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江苏省上冈高级中学20122013学年度第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡。第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟时间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 bus. b. by taxi. c. by car.2. why isnt helen present? a. she forgot to come.b. she changed her decision. c. she wasnt invited.3. whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? a. husband and wife. b. mother and son. c. doctor and patient.4. whats the mans job? a. a shop assistant. b. a tailor. c. a salesman.5. what does the man mean? a. he cant go to the cinema. b. he can go to the cinema on saturday morning. c. he can go to the cinema on saturday evening.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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，每小题将给出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. when will the man go on holiday? a. in spring. b. in summer. c. in winter.7. where is the man going? a. switzerland. b. italy. c. austria. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. what is the man? a. a businessman. b. a salesman. c. a scientist.9. where does this conversation most probably take place? a. on a train. b. on a bus. c. on a plane.10. why is the woman traveling? a. she is traveling on holiday. b. she is traveling on business. c. she is traveling to give some lectures. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. why is the woman calling? a. to buy a table. b. to book a table.c. to serve lunch.12. when does this restaurant stop serving lunch? a. 1 pm. b. 2 pm. c. 3 pm. 13. how many people will come with the woman for lunch? a. one. b. two. c. four. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. what is the man? a. a nurse. b. a doctor. c. a chemist.15. what is wrong with the woman? a. she is wet all over. b. she has a bad headache. c. she has had a cough for three days.16. what does the man tell the woman to do? a. stay in bed for some time and take some medicine. b. go around from time to time. c. come to see him tomorrow morning.17. where does this conversation most probably take place? a. in a garden. b. in the mans office. c. in the womans house.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what is the main topic of the passage? a. the barcelona olympic games. b. tv programs on chinese television. c. effects of television on our lives.19. where was the survey of 300 youngsters made? a. in shanghai. b. in wuhan. c. in beijing.20. according to the passage, what is quickly taking the place of printed material as the major source of news for most chinese? a. the internet b. television c. radio第二部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分35分)第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. - im calling to _ our lunch appointment. its tomorrow at twelve oclock, right? - absolutely. a. confirm b. acknowledge c. determine d. recognize 22. he accidentally _that he was actually in debts and a large sum of money was in great need to pay off the debts. a. make out b. leave outc. let outd. carry out 23. some cyclists make the _ that traffic laws do not _ them. it is not true, _.a. assumption; apply to; though b. thought; apply to; howeverc. assuming; apply for; thoughd. idea; apply for; however24. with so much _ equipment, wood and paper in one place, there is a danger of fire.a. electric b. electronic c. electrical d. electricity25. the man said nothing but turned around and _ everybody_.a. left; surprising b. leaving; surprised c. left; surprised d. leaving; surprising26. what happened to him? he promised to come by 9, but its now almost 8:50. dont worry. he is always _.a. punctual b. reasonable c. controversial d. accurate27. not only_ interested in football but _ beginning to show an interest in it.a. the father himself is; all his children are b. the father himself is; are all his childrenc. is the father himself; are all his children d. is the father himself; all his children are28. with a large amount of work _, the chief manager couldnt spare time for a holiday. a. remained to be done b. remaining to be done c. remained being done d. remaining to do29. this passage puzzled me so much that i stopped for a few seconds to _.a. make it up b. make it out c. make it for d. make it over30. i hear tom _ playing games recently _ no wonder he is easy to feel sleepy in class.a. is addicted to; there is b. addicts; there isc. addicts; it is d. is addicted to; it is31. such good use had been his spare time_ his english has improved a lot a. made of; as b. made of; that c. made in; that d. found in; as32. although all of the apples _, none of them _ good.a. have been tasted; tasteb. have been tasted; are tastedc. have tasted; tasted. have tasted; are tasted33. there _ no buses, we had to walk home after work yesterday. a. was b. were c. being d. had34. to some extent, uncontrolled information from the website that many people turn _ false.a. to proveb. to provesc. proved. proves35. on returning home, she found a note _ to the door, _ “call in later.”a. attaching; reading b. attaches; sayingc. attached; which reads d. attached; reading第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。we may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever weve become used to suddenly disappears. 36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman i 37 to see - or look at - on my way to work each morning. for three years, no matter 38 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 a.m. on 39 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. summertime 40 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. of course, i 42 all this only after she was seen no more. it was then that i realized how 43 i expected to see her each morning. you might say i 44 her.“did she have an accident? something 45 ?” i thought to myself about her 46 . now that she was gone, i felt i had 47 her. i began to realize that part of our 48 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. such people are 51 markers in our lives. they add weight to our 52 of place and belonging.think about it. 53 while walking to work, we mark where we are by 54 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 55 person?36. a. make b. take c. give d. have37. a. happened b. wanted c. used d. tried38. a. what b. how c. which d. when39. a. sunny b. rainy c. cloudy d. snowy40. a. took b. brought c. carried d. turned41. a. clearly b. particularly c. luckily d. especially42. a. believed b. expressed c. remembered d. wondered43. a. long b. often c. soon d. much44. a. respected b. missed c. praised d. admired45. a. better b. worse c. more d. less46. a. disappearance b. appearance c. misfortune d. fortune47. a. forgotten b. lost c. known d. hurt48. a. happy b. enjoyable c. usual d. daily49. a. friends b. strangers c. tourists d. guests50. a. regularly b. actually c. hardly d. probably51. a. common b. pleasant c. important d. faithful52. a. choice b. knowledge c. decision d. sense53. a. because b. if c. although d. however54. a. keeping b. changing c. passing d. mentioning55. a. unnamed b. unforgettable c. unbelievable d. unreal第三部分阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（a）my first experience of modern city life was quite impressive. i was very curious when i arrived in london. first, i noticed so many people were on a trip in a busy way. when i first saw the machine on the underground where you are expected to feed your ticket in and have to run through moving barriers (拦板), i was completely fascinated (被迷住了) at it. flashing with the light, the little green man, telling you when to cross the road, was also quite interesting, and so were those street advertisements which kept changing subjects as you look. in my native place, my life is so different from peoples here. i am a market gardener from makono, a village which is led by a market-managing group. people there usually walk two hours a day to get water from a well. whats more, i am used to going, for many hours, without drinking, so it was strange to be offered cups of tea all the time here in london. in my native place, on market days, i usually walk for several hours with my basket full of fruits and vegetables on my head, carrying them to the market for sale, to earn 1 per basket. without the produce from my garden, i could not pay for education or healthcare for my children. gardening is not a hobby for me its survival. but here people are planting something only to kill their leisure time. during our visiting-time in britain, we visited some local government agencies, schools, churches and farms in sussex, scotland, yorshire, loncolnshire and cambridgeshire, meeting people who were of the same profession as we are. children in burley-in-wharfedale, yorkshire, prepared a special get-together to greet us and we were also asked a lot about our life which was quite fascinating to them. for example, how we make our houses out of mud and how we get our water for our daily necessities, as well as for our garden. 56. what can we learn from paragraph one ? a. the writer knew london well. b. londoners are always in a hurry . c. it was easy to get lost in london. d. everything looked new to the writer.57. the most disadvantage in the writers native place should be that _ . a. there are many market-managing groups for gardeners b. the lack of water makes the life there even harder c. people there like to travel about on foot for enjoyment d. people support themselves using the garden produce58. the underlined word “ survival” has the most exact meaning of _ . a. a means of earning ones life b. a habit to live a better life c. a kind of very practical idea d. a custom followed by people59. which of the following should be the best title ?a. how to get around in london b. communicating with the british c. experiencing modern life d. how can one live leisurely(休闲地)（b）sometimes youll hear people say that you cant love others until you love yourself. sometimes youll hear people say that you cant expect someone else to love you until you love yourself. either way, youve got to love yourself first and this can be tricky. sure we all know that were the apple of our parents eyes, and that our grandmas think were great talents and our uncle roberts think that we will go to the olympics. but sometimes its a lot harder to think such nice thoughts about ourselves. if you find that believing in yourself is a challenge. it is time you built a positive self-image and learn to love yourself.self-image is your own minds picture of yourself. this image includes the way you look, the way you act, the way you talk and the way you think. interestingly, our self-images are often quite different from the images others hold about us. unfortunately, most of these images are more negative than they should be. thus changing the way you think about yourself is the key to changing your self-image and your whole world.the best way to defeat a passive self-image is to step back and decide to stress your successes. that is, make a list of you need to, but write down all of the great things you do every day. dont allow doubts to occur in it.it very well might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you cant move past one flaw or weakness that you see about yourself. well, roll up your sleeves and make a change of it as your primary task. if you think youre silly because you arent good at math, find a tutor. if you think youre weak because you cant run a mile, get to the track and practice. if you think youre dull because you think it doesnt mean its true.the best way to get rid of a negative self-image is to realize that your image is far from objective, and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities. changing the way you think and working on those you need to improve will go a long way towards promoting a positive self-image. when you can pat（拍）yourself on the back, youll know youre well on your way. good luck!60. you need to build a positive self-image when you .a. dare to challenge yourself b. feel it hard to change yourselfc. are unconfident about yourself d. have a high opinion of yourself61. how should you change your self-image according to the passage?a. to keep a different image of others. b. to accept your weaknesses.c. to understand your own world. d. to change the way you think.62. what is the passage mainly about?a. how to prepare for your success. b. how to face challenges in your life.c. how to build a positive self-image. d. how to develop your good qualities.（c）its interesting that the arrival of snow has a different effect on people in different countries. for some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others it is a catastrophe (灾难). there are countries between these two extremes that normally expect snow some time over the winter months, but never receive snow regularly or in the same quantities every year. britain is one such country, for which the arrival of snow quite simply creates problems. within hours of the first snowfall, however light, roads are blocked; trains and buses stop in the middle of traffic. normal communications are affected as well, telephone calls become difficult and the post immediately takes more time than usual. almost within hours, there are also shortages(缺乏) bread, vegetables and other things not because all these things can no longer be produced or sent to shops, but mainly because people are frightened, and go out to store up these commodities, “just for fear that something bad should happen.”why then does snow have this effect? after all, the swiss, austrians and canadians dont have such problems. it is simply because there is not enough plan and preparation. we need money to buy equipment to deal with snow and ice. to keep the roads clear, for example, requires snow ploughs and machines to spread salt. the reason why a country like britain does not buy some ploughs is that they are only used for a few days in any one year, and the money could be more useful in other things such as hospital education or helping the old.63. according to the writer, britain is a country_.a. which has regular snow b. for which snow is a wonderc. for which snow is not a catastrophe d . which is not well prepared for snow 64. the arrival of snow in britain affects all of the following except_a. traffic b. communication c. food supplies d. service quality65. after a few hours snowing there are often shortages of food because_apeople buy as much as they can bshops have closed downcfarmers cant produce any more dpeople eat more vegetables in winter 66. the first reason why the british dont buy snow ploughs is that_aspreading salt is good enough bold people need more moneycsnow ploughs are not used often dthe hospital is more important（d）i sat crouched (蹲着) in the shade under a sixty-foot-tall cactus (仙人掌), waiting for them to appear. the time was eight thirty in the morning. for seven mornings i had come to the same distant spot in the sonoran desert, in southern arizona. i was here to watch the roadrunner, a small fast-running bird.i spotted two birds under a bush with red flowers. the roadrunners rushed out from under it. the birds moved rapidly on long skinny legs. their feathers were brown and black. their tails were seven inches long. roadrunners use the tail for balance when running.that day, the roadrunners performed a courtship (求婚) dance. they ran in wild circles. suddenly, one stopped and stood still, its round eyes full of light. the second bird took hold of a small stick off the ground and presented it to the first, a gift serving as a symbol of their partnership. i returned to the spot each day, leaving bits of boiled chicken hoping they would return. roadrunners eat snakes, lizards, mice, beetles, and spiders. food is in short supply in the desert, so my offerings were welcome. the pair grew used to me. soon after the pair finished building their nest (巢), six white eggs appeared in the nest bowl. in about three weeks, six roadrun