浙江省效实中学高二英语下学期期中试题新人教版(1).doc

宁波效实中学 高二英语期中试卷i. 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1. experts think that _ recently discovered painting may be_ picasso. a. the; ab. a; thec. a; /d. the; /2. according to a un report, one third of the world population have no _ to clean drinking water and health care. a. meansb. approachesc. waysd. access3. ruth sold most of her belongings. she has hardly_ left in her house. a. anythingb. nothingc. everythingd. something4. the performance of the host, _ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however. a. had intendedb. intendedc. intendingd. to intend5. _ for the doctors careful treatment, he _ till last year. a. if it is not; cant liveb. were it not; couldnt live c. had it not been; couldnt have livedd. if it were not; wouldnt live6. _, i lost heart in english learning, but my teacher said to me, “keep on working hard, and youll succeed _.” a. at a time; in timeb. at one time; in time c. at a time; on timed. at one time; on time7. _ on rescuing her sick son, the poor mother has been working 16 hours a day. a. to bendb. being bentc. having bentd. bent8. -what makes you decide to buy a new house in the town?-this town is _ pollution. a. far fromb. apart fromc. free fromd. away from 9. he put up a picture of yao ming beside the bed to keep himself _ of his own dreams. a. remindedb. remindingc. to remindd. remind10. he didnt take the airplane from malaysia to beijing, otherwise he _ his life. a. would loseb. had lostc. would have lostd. will lose11. jane tried to keep up a calm appearance, but her trembling voice _ her _. a. gave; inb. gave; outc. gave; upd. gave; away12. id rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _ a room with others. a. to shareb. sharec. sharedd. sharing13. the school shop, _ customers are mainly students, is closed during class time. a. which b. wherec. whose d. when14. i dont think the flowers of war by zhang yimou is popular among teenagers, _? a. are theyb. isnt itc. do id. is it15. -peter, where did you guys go for the summer vacation? -we _ busy with our work for months, so we went to the beach. a. wereb. had beenc. have beend. will beii. 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）i arrived in the classroom，ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my english literature classhaving taught in the us for 17 years，i had no 16 about my ability to hold their attention and to 17on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tonguei was shocked when the monitor shouted，“ 18 !” the entire class rose as i entered the room，and i was somewhat 19 about how to get them to sit down again，but once that awkwardness (尴尬) was over，i quickly 20 calmness and began what i thought was a factpacked lecture，sure to gain their respectperhaps 21 their admirationi went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a(n) 22 of achievementmy students 23 diarieshowever，as i read them，the happy mood was gradually 24 by a strong sense of sadnessthe first diary said, “our literature teacher didnt teach us anything today 25 her next lecture will be better”greatly surprised，i read diary after diary，each expressing a 26 theme“didnt i teach them anything? i described the entire philosophical framework (哲学体系) of western thought and laid the historical 27 for all the works well study in class，” i complained“how 28 they say i didnt teach them anything?”it was a long term，and it 29 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 30 of my studentsi thought a teachers job was to raise 31 questions and provide enough background so that students could 32 their own conclusionsmy students thought a teachers job was to provide 33 information as directly and clearly as possiblewhat a difference!34 ，i also learnt a lot，and my experience with my chinese students has made me a35 american teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture16acertainty bidea cdoubt dexperience17aimpress bput cleave dfix18aattention blook out cat ease d. stand up19apuzzled bsure ccurious dworried20afound breturned cregained dfollowed21amore beven cyet dstill22athought bsense cemotion didea23ashared bborrowed ckept dread24. a. replaced b. taken c. caught d. moved25anaturally bperhaps cfortunately dreasonably26adifferent bsame csimilar dusual27ahappenings bcharacters cdevelopment dbackground28ashould bneed cwill dmust29aimmediately bcertainly csimply dgradually30athat bwhat cthose dones31adifficult binteresting cordinary dunusual32adraw bget cdecide dgive33astrange bstandard cexact dserious34atherefore bhowever cbesides dthough35astricter bhappier cworse dbetteriii. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）athere is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.one day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. the young girl carefully released the butterfly. instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. the young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.“for your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “i will give you any wish you would like.” the little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “i want to be happy.” the fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. then the fairy disappeared.as the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. everyone asked her the secret of happiness. she would only smile and answer, “the secret of my happiness is that i listened to a good fairy when i was a little girl.”when she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, believing that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “tell us, please,” they begged, “tell us what the good fairy said.” the lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “she told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”36.noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl _. a. helped the butterfly escape from the thorn b. felt sad, but she didnt go up to help it c. fell down on it too d. failed to help it release from the thorn37.the butterfly _ after it was saved by the little girl. a. flew away b. still died c. changed into a fairy d. was more beautiful than before38.the only thing that the little girl wanted was_. a. to be rich b. to have her own parents c. to have a lot of friends d. to be happy39.the neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because _. a. they loved this woman deeply and they didnt want her to die b. the woman had lots of money to be shared after she died c. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happinessd. they wanted to pray for her after her death bmoney matters for studentsgetting a grant（补助）who pays?the local education authority (lea) for the area in which the student is living.who can get this money?anyone who gets a place on a first degree course, although a student who has already attended a course of advanced further education may not. students must also have been resident in the uk for at least three years, which can exclude (排除) some students from overseas.special casesif a student has worked before going to college:a student who is 26 or more before the course starts and who has worked for at least three of the previous six years will get extra money-155 a year if 26, increasing to a maximum of 615 at 29 or more.if a student is handicapped (残疾的):leas will give up to 500 to help meet extra expensessuch as buying a tape recorder for a blind student, extra heating or special food.banking:most of the big banks offer special services to students who open accounts (in the hope that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials). a student wont usually have to pay bank charges as long as the account stays in credit. some banks allow students to overdraw by 100 or so, and still dont make charges (though they do charge interest).40.a student from japan who has been staying in england for a year and intends to go to college in a few months will _.a. get money if he is taking a first degree course b. be unable to get money from any leac. get money from any lea when he has finished his course d. have to open a bank account before he gets any money41.which of the following is true? a. a student already attending a course of advanced education is sure to get a grant. b. a student aged 30 can get extra money615 a year. c. a student usually must pay back charges when the account is in credit. d. students are allowed to overdraw by 100 or so in any bank.42why is it likely that a bank will welcome new students as their customers? a. they know students receive money regularly. b. they charge students extra. c. they hope students will be rich in the future.d. they need student accounts in term-time.43.where can you probably read this passage? a. a notice-board in a college.b. a dictionary.c. a newspaper.d. a banking office.csometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. for example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water, you need large, flat, black surfaces. one way to do that is to build those surfaces specially, on the roofs of buildings. but why go to all that trouble when cities are full of black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt (柏油) roads? ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of arian de bondt, a dutch engineer. he finally persuaded his boss to follow it up. the result is that their building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outside. the heat-collector is a system of connected water pipes. most of them ran from one side of the street to the other, just under the asphalt road. some, however, dive deep into the ground. when the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipes. at a depth of 100 meters lies a natural aquifer (蓄水层) into which several heat exchangers (交换器) have been built. the hot water from the street runs through these exchangers, warming the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipe. the aquifer is thus used as a heat store. in winter, the working system is changed slightly. water is pumped through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summer. this water goes into the building and is used to warm the place up. after performing that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the road free of snow and ice. 44.which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs? a. arian de bondt got his idea from his boss. b. large, flat, black surfaces need to be built in cities. c. heat can also be collected from asphalt roads.d. the dutch engineers system has been widely used.45. for what purpose are the diving pipes used? a. to absorb heat from the sun. b. to store heat for future use. c. to turn solar energy into heat energy. d. to carry heat down below the surface. 46. from the last paragraph we can learn that _. a. the system can do more than warming up the buildingb. some pipes have to be re-arranged in winterc. the exchangers will pick up heat from the street surfaced. less heat may be collected in winter than in summer 47. what is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows? a. what we shall do if the system goes wrong.b. what we shall do if there are no asphalt roads.c. how the system cools the building in summer.d. how the system collects heat in spring and autumn.dthe $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like “i never do anything right” into positive ones like “i can succeed”. but was positive thinking advocate norman vincent peale right? is there power in positive thinking?researchers in canada just published a study in the journal psychological science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.the studys authors, joanne wood and john lee of the university of waterloo and elaine perunovic of the university of new brunswick, begin by citing (引证) older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. if you tell your friend who is slow to learn that he has the potential of an einstein, youre just underlining his faults. in one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist joel cooper of princeton asked participants to write essays against funding for the disabled. when the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.in this experiment, wood, lee and perunovic measured 68 students self-esteem (自尊). the participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. when it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, “i am lovable.”those with low self-esteem didnt feel better after the forced self-affirmation (自我肯定). in fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who werent urged to think of positive thoughts.the paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. in the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic viewpoint. call it the power of negative thinking. 48.the first paragraph is written _.a. to raise an argument about positive thinkingb. to introduce the power of positive thinking c. to encourage people to have positive thoughtsd. to introduce the $11 billion self-help industry49.according to the study of the canadian researchers, _.a. positive thinking is not as powerful as negative thinking b. encouraging positive thinking may actually discourage peoplec. happy people can think positively while unhappy people cantd. getting people to think positively can strengthen their confidence50.what does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 mean?a. you are pointing out the mistakes he has made.b. you are reminding him that he is not intelligent.c. you are not taking his mistakes seriously enough.d. you are showing he has great potential in spite of faults.51.we can learn from the last paragraph that _.a. negative feelings must be got rid ofb. theres no point in thinking positivelyc. it doesnt make sense to think negativelyd. negative thinking is not always negativeewhen i was fourteen, i earned money in the summer by cutting lawns (草坪), and within a few weeks i had built up a body of customers. i got to know people by the flowers they planted that i had to remember not to cut down, by the things they lost in the grass or stuck in the ground on purpose. i reached the point with most of them when i knew in advance what complaint was about to be spoken, which particular request was most important. and i learned something about the measure of my neighbors by their preferred method of payment: by the job, by the monthor not at all.mr. ballou fell into the last category, and he always had a reason why. on one day, he had no change for a fifty, on another he was flat out of checks, and on another, he was simply out when i knocked on his door. still, except for the money, he was a nice enough guy, always waving or tipping his hat when hed seen me from a distance. i figured it was a thin retirement check, or maybe a work-related injury that kept him from doing his own yard work. surely, i kept record of the total, but i didnt worry about the amount too much. grass was grass, and mr. ballous property didnt take long to trim (修剪). then, one late afternoon in mid-july, the hottest time of the year, i was walking by his house and he opened the door, mentioned me to come inside. the hall was cool, shaded, and it took my eyes a minute to adjust to the dim light. “i owe you,” mr. ballou, “but”i thought id save him the trouble of thinking of a new excuse. “no problem. dont worry about it.”“the bank made a mistake in my account,” he continued, ignoring my words. “it will be cleared up in a day or two. but in the meantime i thought perhaps you could choose one or two volumes for a down payment (首期付款).he gestured toward the walls and i saw that books were stacked (堆放) everywhere. it was like a library, except with no order to the arrangement.“take your time,” mr. ballou encouraged. “read, borrow, keep. find something you like. what do you read?”“i dont know.” and i didnt. i generally read what was in front of me, what i could get from the paperback stacked at the drugstore, what i found at the library, magazines, the back of cereal boxes, comics. the idea of consciously seeking out a special title was new to me, but, i realize