福建省龙岩市武平县第一中学高二英语下学期期中试题（实验班） (2).doc

高二实验班半期考英语试题 （考试时间：120分钟，总分：150分）第i卷 ( 满分 95分) 第一部分 听力 （满分20分）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 man promise to do at the weekend?a. play football with matthew.b. watch a game with the woman. c. wash the car for the woman.2. where does the woman want to go?a. to a shopping center.b. to a drugstore.c. to a parking lot.3. what are the speakers mainly talking about?a. an ancient book. b. a valuable library. c. a piece of research.4. how long has the woman been working in the company?a. 4 years. b. 5 years. c. 6 years.5. what animals did the woman see on her holiday?a. monkeys. b. lions.c. elephants.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。每段对话或独自后有几个小题, 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, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料, 回答第6至7题。6. what are the speakers discussing?a. whether nuclear power stations are safe. b. what is the best way to store energy. c. how electricity is produced.7. what kind of energy does the man prefer?a. the wind energy. b. the solar energy. c. the nuclear energy.听第7段材料, 回答第8至9题。8. what relation is the man to mr. erickson?a. his boss. b. his secretary. c. his customer.9. what will the man do next?a. ask mr. erickson about his schedule.b. meet with his lawyer.c. go to a hospital.听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。10. what did the man do?a. he attended a wedding. b. he went shopping. c. he met jason.11. where does the conversation probably take place?a. in a shop. b. at home. c. in jasons house. 12. what will the man decide tomorrow?a. whether to send the trousers back. b. whether to wash his jeans. c. whether to buy a jacket.听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。13. what are the speakers?a. at a pet store.b. at a city zoo. c. at a tv station.14. what was helena interested in when she was young?a. keeping cats. b. looking at insects. c. taking care of dogs.15. what did helena major in at university?a. zoology. b. animal science. c. biology.16. what animals does helena look after now?a. lions.b. pandas. c. seabirds.听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。17. what is said about the icehotel?a. it has to be rebuilt every year. b. it is perfect for all types of guests.c. it is far from the nearest airport.18.when is the icehotel completely finished?a. in late december. b. in early january.c. in mid january.19. what do we know about the ice-sculpture class?a. students must speak english or swedish.b. students can have it every afternoon.c. students neednt bring any tools.20. what does the speaker think of the trips offered by the hotel?a. popular. b. dangerous. c. expensive.第二部分 英语知识应用（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）从题中所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空格的最佳选项21. the new tax policy only affects people on yearly incomes over $120,000, _, the very rich.a. in other words b. as a manner of c. by the wayd. as a result 22. recently, to expand employment, the chinese government has _ a policy of encouraging college graduates to take positions in rural areas. a. adapted b. adopted c. admiredd. admitted23. if nature doesnt provide man with the necessary material, it is the laboratory _ he will turn to for help. a. that b. where c. which d. what24. my laptop computer, _ i cant go on with my work, broke down the other day. a. which b. that c. for which d. without which 25. _ of danger on the road at night, the girl had to go home with a friend_ her. a. warning; accompanying b. having warned; accompanying c. being warned; accompanied d. having been warned; accompanying26. you are so dependent that im afraid you cant adjust yourself to _ alone for a time. a. leave b leaving c. being left d. be left27. the purpose of the campaign is to raise the publics _ of the danger of passive smoking. a. connection b. awarenessc. existence d. consciousness28. the computer software is old, ，very out of datea. other than b. rather than c. or rather d. more than29. over the past month, chinese cinema _ the great success of disneys live-action version film cinderella.a. witnessed b. has witnessed c. would witness d. had witnessed30. in the face of all these difficulties, were not discouraged and _ good spirits. a. keep up b. hold up c. pick up d. go up 31. little tom went to the stadium in a hurry, only_ the game had been put off. a. being informed b. to be informed c. to informd. informed 32. the teacher recommended that the students _ the following books. a. must read b. reading c. will read d. read 33. fully _ in looking after three children at home, she no longer has time to enjoy the various activities in the club.a. occupiedb. preparedc. acknowledgedd. devoted34. today acupuncture(针刺疗法) has become popular round the world, _ other traditional chinese medicines.a. nor are b. so are c. nor have d. so have35. it is an hour before we can board the train. shall we just wait here or go to have a cup of coffee? _. a. help me out b. that is greatc. its up to you d. take your time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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。i used to hate being called upon in class mainly because i didnt like attention drawn to myself. and 36 otherwise assigned（指定）a seat by the teacher, i always 37 to sit at the back of the classroom.all this 38 after i joined a sports team. it began when a teacher suggested i try out for the basketball team. at first i thought it was a crazy 39 because i didnt have a good sense of balance, nor did i have the 40 to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. but for the teacher who kept insisting on my “ 41 for it”, i wouldnt have decided to give a try.getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the 42 of it! when i first started 43 the practice sessions, i didnt even know the rules of the game, much 44 what i was doing. sometimes id get 45 and take a shot at the wrong directionwhich made me feel really stupid. 46 , i wasnt the only one “new” at the game, so i decided to 47 on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things i didnt 48 “just yet”.i practiced and practiced. soon i knew the 49 and the “moves”. being part of a team was fun and motivating. very soon the competitive 50 in me was winning over my lack of confidence. with time, i learned how to play and made friends in the 51 friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. i never had so much fun!with my 52 self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. i have gone from “53” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, 54 raising my hand even when i sometimes wasnt and not 100 percent 55 i had the right answer. now i have more self-confidence in myself.36.a.unlessb.thoughc.asd.until37.a.meantb.chosec.hopedd.agreed38.a.settledb.startedc.continuedd.changed39.a.beliefb.sayingc.idead.plan40.a.abilityb.patiencec.rightd.chance41.a.cheeringb.applyingc.goingd.looking42.a.restb.basisc.pointd.half43.a.attendingb.watchingc.enjoyingd.preparing44.a.worseb.furtherc.lessd.later45.a.embarrassedb.confusedc.committedd.motivated46.a.obviouslyb.hopefullyc.interestinglyd.fortunately47.a.relyb.tryc.focusd.act48.a.supportb.knowc.wantd.do49.a.rulesb.gamesc.stepsd.orders50.a.mindb.valuec.rolesd.part51.a.movementb.situationc.processd.operation52.a.preservedb.recognizedc.expressedd.improved53.a.relaxingb.hidingc.dreamingd.playing54.a.withb.toc.byd.for55.a.sureb.satisfiedc.luckyd.happy第三部分 阅读理解（ 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、d）中，选出最佳选项。agoldies secret she turned up at the doorstep of my house in cornwall. no way could i have sent her away. no way, not me anyway. maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. were moving house.; no space for her any more with the baby coming. we never really wanted her, but what could we have done? she was a present. people find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. and she was one of the most beautiful dogs i had ever seen. i called her goldie. if i had known what was going to happen i would have given her a more creative name. she was so unsettled during those first few days. she hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. there was nothing i could do to make her happy, it seemed. heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owners. but eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire. thats why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. we were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. eventually i couldnt hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could. by the time i reached the farm i was very tired and upset with goldie. but when i saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) i started to feel sympathy towards them. we didnt know what had happened to her, said the woman at the door. i took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared. she must have tried to come back to them and got lost, added a boy from behind her. i must admit i do miss goldie, but ive got nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. and ive learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.56. how did the author feel about goldie when goldie came to the house? a. annoyed. b. upset. c. shocked. d. sympathetic.57. in her first few days at the authors house, goldie . a. ate a little b. sat by the fire c. felt worried d. was angry 58. goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she . a. wanted to leave the author b. found her way to her old home c. saw her puppies d. heard familiar barkings 59. the passage is organized in order of . a. importance b. complexity c. time d. effectiveness bopen letter to an editor i had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently-one who works for you. in fact, hes one of your best reporters. he wants to leave. your reporter gave me a copy of his resume (简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. the headlines showed you played them proudly. with great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues (问题), approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. im sure you would hate to lose him. surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. in fact, he told me he really likes his job. he has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. it would be easy for you to keep him, he said. he knows that the paper values him. he appreciates the responsibility youve given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom. so why is he looking for a way out? he talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. he wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights. the reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.he longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. he wants someone to get excited about what hes doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. he wants to be more valuable for your paper. thats what you want for him, too, isnt it? so your reporter has set me thinking. our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists-everyone-is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. if we cant do it, theyll find someone who can.60. what does the writer think of the reporter? a. ambitious. b. proud. c. optimistic. d. imaginative.61. what does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks? a. helping him to find issues. b. improving his good ideas. c. finding the news value of his stories. d. giving him financial support.62. who probably wrote the letter? a. a reporter. b. a reader. c. an editor. d. an artist.63. the letter aims to remind editors that they should _ a. give more freedom to their reporters b. keep their best reporters at all costsc. appreciate their reporters working styles and attitudes d. be aware of their reporters professional development cpacing and pausingsara tried to befriend her old friend steves new wife, but betty never seemed to have anything to say. while sara felt betty didnt hold up her end of the conversation, betty complained to steve that sara never gave her a chance to talk. the problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing.conversation is a turn-taking game. when our habits are similar, theres no problem. but if our habits are different, you may start to talk before im finished or fail to take your turn when im finished. thats what was happening with betty and sara.it may not be coincidental that betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is british, and sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is american. betty often felt interrupted by sara. but betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from finland. and sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from latin america or israel. the general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. these habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (思维定式). and these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. for example, a woman from the southwestern part of the us went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. when the personnel department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in-and never found it. although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. when she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up. thats why slight differences in conversational style-tiny little things like microseconds of pause-can have a great effect on ones life. the result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems-even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.64. what did sara think of betty when talking with her? a. betty was an interrupter. b. betty was talkative. c. betty paid no attention to sara. d. betty did not take her turn.65. according to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns? a. the british. b. the finns. c. americans. d. israelis.66. we can learn from the passage that _. a. ones inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes b. one should receive training to build up ones confidence c. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacingd. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the us67. the underlined word assertiveness in the last paragraph probably means _. a. being able to increase ones power b. being willing to speak ones mindc. being quick to express ones ideas confidently d. being ready to make ones own judgmentdthe cost of higher education individuals (个人) should pay for their higher education. a university education is of huge and direct benefit to the individual. graduates earn more than non-graduates. meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent on having a degree. however, only some people have it. so the individual, not the taxpayers, should pay for it. there are pressing calls on the resources (资源) of the government. using taxpayers money to help a small number of people to earn high incomes in the future is not one of them. full government funding (资助) is not very good for universities. adam smith worked in a scottish university whose teachers lived off student fees. he knew and looked down upon 18th-century oxford, where the academics lived comfortably off the income received from the government. guaranteed salaries, smith argued, were the enemy of hard work; and when the academics were lazy and incompetent, the students were similarly lazy. if students have to pay for their education, they not only work harder, but also demand more from their teachers. and their teachers have to keep them satisfied. if that means taking teaching seriously, and giving less time to th