湖南省邵阳市邵东县第三中学高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

邵东三中2015年下期高二期中英语试卷总分：150分 时量：120分钟注意事项：答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷和答题卡相对应的位置上。第一部分： 听力（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. how does the man come here? a. by taxi. b. by car. c. by bus. 2. where do you think the conversation probably take place? a. at the grocers. b. at the dentists. c. at the teachers. 3. why is the man going to germany? a. to open a factory there. b. to visit a factory there. c. to have a look at the country. 4. what does the woman want to do? a. to go to the library. b. to go shopping. c. to eat something. 5. what are the speakers mainly talking about? a. how to look after ken. b. how to spend the vacation. c. how to deal with the womans cat. 第二节(共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7两个小题。6. why cant the woman have the party on the twenty-ninth? a. she will see her doctor. b. she will travel to another city. c. she will attend a meeting.7. how long will the party run? a. two hours.b. three hours. c. four hours. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. what are many children interested in? a. feeding cattle. b. collecting eggs. c. seeing farmyard animals. 9. what does the woman think is important to animals? a. food. b. peace. c. freedom. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题10. why does the woman prefer jogging? a. it is quiet and relaxing. b. she can do it with her friends. c. she is fond of seeing the countryside. 11. which two sports does the man like best? a. football and cycling. b. swimming and football. c. table tennis and swimming. 12. when does the man usually play table tennis? a. in summer.b. in spring. c. in winter. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what is the woman? a. a doctor. b. a professor. c. a nutritionist. 14. what does the woman suggest the man eat? a. pork. b. processed food. c. fruits and vegetables.15. where does the woman suggest the man eat? a. at the dining hall. b. at the restaurant. c. at the university hospital.16. how does the man probably feel after talking with the woman? a. worried. b. relaxed. c. confused. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the name of the course? a. intercultural commerce. b. interaction in communication. c. intercultural communication. 18. what time does the class meet? a. 3: 05 pm to 4: 15 pm. b. 3: 15 pm to 4: 50 pm. c. 3: 50 pm to 4: 50 pm. 19. on average, how often will the class meet in the research lab during the last part of the course? a. once a month. b. twice a month. c. three times a month. 20. which item was not mentioned as part of determining a students final grade in the class? a. participation. b. presence of the class. c. a research project. 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。a.when you are feeling unhappy or forget how great you are, these are six ways to make you feel good about yourself.1) look in the mirror and say to yourself, i am a special person and theres no one in the world like me. i can do anything! it may not sound so good, but it really works!2) do something nice for someone. helping others always makes you feel good.3) smile! be friendly to people you meet. look for the good things in your friends and family.4) learn something new! have you always wanted to decorate your own room or learn how to swim? go for it ! new challenges are fun and give you a sense of achievement when you have finished.5) read and start a diary. turn off the tv and let your imagination fly! write down your thoughts, dreams or anything you want! writing always helps to express your feelings.6) stay with your family. we all need our family time. talk with your mum or dad or maybe even your cousin.21. this passage may be taken from _.a. a science book b. a story book c. a magazine d. school rules22. which of the following should you say no to when you are unhappy?a. you should always look for the good things of others. b. stay alone at home as much as possible.c. learn something new and go for it! d. keep a diary to express your feelings.23. the best title(标题)for the passage is _.a. do your best b. six ways to feel good about yourselfc. its never too late to learn d. always smile to your lifebwant to find a job? now read the following advertisements.fairemont hotelfive waiters and ten waitresses:aged under 22.at least high school graduates.good-looking men at least 1.72 metres tall and women at least 1.65those knowing foreign languages favoured.paid 1600-2200 dollars per month.one secretary:aged under 30. females favoured.good at writing and skilled at computers.if interested, call 465-4768 or write to : mr. jack hundrisroom 0825m fairemont hotel567 wood street, san marers, 78003fax: 6954828wilson bookstoreaccountant:aged between 25 and 40.with an experience of at least two years.with a degree and an accountant certificate.paid 3000-4000 dollars monthly.with a practical knowledge of computer.computer salesclerk:aged 25 or less.basic education of 12 years or more.good at computer.paid 1800-2200 dollars monthly.tel: 447-4398fax: 348526924. which job of the four jobs will be paid best monthly from the passage?a. computer salesclerk b. accountant c. secretary d. not mentioned in the text25. if you dont know how to use a computer, you can just apply for the position as _.a. a secretary b. a waiter or waitressc. an accountant d. a salesclerk26. if you want to get the position of accountant in wilson bookstore, you have to satisfy the following conditions except _.a. being a woman b. knowing well how to use a computerc. having been an accountant d. having an accountant certificate27. if you want to try for a job in fairemont hotel, you _.a. have to be a woman and know foreign languages b. should be a university graduatec. have to be taller than 1.72 meters d. should be younger than 30 years of agec.whenever you buy something, it is possible that someone has already worn, eaten, or tested it to make sure it is safe and do what it is supposed to do. but what if you wanted a special suit(套装) to keep a shark ( 鲨鱼) from hurting you ? who wants to test a product like it ? “ i do!” says jeremiah sullivan, a scientist in california,. “you have to believe in what you sell, right?” sullivan owns sharkarmor tech, a company that makes a $4,450 sharksuit that even a great white shark cant bite through. before sullivan could sell his sharksuits, he needed to make sure his design would work. sullivan put on the sharksuit and jumped into a shark feeding ground. “ i needed to know exactly what a human body could expect to go through,” he says,. sharks moved all around him and then attacked his arm. sullivan felt the bites but no teeth. “it was uncomfortable at times , but not painful. the suit worked!” “ive now been bitten thousands of times but never badly,” says sullivan, who now works with tv shows like wild kingdom and programs for the discovery channels shark week. so, are you all set to buy a sharksuit ? before you do, you should know that the suit weighs 20 pounds and makes swimming almost impossible - not so practical for a day on the beach. and in fact, sullivan wants only professionals (专业人士)， such as filmmakers, scientists , and divers , to have sharksuits. why ? because even if someone is wearing a sharksuit, they would get seriously hurt if they treat diving with a 4,000-pound shark as a game. during sharksuit testing, sharks have thrown sullivan to the bottom of reefs and tried to take him off into the deepest part of the ocean. “but,” sullivan says, “ you dont need to be afraid of sharks , its actually pretty hard to get a shark to bite you.”28. the first paragraph is written to _. a. start a discussion.b. introduce the topic of the textc. show the main points of the text.d. test readers knowledge on science29. why did sullivan get close to sharks ?a. to see if his sharksuit works .b. to study what sharks feed onc. to catch a special kind of white sharkd. to learn how to swim with sharks safely.30. what does the underlined part“not so practical for a day on the beach”in paragraph 5 mean ?a. most people wont wear the sharksuit to the beach.b. people like going to the beach with the sharksuit.c. the sharksuit makes a perfect day on the beach.d. the sharksuit cant be worn for a whole day. 31. we can learn from the text that the sharksuit_.a . works well for swimmers.b is light but uncomfortable.c keeps sharks away from humans.d is designed for special purpopses.d.as internet users become more dependent on the internet to store information, are people remember less? if you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? experts are wondering if the internet is changing what we remember and how. in a recent study, professor betsy sparrow did some experiments. she and her team wanted to know the internet is changing memory. in the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. the first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. the second group understood that the computer would not save it. later, the second group remembered the information better. people in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it. in another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the internet. the information was in a computer folder (文件夹). surprisingly, people later remember the folder location (位置) better than the facts. when people use the internet, they do not remember the information. instead, they remember how to find it. this is called transactive memory (交互记忆) according to sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories because of the internet. instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to find it later . this doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.32. people dont have to remember all the information in mind because_. a. the information is useless b. people today are too busy c. computers could help people do the job d. they cant get information easily.33. what can we learn about the first experiment? a. sparrows team used 40 computers to do the experiment . b. the two groups both remembered the information very well. c. the first group did not try to remember the information. d. the second group did not try to remember the information.34. in transactive memory, people _. a. keep the information in mind b. change the quantity of information c. remember how to find the information d. dont know how to organize information. 35. what is the effect of the internet according to sparrows research? a. we are becoming more intelligent. b. we are using memory differently c. we have poorer memories than before. d. we need a better way to get information.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。 how can you improve your english?there are many things that you can do to improve your english. _36_ here are some tips on how to improve your english.*take a classfirst, decide whether you want to join in an english class. _37_ no matter where the class is offered, it is best if it is taught by a person whose first language is english.*use learning tools _38_ if you cant afford to buy them, you might be able to borrow them from your local library or find free versions (版本) that you can download over the internet.*keep reading as you become more comfortable reading english, be sure to read things other than instructional materials (教学材料) . _39_ choose those you are especially interested in. in that case it will increase your motivation (动机) to read.*_40_if you want to improve your english vocabulary, it can be helpful to learn a few new words at a time . for example, you could learn one new word every few days and look for opportunities to use them in conversation.in a word , the more you practice the language, the more likely you are to improve your english.a. one word at a timeb. use english in publicc. this kind of class is usually expensive.d. these classes are available in many parts of the world.e. for example, reading books and news in english every day.f. there are many products that you can use to improve your english.g. one of the best things to do is to read, write and speak english as much as possible.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）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答案some people are brave, some are not. are you a man or a mouse? when people ask this question they want to know 41 you think you are a 42 person or a coward (懦夫). but you will never really know the answer to this question 43 you are tested in real life. some people 44 they are brave but when they come face to face with real 45 , they act like cowards. others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 46.lenny had always thought of himself as a 47 person. he got worried before examinations. he worried about his job and health. all he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 48_, on january 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the potomac river in washington. lenny went to the river to see what was happening. he saw a woman in the 49 water. lenny did not feel afraid. he kept very 50 and did a very dangerous thing. he jumped into the potomac, 51 to the woman, and kept her head 52 the water. seventy-eight people died that day. thanks to lenny, it was not 53 .when you are in a very 54 situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. the chemical is called adrenalin. 55 adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 56 to fight or run away. however, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. when this 57 , the muscles become very hard and you find you 58 at all. you are then paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear. this is 59 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say were “petrified”. this word comes from the greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. we are 60_ frightened that we become stonelike.41. a. how b. neither c. whether d. either42. a. brave b. real c. hard d. certain43. a. when b. until c. after d. once44. a. realize b.doubt c. think d. agree45. a. life b. question c. mouse d. danger46. a. soldiers b. horses c. cowards d. heroes47. a. useful b. brave c. nervous d. terrible 48. a. so b. therefore c. then d. actually49. a. fresh b. poisonous c. warm d. ice-cold50. a. nervous b. calm c. frightened d. excited51. a. went b. helped c. spoke d. swam52 a. in b. under c. above d. from53. a. an accident b. a mistake c. seventy-eight d . seventy-nine54. a. dangerousb. comfortable c. different d. favorable55. a. with b. without c. for d. like56. a. afraid b. ready c. unable d. anxious57. a. gets b. disappears c. happens d. goes58. a. neednt b. cant c. mustnt d. shouldnt 59. a. where b. how c. because d. why60. a. so b. very c. such d. really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(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。scientists have announced that they have cloned the first human embryo. cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal _61_(use) its cells. the first mammal to be cloned _62_(successful) from an adult cell was dolly the sheep. she _63_(born) in 1996 and died in early 2003, at a much younger age _64_ normal. at first, many people were worried _65_ cloning would lead to more diseases in _66_ animal world. however, the scientists were praised for their progress.the scottish scientist ian wilmut , _67_ intention has never been to create copies of humans, was shocked that some scientist are now considering cloning human beings. he thinks research