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湖北省通城县第二高级中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题1.when did the man begin to wait at the subway station?a.at 7 oclock. b.at 8 oclock. c.at 9 oclock.2.what will the weather be like in april according to the man?a.cool. b.hot. c.windy.3.where are the speakers? a.in an office. b.in a restaurant. c.at the subway station.4.what is the mans problem?a.hes not accustomed to the large building.b.he cant find a bigger apartment. c.he cant find his new building.5.what do the speakers say about heights?a.both of them have overcome their fear. b.they are both afraid of high places now.c.both of them prefer high places these days.第二节 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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6.what does the man usually do at night?a.he studies his lessons. b.he listens to music. c.he watches a film on tv.7.what does the man usually do on weekends?a.he goes to parks. b.he goes to ball games. c.he goes shopping.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8.at what age is a person allowed to drink in america?a.18. b.20. c.21.9.what does one need to do in his birthday celebration?a.just enjoy the special day. b.take care of everything. c.pay the bills. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10.why does the company fire jim?a.there is a crisis and a new machine.b.he is always late for work. c.hes not up to the job.11.whats the probable relationship between the speakers?a.headmaster and teacher. b.manager and secretary. c.director and actress.12.what can we learn about the man speaker?a.he has ever been dismissed. b.he neednt talk to jim himself.c.he asked sara to work here.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。 13.what is the survey about?a.family life. b.unusual hobbies. c.holiday activities.14.what is the man interested in?a.special exhibitions. b.bird shooting. c.mountain climbing.15.what do we know about the mans parents?a.they live with the man. b.they like to stay at home.c.they are into art galleries.16.where does the mans wife prefer to go?a.the seaside. b.castles. c.ski resorts.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17.whats the highest temperature in southern areas today?a.16. b.23. c.27.18.what will the weather be like in the northwest tomorrow morning?a.sunny. b.cloudy. c.windy.19.when will it be rainy in most of the southern half of the country?a.this evening. b.tomorrow afternoon. c.tomorrow evening.20.what will keep temperatures in the north down to about 19?a.the fog. b.the storms. c.the east wind.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. people wrote letters to get in touch. nowadays email has _ the way people communicate.aconveyed btranslated ctransformed dexchanged22. you will be informed of the details at the _ time, so what you can do now is waiting.aaggressive bappropriate ccontemporary dpermanent23. we do our best to be careful and prevent bad things from happening, but most of us will _ find ourselves in a situation where we or someone else needs help.apersonally bobviously cparticularly deventually24. dont put so much _ on the children. its harmful to their health. ok, i wont.apressurebpoison cbravery dattention25. look! he was _ the milk from the bottle into the cups carefully.aflowing bputting cpouring dbleeding26. is there any room in the ship? yes. we can probably _ a few more people into it.apress bsqueeze chold dpush27. its a good habit to keep everything _ in your study.ain time bin place cin hand din case28. it is common sense that fever is a _ of many illnesses.asymbol bsign csignal dsymptom29. in order to_ a good knowledge of english, he gave up his job and went to study in an english school. arequire binquire cacquire daddress30. no decision will be made about any future _ until all the candidates have been interviewed.aappointment bachievement cequipment dimprovement第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。i grew up in a community called estepona. i was 16 when one morning, dad told me i could drive him into a 31 village called mijas, on condition that i took the car in to be 32 at a nearby garage. i readily accepted. i drove dad into mijas, and 33 to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the 34 . with several hours to spare. i went to a theater. 35 , when the last movie finished, it was six. i was two hours late!i knew day would be angry if he 36 id been watching movies. so i decided not to tell him the truth. when i 37 there i apologized for being late, and told him id 38 as quickly as i could, but that the car had needed some major repairs. ill never forget the 39 he gave me. “im disappointed you 40 you have to lie to me, jason.” dad looked at me again. “when you didnt 41 ，i called the garage to ask if there were any 42 , and they told me you hadnt yet picked up the car. ” i felt 43 as i weakly told him the real reason. a 44 passed through dad as he listened attentively. “im angry with 45 . i realize ive failed as a father. im going to walk home now and think seriously about 46 ive gone wrong all these years.” “but dad, its 18 miles!” my protests and apologies were 47 . dad walked home that day. i drove behind him, 48 him all the way, but he walked silently.seeing dad in so much 49 and emotional pain was my most painful experience. however, it was 50 the most successful lesson. i have never lied since.31. a. lonelyb. distantc. smalld. familiar32. a. servicedb. washed c. watched d. kept 33. a. promisedb. planned c. determinedd. agreed34. a. villageb. garage c. community d. theater35. a. still b. then c. therefored. however36. a. realizedb. figured outc. thought d. found out37. a. went b. hurriedc. walked d. ran38. a. startedb. come c. arrivedd. left39. a. look b. face c. word d. appearance40. a. find b. decidec. feel d. believe 41. a. turn upb. drive outc. go away d. come out42. a. questionsb. faults c. mistakes d. problems43. a. ashamed b. frightenedc. nervous d. surprised44. a. nervousnessb. sadness c. silenced. thought45. a. you b. me c. myselfd. yourself46. a. whereb. how c. why d. when47. a. meaninglessb. useless c. helpless d. worthless48. a. askingb. persuadingc. begging d. following49. a. physicalb. practicalc. personal d. natural50. a. alsob. alwaysc. indeed d. almost第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）ain the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animals. this sometimes happens with humans also. but i have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. i see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. and i have discovered that it makes them happy.from my wheelchair experience, i see the best in people, but sometimes i feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness i see daily. they dont get to see this soft side of others. often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. but only when we stop pretending were brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that s in them.last month, when i was driving home on a busy highway, i began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. people behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. at that moment，i decided to do something i had never done in twenty-four years of driving. i put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.no more angry shouts and no more horns!when i put on my flashlights, i was saying to the other drivers, “i have a problem here. i am weak and doing the best i can.” and everyone understood. several times, i saw drivers who wanted to pass. they couldnt get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. but instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we dont feel that way. but those are few and far between. more often, it would be better if we dont pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that were brave when were scared.51. the author has discovered that people will feel happy when _. a. they show their weakness b. they offer their help c. they feel others kindness d. they receive others help52. the author feels sad sometimes because _. a. he has a soft heart b. he relies much on others c. some people pretend to be kind d. some people fail to see the kindness in others 53. what did t he other drivers do when they saw the flashlights?a. they waited with patience. b. they tried their best to help. c. they speeded up to pass. d. they put on their flashlights too.54. in this passage, the author advises us to _. a. handle problems by ourselves b. accept help from others c. admit our weakness d. show our braveryb october 15th is global handwashing day. activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at socalled critical moments.these include after using the toilet, after cleaning a baby and before touching food.global handwashing day is the idea of the public private partnership for handwashing with soap. the goal, they say, is to create a culture of handwashing with soap. the organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing diseasecausing germs (细菌). they say the correct way to wash is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap.rub it into all areas, including under the fingernails. then, wash well under running water. finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth.the partnership says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing. soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs. and it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the chances that people will wash again.it also says that washing hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any medicine.it could help reduce cases of diarrhea (痢疾), which is the second leading cause of child deaths, killing more than one and a half million children a year, by almost half.55what does the author intend to tell us in the passage?ato keep healthy by washing hands. bto wash hands often.cto take action to wash hands. dto wash hands with soap.56which of the following is the right way to wash hands?awashing hands well under running water. bcovering hands with soap.cdrying hands. drubbing hands with soap. ewetting hands.aebdac bedabc cacbde dacbed 57which fact cant explain why soap is important?ait gives people a longer handwashing time.bit gets all people into the habit of washing hands.cit attracts people to do more handwashing. dit helps to remove a lot of germs from hands.58according to the last paragraph, diarrhea is a disease that _.acan be prevented to some degree by washing hands with soap bcauses the greatest number of child deaths ccant be cured without washing handsdkills half of the kids in the developing countries a yearcearly one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an american inventor called elias howe finally fell asleep. he had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.though he was tired, howe slept badly. he turned and turned. then he had a dream. he dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages（野蛮人）whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. when he tried to do so, howe ran into the same problem as before. the thread kept getting caught around the needle. the king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill howe. they came up towards him with their spears raised. but suddenly the inventor noticed something. there was a hole in the tip of each spear. the inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. this was the simple idea that finally made howe design and build the first really practiced sewing machine.elias howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way. thomas edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. so did the great physicist albert einstein. charlotte bronte also drew in her dreams in writing jane eyre.to know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. even then, a part of your mind is still working. this unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. it stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. it is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. however, the unconscious part acts in a special way. it uses strange images（影像） which the conscious part may not understand at first. this is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”. 59. according to the passage, elias howe was_.a. the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleepb. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked c. much more hard-working than other inventors d. the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams60. the problem howe was trying to solve was_.a. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle b. how to design a needle which would not breakc. where to put the needled. what kind of thread to use 61. thomas edison is spoken of because_.a. he also tried to invent a sewing machine b. he was one of howes best friendsc. he got some of his ideas from dreams d. he also had difficulty in falling asleep62. dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because_.a. only specially trained people can understand themb. images which have no meaning are usedc. we can never understand the real meaningd. strange images are used to communicate ideasdin 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. the author was agatha christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world. in june 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in qatar, near saudi arabia. doctors were unable to find out the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was sent to hammersmith hospital in london. she was then only semi-conscious and on the “dangerously ill” list. a team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were confused by the very unusual symptoms . while they were discussing the babys case, a nurse asked to speak to them. “excuse me,” said nurse marsha maitlan, “but i think the baby is suffering from thallium (铊) poisoning.” “what makes you think that?” dr. brown asked. “thallium poisoning is extremely rare.” “a few days ago, i was reading a novel called a pale horse by agatha christie,” nurse maitlan explained. “in the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are described. theyre exactly the same as the babys.” “youre very thoughtful and you may be right,” another doctor said. “well carry out some tests and find out whether its thallium or not.” tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance used in making special glass. once they knew the cause of the illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. she soon recovered and was sent back to qatar. later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used in qatar. 63. the one who first suggested the correct cause of the babys illness was _. a. a doctor in qatar b. agatha christie c. dr. brown d. nurse maitlan 64. the baby was sent to london because _. a. the qatar doctors were not sure whether they could cure her b. the hospitals in qatar were full at that time c. she was the daughter of a doctor in london d. she was born there65. as far as we can tell from the passage, agatha christie _. a. had spent a long time studying the babys case b. had never met this baby c. visited the baby in the hospital at hammersmith d. gave nurse maitlan some advice on the phone 66. it seems likely from the passage that the babys illness had something to do with _. a. a dangerous pair of glasses b. a harmful substance used to kill insects c. the water in qatar d. a dead writer ethere are many opinions today about whet