河南省光山二高高二英语上学期开学检测试题新人教版.doc

光山二高2013-2014年度高二开学检测卷 英语第i卷（选择题） 单项选择（每小题1分 共15分）21. - would you mind answering some questions on shopping habits?- _.a. yes, with great pleasure. b. no, im afraid i cant make it.c. yes, it is worth the time. d. no, as long as it doesnt take long.22. we _ have bought so much food now that suzie wont be with us for dinner.a mustnt b neednt c. should d. cant 23. people try to avoid public transportation delays by using their cars, and this _ creates further problems. a. in turn b. in vain c. in advance d. in doubt24. international communications have led to _.a. using english widely. b. english having used widely.c. english to be used widely. d. english being used widely.25. my brother would like to buy a watch but _ was available from that shop.a. nothing b. no one c none d. neither26._ is no doubt _ he will be admitted to a key university. a. it; if b. there; what c. there; whether d. there; that27. when i entered the room, i found a piece of paper on my desk, _ “stupid sarah got a d!”a. said b. which saying c. say d. saying 28. its high time we _ our attention to this problem.a. turn b. turned c. had turned d. would turn 29._that maric was able to set up new branches elsewhere.a. so successful her business was b. so successful was her businessc. so her business was successful d. so was her successful business30. is it in the cinema _ we saw the film last week_ you met mary for the first time. a where, that b where ,when c / ,that d /,when31. there _ no classes yesterday, we paid a visit to the great wall.a. was b. being c. were d. had been32. they made a scientific approach _ the subject.a. at b. in c. of d. to33. with the development of modern society, e-mail as well as telephones_ an important part in daily communication.a. have played b. is playing c. are playing d. played34. when you are in face of failure, it is the most important to keep up _ good state of mind.a. 不填, a b. a, 不填 c. the, a d.不填, the35. his acting career was _ by a car accident that left him disabled.a. cut down b. cut off c. cut out d. cut up 完型填空（每小题1.5分 共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。my classmate jennifer and i graduated from an ordinary normal university last year. like most of the students who had just stepped out of university, we had to 36 the first tough test - job hunting to 37 a passport to society. and the most 38 part was the job interview. the 39 was very fierce. dozens of my classmates, jennifer 40 , sent our curriculum vitas to a key middle school for a teaching job, making the chance of success as low as 1 to 20. before the job interview, i 41 complete preparations, including a formal suit, a newly-done hair, a few 42 on job interviews, and even some ancient chinese poems 43 i faced a learned interviewer. on that day everything went very 44 . i answered all the questions fluently. so i felt very 45 to get this job. jennifer was still there waiting for her turn. i made a “v” 46 to her. she smiled at me, looking a little worried. i 47 she was not as eloquent(雄辩的) as i, though not worse than me in studies. i felt i had an advantage over her. however, a week later, all of us received letters of 48 . another week later, guess what happened! she got the job! 49 congratulating her, i asked her how she got it. she said, “i did 50 . i just wrote them a note of thanks after receiving the letter of refusal.” only then 51 i realize why all the applicants had received the same letters and that was also a part of the 52 .only a note of thanks, but that was what made all the difference. this experience 53 me a good lesson, that is, 54 excellent you are, you should never forget the 55 manners of saying “thank you!”. 36. a. look through b. go through c. go on d. live through37. a. accept b. allow c. get d. permit38. a. acceptable b. ample c. reliable d. important39. a. interview b. contest c. competition d. post40. a. included b. including c. containing d. contained41. a. took b. made c. had d. put42. a. advice b. notices c. tips d. suggestion43. a. provided that b. in order that c. in case d. even if44. a. well b. difficultly c. actually d. compulsorily45. a. privileged b. disappointed c. worried d. confident46. a. sign b. signal c. mark d. form47. a. told b. thought c. suggestedd. advised48. a. thanks b. application c. refusal d. acceptance49. a. while b. for c. what d. whether50. a. somethingb. nothing c. anythingd. everything51. a. did b. have c. do d. had52. a. exams b. problems c. tests d. checks53. a. taught b. sent c. had d. believed54. a. whatever b. still c. however d. very55. a. controversial b. simple c. easy d. cool 阅读理解 第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的a, b, c, d四个选项中选出最佳选项。acities need to put efforts to deal with pollution and clear the air.chinese cities will need to put efforts to clear up the sky when a new department to improve regional air quality is set up by 2015，according to the latest plan released by the state council.besides the existing pollution control program for co2，regional emission caps(区域排放上限) for other certain chemicals will be established in the three key air polluting areasthe yangtze river delta，pearl river delta and the beijing-tianjin- hebei region. coal-consumption caps will also be tried out in some areas，according to the plan.the plan is aimed at dealing with regional air pollutionsuch as acid rain and smogwhich have become increasingly obvious in china in recent years and caused a severe threat to peoples health，zhang lijun，viceminister of environmental protection，said in an interview on monday.the air quality in a city affects the areas nearby because pollutants can travel in the sky，said chai fahe，vice-director of chinese research academy of environmental sciences.“so efforts to reduce air pollution in a single city，targeting a certain pollutant(污染物) will not be enough，” chai said.zhang said the countrys major industrial districtsthe yangtze river delta，pearl river delta and the beijing-tianjin-hebei regionhave recorded more than 100 misty days annually in recent years.these three regions，home to at least 200 million people，occupy only 6.3 percent of the countrys area but consume 40 percent of the countrys coal and produce half of its steel，according to official figures.studies also show that the visibility(能见度) in eastern regions of china has dropped by 7 to 15 km compared to that in the early 1960s，as a result of air pollution.liaoning province，the shandong peninsula，wuhan in hubei province and its surrounding area，the changsha-zhuzhou-xiangtan region in hunan province，the chengdu-chongqing region，and the western coast of the taiwan straits are also listed as areas to carry out such regional air pollution control programs，according to the plan.the new plan also requires an improved air quality system，which will measure the pollution levels. “the current system，which only measures some major pollutants，cannot reflect the true picture.” said chai.56it will not be enough to reduce air pollution in a single city because _.aair pollution has been becoming more and more serious in recent yearsbair pollution like acid rain and smog is threatening peoples healthcair pollutants in a city can travel in the sky and affect nearby areasdair pollutants stay in fixed places over the cities57suppose the visibility in eastern regions of china was 130 km in the early 1960s，the visibility there nowadays is _.a123 to 115 km b137 to 145 kmc123 to 145 km d115 to 137 km58the main purpose of the passage is _.ato inform readers of the damage caused by air pollutionbto introduce the new plan to control air pollutioncto provide official figures of air pollution levelsdto point out the regions affected by air pollution59what does the underlined phrase “the true picture” in the last paragraph mean?athe major pollutants. bthe key polluted areas.cthe major polluted cities. dthe pollution levels.bmillions of american kids come home to or leave an empty house every day. however, parents are increasingly using an existing technology home security （安全） systems to keep an eye on their “home-alone” children. in the early days of home security, the systems were basically designed just to keep the bad guys out. now, many parents are also using them to make their children safe when they are at home alone. below are some simple rules for adults to teach their children:every child should memorize his or her own full name and address, and home, work and cellphone numbers of each parent. also keep this information posted next to the phone at home. if your child is too young to memorize the information, he or she may be too young to be home alone for any time.teach your child to observe things around him or her when he or she returns to the house. if a door or window is slightly open, the child has any reason to suspect (怀疑) someone has been in the house that shouldnt be, have him or her call you, then wait at a safe house a neighbor offers.warn your child never to answer the doorbell or telephone when they are home alone. besides, set a rule that he or she must never play outside the house when no one else is at home.be sure he or she knows how to disarm (解除) and arm your home security system. program your control panel (控制板) to give you a message when your child enters or leaves the house, and arms or disarms the system. if your child forgets to rearm the system, you can call him or her with a personal reminder.to learn more about home security systems that can help parents protect their “home-alone” children, visit www.protecta.60. according to the passage, home security systems _.a. can help children all the timeb. are now used for protecting the childrenc. were first designed to keep kids safe at home d. are developed to spare parents more time for their work61. home-alone children are advised to _.a. fight bravely with bad guysb. memorize numbers they seec. call the police when they are home alone d. pay much attention when getting home alone62. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. parents are taking less care of their children.b. children are easy to forget numbers recently.c. children and adults should work together to use the system.d. people should know the dangers caused by their neighbors.c erik wants to climb mount everest. he loves to climb， and there is no place greater for climbers than the top of 29,035 feet, the worlds highest mountain. erik is blind. he has been blind since age 13， when an eye disease robbed him of his sight. his new book， touch the top of the world: a blind mans journey to climb farther than the eye can see， describes his blindness and climbing. he is the first blind man to attempt everest. the team reached the base camp at 17,800 feet last wednesday and began its climb saturday. if all goes well, erik will reach the top on about may 15.im not just some broken blind guy, erik, aged 32，said for hours before he left los angeles on friday for katmandu, nepal. 1 put my life in my fellow climbers hands， and they put their lives in my hands. its an honor to reach that state. i want to experience the sense of adventure. blindness has nothing to do with that. but a message of the climb is that a blind person can join a team and climb the highest mountain in the world. erik has climbed the highest tops on four continents: north americas mount mckmley， south americas aconcagua， africas kilimanjaro and antarcticas vinson massif. he is an expert rock and ice climber， having scaled el captain in yosemite national park. when he was 16, he attended a school that taught blind people to be independent. one day, a group went rock-climbing. 1 really liked it, erik said, you can solve problems. it is sense in your inner mind. people didnt think blind people could go out and become expert rock climbers.63 . erik expected the climb of mount everest to be.a. adventurous b. pleasant c. excitingd. dull64. the distance between the top of mount everest and the base camp was probably_.a. 8,458 feet b. 11,235 feet c. 17,800 feet d. 29,035 feet65. eriks words in paragraph 3 mean that he.a. shared complete dependence with his friendsb. felt it glad to reach the state in americac. and his friends controlled each otherd. was saved by his fellow climbers66. what can we learn from the passage?a. hard work leads to success.b. practice makes perfect.c. every advantage has its disadvantage.d. nothing is impossible.dby the middle of the 19th century, newspapers were becoming the primary means of spreading and receiving information. the period between 1890 and 1920 is known as the “golden age” of print media.broadcast radio came onto the media scene in the 1920s. newspapers were forced to re-evaluate (重新评估) their role as societys primary information provider. like the new media technologies of today, the development of a low-cost, convenient media source produced results that radio would greatly affect the newspaper industry. no sooner had newspapers adapted to radio than they were forced to re-evaluate themselves because of a new and more powerful medium: television. between 1940 and 1990, newspaper sales in america dropped from one newspaper for every two adults to one for every three adults. some newspapers, like usa today, responded to the technological advancements by using color and the “short, quick and to the point” stories that are usually featured on television.the technological revolution of today is creating new challenges and opportunities for traditional media. never before has so much information been so accessible (可得到的) to so many. by the end of the 1990s, about 700 traditional media had websites; today there are thousands.the amount and speed of information on the internet is unparalleled, but it has not signalled the end of the newspapers existence （存在）. newspapers in print remain a popular and powerful medium for the reporting and analysis of events that shape our lives. it is reported that one billion people in the world read a newspaper every day!67. radio had a great influence on the newspaper industry because _.a. it was easier and cheaper to receive information by radio b. nobody supported the development of the newspaper industry c. newspapers were not a primary information provider any longerd. many people were too poor to buy newspapers in the early 20th century 68. usa today is mentioned as an example to tell us _.a. it was a famous newspaper then b. newspapers used some advantages of television c. television was “short, quick and to the point”d. television is a major means of media in the world69. the underlined word “unparalleled” in the last paragraph means “_”.a. expected b. considered c. matchless d. compared 70. we can infer from this passage that _.a. newspapers still play an important part in our lifeb.the “golden age” of print media refers to the 19th centuryc. radio took the place of newspapers completely in the 1920sd. newspapers can never catch up with the modern means of media 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.competitors who wear red win more than those that are dressed in any other color, according to study in germany. 71 experts believe that red could make individuals and teams feel more confident as well as being perceived by others as more aggressive. 72 . on the other hand, the results could suggest that the success of those teams has given those that wear the red color more confident.the study, by german sports psychologists at the university of munster, was reported in new scientist magazine. they showed video recording of taekwondo matches to 42 experienced referees. one fighter wore blue and the other wore red. they then showed them the same recordings but digitally manipulated the clothing to exchange the colors. _73 . “if one competitor is strong and the other is weak, it wont change the outcome of the fight.” said norbert hagemann, who led the study, “ 74 ”in 2004 scientists at durham university also looked at how color influenced sporting competitive