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江苏省南京市建邺高级中学2013-2014学年高二英语上学期期中试题 新人教版第一部分：听力（共 2节，满分15分）第一节 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. what do we know about the woman?a. she is unsatisfied with the bedroom.b. she cant find her earrings in the bedroom.c. she forgets where she put her earrings.2. what is the probable relationship between the speakers?a. salesgirl and customer. b. wife and husband.c. waitress and customer.3. what does the woman want to buy? a. some paintings. b. some sculptures.c. some books.4. when will the speakers meet?a. at 7:00.b. at 7:05.c. at 7:15.5. where did the man put the soap?a. in the bedroom drawer.b. on the kitchen table.c. in the bathroom cupboard.第二节 听下面4段对话。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，各小题将给出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. how long has the woman been mr. bigs secretary?a. about three years.b. about five years.c. about seven years.7. what do we know about the womans boss?a. he never drinks coffee. b. he always forgets his appointments.c. he never remembers to make the tea.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. what did the woman spend an hour trying to do this morning?a. book a flight ticket.b. book a hotel room. c. book a train ticket.9. what was the travel agent doing while talking with the woman?a. chatting with another person. b. repairing the computer. c. eating something.10. how did the travel agent feel about the half-price offer?a. surprised.b. upset.c. angry.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. what will the man do with paul and steve?a. have lunch.b. have a walk.c. go shopping.12. what do we know about kate and jill?a. they are sleeping. b. they are in the playroom.c. they are always very quiet.13. what is simon doing now?a. painting.b. playing the guitar.c. talking on the phone.听第9段材料， 回答第14至15题。14. what does the speaker think of the life in london?a. it is stressful.b. it is simple.c. it is convenient.15. what do we know about the speakers parents?a. they are tired of life. b. they live in the country.c. they get used to the noise and pollution.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）16. she was reading a book in her chair _ first time i saw _ old lady.a. a; anb. the；thec. 不填；thed. 不填；an 17. -john, how did your english exam go? -i thought i _, but in fact i came in the top 10% in the class.a. should have failed b. couldn t have failedc. might have failed d. mustnt have failed18. - my cousin would like to risk _the weight-loss pills rather than _ in a gym - really? she must be mada. to take；work out b. to take；working outc. taking；working out d. taking；work out19. mother told jim to watch the milk until it boiled and then _ off the gas. a. turnb. turningc. turnedd. having turned20. - did you know any french before you arrived in paris？ - never _ it, actually.a. i learned b. have i learned c. had i learned d. was i learned21. it was the fact _ dolly, the sheep, seemed to develop normally _ encouraged the scientists.a. that; thatb. that; whichc. of which; that d. that; /22. the strong earthquake lasted over ten minutes. _, most of the buildings in the city fell down. a. as a result b. on the other hand c. as a matter of fact d. on the contrary23. what the young man can t _ is that his mum always treats him like a baby.a. support b. undertake c. hold d. stand24. the pond has been _ a terrible smell for a month but nothing has been done.a. giving away b. giving up c. giving off d. giving in25. on christmas eve, we put up some balloons to _ the festival atmosphere.a. make forb. add upc. add tod. join in26. the former football champion is _ of selling heroin(海洛因) to a number of drug users.a. criticizedb. accusedc. blamed d. charged27. the shy girl felt _ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teachers questions. a. amazed b. awkward c. curious d. amused 28. the boy wanted to play football in the street, but his parents told him _.a. not to b not to do c. not do it d. do not to29. when i opened the door, i found my father sitting in his chair, completely _ in a magazine. a. concentrated b. gathered c. losing d. absorbed 30. what the teacher said in class is_.a. of great importance b. great importancec. of great important d. great important第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） on august 26, 1999, new york city experienced a terrible downpour. the rain caused the streets to _31_ and the subway system almost came to a stop. unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. many people who were going to work were _32_ to go home. some battled to _33_ a taxi or to get on a bus. still others faced the _34_ bravely, walking miles to get to work. i _35_ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. i went from subway line to subway line only to find that most of the _36_ had stopped. after making my way _37_ crowds of people, i finally found a subway line that was _38_. unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to _39_ the subway that i could not even get down the stairs to the platform(站台). so i took the train going in the _40_ direction, and then hurried back to the downtown train. finally, after what seemed like a forever journey, the train _41_ my stop. then i had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. when i finally got to my office, i was _42_ through, exhausted and _43_. my co-workers and i spent most of the day drying off. when it was 5:00 pm，i was ready to go home. i was about to turn off my computer _44_ i received an email from garth, my boss: i would like to thank all of you who made the effort and _ 45_ came to work. it is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their _46_ to their jobs. thank you.garths email was short, but i learned more from that _47_ message than i ever did from a textbook. the email taught me that a few words of _48_ can make a big difference. the rainstorm and the traffic _49_ had made me tired and upset. but garths words immediately _50_ me and put a smile back on my face. 31. a. breakb. floodc. sinkd. crash32. a. forced b. refusedc. arrangedd. gathered33. a. driveb. payc. calld. search34. a. climateb. sceneryc. stormd. burden35. a. usedb. promisedc. deservedd. happened36. a. practiceb. busesc. processd. lines37. a. to b. throughc. overd. for38. a. operatingb. ridingc. turningd. rushing39. a. checkb. carryc. findd. board40. a. sameb. eastc. westd. opposite41. a. arrivedb. crossedc. reachedd. parked42. a. wetb. weakc. sickd. hurt43. a. ashamedb. upsetc. surprisedd. puzzled44. a. whileb. whenc. whered. after45. a. hardly b. usuallyc. latelyd. eventually46. a. devotionb. donationc. connectiond. education47. a. exactb. immediatec. briefd. humorous48. a. promiseb. appreciationc. adviced. proposal49. a. troublesb. signalsc. rulesd. signs50. a. correctedb. supportedc. amazedd. cheered第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）a apartment turns into nightmarearles, france-andre raffay has a problem. he needs a nice, large apartment in the city of arles, but he doesnt have enough money to buy one. every morning andre sits in his neighborhood cafe and reads the apartment ads in the newspaper. he draws a circle around each ad for an apartment that looks good. then he goes to the telephone to call the owner.“hello. im interested in the apartment near the park that is in todays paper,” he says. “how much is it?” when he hears the answer, he says, “oh, my goodness! thats too much!” the same thing happens every day.one morning andre sees a friend in the cafe. he tells him about his problem. “i have a good idea, andre. i know a 90-year-old woman who has a beautiful apartment. you can pay her something every month until she dies. then you can move into the apartment. it will be yours!”andre is excited. he thinks to himself, “how much longer can such an old lady live? we can probably have the apartment in a couple of years.” he and his wife, marie, go to visit mrs. calment. the apartment is just what they want. it is large and sunny, and it is near the center of town. it even has a view of the park.more than thirty years go by. jeanne calment is still alive. she is 121 years old, the oldest person in the world. poor andre isnt alive anymore, but his widow still sends mrs. calment $500 every month. their dream apartment is a nightmare.51. it is difficult to find an apartment because _. a. andre has no enough moneyb. andre doesnt really need a house c. andre wants to buy an expensive house d. there are few apartments in the city52. they have paid the old woman _ dollars since they first met her. a. only $500 b. more than $45,000 c. over $120,000 d. about $180,00053. from the passage we can learn _. a. mr. raffay didnt think the old lady would live so long b. mr. raffays friend fooled him with the old lady c. mr. raffay thought marie would live longer than he d. mr. raffay read ads in the newspaper all his lifebnot all memories are sweet. some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. often they remember these experiences in nightmares.now american researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. the pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. they hope it might reduce, or possibly erase(抹去),the effect of painful memories.in november, experts tested a drug on people in the us and france. the drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. so far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.the research has caused a great deal of argument. some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers troubling memories after war. they say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.“some memories can ruin peoples lives. they come back to you when you dont want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. they usually come with very painful emotions,” said roger pitman, a professor of psychiatry(精神病学) at harvard medical school. “this could relieve a lot of that suffering.”but those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories make us our true self. they also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.“all of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. im not sure we want to wipe those memories out,” said rebecca dresser, a medical ethicist(伦理学家).54. the drug tested on people can _. a. cause the brain to keep memories more clearly b. stop people remembering bad experience c. prevent body producing certain chemicals d. erase peoples past bad memories55. we can learn from the passage that _. a. people doubt the necessity of the pills b. the pill will stop peoples physical effects of bad experiences c. taking the pill will do harm to peoples health d. the pill has been very popular around the world56. which of the following does rebecca dresser agree with? a. some memories can ruin peoples lives. b. people want to get rid of bad memories. c. experiencing bad events makes us different from others. d. the pill will reduce peoples sufferings from bad memories.cjapanese people, who never miss a chance to be photographed, were lining up to get their pictures on a postage stamp. vanity stamps(个人自费发行的邮票) with personal photographs went on sale for the first time in japan as part of an international postage stamp exhibition. the customers photo is taken with a digital camera and then printed on stamp sheets, a process that takes about five minutes. sold in a sheet of 10 stamps for $ 8.80, little more than the cost of lunch in tokyo, each stamp printed a different scene from a traditional painting along with the photo.the stamps can be used normally to mail a letter, and postal officials hope they will help encourage interest in letter-writing in the internet age. “certainly e-mail is a useful method of communication, but letters are fun in a different way.” said hatsumi shimizu, an official in the post ministry. “we want to show young people that letters can be fun, too.”while similar stamp sheets appeared in australia in 1999 and are now sold in some 12 nations and areas, japans fondness for commemorative(纪念的) photos is likely to make them especially popular here. indeed, officials had prepared 1,000 sheets but they were sold out in less than 30 minutes. although the stamps are currently only available as a special service during the exhibition, postal officials said they may start selling them on a regular basis in the future.57the best title of this passage might be _.anever miss a chance to be photographedbyour own face on a postage stampcfirst japanese postage stamps with a photodletters are as fun as e-mails58the purpose of this activity is _.ato make the international postage stamp exhibition more interesting bto make more stamps for normal usecto draw interest in writing letters in the internet agedto satisfy japans fondness of commemorative photos 59which of the following is true according to the passage?ajapanese people like collecting stamps.bthis kind of stamps must be used to mail letters.cjapanese people can get this kind of stamps easily after the stamp exhibition.dthis service might be more popular in japan than in other places.60. we can infer from the passage that _.a. people now can only get the vanity stamps as a special serviceb. both e-mail and letters are fun in a similar way in the postal officials opinionc. nowadays japanese young people are not very interested in writing lettersd. japanese are fond of commemorative photosdabout six years ago i was eating lunch in a restaurant in new york city when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. i couldnt help overhearing(无意中听到) parts of their conversation. at one point the woman asked: “so, how have you been?” and the boywho could not have been more than seven or eight years oldreplied. “honestly, ive been feeling a little depressed recently.”this incident stuck in my mind because it proved my growing belief that children are changing. as far as i can remember, my friends and i didnt find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.the change in children has increased steadily in recent years. children dont seem childlike anymore. children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. childhood as it once was no longer exists, why?human development is based not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of way to social knowledge. children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.in the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been used in 98 percent of american homes. it is called television. television passes information, and indiscriminately (不加区分地), to all viewers alike, children or adults. because of the attraction of vivid moving pictures, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging.communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information. reading and writing involve a complex(复杂的) material that must be memorized and practiced. children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.61. according to the author, feeling depressed is _. a. a sure sign of a psychological problem in a child b. something hardly to be expected in a young child c. an unavoidable stage of childrens mental development d. a mental disease present in all humans, including children62. traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world _. a. through contact with society b. gradually and under the guidance of adults c. naturally and by biological instinct(本能) d. through his access to social information63. according to the author, todays children seem adult-like, because of _.a. the widespread influence of televisionb. the poor arrangement of teaching contentc. the fast speed of human mental developmentd. the constantly rising standard of living 64. why does the author support communication through print?a. it enables children to gain more social information.b. it develops childrens interest in reading and writing.c. it helps children to memorize and practice more.d. it can control what children are to learn.65. what does the author think of the change in todays children?a. he feels amused by their behaviour.b. he thinks it is worth