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山东省枣庄东方国际学校2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题第一部分：英语知识运用 （共两节， 满分30分）第一节：单项选择 （共10题，每小题1分，满分10分）1_ and they will finish off the projectain a weekba week latercafter a weekdanother week2-its said that youve been to the seaside for relaxation-yesi stayed there for _ seemed to be 12 days to enjoy myselfawhichbthatcwhatdit3this is such an impressive story, _ all who read it will never forgetaone bthosecthatdwhat4can i pay the bill by check? sorry, sirbut it is the management rules of our hotel that payment be made in cashashall bshould ccan dwill5my uncle hasnt been able to quit smoking, but at least he has acut out bcut off ccut down dcut up6never say never, and youll make it thats it ai cant agree with it byouve got a point therecyouve got me there daction speaks louder than words 7scientists are convinced _ the positive effect of laughter _ physical and mental healthaof; on bby; in cof; at don; at8practising chinese kong fu can not only _ ones strength, but also develop ones characterabring up btake up cbuild up dpull up9only when the final examination was coming _ he had quite a lot to doahe realized bhe had realizedchad he realized ddid he realize10in my opinion, the view jennifer the other day is well worth discussing at this meeting aput forward bput out cput on dput off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，从短文后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。for john and amy, birthdays have always been a big deala welcome excuse to celebrate lifewhen their son, alex, 11 three in 2005, they invited 20 friends to a nearby parknot long after that the 12 were brainstorming ways to teach alex about giving to 13 “we wanted to do something that would have a（n） 14 on our community（社区）, and that our young child could 15 inwe started wondering what 16 fortunate kids do on their birthdaysthe next day, we called a local shelter, and learnt that 17 children typically didnt do 18 to celebrate at allno cakeno giftsno party” the couple saidseveral weeks later, 19 threw a party at the 20 for the children who had birthdays that monththey decorated, served cake, and danced with 50 kidsalex helped 21 presents 22 that first party, the couple have turned their simple idea 23 birthday blessings, a non-profit that hosts monthly parties at 10 sheltersto date, birthday blessings （birthday blessingsorg） has thrown more than 500 24 at different shelters and handed out 22,000 party 25 to nearly 4,000 homeless children in and around their communitybirthday blessings is 26 entirely by volunteersthe charity（慈善）will take almost anything toys, clothing, candy, baby items 27 its not used“these kids never get anything new” john said, “it makes a big 28 to them psychologically”being “part of this labor love” is 29 making an impression on their son alexon his seventh birthday, his grandparents sent a check 30 it, the first thing he said was that he wanted to give half to the birthday kids11aturned bgrew ccame dgot12ashelters bneighbors cfriends dcouple13athe other banother cothers deach other14aimpression binfluence cpermission dlimitation15aparticipate btake cbring dmove16afairly bless crather dmore17apenniless bjobless chomeless dhopeless 18anothing banything c everything dsomething19aalex bjohncamy dthe family20ashelter bchurch cschool dcommunity21amake out bpass out cshow out dleave out22abefore buntil cafter dsince23ainto bdown cout doff24abirthdays bparties cpresents ddonations25acakes bhonors cfavors dsurprises26acontinued bundertaken coperated dperformed27aas far as bas soon as cas simple as das long as28adifference bsurprise cbenefit dadvantage29anever balways chardly dalready30arealizing bsaving copening dfolding第二部分 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awhen there are some strangers in front of us, which of them will we trust?according to a new study in the online plos one, people make their decisions to trust others largely based on their facesyour appearance can do a lot for you, especially if you are in the financial industrythe more trustworthy you look, the more likely people will buy what youre sellingresearchers from britains university of warwick business school, university college london, and dartmouth college, us, did a number of experimentsthe research team used computer software to make 40 faces, from the least to the most trustworthy-lookingthe study said that the difference between a trustworthy face and one that isnt as trustworthy comes from features that look slightly angry or slightly happy, even when the face is at resthowever, a slightly happy face is more likely to be trustedresearchers gave participants some money and asked them which face they trusted to invest the money for themthen researchers gave some good and bad information about the people with these faces, and asked the participants again whom they trustedthe results showed that even if they got different information, the participants didnt change their choicesthey were still more likely to invest their money with the more trustworthy-looking faceschris olivola, one of the studys authors, said in the university of warwicks press release: “it seems we are still willing to go with our own instincts about whether we think someone looks like we can trust themthe temptation to judge strangers by their faces is hard to resist”31which of the following can be a proper title for this passage?awhat kind of face do you trust?bwho did the experiments?cwhy do you trust him or her?dwhy did they do the experiments?32according to the study, which of the following faces is most likely to be trusted?aa sad faceba smiling faceca crying facedan angry face33which of the following about the experiment is true?athe trustworthy faces were given good informationbresearchers took photos of the 40 peoples faces in collegecmost participants gave their money to the trustworthy-looking facesdparticipants liked to choose the faces with good information34what did the researchers learn from their experiment?apeople cant refuse temptationsbpeople always do things with their instinctscpeople dont trust strangers with sad facesdpeople often judge strangers by their facesb the only survivor of one of the two sandy hook elementary school first-grade classrooms where adam lanza shot and killed 20 children tricked the gunman by playing dead, the girls pastor （牧师） said “she ran out of the school building covered from head to toe with blood and the first thing she said to her mom was, “mommy, im ok but all my friends are dead” pastor jim solomon told abc news lara spencer this weekend “somehow, at that moment, by gods grace, she was able to act as she was already dead” he said the girl, a 6-year-old whose name is not being announced for privacy （隐私） reasons, was the first student to appear from the lockdown （封锁） at sandy hook, solomon saidhe said the young girl described the shooter to her mom in a way that only a young child can “well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and someone she felt was very mad,” solomon said“i think its impossible without the help of godshe has wisdom beyond her years, for sure of the 20 children killed on friday, eight were boys and l2 were girlssix staff members, all female, were also killedthe gunman, whose mother was also killed by him before he went to the schoo1 classrooms, was found dead at the present spot “the mom told me and i thought this was very insightful （有深刻见解的） that she was suffering from what she felt was survivors guilt because so many of her friends no longer have their children but she has hers,” solomon said how the girls mother and father are handling the trauma （伤害）“i dont know whether i would have the type of faith that they have if the same thing happened to me”35how did the girl manage to avoid being shot? ashe persuaded the shooter into not shooting herbshe hid herself under the deskcshe rushed out of the school building in timedshe pretended to be dead36the killing case which happened in sandy hook elementary school aended up with the shooter being killedbwas a shooting by a group of peoplecwas due to the gunman getting angry with the pupilsdwas not open to the public for the moment37which of the following is true about the girls mom?ashe was disappointed with the pastorbshe felt very dissatisfied with other parentscshe felt terribly sorry for those who had lost their childrendshe strongly complained the policececo readingwe offer new, used and out-of-print books, supplied by over 3,000 people from 50 countrieswe ship your order directly to youwe also take in used books from schools, libraries, studentsanyone with old booksand resell them at low pricesif you order on the internet, you will get 20% off the cost of your entire ordername your musicname your music carries personalized music cds for kidsthe songs have a lot of styles, and most of them are familiar to your kidsevery song has a childs name and theyll be excited to hear their own name come up in the songwe also do several names on one cd, which is 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the other three shops?ait provides safe and beautiful productsbit provides chances of replacing containerscit offers gift packaging on holidaysdit offers a quick door-to-door service40both name your music and down to earth fun try to _astart a well-known business bmeet the needs of kidscwork to save the earth dhelp busy working moms41the passage is most probably aan advertisement ba news reportca notice da survey paperdits not easy being a teenager-nor is it easy being the parent of a teenageryou can make your child feel angry, hurt or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourselfit is important to give your child the space he needs to grow while gently letting him know that youll still be there for him when he needs youexpect a lot from your child, just not everythingexcept for health and safety problems，such as drug use or careless driving, consider everything else open to discussionif your child is unwilling to discuss something, dont insist he tell you whats on his mindthe more you insist，the more likely that hell calm upinstead, let him attempt to solve things by himselfat the same time, remind him that youre always there for him should he seek advice or helpshow respect for your teenagers privacy（隐私）never read his mail or listen to personal conversations teach your teenager that the family phone is for the whole familyif your child talks on the familys telephone for too long, tell him he can talk for l5 minutes, but then he must stay off the phone for at least all equal period of timethis not only frees up the line so that other family members can make and receive calls, but teaches your teenager moderation（节制）or if you are open to the idea, allow your teenager his own phone that he pays for with his own pocket money or a part-time job42the main purpose of the text is to tell parents_ahow to get along with a teenager bhow to help a teenager grow upchow to understand a teenagerdhow to respect a teenager43what does the phrase calm up in paragraph 2 probably mean?arefuse to talk bshow respect cbecome excited dseek help44the last paragraph is about how to teach a teenager_ato share the phone with friends bto pay for his own telephonecto use the phone in a sensible way dto answer the phone quickly45what should parents do in raising a teenager according to the text?anot allow him to learn driving or take drugsbnot talk about personal things with himclet him have his own telephonedgive him advice only when necessary第三部分:短文填词（共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。it seemed that the water led to cholerajohn snow looked into the s 46 of the water for these two streetshe found that it came from the river, 47 had been polluted by the dirty water from londonimmediately john snow told the astonished people in broad street to r 48 the handle from the water pump so it could not be usedsoon the disease began to slow 49 john snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas 50 addition, he found two other deaths in another part of london that were concerned with the broad street outbreaka woman, who had moved away from broad street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every dayboth she and her daughter, who often visited her, 51 （死掉）of cholera after drinking the waterwith this extra 52 （证据） , john snow was able to announce with certainty that polluted water carried the diseaseto p 53 this from happening again, john snow suggested that all water supplies be examined and new methods of 54 （处理）with polluted water be foundthe water companies were also instructed not to expose people to polluted water anymorefinally “king cholera” was d 55 46_ 47_ 48_ 49_50_ 51_ 52_ 53_ 54 _ 55_第四部分：写作（共两节，满分25分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分lin qiaozhi was a specialist in womens disease. she lived in a generation that girls education was second to boys. it was hard work and determination which got her into medical school. what made her success later on was the kindness and consideration the showed to her patients. there is story after story of how she, tiring after a days work, went late at night to deliver a baby for a poor family who could not pay for h