广东省梅州中学高二英语上学期开学考试试题 新人教版.doc

广东省梅州中学2011-2012学年高二上学期开学考试英语试题注意事项： 1.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。不按要求填涂的，答案无效。考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。2.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。第一部分 听写部分（共两节，满分25分）第一节：听力理解 听下面两段段对话。每段对话后有几个问题，从题中所给的a、b、c、三个选项中选出最佳选项，将选项写在答题卡标号的相应位置上。每段对话读两遍。（共五小题，每小题2分，满分10分）听下面一段材料，回答第1至2题。1 why does the man want to buy an american toy?a. for his sons birthday gift.b. for his sons christmas giftc. for his sons new years gift2. where does the man come from? a. america b. germany c. not mentioned听下面一段材料，回答第3至5题。3. what does the woman think about the way of relaxation? a. participating in sports is the best way. b. the most popular way of relaxing is jogging. c. indoor recreation is fit for old women.4. which does the man prefer to any other sports? a. playing tennis b. jogging c. skiing5. what does the man advise the woman to do? a. do more exercise to lose weight. b. go on a strict diet to reduce weight. c. turn to doctors for help.第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分。满分5分） 听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，然后填入标号为610的空格中。why do people want to save the whales? reason one:whales help to keep a balance between 6 . peoples sewage and garbage increase the amount of 7 in ocean and seawater, which in turn helps some plants and some very small animals to grow. they are harmful to fish. whales can eat such plants and animals. reason two:as fish are critical food of mankind, people need whales to _8_ for fish. nowadays, lots of funds _9_ for this purpose. in some countries, people who 10 the whales would be fined and even put into the jail.第三节：情景介绍（共两节五小题，每小题2分，满分10分）角色：你是男士的朋友。任务：（1）向你的朋友询问tala的相关信息；（2）根据两人对话内容，回答一些问题。 please get ready to ask three questions in english according to the following chinese tips.q1: 她长什么样？_q2：你们什么时候认识的？_q3：上大学时，她的专业是什么？_please get ready to answer two questions in english.q1: listen to question 1.a1: _q2: listen to question 2.a2: next month.q3: listen to question 3.a3: 第二部分:语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45 分）第一节：完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-15各题所给的a, b, c, d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。when i was a little girl, every sunday my family of six would put on their best clothes and go to sunday school and then church. the kids in elementary school would all 11 together to sing songs, and then later divide into groups 12 on their ages. one easter sunday, all the kids arrived with big eyes and big stories about what the easter bunny had brought. while all of of the kids shared their stories with 13_ , one young boy, whom i would call bobby, sat 14 . one of the teachers, 15 this, said to him, “and what did the easter bunny bring you?” he replied, “my mom locked the door 16 so the easter bunny couldnt get 17 .” this sounded like a(n) 18 reason to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories. my mom knew the true story, though. bobbys mom was a 19 parent, and she suspected that they just couldnt 20 the easter bunny. after sunday school was over, everyone went off to 21 . when my dad came to meet us, my mom 22 that we were going home instead. at home, she explained that to make bobby feel better, we were going to 23 to be the easter bunny and make a basket of goodies for him and 24 it at church. we all donated some of our candies to the basket, and headed back up to church. there, mom unzipped his coat, hung the basket over the hanger(衣架), and zipped up the coat and attached a 25 .bobby,im sorry i missed your house last night. happy easter! love, the easter bunny11. a.sit b.meet c.date d.appear12. a.based b.depended c.agreed d.called13. a.surprise b.sadness c.envy d.delight14. a.happily b.disappointedly c.unhappily d.surprisedly15. a.noticing b.glaring c.looking d.staring16. a.on purpose b.by accident c.in time d.at last17. a.outside b.through c.inside d.away18. a.amazing b.puzzling c.unbelievable d.reasonable19. a.great b.impatient c.single d.religious20. a.buy b.afford c.employ d.award21. a.home b.shop c.church d.booth22. a.told b.sighed c.announced d.cheered23. a.prevent b.pretend c.seem d.admire24. a.forget b.leave c.bring d.take25. a.note b.letter c.packet d.message第二节： 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为26-35的相应位置上。 mosquitoes are very small insects. there are more than two thousand different kinds of mosquitoes. male mosquitoes drink fluids from plants. female mosquitoes bite people 26 (drink) their blood. female mosquitoes use their long thin sucking tubes to break the skin and find food. they inject the victim with a substance that 27 (keep) blood flowing. female mosquitoes drink the blood and use 28 to produce eggs. one meal gives them enough blood to produce as 29 as two hundred fifty eggs. they lay eggs in any standing water. the eggs produce worm-like creatures(生物) in two days to a few months. however, some eggs can stay in water for years 30 conditions are right for development. the worm-like creatures feed 31 organisms in the water. after four to ten days, they change again, into creatures 32 (call) pupas. the pupas rise to the surface of the water. adult mosquitoes pull themselves out of the pupas 33 fly away. “mosquitoes cause millions of 34 (die) throughout the world,” the world health organization says. that is 35 mosquitoes can carry organisms that cause disease. however, the disease does not attack mosquitoes.第三部分、 阅读理解(共20小题, 每小题2分, 满分40分)第一节：阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。(共15小题, 每小题2分, 满分30分)athis is a true story that happened in japan. in order to renovate the house, a japanese tore open the walls. japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls. when tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside was hammered into one of its feet. he saw this, feeling pity and curious. when he checked the nail, he found it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was first built.such love, a beautiful love! such love happened with this tiny creature what can love do? it can do wonders! just think about it: one lizard had been feeding the other one untiringly for 10 long years, without giving up hope on its partner. if a small creature like a lizard can love like this just imagine how we can love if we try.36. the underlined word “renovate” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _.a. tear open b. tear down c. repair d. paint37. how did the japanese feel when seeing the stuck lizard?a. frightenedb. enjoyablec. usuald. confused 38.what can we learn from the free lizard?a. it encourages us to live even longer.b. it teaches us to give more help to our loved ones.c. it tells us to take pity on the stuck lizard.d. it teaches us never to abandon our loved ones.39. why did the japanese stop his work?a. to watch how long the lizard can still live here.b. to find out why the lizard had survived here for 10 years.c. to have a rest by watching the lizard.d. to take out the nail and set the lizard free.40.what would be the best title for the passage?a. lizard loveb. two lizardsc. such a storyd. a wonderbeven before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. once i came out of the kitchen, complaining, “mom, i cant peel potatoes. i have only one hand.”mom never looked up from sewing. “you get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “and dont ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”that night i told mom about it. she hugged me, and i saw her “well see about that” look. the next afternoon, she took me back to school. at the deserted playground, mom looked carefully at the bars.“now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. she stood by as i struggled to lift myself with my right hand until i could hold the bar with my other elbow （肘）. day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung （横档）i reached. ill never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, i looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.one night, after a dance at my new junior high, i lay in bed sobbing. i could hear mom come into my room. “mom,” i said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”for a long time, i didnt hear anything. then she said, “oh, honey, someday youll be beating those boys off with a bat.” her voice was faint. i peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. then i knew how much she suffered on my behalf. she had never let me see her tears.41. which can be used to describe moms attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?a. sympathetic.b. favorable. c. cruel.d. strict.42. from the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train _.a. the speed of ones hand movementb. the skill to throw and catch things c. the strength and skill to hang and swayd. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar43. what does the sentence “i saw her well see about that look” imply?a. the race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.b. mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.c. mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.d. what the child had said brought mom great attraction and curiosity.44. when the author looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because _.a. they were astonished to find the authors progress b. they felt sorry for what they had done beforec. they wanted to see what the author would do on the barsd. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt45. the most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is _.a. the childs experience reminded mom of that of her ownb. the last incident was sad enough to make mom weepc. in fact mom suffered more in the process of the childs growthd. mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraphcdid you know that womens brains are smaller than mens? the average womens brain weighs 10% less than mens. since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. right? wrong. men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. why? after years of study, researchers have concluded that its whats inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. the brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”. while men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes. there are other important differences between two sexes. as white matter is the key to spatial tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. ”a great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. that may explain one of lifes great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for direction and women often need to!the differences begin when fetuses（胎儿）are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one. a boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. these brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. it may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research. if all this disappoints you, it shouldnt. “the brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist. 46. what does the passage mainly tell us?a. that brain differences are related to our ancestors b. the changes in brain throughout our livesc. that men are better at spatial tasksd. the difference between mens and womens brains47. which of the following is true according to the first paragraph? a. womens brain is 10% smaller than mens.b. grey matter controls thinking in the brain.c. grey matter plays the same role as white matter.d. both sexes have the same amount of white matter. 48. what can we infer from the second or third paragraph? a. men do better dealing with one task than many tasks at the same time. b. women perform poorly when doing many things at a time.c. women do not need to tell directions. d. men have weaker spatial abilities.49. which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph? a. young boys may be stronger than young girls. b. women may have stronger feelings than men. c. more women take up jobs requiring speech skillsd. our ancestors needed more spatial skills. 50. what is the writers attitude in writing this passage? a. defensive (辩护性的). b. persuasive. c. objective.d. supportive.第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。以下是旅游景点的信息：a. agra fortnear the gardens of the taj mahal stands the important 16th-century mughal monument known as the red fort of agra. this powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses, within its 2.5-km-long enclosure walls, the imperial city of the mughal rulers. it comprises many fairy-tale palaces, such as the jahangir palace and the khas mahal, built by shah jahan; audience halls, such as the diwan-i-khas; and two very beautiful mosques. b. taj mahaltaj mahal is regarded as one of the eight wonders of the world, and some western historians have noted that its architectural beauty has never been surpassed. the taj is the most beautiful monument built by the mughals, the muslim rulers of india. taj mahal is built entirely of white marble. it was constructed over a period of twenty-two years, employing twenty thousand workers. it was completed in 1648 c.e. at a cost of 32 million rupees.c. keoladeo national park this former duck-hunting reserve of the maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from afghanistan, turkmenistan, china and siberia. some 364 species of birds, including the rare siberian crane, have been recorded in the park.d. humayuns tomb, delhithis tomb, built in 1570, is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the indian subcontinent. it inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the taj mahal. the gardens also contain the red-and-white sandstone and black-and-yellow marble tomb of humayuns wife and the tomb of humayuns barber.e. grand canyon national parkthe grand canyon is perhaps the most awesome sight in the united states-and one of the wonders of the world. much of the parks beauty is related to its geology and ecology. schmidt explores the shape of the land, its plants and animals, and its human history. a fascinating book that everyone visiting the grand canyon should read. the skywalk at grand canyon west is really exciting.f.sundarbans national parkthe sundarbans covers 10,000 sq. km of land and water (more than half of it in india, the rest in bangladesh) in the ganges delta. it contains the worlds largest area of mangrove forests. a number of rare or endangered species live in the park, including tigers, aquatic mammals, birds and reptiles.请阅读以下旅游者的信息，然后匹配旅游者和他/她拟旅游的景点。51. nancy comes from the history department. last summer she visited the ancient markets of agra and this year she wants to visit it again. not long ago she said: “arriving at the delhi airport, we representatives were warmly received. our tiredness flew in seconds by the traditional welcome that we got at the hotels reception.” the next day they visited the famous tomb. 53. alexander is a college student of physics. he learns that this canyon is a gift from past generations that goes beyond what we experience. he is looking forward to going there and experiencing the skywalk in the park.54. daisys major is biology. she is interested in studies of tigers in india. before graduation, she needs to write an essay on the tiger. she hears that it is one of the largest tiger populations of any of indias parks. and so she wants to go there to do some research. 55. carina is fond of art and likes travelling very much. in order to take part in the following exhibition, she wants to take some photos of birds from all over the world, especially the rare siberian crane. in the meanwhile, she doesnt want to spend too much money. 第四部分：基础知识考查（共3节，满分25分）第一节：根据句意或提示填入单词的正确形式。（每题1分，共10分）56.the children are e