江苏省赣榆县城南高级中学高二英语上学期期中试题 新人教版.doc

江苏省赣榆县城南高级中学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（共两节，满分20分）第一节 请听下面五段对话，选出最佳选项。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）1.which is the quickest way to the airport?a. by taxi . b. by bus. c. by underground.2. when did the reading class begin yesterday?a. at 11.00. b. at 10:15. c. at 10:05.3.on which days next week will the man have exams?a. monday tuesday and friday.b. monday thursday and saturday.c. wednesday and thursday.4. where is tom probably now?a .in the classroom. b. in the dormitory. c in the library.5.what does the man probably do ？a.a cook. b. a waiter. c. a guard.第二节 请听下面五段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）请听第6段材料，回答第6,7两题。6. what does the man want for a drink?a. apple juice. b. orange juice. c. ice water.7. where does the conversation probably take place?a. in a cd shop. b .in a restaurant. c .in the womans house.请听第7段材料，回答第8,9 两题。8. what does the man tell the woman ?a. he ran a red light. b. he had an accident.c. he got a speeding ticket.9.at what speed did the man drive?a.40 miles per hour . b.35 miles per hour. c.35miles per hour.请听第8段材料，回答10-12题。10. what course is the man planning to take this term ?a. history. b. english literature. c .chinese literature.11. what does the woman think of professor smith?a .boring . b. funny . c strict.12. whose class will the man probably take ?a .professor smiths b. professor jacksons c. professor blacks请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13 .what is the man probably doing ?a. getting his guitar ready . b .doing his homework . c.watching a concert.14. what is the woman worried about?a. the mans concert b. the mans future c. the mans health.15. where does the woman probably work?a. in a school. b . in a travel agency. c. in a bank.16. what does the man value most?a. being healthy. b. being wealthy .c. being happy.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the speaker?a.a college student . b.a university teacher. c.a middle school student.18.how many students are there in the speakers house？a .nine. b. ten . c. eleven19. what size is the speakers room?a.7 square meters b.35 square meters c.5 square meters20. where does the speaker have his meals?a. at school b. in his own room c . in his parents house.第二部分 单项填空（共15小题； 每小题1分，满分15分 21. children need happy and secure environment both at home and at school. a. a; b. ; the c. a; the d. ; 22. the government has announced plans to cut back defence spending 10% next year.a. in; tob. on; byc. of; by d. for; to23. im still working on my project. oh, youll miss the deadline. time is .（2008江苏）a. running outb. going outc. giving out d. losing out24. im here to say is all of us should pay more attention to environmental protection.a. that; what b. what; whatc. that; that d. what; that 25. that some students have difficulty in english grammar, the teacher decides to help them. a. knowingb. knownc. to know d. being known 26. i think that economic development has a seriously bad effect on the environment. .a. i couldnt agree more b. sure, i am c. no problem d. i can manage it myself27. the british government has decided to the obesity epidemic (肥胖病的流行) through a new strategy.a. carry out b. go out c. wipe out d. bring out28. water can absorb and give off a lot of heat without big changes in temperature, thus creating a environment. (2007湖北)a. peacefulb. sensitivec. common d. stable29. spinach (菠菜), cabbage, and lettuce are very popular here in taiwan, and they are all very to our health.a. obvious b. ridiculous c. beneficial d. economic30. why not ask tom to join our organization? he doesnt agree? a. what for b. as if c. what if d. only if 31. he in bed, to me that his hen two eggs yesterday.a. lied; laying; laidb. lay; lying; laidc. laid; lay; liedd. lay; lied; laid32. seeing all seated, the presenter declares the debaters .a. close their eyesb. open the doorc. open their mindd. open the floor33. school children must be taught how to deal with dangerous . (2006辽宁)a. states b. conditions c. situations d. positions34. the old man, abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland.a. to workb. working c. to have worked d. having worked35. miss li lost her computer last month, and yesterday her car was stolen. oh, my god. a. unpleasant advice is a good medicine. b. troubles never come singly.c. well begun is half done. d. to know oneself is true progress.第三部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）on a summer night, my family decided to take a cost-cutting adventure. however, we doubted whether we could 36 . we turned the air-conditioner off to save 37 . it was only eighty-five degrees fahrenheit not too hot. we were not going to 38 , but the three kids 39 anyway. “its too 40 to sleep,” my thirteen-year-old daughter said. “im about to die from the heat!”“just 41 it tonight,” i told them. in truth, i was too 42 to argue for long. my face was sweaty, but i lay 43 , listening to insects singing. that reminded me of my childhood.i 44 my grandma, who lived to ninety-two and still managed my moms garden until just a few weeks before she died. and then i was back there in her house in 45 . when in bed at night, i turned my face toward the open window and flipped (翻转) the pillow, hunting for the 46 side.finding me not 47 , my grandma said, “ 48 you just watch for the light wind, youll cool off and fall asleep.” lying still and 49 , i suddenly noticed the life outside the 50 : insects singing, neighbours sitting outside late and speaking in unclear words.“mom, did you 51 that?” my seven-year-old son asked. “i think it was a cat family.”“probably,” i told him. “just 52 listening!”without the noise of the air-conditioner, the house was extremely 53 , and the unfiltered (未经过滤的) night 54 seemed close enough to touch. i hoped i was awake when the first 55 went in.36. a. sleep b. workc. playd. study 37. a. waterb. timec. energyd. money 38. a. leave b. suffer c. benefitd. calm39. a. asked b. complainedc. explainedd. ordered40. a. excitedb. difficultc. earlyd. noisy41. a. try b. enjoyc. settled. watch 42. a. busyb. sadc. worriedd. sleepy 43. a. uneasilyb. quicklyc. quietly d. unhappily 44. a. thought ofb. ran intoc. turned tod. joined in45. a. springb. summerc. autumn d. winter 46. a. softerb. thickerc. cooler d. prettier 47. a. asleep b. enthusiasticc. patient d. upset48. a. sinceb. ifc. thoughd. before49. a. begging b. singingc. judgingd. waiting50. a. buildingb. window c. villaged. earth51. a. dreamb. sayc. seed. hear 52. a. keepb. practisec. mentiond. admit53. a. largeb. peaceful c. beautifuld. clean54. a. soundb. airc. skyd. animal55. a. sunlightb. catc. wind d. rain 第四部分 阅读理解（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和d）中，选出最佳选项。ajamie carrion took her four-year-old daughter, averie, and her little son, abel, into her fathers truck and began driving from her parents home to her home several hours away. but she hadnt realized how icy the roads were. just a few miles into the drive, the truck rolled over several times and landed on the passenger side. carrion became unconscious (昏迷的), leaving her children crying in the back seat.when carrion woke up, her daughter averie wasnt in the car. after a rescue team showed up, she directed them to search the snow bank maybe averie had been thrown out of the car. she could be unconscious, or worse. in fact, the 32-pound child had crawled (爬) through the broken truck window and pushed her way through the snow bank, and then walked a quarter mile up the road to the nearest farmhouse in search of help for her mother and crying brother. “i think my moms dead, and my brother is still in the car, and we need you to help us,” she told jason zenk, the 13-year-old boy who found her.while the family warmed the shivering (发抖) child up with blankets, zenks father patrick got into his truck to see what had happened. just down the road, he came across a group of emergency vehicles, and a female driver crying. police officers were casting about for averie in the snowy fields. “i think we have what youre looking for,” zenk said.a few minutes later, averie and her mother were happily reunited. and averie was recently rewarded with a trip to new york city to tell her story on national tv shows.56. the accident happened because . a. the roads were too busyb. the roads were too icy c. the truck broke downd. it was too dark57. we can infer that zenk . a. found averie in the snow bank b. saved averies mother and brotherc. asked his father to see what had happened d. went with his father to see what had happened58. what can we learn about averie?a. averie earned a reward because of her bravery.b. averie was thrown out of the car in the accident.c. new york city is averies favourite place.d. averie is living with her grandparents now.59. which of the following is true according to the text? a. carrion was not good at driving trucks. b. zenk called the police to save the family. c. averies brother stayed with his mother after the accident.d. averies brother also became unconscious in the accident.60. the underlined part “casting about for” in the last but one paragraph is closest in meaning to . a. searching forb. calming downc. defending againstd. getting close tobthe technological revolution is changing the way we work and play. mobile phones became smartphones, which have computer features. many people started reading books on electronic readers. televisions became high definition (清晰度) and the screens became flat. digital music players got smaller in size but are large enough for people to download their entire music collections. worldwide, broadband users have reached more than five hundred million. and at least two billion people are expected to be online by the end of this year.stephen baker is the vice president of industry analysis for the consumer electronics market research group npd. he says the technological development of the twenty-first century has brought about some historic advances in consumer electronics.stephen baker said, “if you look back at the way people interacted with electronics in two thousand and the way they interact with them today, there is no comparison. however, before two thousand we didnt have flat-panel televisions. we really didnt have smartphones. we didnt have e-book readers. very, very few people had notebook computers.”bruce bachenheimer is with the mit enterprise forum in new york. he is also the director of entrepreneurship at pace university. he talks about what he believes is the most important development of the twenty-first century. mr. bachenheimer says the technology is constantly changing, faster than at any other time in history.bruce bachenheimer said, “if you look back at the telephones in the nineteen fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties, they were exactly the same. nothing changed for three or four decades. basically you had a choice of three colors, tan, white or black. you could either have it fixed on a wall or on a table. however, now you look at something like a cell phone. how many people have a cell phone thats more than two or three years old?” 61. what is the first paragraph mainly about?a. the various ways of communication nowadays. b. the development of the internet in recent years.c. the rapid development of consumer electronics.d. the constant improvements of peoples lives.62. what stephen said in the third paragraph implies that .a. great progress has been made in electronic products in recent ten yearsb. it usually takes a long time for people to accept new thingsc. people can know the historic advances only by comparisond. people have experienced many changes in the past century63. the telephone is used as an example in the last paragraph to show .a. products whose sizes are small have become peoples favouritesb. the life cycle of electronic products is becoming shorterc. the telephone has always been the most important tool for communicationd. the development of technology greatly affects peoples behaviour and habits64. what is mr. bachenheimers attitude toward the technology of the 21st century? a. cautious. b. doubtful. c. positive. d. critical. 65. the text is most probably taken from a(n) . a. directory b. history book c. advertisement d. science & technology reportcimagine a person having difficulty breathing admitted to hospital. what the person needs is a respirator, a device that will help him breathe and thus sustain (维持) life.the first highly dependable medical respirator in the world was invented by forrest bird. often called the “babybird”, the wonderful equipment reduced death greatly across the world. forrest bird was born in massachusetts, america. his father was a world war i pilot and encouraged his son to fly at a very early age. by 14, bird could fly an airplane by himself. he joined the air force as a technical air training officer during world war ii. this gave him a chance to fly different kinds of airplanes. some of the airplanes were designed to fly very high, at altitudes where a pilot would find it difficult to breathe. this problem inspired birds imagination. he wanted to create a piece of equipment which would help pilots breathe in such altitudes. his involvement (投入) was so deep that he left his job and went back to attend medical school. studying medicine gave him an insight into the complete workings of the human system. he understood the mechanics of human breathing.and the first respirator was made. however, it was not to be used by pilots, but by seriously-ill patients with breathing difficulties. he traveled in his own airplane to hospitals and asked doctors to treat their seriously-ill patients with his equipment. he tested the device on those patients. this test itself saved many lives. now it is a common statement among doctors to say, “if other methods have failed, get the babybird.” the “babybird” is a little green box which became popular across the world after it was introduced in 1958.66. the “babybird” is a piece of equipment that .a. helps patients breathe b. helps pilots fly to higher altitudes c. helps patients do exercised. helps pilots breathe67. when did forrest bird first have the idea of inventing a respirator?a. when he first learned to fly an airplane. b. when he was attending medical school.c. when he worked as a technical air training officer. d. when he left his job as a technical air training officer.68. when forrest bird tested his device, .a. it drew many pilots attention b. it proved to be very successfulc. it caused worry among the patients d. it was rejected by the doctors69. what doctors say in the last paragraph suggests that .a. they put great trust in the “babybird” b. they often joke about the “babybird”c. it is difficult for them to operate the “babybird”d. it is difficult for them to find a respirator70. the text is mainly about .a. forrest birds plan b. forrest birds great invention c. forrest birds influencesd. forrest birds career as a pilot第五部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。in 2006, writer and filmmaker dan austin along with his brother jared and their friend nick arauz started an organization called 88bikes. its a non-profit group that delivers bicycles to kids in need around the globe. in less thanfour years, the group has given away nearly 800 bikes in seven different countries. what difference can a single bicycle make? a big one, says austin. many of the children who receive bikes live in remote rural areas and in orphanages (孤儿院). having a bike gives the kids a safe and quick way to get to school. in turn, they end up spending less time traveling to school and more time in the classroom, learning.owning a bike can also equal freedom for a young person, austin explains. “the happiness and independence that a bike can bring are just as important as anything,” austin says. the idea for 88bikes began when austin and his brother jared went to cambodia together for a cross-country outing. after the ride, the brothers found an orphanage in the city of phnom penh to give away their bikes to. “but then we realized there were 88 kids at the orphanage,” austin says. “we didnt want the other kids to feel left out.”so, they asked arauz to set up a website for donations and reached out to their friends and families for help. four days later, there was enough money to buy enough bicycles. seeing the joy on the kids faces as the bikes arrived was “pretty amazing,” recalls austin.how does dan austin operate 88bikes? first, the bicycles are purchased in the country, which makes it easier to find replacement parts if