浙江省东阳市第二高级中学高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

2014 下期高二英语期中考试试卷 一单选填空（20分） 1at the meeting the doctor discussed some different_to the operation on the boys head. a approaches b means c methods d ways2. jim is in a(n) _ position, as his job is different from anyone elsesa outstanding b regular c ordinary d unique3._ to nuclear radiation, even for a short time ,may do great harm to your body. a exposed b being exposed c having exposed d after being exposed 4. _ good and sweet, this kind of pear was soon sold out in the market. a tasted b tasting c having been tasted d being tasted5.its the custom that the last person _ the company should close all the doors and windows. a leaved b leaves c to leave d leaving 6 every possible means _-been tried, and we find only _ this means can we do it well. a have ; in b have ; by c has ; in d has ; by7. the room with the windows _ north needs _. a facing ; cleaned b faces ; cleaning c faced ; to be cleaned d facing ; cleaning8.-what are you considering? -_ my job . a to change b change c changing d changed9.the professor _ was his uncle. a referring to b referred to c who referred to d he was referred10. the park _ life in the days of king arthur is one of the main _ of the city. a modeled after ; attractions b is modeled after ; attractions c to model after ; attraction d modeling after ;attraction11.she is the only one among the _writers who _ stories for children . a woman ; writes b women ; write c women ;writes d woman ;write12. _team wins on saturday will go through to the national championships. a no matter what b no matter which c whatever d whichever 13.-do you know our city at all? -no. this is the first time i_ here.a was b have been c came d am coming 14.jacks mind wasnt at _ease when knowing that the experiment would end in _ failure . a a ; / b / ; a c a ; a d /; /15.the way _ he solved the problem was different from _ we were used to . a in which ; what b in which ; that c that ; as d that ;that 16.playing on a frozen sports field sounds like a lot of fun . isnt it rather risky,_? a though b also c either d too 17.there are five pairs _ , but im at a loss which to buy .a to be chosen b to choose from c to choose d for choosing18.we are_ to make mistakes when learning foreign languages a possible b probable c like d likely 19. there is still so much to discuss. we shall, , return to this topic in tomorrows class.a. instead b. however c. therefore d. otherwise20. i admit he has rich experience, i dont think it wise to offer him the important position. a. while b. before c. unless d. until 二完形填空（20分）there was a store a half hours walk from my apartment, and it was the cheapest place to buy food for us students studying abroad in france, 21 there was always a long checkout line. on a cold march day, i spent my time shopping, got what i needed and 22 the checkout. 23 , the lines that day were long. there were people everywhere. i was standing 24 . in line because i just wasnt that 25 my french yet. any time that i had to 26 with the natives, i got a little nervous.when my 27 came, i began to put my things on the cashier desk, hoping that the cashier wouldnt 28 me. with nervous energy, i was shaking back and forth, but i didnt even notice i was continually 29 a security alarm! the entire store was watching me now. to my 30 , the store manager came to me a few moments later. she started to 31 me in french. then she realized that i spoke no french. the next five minutes were spent 32 me: my backpack, my coat pockets, my jean pockets. and there were hands 33 . everyone was looking, pointing, and 34 .i stood embarrassedly all the while; the 35 was still ringing out.then i 36 this had happened to me before in the states. new 37 always equal alarms. the clothes contain small sensors (传感器) that you are supposed to 38 before wearing. so i grabbed my shirt and turned it 39 . there was a “remove before washing” tag in it. 40 i could say anything, the manager brought a pair of scissors and then cut off the tag.i packed up my backpack, and marched out of the store with a strange mixture of embarrassment and pride.21. a. when b. because c. so d. or22. a. headed for b. looked for c. askedd. turned to23. a. in fact b. unexpectedlyc. as usuald. unluckily24. a. hopefully b. thoughtfullyc. fearfullyd. nervously25. a. interested inb. confident aboutc. afraid ofd. strict with26. a. stay b. playc. studyd. communicate27. a. turn b. timec. billd. wait28. a. find b. recognizec. speak tod. look at29. a. setting up b. setting offc. making upd. making out30. a. excitementb. surprisec. happinessd. sorrow31. a. answer b. helpc. questiond. understand32. a. searching b. catchingc. watchingd. greeting33. a. somewhere b. anywherec. nowhered. everywhere34. a. smiling b. whisperingc. worryingd. upsetting35. a. phone b. bellc. alarmd. toy36. a. explained b. complainedc. rememberedd. thought37. a. trousers b. clothesc. backpacksd. pockets38. a. remove b. checkc. buyd. use39. a. down b. insidec. offd. outward40. a. after b. beforec. as d. when三阅读理解。（40分）amaking choices is necessary, but not always easy. many of our expressions tell about this difficulty.one of these expressions is “hobsons choice”. it is often used to describe a difficult choice. but that is not what it really means. its real meaning is to have no choice at all. the hobson in the expression was thomas hobson. mr. hobson owned many horses in cambridge. mr. hobson often rented his horses to the students at cambridge university. but he didnt really trust them to take good care of the horses. so, he had a rule that prevented the students from riding his best horses. they could take the horse that was nearest the stable door. or, they could not take any horse at all. thus, a hobsons choice was really no choice.another expression for having no real choice is “between a rock and a hard place”. it is often used to describe a difficult situation with few choices none of them is good. for example, your boss may ask you to work late. but you have plans to go to a movie with your friends. if you refuse to work, your boss may get angry. but if you do not go to the movies with your friends, they may get angry. so what do you do? you are “caught between a rock and a hard place”. another expression “between the devil and the deep blue sea” also gives you a choice between two equally dangerous things. its meaning seems clear. you can choose the devil and his burning fires of hell. or, you can choose to drown in the sea. some experts in lexicology (词汇学) say the expression comes from the days of wooden ships. the “devil” is a word for a seam between two pieces of wood along the waterline of a ship. if the seam or crack between the two pieces of wood begins to leak (漏), then a sailor must fix it. the sailor ordered to make the repairs was in a dangerous situation. he was hung over the side of the ship, working “between the devil and the deep blue sea”. there is still another expression that describes a situation with only bad choices “on the horns of a dilemma” (左右为难). the dictionary says a dilemma is a situation in which you must make a decision between two equally balanced choices. when your dilemma has horns (角), making a choice becomes impossible. when you are “on the horns of a dilemma”, no matter which horn you choose, something bad will happen.41. we could learn from mr. hobsons story that he .a. wanted to teach the students a lesson b. liked to make things difficult for the studentsc. didnt permit the students to ride his best horses d. didnt know the students were good at riding horses42. if you are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, you .a. have no choice but to wait and see b. cannot escape being punished by the devilc. will fall into the deep blue sea sooner or later d. find it extremely difficult to make right choices43. the underlined word “seam” in paragraph 4 refers to .a. the line where two pieces of wood meetb. the piece of wood which begins to leak c. the side of the ship which was being hung overd. the sailor ordered to repair the broken side of the ship44. which of the following expressions doesnt mean bad choices?a. between the devil and the deep blue sea. b. hobsons choice.c. between a rock and a hard place. d. on the horns of a dilemma.45. for what purpose does the author write the passage?a. to tell us how to make choices in our daily life.b. to express how difficult it is to make right choices.c. to talk about the differences of some useful expressions.d. to tell us how to express the difficulty of making choices. bthe day when the jobs were handed out was one of the most exciting moments for all the children in the class. it took place during the first week of the term. every kid was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year.some jobs were more interesting than others, and the children were eager to be given one of the best ones. when giving them out, the teacher took into account which pupils had been most responsible during the previous year. during the previous year rita had carried out the teachers instructions perfectly. all the children knew rita would be given the best job.but there was a big surprise. each child received a normal job. but ritas job was very different. she was given a little box containing some sand and one ant. though the teacher insisted that this ant was very special, rita felt disappointed. most of her classmates felt sorry for her. even her father became very angry with the teacher and he encouraged rita to pay no attention to this insignificant pet. however, rita preferred to show the teacher her error by doing something special with that job of little interest.rita started investigating all about her little ant and gave the ant the best food, and it grew quite a bit bigger.one day, a man, who looked very important, came into their classroom and declared, “your class has been chosen to accompany me, this summer, on a journey to the tropical rain forest, where we will investigate all kinds of insects. among all the schools of this region, your class has best cared for the little ant.”that day the school was filled with joy and celebration. everyone thanked rita for having been so patient and responsible. and many children learnt that to be given the most important task you have to know how to be responsible even in what are the smallest tasks.46. what did the teacher base his decision on when giving out jobs to the children? a. their characters and interests. b. their class performance during the previous year. c. their working performance during the previous year. d. their ability of managing their accounts during the previous year.47. what does the underlined sentence mean? a. each child got an important job. b. each child got an interesting job. c. the perfect student got the job of everyones preference d. the most responsible student got the job of least interest.48.what is ritas attitude to her fathers suggestion? a. negative. b. uncertain. c. totally positive. d. acceptive.49. we can infer that the man who made the declaration is a _. a. hunter b. director c. biologist d. principal50. what would be the best title for the passage? a. never complain about life. b. small tasks can lead to fortunes. c. men are best known by their friends. d. responsibility and intelligence bring good luckcsports accounts for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. many television companies have used sports to attract views from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers.an attraction of sports programs for the major u.s. media company is that events are often held on saturday and sunday afternoons the slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. this means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming.media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. the people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. they also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. these sports attract few viewers, and the ratings(收视率) are unusually low. however, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. it is made up of people from the highest income groups in the united states, including many lawyers and business managers. this is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling high-priced cars, business and personal computers, and holiday trips. this is also why the networks continue to carry these programs regardless of low ratings. advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach high-income consumers and those managers who make decisions to buy thousands of “company cars” and computers. with such viewers, these programs dont need high ratings to stay on the air.51. television sports programs on weekend afternoons _.a. result in more sport events b. get more viewers to play sportsc. make more people interested in television d. bring more money to the television networks.52. why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs?a. because there would be few viewers b. because the advertisers would be off work.c. because television programs would go slowly.d. because viewers would pay less for watching television.53. in many families, men make decisions on _.a. holiday trips b. sports viewingc. television shopping d. expensive purchases54. the ratings are not important for golf and tennis programs because _.a. their advertisers are carmakers b. their viewers are attracted by sportsc. their advertisers target at rich people. d. their viewers can afford expensive cars55. what is the passage mainly about?a. television ratings are determined by male viewers.b. rich viewers contribute most to television companies.c. sports are gaining importance in advertising on television.d. commercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport events. dscientists have announced that they have cloned(克隆) the first human embryo(胚胎). this has caused much debate round the world. on the one hand, some scientists point out that if you clone an embryo, you can produce valuable human tissues(组织)such as bone or lung tissuethat could be used to save human lives. on the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and are afraid that, if mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to producing a real-life frankensteins monster(怪物).cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells. the first mammal to be cloned successfully from an adult cell was dolly the sheep. she was born in 1996 and died in early 2003, at a much younger age than normal. when she was born, many people were worried that cloning would lead to more diseases in the animal world. however, in general the scientists were praised for their wonderful scientific advance.ian wilmut, the scottish scientist who created dolly, is shocked that some scientists are now considering cloning human beings. although he researches cloning, his intention has never been to create copies of humans. instead, he thinks research efforts should concentrate on creating new tissues and organs that can be used to cure diseases like cancer. however, some people believe that cloning humans embryos with the intention of destroying them shows no respect for human life.even though human cloning is causing a lot of anxiety, it is good news for faye wilson, a 41-year-old saleswoman who cannot have a baby. “ i am anxious to have a child of my own,” she says. “i dont want to adopt someone elses childif i had the chance, i would have a cloned baby right now.”while cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to produce a cloned human baby. severino antinori, an italian physician, has declared that he wants to be the first to clone a human being.in china, scientists have focused their efforts on cloning animals, as well as cloned tissues to be used in medical treatment. china has succeeded in producing clones of cows and goats, and continues to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.56. paragraph1 is mainly about _.a. different views on cloning human embryosb. the ben