湖北省黄梅一中高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

湖北省黄梅一中2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试试英语试题第一部分：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abc三个选项中选出最佳选项并标在试卷的相应位置。1、why did the woman have to go home?ato get her cheque. bto get some cash. cto fetch her id card.2、what does the man suggest the woman to do?atake the course this term. bregister for the course next term. cget permission to take the course.3、what does the woman mean?ashe likes to share books with the man.bshe agrees to talk with the man frequently.cshe wants to borrow some books from the man.4、when is the pop show?aat 830. bat 8 20. cat 730.5、what are the speakers mainly talking about? aa course. ba teacher. ca paper.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，从提中所给的abc三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6、what does the man do?aa worker. ba student. ca repairman.7、what does the man plan to do in six months? afind a part-time job. bbuy a motorcycle. cpay off his loan.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题.8、what places did the speakers visit? atwo different families. bthe selbies. cthe tylers.9、what did the man enjoy about his visit? athe dinner and the gift. bthe gift and the atmosphere. cthe dinner and the atmosphere.10、what do we know about the woman? ashe is a foreign student.bshe will move into a new flat.cshe is familiar with the customs in this country.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11、how did the woman get the job information? aher friend told her.bshe saw it on the internet.cshe read it in the newspaper.12、what do we know about the womans job?ait offers her a meal and travel allowance.bthe working time is in the afternoon.cthe salary is high.13、what does the woman say about her job?ait is very interesting. bit will give her useful experience. cit will help her with her study.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14、what did the woman lose?aher credit cards. bher cheque. cher passport.15、where does the woman keep her money?ain her purse. bin her pocket. cin her handbag.16、what is the man probably?aa policeman. ba salesman. ca bus company clerk.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。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）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21、i reminded mr. yang of the with mr. smith this afternoon，but he told me to put it off，because he had an important meeting to attend at 230aimpressionbexpressioncappointment dconflict22、 it is raining hard. will you go to your friends birthday party? i promised him to go, but the heavy rain really places me in a . im not sure whether i will go or not. adisadvantagebconclusioncdilemmadchallenge23、fully in preparing for the coming exam，she no longer has time to enjoy the various activitiesin her neighborhood.adevoted bcontributed cattended d absorbed24、it was impossible to one person into the bus on which passengers were packed like sardines.aswallow bsqueeze ccrowd dpress25、mrs. green often quarrels with her husband because her opinions about how to educate their single son are not with her husbands. aconsistent bsensitive cconstant denthusiastic 26、after a heated discussion, the employees presented many suggestions which might help improve the quality of the companys product. aaccurateboptimisticcpositivedtemporary27、my dad did not the idea that i would go camping with my friends this weekend. he said it was dangerous for girls to live outside.adepend onbapprove ofcleave outdgive up 28、the medical team was heading toward the earthquake-hit area when their car . the doctors and nurses got off the car and decided to go to their destination on foot. abroke out bbroke away cbroke up dbroke down 29、when i saw a young man pulling a cellphone from a ladys handbag, i spoke to her in a loud voice so as to draw her attention to his behavior. aobviously bcautiously cdeliberately droughly 30、having lived in the town for quite a few years, tom no longer felt among the local people. ain place bout of the question cout of control dout of place 第二节：完形填空（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。it was 4 o clock in the morning when i received the phone call.“this is the emergency room calling and your son was just 31 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. we have called for a (n) 32 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in seattle.” seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 33 .the doctor described the 34 , which caused the burns. our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. when they 35 the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol). the flames 36 my sons shirt tail(下摆) and shot from his waist to well over his head. 37 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped(抓住) my son, and 38 him on the grass. while it saved his life, it was not in 39 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).after he 40 from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容) for 6 months 41 it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking(缩水) and wrinkling(起皱). so, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.when i was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 42 scar on her arm, “nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. it does not mean they will not 43 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesnt matter to you.”i 44 this wisdom on to my son. he took my advice to his 45 and returned to school with his head held high glad he was alive.by the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not 46 , so he made the 47 to give up any plastic surgery.we all have “scars” that we believe 48 people to keep away from us. and we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.but you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 49 standards. put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value 50 yourself, and your beauty will shine through.31、a. brought b. givenc. turnedd. showed32、a. doctorb. hospitalc. aircraftd. ambulance33、a. seriousb. terriblec. dangerousd. important34、a. eventb. processc. reasond. accident35、 a. gotb. litc. burnedd. moved36、a. tookb. heldc. caughtd. attracted37、a. fortunatelyb. surprisinglyc. happilyd. slowly38、a. pushedb. threwc. droppedd. rolled39、 a. shapeb. placec. factd. time40、a. benefitedb. recoveredc. sufferedd. relaxed41、 a. ifb. whilec. becaused. although42、a. normalb. violentc. obviousd. popular43、a. mentionb. noticec. laughd. hide44、a. sentb. keptc. handedd. passed45、a. heartb. lifec. practiced. consideration46、a. growb. matterc. existd. appear47、 a. mistakeb. effortc. decisiond. request48、a. invite b. causec. allowd. remind49、a. falseb. strictc. attractived. general50、a. byb. overc. beyondd. within第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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。ahere is a true story about a famous man who worked in the white house and a criminal. they once faced the same thing their mother gave them apples when they were young.the criminal said one day, my mother brought some apples and asked my brother and me “which do you want?” “the reddest and biggest one,” my little brother said. my mother stared at him and said to him angrily “you should learn to give the good things to others; you shouldnt always think of yourself.” seeing this, i suddenly changed my idea and then said to my mother “mum, please give me the smaller one and give the bigger one to my little brother.” hearing my words, my mother was very happy. she kissed me on my face and gave the reddest and biggest apple to me as a prize. from then on, i learned to tell lies, fight, steal and rob. in order to get what i wanted, i played hard. as a result, i was sent into prison.the famous man from the white house said one day, my mother brought some apples. she said to my brother and me “you all want the reddest and biggest one, right? well, lets have a competition. now i divide the grassland in front of the gate into two and i will give one to each of you and you must shear(修剪) it well. and i will give the reddest and biggest apple to him who does it the most quickly and best.”after the competition, i won and i got the biggest apple. in our family, as long as you want to get the best things, you must take part in competition. i think it is fair. no matter what you want, you must pay lots of efforts.51、the criminal got the reddest and biggest apple because .a. he told the truth that he wanted a smaller oneb. his mother loved him more than she loved the younger brotherc. elder brother should of course have the bigger oned. he knew how to make his mother happy from her answer52、we can conclude from the passage that .a. its important to make children aware that no matter what they want, they must pay work b. its wrong to ask children to choose apples when they are not old enoughc. its wrong to ask children not to always think of themselvesd. its always necessary to have a competition when we give children apple53、the writer tells the story by .a. organizing it in the order of time b. making a comparison between two menc. providing some scientific informationd. describing it in the order of space54、it is implied in the passage that .a. we should always try to win competitions which can bring us a lotb. in order to get what we want, we should play hardc. giving children apples will lead them to become criminalsd. a mothers educational method has a great influence on a childs growing b wildcat also has been used as a name for money in the 1800s. at that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money. one bank in the state of michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it. some banks, however, did not have enough gold to support all the paper money they offered. so the money had little or no value. it was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat banknote. the banks who offered this money were called wildcat banks. a newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. it said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night. wildcat then was also used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it. dishonest developers would buy such property. then they would sell it and leave town with the money. the buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground. today, wildcat oil wells are in areas that are not known to have oil.55、what is the main idea of the passage?a. wildcats and their stories. b. wildcats and their characters.c. varieties of animal species.d. relationship between animals and humans.56、the underlined words a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat in paragraph 1 may refer to . a. gasoline companiesb. automobile manufacturersc. brands of automobile d. names of wildcats57、which of the following would people like to have or trust according to the passage?a. wildcat congressmen.b. wildcat oil wells.c. wildcat banks.d. wildcat cars. 58、it can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money .a. people couldnt buy anything with the moneyb. people complained and suffered a lotc. the rich invested too much on oil wellsd. people didnt know how to save moneycin a recent study, participants were asked to drink beer from either a straight-sided glass, or a curved “beer glass”. people took about almost twice as long to finish when drinking alcohol from the straight-sided glass, compared with the curved glass. there was no difference in drinking rates from the glasses when the drink was nonalcoholic.people may drink their alcohol faster from curved glasses because it is more difficult to accurately judge the halfway point of these glasses, the researchers concluded. as a result, drinkers may be less able to measure how much they have consumed. “people often talk of pacing themselves when drinking alcohol as a means of controlling levels of drunkenness, but i think the important point to take from our research is that the ability to pace effectively may be compromised when drinking from certain types of glasses ,”said study researcher angela attwood of the university of bristols school of experimental psychology in the united kingdom.in another experiment, participants completed a computer task in which they were shown pictures of two glasses containing varying volumes of liquid, and asked to judge whether each glass was more, or less, than half-full. the researchers found people made greater errors in judging the halfway point of the curved glass. “the participants who showed the greatest error in these judgments also tended to show the greatest changes in their drinking rates,” the researchers said. “the speed at which people drink alcohol influences their level of intoxication (迷醉), and the number of drinks they consume on an occasion. therefore, slowing down is likely to have a positive impact for the individual, and also at a population level.”59、if a man finishes drinking alcohol from a curved glass in 30 minutes, from a same-volumed straight glass, he will spend _.a. about 15 minutes b. about 60 minutes c. about 45 minutes d. about 25 minutes60、according to the passage, the experiment shows that _.a. curved glasses mislead peoples judgmentb. people differ greatly when judging the same glassc. people do computer tasks poorly after drinkingd. the type of liquid influences peoples thinking61、what advice do the researchers give drinkers?a. use a curved “beer glass”. b. drink at a slower pace.c. drink with positive people. d. try different types of alcohol.62、what would be the best title for the passage?a. shape may influence your drinking b. curved glass is out of datec. drink less for your health d. drinkers favor a different type of glass d a new generation addiction（着迷，迷恋） is quickly spreading all over the world. weboholism , a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. they surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. they spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive (强迫的，难以抑制的)habit. they cannot stop, and it affects their lives.ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. this obsessional behavior has affected teenagers and collage students. they are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.they become hooked on computer and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. they spend all free time surfing and dont concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at school. because they can find everything on websites, they hang out there. moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.they spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. the relation with their friends changes. the virtual (虚拟的）life becomes more important than their real life. they have a new language that they speak in chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from society and live with their virtual friends. they share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. although they feel confident of the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. it is a problem for the future. this addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the world.63、the main idea of the passage is about .athe cause of weboholism.bthe advantage of weboholismcthe popularity of weboholismdthe influence of weboholism64、the underlined word “obsessional” in the second paragraph most probably means. a. attractive b. addictive c. professional d. potential65、we can infer from the passage that . a. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers.b. students can hardly balance real and virtual life.c. people are addicted to games on the internet.d. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway.66、which of the following is not true of weboholism a. it contributes to the development of the web.b. the chat room language may change social culture.c. the problem will be getting more and more serious later.d. people addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.ethis is not a typical summer camp. michelle pawlaw and eight other teenage girls are participating in the threeday camp offered by the arlington county fire department located just outside washington. firefighter clare burley is in charge of the program，who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career. the free-of-charge，overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what fi