began to involve himself actively in the medical treatment and he seldom shouted at others.but something that happened made the doctor uneasy and puzzled. each time the girl left, the old man would give her some money. the doctor did nothing to interfere (干涉), unwilling to offend the old man. a month later the old man showed evident signs of decline after suffering coma (昏迷) a few times.when rescued from the latest coma, the old man told the doctor his last wish, “i have deep sympathy for the girl. will you be kind enough to help her finish her studies？”but the doctor knew that her family was well-off and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. sometimes she even came to the hospital in her fathers car.when the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man, the doctor told her the bad news. she was very sad and burst into tears. then she handed $ 500 to the doctor, saying, “the old man had all along thought i came to do the job because of poverty. he gave me money so that i could continue my schooling.” now he got the answer to the puzzle. in the last period of his life, the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl badly in need.21. if youre a volunteer in the activities of deathbed care, what kind of people do you have to attend to?a. patients with a lot of money.b. patients suffering from cancer.c. patients without many days left.d. patients living alone.22. what can we learn from the passage?a. the doctor told the old man the truth.b. the old mans children were wealthy.c. the girls father encouraged her to accept the money.d. the girl didnt accompany the old man when he died.23. what is the real reason resulting in the old mans mental improvement?a. the girls love and great care.b. the pleasure of helping people in need.c. the doctors medical treatment.d. his childrens progress in life.bthe peales were a famous family of american artists. charles willson peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the american revolution. he painted portraits of franklin and jefferson and over a dozen of george washington. his life-size portrait of his sons raphaelle and titian was so realistic that george washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.charles willson peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the peale museum, which he founded in philadelphia. the worlds first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. the museums most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which peale unearthed on a new york farm in 1801.three of peales seventeen children were also famous artists. raphaelle peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. his brother rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of george washington. another brother, rubens peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits. james peale, the brother of charles willson peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). his daughter sarah miriam peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in america.24. what is the main topic of the passage? a. the life of charles willson peale.b. portraits in the 18th century. c. the peale museum.d. a family of artists.25. the author mentions in paragraph 1 that washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that _. a. charles willson peales painting was very lifelike b. washington respected charles willson peales work c. washington was friendly with raphaelle and titian peale d. the painting of the two brothers was very large26. which of the following is not the child of charles willson peale? a. titian peale.b. rubens peale.c. raphaelle peale.d. sarah miriam peale.27. the authors attitude toward the peales is in general _.a. puzzled b. excited c. admiring d. disappointedcthe way we get about has a deep influence on the way we liveaffecting where we set up home, work and holiday. so what changes might come in the way we get around? what big ideas are out there, and do they have any chance of coming true?personal air travelthe idea: flying carsdevelopments in light small plane technology will make it possible for everyone to own what are, in fact, flying cars. they will have closed cabins, heating, stereos and room for two people.you will take off from a field near your home and fly to towns and cities. after landing, you will take off the fixed wing and continue your journey by road just as if you were traveling by car.fuel efficient engines and the advantage of being able to travel in the sky will keep costs and the environmental influence down.flying for funthe idea: jet packsthe idea was a hit when a stuntman (特技演员) flew around on one during the opening ceremony of the 1984 los angeles olympics, which was very successful.youll be able to use the equipmentroughly the size of two scuba tanks fastened to your backfor short journeys.they will be handy for cleaning hard-to-reach windows, arriving in style at a party and shopping.taxisthe idea: driverless taxisthese computer-controlled taxis will take you wherever you want along a fixed route, whenever you want to go.for the price of one persons bus fare, several people can ride at speeds of up to 25 mph, and there will be fences to guard against accidents.there will be little, if any, wait for the use of the taxis, which will leave from stations and will be used by prepaid cards.the taxis, which will travel on a 1.5 m-wide track, will use 75% less energy per passenger than a car and 50% less than a bus.28. the passage is mainly about _. a. future travel b. big ideas and dreams c. advanced technology d. the influence of travel 29. we learn from the passage that flying cars _. a. will operate only in the sky b. will be more expensive than common cars c. will have few bad effects on the environment d. wont be equipped with things similar to what cars have30. with jet packs, we can do all the following except _. a. attend a party b. clean high windows c. go shopping d. have a long journey31. as for driverless taxis, we can infer that _.a. we can go wherever we want in them b. they will be both convenient and safe c. it costs more to take them than to take ordinary cars d. they will be operated by computers as well as by people dopposition is growing to the berlin zoos plans to find a new home for knut, the moneymaking celebrity polar bear whose popularity has been exploited by environmentalists and even canadian tourism promoters.no longer cute, and just days before his second birthday, knut will be given a new home that is expected to include a potential mating partner.the berlin zoo, facing the global economic crisis, cant afford the estimated $ 13 million it would take to acquire a female and a new home for them to share. “its time for him to gothe sooner he gets a new home the better,” said senior bear keeper heiner kloes.but some berliners are beginning a campaign, collecting petition (情愿书) signatures and arguing that hes a tourist draw and a symbol as important as the brandenburg gate. “he means a lot to many people. when youre with him you forget your problems,” hartmut wiedenroth, co-founder of the campaign, told spiegel online.knut became an international celebrity in 2007, drawing huge crowds to his cage and triggering sales of thousands of knut toys and knut-shaped candies.the vancouver-based canadian tourism commission made knut a major part of its “canadakeep exploring” campaign to draw tourists to the country and especially to polar bear country in northern manitoba to see them in their natural habitat. environmentalists also used the bear to promote the fight against global warming.but knuts popularity diminished as his size increased to 210 kilograms, he was photographed at one point snapping (咬) at a child near his cage. in september his keeper, thomas doerflein, died of a heart attack. doerflein, who became a celebrity himself after nursing the tiny ball of white fur when knuts mother rejected him, had been re-assigned shortly after knuts first birthday. some animal rights critics said knut has been showing unusually aggressive behavior because of his unnatural upbringing.32. the berlin zoo intends to find a new home for knut mainly because of .a. the mother bear deserting him b. knuts aggressive behaviorc. lacking a skillful bear keeper d. its financial problem33. a campaign is being launched in berlin .a. in order to keep knut in the zoob. by selling knut-shaped candiesc. to draw tourists to northern manitobad. to warn people of global warming34. the underlined word “triggering” in paragraph 5 can be replaced by “ ”.a. decreasing b. preventing c. promoting d. conducting 35. what would be the best title for the passage?a. doerflein, a celebrity of germanyb. zoo says knut must go c. the polar bear capital of the world d. polar bears in canada 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。（如果所用的答题卡没有e、f、g选项，则选e涂a、b，选f涂a、c，选g涂a、d。）kids health: four steps for fighting stresseverybody gets stressed from time to time. 36 some ways of dealing with stresslike screaming or hitting someonedont solve much. but other ways, like talking to someone you trust, can lead you to solving your problem or at least feeling better.try taking these four steps the next time you are stressed:(1)get support. when you need help, reach out to the people who care about you. talk to a trusted adult, such as a parent or other relatives. 37 they might have had similar problems, such as dealing with a test, or the death of a beloved pet.(2)dont take it out on yourself. sometimes when kids are stressed and upset they take it out on themselves. oh, dear, thats not a good idea. remember that there are always people to help you. dont take it out on yourself. 38 (3)try to solve the problem. after youre calm and you have support from adults andfriends, its time to get down to business. 39 even if you cant solve it all, you can solve a piece of it.(4)be positive. most stress is temporary (暂时的). remember stress does go away, especially when you figure out the problem and start working on solving it.these steps arent magic, but they do work. and if you can stay positive as you makeyour way through a tough time, youll help yourself feel better even faster. 40 a. ask for a helping hand to get you through the tough situation.b. notice your friends feelings and find a way to help them.c. different people get rid of stress in different ways.d. ah, it feels so good when the stress is gone.e. you need to figure out what the problem is.f. and dont forget about your friends.g. then, find a way to calm down.第三部分：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）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。when i entered berkeley, i hoped to earn a scholarship. having been a straight-a student, i believed icould 41 tough subjects and really learn something. one such course was world literature given by professor jayne. i was extremely interested in the ideas he 42 in class.when i took the first exam, i was 43 to find a 77, c-plus, on my test paper, 44 english wasmy best subject. i went to professor jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 45 .i decided to try harder, although i didnt know what that 46 because school had always been easyfor me. i read the books more carefully, but got another 77. again, i 47 with professor jayne. again, he listened patiently but wouldnt change his 48 . one more test before the final exam. one more 49 to improve my grade. so i redoubled my effortsand, for the first time, 50 the meaning of the word “thorough”. but my 51 did no good and everything 52 as before.the last hurdle (障碍) was the final. no matter what 53 i got, it wouldnt cancel three c-pluses. i might as well kiss the 54 goodbye.i stopped working hard. i felt i knew the course material as well as i ever would. the night before thefinal, i even 55 myself to a movie. the next day i decided for once id have 56 with a test.a week later, l was surprised to find i got an a. i hurried into professor jaynes office. he 57 to beexpecting me. “if igave you the as you 58 , you wouldnt continue to work as hard.”i stared athim, 59 thathisanalysisandstrategy (策略) were correct. i had worked my head 60 , as i had never done before.i was speechless when my course grade arrived: a-plus. it was the only a-plus given. the next yeari received my scholarship. ive always remembered professor jaynes lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.41.a. takeb. discussc. coverd. get42.a. soughtb. presentedc. exchangedd. obtain