河北省枣强中学高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

20152016学年高二第二学期期中考试英语试卷满分：150分；时量：120分钟。 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。第卷 (选择题 满分100分)注意事项：1. 答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将目己的班级、姓名、考号填写清楚。请认真核准考号、姓名和科目。2. 每小题选出答案后，用2b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，在试题卷上作答无效。第一部分 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. what can we learn from the conversation?a. john is going to give a speech.b. john wont come to the meeting.c. the woman doubts whether john will come.2. what are the speakers discussing?a. a book by a new author. b. a book they have both read.c. a book by an author they both know.3. which is the woman going to choose next year?a. extra sport. b. cooking. c. art.4. how is the woman getting along with her piano lessons?a. she is tired of them. b. she is making progress. c. she wants to give them up.5. why did mr. green knock the girl down?a. he was driving fast. b. he didnt see the girl. c. he was drunk. 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，从题中所给出的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. when does the train arrive in newcastle?a. 13:30, tuesday. b. 13:30, monday. c. 11:30, tuesday.7. how much does the man have to pay for the ticket?a.40. b.25. c.15.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. what kind of animal has been most commonly drawn in the cave?a. the horse. b. the bull. c. the fish.9. why was the cave closed in 1963?a. the tourists had drawn pictures on the walls.b. some pictures had been destroyed.c. few people had visited the cave.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. which sport does the woman choose to do?a. tennis. b. basketball. c. volleyball.11. on what day will the woman come for the course?a. monday. b. friday. c. saturday.12. what is the price for one lesson?a. 5. b. 3.75. c. 8.75.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. how long has the man worked at the hospital?a. for three years. b. for two years. c. for five years.14. what will the mans office pay during the course?a. his course fees. b. his living costs. c. his salary.15. how long does the part-time course last?a. for a whole year. b. for 18 months. c. for two years.16. which course does the man choose?a. the full-time course. b. the part-time course. c. the modular course.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what do we know about camp alison?a. it is the oldest day camp in the uk.b. it has been operating for 20 years.c. it is operated by a company based in australia.18. how long did it take camp alison to acquire ten sites in london?a. about 5 years. b. about 6 years. c. about 16 years.19. why is it easy for camp alison to find sites?a. there are many schools in the london area.b. schools arent usually open in the summer.c. it has excellent sports equipment.20. what sometimes changes a day camp programme?a. a camp inspection. b. the weather. c. the directors plans.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、d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 abea，a fiveyearold girl，was born with a severe illness which means she has to be kept away from other children of her age，because her body is so weak that she would be unable to fight off a common cold.bea was diagnosed (诊断) with this disease when she was five months old. since then，the hospital has become her second home，medicines for food，and all kinds of treatments her friends. bea received a very special treatment when she was four years old，which would allow her to be like a normal child if successful. after that，she spent two weeks in icu before living for four months on a separate ward(病房)bea was allowed home in february but still needed a special tube in her nose to send in medicine every two days.her parents clean the house from top to bottom every two days and hoover (用吸尘器清扫) each morning to make sure bea is free from any possible bacteria. anna，beas mother，said，“she is weak but so strong. weve never seen any child stronger than her. it seems as if nothing in the world could beat her. we really hope to send her to school next year.” she used to drive on the local playground，but bea was only allowed to watch sitting in the car. “it was heartbreaking to see bea staring at the running and laughing children there. she never stopped fighting the disease. i know shes dying for such a normal life.”hearing of beas story，the makeawish foundation has paid for a play park to be built in her back garden. “bea is very brave and she has encouraged many children like her，” said the chairman of the foundation.21from the passage we can infer that _abea will need a tube in her nose all the timebbea has to stay in hospital until she is an adultcbeas parents will send her to school next yeardbeas mother feels proud when talking about her22the makeawish foundation had a play park built for bea to _ahonor her bravery in fighting against her diseasebcall for attention to this immune system deficiencycencourage more children like bea to be optimisticdlaunch a campaign against this serious disease23what makes bea so brave to fight against this serious disease?aher parents encouragement and care.bher dreaming of owning a play park.cher wish to become a normal child.dher doctors skills and experience.bgrowing up in swaziland，sara was aware from a young age that some communities are facing big challenges. since the first cases were reported in 1986，aids has spread at an alarming rate，and today 1 in 4 adults in swaziland are living with hiv. with so many adults dying，nearly 4 in 10 people in swaziland are under 14. life expectancy(预期寿命)now tops a mere 32 years and the nation has the highest infection rate in the world.during high school，sara volunteered to teach english to children orphaned (使成为孤儿) by aids. it was her first act of direct service to others. it gave her the chance to use her own education and experience to help others.sara didnt stop there. during her gap year，when she had time off between high school and college，she used her background of growing up in africa to spend four months working with an irish nongovernment organization，value added in africa，which promotes business links with african countries. again，volunteering became the door to a new range of experiences and options. today sara is pursuing a degree at carleton college in the us. her decision to study economics is no accidentshes determined to understand how trade can help developing countries reduce their reliance on aid. by following this career path she hopes she can help her homeland.moving to a new place can be hard，but sara has overcome the challenge of making friends and being acceptedby using her background as a volunteer with lots of local projects and organizations. once again，seeing the community as a volunteer is helping to introduce her to the local community，explore the area，become familiar with life in the us in a very practical way.“having travelled and lived in different cultures i find the most honest approach to understanding a place is to contribute in some way to its community，” she says. “volunteering in the us has surpassed (超过) her expectations. its been easy to find amazing and cool events to help out at! volunteering here is different because the organizations i have met here are probably the most generous with their volunteers.”24why did sara decide to study economics in college?abecause she wanted to help her homeland get rid of poverty.bbecause she had the idea of studying economics by accident.cbecause she had decided it since she was in high school.dbecause she wanted to spend all her life working with value added in africa.25what happened to sara when she arrived in the us?ashe missed life in her homeland very much.bshe worried a lot about her future in the us.cit was very hard for her to live in a new place.dshe adapted herself to life in the us easily.26what do we know about saras volunteering in the us?ait was more difficult than she had expected.bit was different from her former volunteering.cit helped her make her decision to volunteer all her life.dit helped her realize how poor her homeland is.27whats the passage mainly about?asaras experience of volunteering.bthe importance of volunteering.cwhat problems aids has brought to swaziland.ddifferences between volunteering in the us and swaziland.ctechnology is making life easier for some dairy farmers. they use robotic systems to milk their cows. these systems are designed to reduce labor and increase milk production.cows are trained to follow a series of paths that lead to the milking stations. only one cow at a time can enter the station. once inside，the cow is rewarded with food. as the cow eats，a robotic arm cleans and connects the animal to the milking machine. a few minutes later，the milking is completed. the gate is lifted. the cow leaves and the next cow enters. the robotic systems are designed to operate twentyfour hours a day. cows are milked on average about three times a day. some are milked four to six times a day. the cows wear collars(颈圈) around their necks that identify them to the system. a computer keeps records on their eating and milking. a cow is released from the station if the computer decides it should not be milked. the system also measures the temperature and color of the freshly produced milk. milk is thrown away if it does not pass the tests. cows need two to four weeks to learn to use the robotic milking systems. once trained，the cows no longer require human assistance，unless something goes wrong.professor plaut heads the department of animal science at michigan state university. she believes the systems will attract especially the next generation of farmers who are more interested in technology and less interested in working all the time on the farm. still，she says the price of robotic milking systems will continue to limit their use. doug suhr has more than one hundred milking cows on his farm. last year it became the fourth farm in southeast minnesota to get a robotic milking system. a recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot cost $175，000 and the second cost $150，000. doug says the increase in milk production reaches a high of more than 6kg per cow per day.28under robotic milking systems，_ decide(s) whether a cow is suitable to be milked.athe robotic armsbthe dairy farmerscthe cows themselvesda computer29when is human assistance needed during the milking?awhen the cows enter the milking station every morning.bwhen a robotic arm connects a cow to the milking machine.cwhen the cows are trained to use the robotic milking system in the first two to four weeks.dwhen the temperature and color of the freshly produced milk are measured.30which of the following statements is true according to the last paragraph?asince doug got the robotic milking system，milk production on his farm has increased.bthe price of milking machines decreases $25，000 every year.cdoug has the largest farm in southeast minnesota.dthere are four farms in southeast minnesota that have robotic milking systems so far.31it can be inferred from the passage that _.athe price of robotic milking systems will greatly decreasebrobotic milking systems are still too expensive to be popularcmost farmers are too old to use robotic milking systemsdrobotic milking systems dont need to work at nightdthe deep ocean is considered to be anything below the photic zone (透光层)，which only extends a few hundred meters down into the oceans waters，and this huge area is home to all of the deep ocean fish. these fish have special capabilities that allow them to live at high pressures and to survive cold ocean water. most of these deep ocean fish cannot live in any other environment so not much is known about their behavior.there is no natural light in the deepest part of the ocean so fish there have different ways of knowing what is going on around them. some deep ocean fish have very large eyes which have adapted to the darkness. other fish have feelers (触须) which help them to find food. the angler fish is so named because it has a fishingpoletype object which can move like a worm to attract prey(猎物)because there is no photosynthesis(光合作用)under the ocean，any plant matter that fish may need for nutrients has to sink down from above. on the whole，this makes deep ocean fish smaller in overall size and weight but with larger mouths than those who live higher up in shallow water.many deep ocean fish have to float around waiting for something to eat to pass by. there are thousands of species of deep ocean fish and most of these are darkly colored to mix into the surroundings so as not to attract enemies.the further down into the ocean you go，the more you will find different kinds of fish. for example，the bottomdwelling sharks spend most of their time resting on the ocean bottom. they must keep moving at all times so that air can be forced through their lungs. they wait for their prey to come along and suddenly attack them whenever possible. if these sharks stopped swimming they would die.32which of the following statements about the deep ocean is not true according to the passage?aits a hundred meters above the photic zone.bthe pressure is high there.cthe water is cold there.dtheres no natural light in the deepest part.33compared to the fish that live in shallow water，most deep ocean fish are _.asmall but heavy bsmall and lightclong and heavy dsmall but long34we can learn from the passage that most of the deep ocean fish have _.along feelers bplants as foodclarge eyes ddarkly colored bodies35you would most probably read this article in a journal of _.afashion bscience centertainment dhealth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。life is just like a box. inside it are happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. life is a learning process. experiences in it teach us new lessons and make us a better person.lovelove plays a key role in our life. love makes you feel wanted. without love a person could become cruel and violent. in the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care. they tell us what is right or wrong, good or bad. 36 . it is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to the feelings of others. kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.happiness and sorrowmaterialistic happiness is shortlived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others gives a certain level of fulfillment. 37 . no mind is happy without peace. we realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. but these things are temporary and pass away.failure and success 38 .it helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way.hope and despairhope is what keeps life going. parents always hope their children will do well. hope makes us dream. hope builds in patience._39_, because after every night there is a day. nothing remains the same. we have only one choicekeep moving on in life and be hopeful.life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be right or dull. 40 , so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.a. life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hourb. so the only alternative is work hard todayc. but we always tend to take this for grantedd. success lies in trusting yourselfe. so lets enjoy every dayf. failure is the path to successg. peace of mind is the main link to happiness笫三部分：英语知识运用（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。there was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness, but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.so they 41socrates for advice on where happiness 42. but 43giving any answers, socrates asked them to help with building a 44first. the group of guys had to 45the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. it took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. they launched the canoe into a river, and then 46together in it, singing with47.socrates asked, “my children, do you have happiness now?” they answered in chorus: “we48be happier!” socrates 49, “thats it! 50you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”from the story i got to know that happiness 51hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through 52work and creativity.we may have to 53pain in our daily life and in the