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广水市文华高中2014-2015学年第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷姓名_ 班级_ 考号_第i卷第一部分：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15秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话之读一遍。1. where does the conversation probably take place? a. on a farm b. in a market c. in a restaurant2. what does the woman mean? a. she cant hear clearly. b. she cant get down to work. c. she likes the programme very much.3. what are the speakers going to do? a. pack a lunch together. b. come to work in the park. c. take a walk on the weekend.4. what does the man meant about his job? a. he enjoys his job. b. he is interested in cooking. c. he has been working hard for almost ten years.5. what does the man want to do? a. get a new job. b. collect information for his aunt. c. ask a lawyer to give him some help.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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，回答第6至7题。6. what does mr. smith want louise to do? a. baby-sit. b. go upstairs. c. have a dinner with him.7. when will mr. smith go out for dinner? a. on saturday evening. b. on sunday evening. c. on friday evening.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. how does the woman feel about her work? a. too important. b. too much. c. too hard.9. whats the mans suggestion? a. relaxing sometimes from work. b. going shopping occasionally. c. going on working hard.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. when did the manager leave? a. six minutes ago. b. five minutes ago. c. seven minutes ago.11. when did the woman bring the watch in? a. five minutes ago. b. a moment ago. c. one week ago.12. why was the receipt(收据) still there? a. she thought she didnt need it. b. the manager didnt give it to her. c. she dropped it when she got out of there. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what are the speakers talking about? a. buying a car. b. choosing a gift. c. using a computer.14. whats the relationship between the speakers? a. husband and wife. b. professor and student. c. salesman and customer.15. what do we know about the person mentioned by speakers? a. maybe he likes something expensive. b. he is surely over sixty years old. c. he must be fond of learning.16. what do the two speakers want to buy for that man? a. a computer. b. a radio. c. a schoolbag.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. whats not the result of young clarcs falling into a fire?a. he lost his sight. b. he lost his hearing. c. he lost his sense of smell.18. when did clerc enter the royal institution for the deaf?a. in 1795. b. in 1797. c. in 1815.19. where did gallaudet meet clerc? a. in france. b. in england. c. in america.20. which of the following is true about gallaudet? a. he and clerc founded americas first school for the deaf.b. he went to london to seek more work opportunities for the deaf. c. in 1810, gallaudet sailed to london.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21. we all have great _ for the victims of wenchuan earthquake.a. favour b. thinking c. sympathy d. panic 22. he was fired by the company because of his rude _ at the meeting.a. instruction b. conduct c. direction d.absence23. the plan has to be _ to meet the new situation.a. adjusted b. adapted c. produced d. founded24. when interviewed, the man who _the accident was too shocked to give a clear account of what had happened.a. observed b. witnessed c. adapted d. realized25. she is willing to _, and we often turn to her for help.a. test out b. help out c. put out d. find out26. he decided to devote himself _ to his study before “gaokao” examination.a. strongly b. extremely c. entirely d. purely27.go back to your _ plan, which is more practical than the present one.a. random b. annual c. abstract d. original28. to keep healthy, we should _ at least half an hour for exercise every day.a. set off b. set aside c. set down d. set up29. we are _ to go on a trip to beijing. a. anxious b. eager c. dying d. afraid30. the couple say that they would like to buy a house- modern, comfortable, and _ in a quiet place. a. first of all b. after all c. in all d. above all第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。john, a famous musician, took his priceless old guitar and played it in the crowded subway station. the music was wonderfully streaming throughout the whole 31 . however, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly 32 the charming music. a three-year-old kid was fully 33 in the music that he forget everything around. john 34 got 52 u.s. dollars for his work that day.however, in 35 days, when john is about to hold a 36 , one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is very 37 to buy a ticket even at such a high price. therefore, later, many 38 in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not 39 the famous musician and missing such a valuable but 40 music feast.i have a rich friend whose wife had a 41 illness. nevertheless, his wife did not manage to conquer the illness and 42 soon. he often sighed miserably that due to his past 43 life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. but now, it is impossible to 44 it.it is no 45 crying over spilt milk. we have missed a lot of precious things in our life 46 knowing to value them. actually, i also missed something precious before. the 47 why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had 48 that we could still own them tomorrow. nevertheless, tomorrow is 49 by no means reliable. the result is that they were always too late to cherish (珍惜) what they had before they 50 it. however, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish any more, because we have lost it by then.31. a. city b. station c. river d. hall32. a. hearing b. creating c. appreciating d. writing33. a. absorbed b. caught c. stuck d. trapped34. a. hardly b. scarcely c. even d. only35. a. normal b. special c. ordinary d. countable36. a. play b. show c. countable d. concert 37. a. easy b. suitable c. hard d. popular38. a. staff b. children c. musicians d. passers-by39. a. realizing b. recognizing c. meeting d. remembering40. a. cheap b. expensive c. dull d. common41. a. horrible b. thorough c. serious d. heavy42. a. passed over b. passed away c. died out d. died away43. a. busy b. hard c. wonderful d. unhappy44. a. make up of b. make up for c. make out to d. make out of45. a. sense b. point c. use d. pleasure46. a. on b. without c. with d. in47. a. reason b. fact c. factor d. excuse48. a. intended b. thought c. decided d. proved49. a. already b. just c. actually d. nearly50. a. got b. forgot c. lost d. expected第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aa soldier who lost both his legs after being blown up in afghanistan is racing a sports car in his hometown this weekend.remarkably david birrell will not only drive the mazda mx5 but he does without any specially adapted equipment.davie, 28, has battled back from terrible injuries after a bomb blew up directly below him. he gave himself first aid and fired at taliban(塔利班) fighters until help arrived. davie was always interested in motor sport and after spending weeks in hospital was introduced by help the heroes to mission motorsport, which helps the wounded recover. the charity(慈善机构) are organizing a major event, race of remembrance, at the anglesey circuit near rhosneigr of north wales in november, and davie was at the circuit yesterday for an official launch.he said,“its my first time racing on anflesey. this means everything to me. i loved it straight away, and it gives you something to focus on, to try and stay in front of others. i was boxing since the age of eight and my whole life has been one-to-one competition. but now everything has changed.”davie, a corporal（下士）in the black watch, was in helmand in april 2010 when his interpreter stood on the bomb. he said,“i was confused and went blank（空白） for a couple of seconds. there was dust in the air and i couldnt see. both legs were still attached but there were massive injuries to my right leg and my left foot was broken.”as the taliban began firing he returned fire and waited for help. he added,“a medical team came over. i was taken back to camp bastion by helicopter. i was there for two days before being flown to hospital in birmingham.”he had lost his right leg and the following year had his left leg amputated below the knee, ending the army career.51. davie was wounded _ according to the passage? a. in rhosneigr. b. in birmingham. c. in helmand. d. in bastion.52. _can replace the underlined word“amputated” in the last paragraph? a. cut off. b. blew up. c. focused on. d. attached to.53. davie is most likely to come from _. a. afghanistan. b. the uk. c. the us. d. taliban.54. what we know about davie is that _. a. davie was killed by taliban fighters. b. davies interpreter survived the accident. c. davies legs were blown up immediately. d. davie might like boxing when he was young.bright now in china, talks on the street have been about the strange weather and its raising a lot of concerns. a heavy haze(雾霾) has blanketed many cities in the northern and southern parts of the country in part of an unusual weather system thats descended on the nation.the haze stretches over a vast area, from hebei and shan-dong provinces in the north all the way to zhejiang, anhui, jiangsu, hunan and fujian provinces in the south. at its worst, the smog is reducing visibility to less than 200 meters and disrupting traffic, both on the ground and in the air. the weather front has also led many to worry about the possible health impacts.many cities are waking up to another day covered by a dense haze. in beijing, drivers have to keep their lights on even though its already past eight oclock in the morning. even driving at very slow speeds, the roads can still be very dangerous. in some of the worst hit areas, drivers cant even tell the colors of traffic signals. authorities have stepped in to close off many highways across the troubled region. in shandong province, the highways that are open are backed up for miles. and traffic police have stepped up their patrols.in the regions airports, flights information boards have gone red. a huge number of flights have been delayed or cancelled, nearly three hundred in beijing alone, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. some are more frustrated than impatient. passenger from jinan airport, shangdong province, said: “ive been waiting for more than five hours. its mother nature, so theres really nothing we can do.” the airport is urging passengers to confirm with their carrier whether their flight will still take off as scheduled.back on the city streets, people are wearing breathing masks to get free from any ill effects. fog has cleared a little in shanghai. but damage has already been done. shanghai resident said: “ive been wearing the mask, but still, my throat feels sour and itchy. i think its because of the weather.” the weather forecast predicts a cold front is about to sweep across central and eastern china tomorrow. many are hoping that this will clear away the depressive haze as well as the harm it brings.55. the harm the smog caused didnt include . a. reducing visibility to less than 200 meters b. disrupting traffic c. health problems d. heavy fog56. which of the following is true according to the passage? a. only a small part of china suffered the haze. b. many highways were blocked up c. all the flights were delayed or cancelledd. the bad weather would last another few days57. when the passenger said “it is mother nature”, he had a feeling of . a. impatience b. frustration c. anxiety d. curiosity58. the passage is developed by . a. making comparisons b. giving examples c. following the time order d. analyzing the causescchildren who are brought up by two parents grow up to be cleverer than those raised by just one person, new research suggests. being with both parents in the earliest years of life leads to a child developing more brain cells, the scientists believe. being brought up by both parents causes boys to have better memory and learning functions. by contrast, it causes girls to develop improved co-ordination and sociability.it is believed that babies with two parents tend to get more attention and more stability(稳定), and that they are less likely to suffer emotional distress(悲伤) in the first years of life. this leads to greater brain cell production - for boys it is grey matter brain cells that develop and for girls is white matter brain cells.the researchers from canada studied mice and experimented by creating one-parent and two-parent family groups. they then measured the offsprings(后代的) brain cell development from birth to adulthood. adult mice with the highest number of brain cells turned out to be those who had been brought up by two parents rather than one. as babies they had received more attention and more nursing as both parents took turns to lick and tend to their youngsters, said dr samuel weiss.as a result, the babies with two parents are less likely to suffer early life hurt which can have a massive impact on how their brains develop in later life, the research shows. however, what did surprise the researchers is that female babies who grew up with both parents turned out to be good single mothers, as if good parenting was passed on.the researchers said,“in the mouse model, parenting and the environment directly impacted adult brain cell production. it is possible that similar effects could be seen in other mammals, such as humans.”59. from the first paragraph we can draw a conclusion that _. a. girls have better memory and learning functions. b. boys are better at co-ordination and sociability. c. the benefits vary between the sexes. d. the benefits are the same between the sexes.60. the researchers proved their idea _. a. by questionnaire on parents. b. by experiment on mice. c. by raising babies themselves. d. by experiment on humans.61. the underlined word “impacted” means _. a. destroyed b. constructed c. influenced d. disagreed62. what does the passage mainly tell us? a. children brought up by two parents are cleverer. b. children brought up by single parent are cleverer. c. children grow up themselves are cleverer. d. children grow up themselves are more self-confident.da bite of china, featuring delicious chinese food, has attracted countless viewers, and moved many to tears.a bite of china is a serious documentary providing a unique view of chinese as well as the relations between people and food and between people and society from the view of food. the touching documentary reminds some people of their mother, and makes some realize that every grain comes from hard and laborious work. some people see patriotism(爱国精神) in the documentary, and some consider it a great cultural export.how did this documentary achieve a great influence beyond its subject matter in such a short time?“it is not empty propaganda(宣传) about chinas splendid food culture. instead, it shows the techniques used in making food and their production process as well as the lives of ordinary people, thus striking a chord(共鸣) with the audience,” an internet user said. the success of the documentary should be owed to sincerity and reality. nowadays, many works of art that have high investment, high technology, and magnificent scenes lack nothing but sincerity and reality.a bite of china shows that a commercial documentary promoting patriotism can be full of touching details, that the emotions of ordinary chinese people should be exhibited even in publicizing(宣传) china overseas, and that even a completely commercial program can achieve both artistic and commercial success.“we made this documentary with our respect and love for food,” said director chen xiaoqing. being sincere is the most important thing for artists because they cannot move others unless they themselves are first moved, and cannot convince others unless they themselves are first convinced. sincerity is the “secret” for making this documentary so popular, and every cultural creator should learn from its success.63. according to the passage, a bite of china is _. a. a book b. a film c. a newspaper d. a tv program64. what can