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平坝县2014-2015学年度高二期中测试题英 语 （本试卷总分150分，考试时间120分钟） 第i卷 第一部听力(共两节，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. where does this conversation probably take place? a. in a bookstore. b. in a classroom c. in a library. 2. at what time will the film begin? a. 7:20. b. 7:15. c. 7:00. 3. what are the two speakers mainly talking about? a. their friend jane. b. a weekend trip. c. a radio programme4. what will the woman probably do? a. catch a train. b. see the man off. c. go shopping.5. why did the woman apologize? a. she made a late delivery. b. she went to the wrong place. c. she couldnt take the cake back. 第二节(共15小题:每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6. 7题。 6.whose cd is broken? a. kathys. b. mums. c. jacks. 7: what does the boy promise to do for the girl? a. buy her a new cd. b. do some cleaning. c. give her 10 dollars. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. what did the man think of the meal? a. just so-so b. quite satisfactory. c. a bit disappointing. 9. what was the 15% on the bill paid for? a. the food. b. the drinks. c. the service. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. why is the man at the shop? a. to order a camera for his wife b. to have a camera repaired c. to get a camera changed. 11. what colour does the man want? a. pink. b. black. c. orange. 12. what will the man do afterwards? a. make a phone call. b. wait until further notice. c. come again the next day. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。 13. what would joe probably do during the thanksgiving holiday? a. go to a play. b. stay at home. c. visit kinston. 14. what is ariel going to do in toronto? a. attend a party. b. meet her aunt. c. see a car show. 15. why is ariel in a hurry to leave? a. to call up betty. b. to buy some dvds. c. to pick up daniel. 16. what might be the relationship between the speakers? a. classmates. b. fellow workers. c. guide and tourist. 听第10段材料，回答第17至39题。 17. where does thomas manning work? a. in the guinness company. b. at a radio station. c. in a museum. 18. where did the idea of a book of records come from? a. a bird-shooting trip. b. a visit to europe. c. a television talk show. 19. when did sir hughs first book of records appear? a. in 1875. b. in 1950. c. in 1955. 20. what are the two speakers going to talk about next? a. more records of unusual facts. b. the founder of the company. c. the oldest person in the world. 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。 afundayorganizedbylamtinyouthcentreandkwuntonghighschooldate: 2 february2013.time: 10am-5pm.place: kwuntongplayground.fee: $20（buythreegetonefree）programmes: drama, liondance, magicshowandballetperformance.highlights: 1) entertheluckydrawtowinadigitalcamera. 2) learntomakefestivalfood.joinus onthefunday! allarewelcome! note:*ticketsareavailableatthegeneralofficeoflamtinyouthcentre.*forthosewhowouldliketobeavolunteer, pleasecontactmissoliviawongoneweekbeforetheactivity21. what you have just read is a _. a. note b. report c. poster d. schedule 22. what is going to take place on 2 february, 2013? a. a social gathering to raise money for wildlife. b. a big event to welcome a chinese new year. c. a party for close friends to meet and have fun. d. a meeting of kwun tong high school students.23. how much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together? a. $20. b. $40. c. $80. d. $6024. which of the following statements is true? a. its unnecessary to take soft drinks with you. b. tickets are sold in kwun tong high school c. free digital cameras are provided for everybody. d. festival food will be served without extra charge.bon a sunny day last august, tim heard some shouting. looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.two 12-year-old boys, christian and jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. once theyd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. the pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. but they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.everything went quiet in my head, tim recalls(回忆). i was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. at one point, i considered turning back, he says. i wondered if i was putting my life at risk. after 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, take down the umbrella!christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. then tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. he took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.lets aim for the pier(码头), jack said. tim turned the boat toward it. soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. can you guys swim? he cried. a little bit, the boys said.once the were in the water, tim decided it would he safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. christian and jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. tim swan toward land as water washed over the boys faces.“are we almost there? they asked again and again. yes, tim told them each time.after 30minutes, they reached the pier.25. why did the two boys go to the sea? a. to get back their football. b. to go boat rowing. c. to swim in the open water. d. to test the umbrella as a sail.26. what does it in paragraph 2 refer to? a. the beach. b. the wind. c. the boat. d. the water.27. why did tim raise his head regularly? a. to take in enough fresh air. b. to consider turning back or not. c. to ask the boys to take down the umbrella. d. to check his distance from the boys.28. how did the two boys finally reach the pier? a. they swam to the pier all by themselves. b. they were dragged to the pier by tim. c. they were washed to the pier by the waves. d. they were carried to the pier by tim on his back.clondon - a british judge on thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadnt cared about potentially deadly consequences.it is believed that james mccormick got about $77.8 million from the sales of his detectors - which were based on a kind of golf ball finder - to countries including iraq, belgium and saudi arabia.mccormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced thursday at the old bailey court in london.your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people, judge richard hone told mccormick. you have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.the detectors, sold for up to $42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. but in fact they lacked any grounding in science and were of no use.mccormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in kenya, the prison service in hong kong, the army in egypt and the border control in thailand.i never had any had results from customers, he said.29. why was mccormick sentenced to prison? a. he sold bombs. b. he caused death of people. c. he cheated in business. d. he made detectors.30. according to the judge, what mccormick had done _. a. increased the cost of safeguarding b. lowered peoples guard against danger c. changed peoples idea of social security d. caused innocent people to commit crimes31. which of the following is true of the detectors? a. they have not been sold to africa. b. they have caused many serious problems. c. they dont function on the basis of science. d. they can find dangerous objects in water.32. it can be inferred from the passage that mccormick _. a. did not think he had committed the crime b. was well-known in most countries c. sold the equipment at a low price d. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the textdhome to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia(怀旧). its fun to come home. it looks the same. it smells the same. youll realize whats changed is you. home is where we can remember pain, love, and some other experiences; we parted here; my parents met here; i won three championships here.if i close my eyes, i can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. i walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass-top wooden table. to the right of the living room is my first bedroom. its empty, but its where my earliest memories are.there is the dining room table where i celebrated birthdays, and where i cried on halloween-when i didnt want to wear the skirt my mother made for me. i always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong. if i sit at this table, i can see my favorite room in the house, my parents room. it is simple: a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side. their bed is my safe zone. i can jump on it anytime - waking up my parents if i am scared or if i have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.im lucky because i know my first home still exists. it exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property(住宅) on west 64th street on the western edge of los angeles. it is proof i lived, i grew and i learned.sometimes when i feel lost, i lie down and shut my eyes, and i go home. i know its where ill find my family, my dogs, and my belongings. i purposely leave the window open at night because i know ill be blamed by mom. but i dont mind, because i want to hear her say my name, which reminds me im home.33. why does the author call her parents bed her safe zone(paragraph 3)? a. it is her favorite place to play. b. her needs can be satisfied there. c. her grandparents photos are lined on each side. d. her parents always play together with her there.34. what can be learned from the passage? a. the author can still visit her first physical home in los angeles. b. the old furniture is still in the authors fist bedroom. c. the authors favorite room in her first home is the dining room. d. many people of the authors age can still find their first physical homes.35. sometimes when she feels lost, the author will _. a. open the window at night b. lie down in bed to have a dream c. try to bring back a sense of home d. go to los angeles to visit her mom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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。public speaking trainingget a coach36.,so get help. since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training thats right for you.focus on positivesany training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you arent doing well. 37.,so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldnt do.38.if you find a public speaking course that looks as though its going to give you lots of dos and donts, walk away! your brain is so full of what youre going to be talking about.39.as far as were concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. your audience can be your friends.you are a special person not a clonemost importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits.40. your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone youre not.a. whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough b. you already do lots of things wellc. turn your back on too many rulesd. check the rules about dos and dontse. the one thing you dont want is for them to fall asleepf. you arent like anybody else g. so trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节完形填空(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。look, its baldy! a boy shouted in my direction across the playground. even though i was used to regular insults(侮辱) because of the 41 on my head, it was 42 horrible to hear. i sighed as i headed back to the class.when i was just 20 months old, i suffered serious 43 after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head. i was 44 to hospital and had to say there for weeks while the doctors 45 to save my life. hollys very 46 to be alive, they told mum and dad. but shell be 47 with scars on her head, and of course her hair wont grow there.as a child, i cared much about my scars, so i 48 wore a scarf to cover them up when i left home. 49 i didnt, people would call me horrible names like baldy. although my friends were always comforting me ,they never 50 understood how it felt.then through the hospital i was 51 to a childrens burns camp, where children like me can get any help. there, i 52 14-year-old stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. but she is so 53 that she never lets anyone put her down. you shouldnt 54 what people say about what you look like because were not different from anyone else, holly, she 55 me. and you dont need to wear a scarf because you look great 56 it! for the first time in my life i could speak to someone whod been through something 57 . so weeks later, at my 13th birthday party, 58 by her bravery, i gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. it felt amazing not having to 59 away behind my scarf.now, i am 60 of what i look like and much happier, because i have realized it is your personality（个性）that decides who you truly are.41. a. hat b. scars c. scarf d. cuts42. a. seldom b. just c. never d. still 43. a. hunger b. cold c. burns d. defeats 44. a. led b. rushed c. invited d. forced45. a. learned b. returned c. fought d. decided46. a. happy b. lucky c. lonely d. poor47. a. pressed b. occupied c. left d. painted48. a. possibly b. usually c. finally d. nearly49. a. although b. since c. if d. before50. a. correctly b. roughly c. easily d. really51. a. introduced b. promoted c. reported d. carried52. a. recognized b. met c. remembered d. caught53. a. honest b. active c. strong d. young54. a. write down b. listen to c. agree with d pass on.55. a. encouraged b. promised c. ordered d. calmed56. a. in b. for c. beyond d. without 57. a. strange b. similar c. hard d. important58. a. allowed b. required c. inspired d. guided 59. a. put b. give c. keep d. hide 60. a. proud b. aware c. tired d. sick 第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。my deskmate admires my fluent english very much and i usually feel 61 (encourage) by his compliments.one day, 62 we learned the new word “eccentric” in class, we 63 (ask)to make a sentence with it. i volunteered to do it by saying “my deskmate is an eccentric boy 64 clothes never fit him.” hearing this, the whole class burst into 65 (laugh) and my deskmates face turned red. 66 class, i learned from the teacher that my deskmate 6 7 (drop) out of school if he hadnt been helped by others. my mindless words must 68 (hurt) him deeply.not until then did i realize words could be powerful 69 both positive and negative ways. we should avoid hurting others 70 we cant always be encouraging when we speak.第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。 修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。today we had a chemistry test. i found the test difficulty, but i tried hardly to do it. suddenly mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. after think for some time, i let her copy my answers. but after the test, all of us were called to the teachers office. the teacher was angry because we had same answers in the tests. we were warned not to cheat again so she would need to see our parents. i was very upset. i didnt cheat