云南省腾冲四中学高二英语上学期期中试卷.doc

云南省腾冲四中学2014-2015学年高二英语上学期期中试卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和下一个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.what does the woman suggest?a buying more apples. bbuying some pears.ceating up the apples.2.what will the woman do tonight?astay at home.bfix something.cbuy an evening dress.3.what does mark take after bobby?arespecting teachers.bhaving classes on time.cmaking trouble at school.4.how will the man get to the womans company?aby car. bby bus. cbuy taxi.5.what are the speakers talking about?aan english teacher. bhow to learn english. can english class.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。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6.where did sharon try to get a job two years ago?ain hollywood. b in a school. cin universal studios.7.what is sharon now?aan actress ba tour guide. ca singer.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题8.why does the boy keep starving?athe dinner isnt ready.bhis father doesnt come back.che should wait for his grandparents.9.wht did the woman cook especially?achicken b fish. csteak听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.who does george want to speak to?alisa. b jean. c mary.11.what is georges telephone number?a68251733. b 68521733. c69449695.12.what relation is lisa to george?aa stranger ba friend ca classmate.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.who is the speaker?aa host. ba teacher. ca boss18.what is erick crazy about?ap laying football. bplaying basketball. c playing baseball.19. 19.what does eric say when his father talks with him?ahe would like to be a player.bhe will study hard in the future.che wont break school rules any more.20.why does the speaker make the call?ato share erics progress. bto search for help.cto make complaint?第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。anext time you hear a funny joke youd better not laugh too hard. according to a paper published by the british medical journal, laughter isnt always the bestmedicine. sometimes it can even be harmful. professor robin ferner from the university of birmingham, one of the authors of the study, found that bad things could happen to people who laughed too much. he says: “we found people with heartbeat problems which had stopped their heart, we found people who had fainted(昏倒), and we found people whoddislocated theirjawsor burst their lungs.” it seems that laughing can beno laughing matter. butits not alldoom and gloom. professor ferner says there are benefits to laughing when you want tolose weight, for example. yes, thats right: laugh and be slimmer! professor ferner explains that: “you use energy when you laugh, you move yourdiaphragm(横膈膜), you expand your lungs, and both those things can be helpful.” according to the research, laughing for a quarter of an hour can burn up to 40 calories, and if you laughed all day youd use up about 2,000 calories, which is what most people consume in a day. but dont do that or you might end up with apainfuljaw.ouch! or you might find people looking at you in afunnyway. but i dont want to finish this article leaving you feelingdesperate. laughter comes naturally for most of us. babies begin to laugh at around 3-6 months. so give in to yoursense of humourand keep smiling. life is short anyway. 21.laughing too much may cause the following harmful results except_. aheart stop bdiaphragm movementclung burst djaw dislocation22.the underlined phrase “doom and gloom” in paragraph 2 probably means_.ahopeless bfunny cpainful dnervous23.how many calories can you use if you laugh for half a day? aabout 40. babout 1,000.cabout 2,000. dabout 2,040.24.what is the authors attitude towards laughing in the last paragraph? auninterested. bdisapproving.cworried. dfavorable.bon nov. 18, 1995, itzhak perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at avery fisher hall at lincoln center in new york city if you have ever been to a perlman concert，you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for himhe was stricken with polio (小儿麻痹症) as a child，and so he has braces (支架) on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches (双拐) he walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chairthen he sits down，slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs，tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forwardthen he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin，nods to the conductor and proceeds to play but this time，something went wrongjust as he finished the first few bars (小节)，one of the strings on his violin broke. you could hear it snap (嘣断) - it went off like gunfire across the room. there was no mistaking what that meant. there was no mistaking what he had to do we figured that he would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stageto either find another violin or else find another string for this one. but he didnt. instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. the orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off. and he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before when he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. and then people rose and cheeredhe smiled，wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to quit us，and then he said in a quiet tone“you know, sometimes it is the artists task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.25.by saying “getting on stage is no small achievement for him”, the author really means. aits very difficult for itzhak perlman to play the violin with three stringsbits not easy for itzhak perlman to get on the stage because he is disabledcits not easy for ltzhak perlman to face such a large audiencedits really great achievements for ltzhak perlman to play the violin with three strings26.itzhak perlmanwhen one of the strings of the violin broke agave up playingbdidnt know what to docwent on playing the same piece of musicdwent on playing a different piece of music27.itzhak perlman can be best described as a man who is aclever bstrong willedchumorous dquite skilledcplans to expand wind energy into the most scenic parts of germany are meeting increasing opposition across the country.anti-wind campaigners are angry that areas including the forests made famous by the tales of the brothers grimm are among the targets for new turbines (涡轮机). for the first time they have formed a national opposition group to thwart the expansion. they say the expansion will damage forests and tourism across the country. germany has started a massive expansion of renewable energy since the fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 in japan. the government decided to reduce atomic plants and instead increase the opportunities for green power. as a result, solar farms, biogas plants and wind parks are booming. in 2013, 22% of germanys electricity was generated by renewable energy. wind has played a major part in this change, making up half of the renewable energy in 2013, and the public has been generally supportive. to date, a majority of the 23,000 wind turbines in the country have been built in the flat northern and eastern parts of the country. but now the focus of expansion is on the areas of dark forest in the central and southern areas of germany. one such region is the rheinhardswald in the northern part of the state of hesse. this is the home of the magical tales of sleeping beauty, rapunzel and others, made famous in the books of the brothers grimm. this scenic place is a magnet, attracting hundreds and thousands of tourists from all over the world. but now there are also plans to build up to 200 turbines in this scenic place! ann-kathrin blankenberg is a phd student and an opponent of the plans. “it is not because this is the area of sleeping beauty,” she says, “i want the green movement, i want green technology, i dont want nuclear power- but they should be made in the right way and not by destroying the forests.” the campaigners argue that putting wind turbines in this area makes no sense. the wind speeds are low and the area is home to some extremely rare birds including the endangered black stork. campaigners say building turbines here would be disastrous for the birds.28.the underlined word “thwart” can be replaced by_. asupport bpreventcincreased dpromote29.which of the following does not belong to green power? _. asolar energy bwind energycbio-energy datomic energy30.what percentage of germanys electricity was generated by wind in 2013? _. a11% b22%c50% d60%31.what is the main idea of the passage? _. awind parks are increasing rapidly all over germany.bthe rheinhardswald is famous for the tales of sleeping beauty.cexpanding wind energy into the land of sleeping beauty causes controversy.dbuilding wind turbines in the land of sleeping beauty area makes no sense.di teach geography at unlv three times per week. last monday, at the beginning of class, i cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. one young man said that his weekend had not been so good. he had his wisdom teeth removed. the young man then asked me why i always seemed to be so cheerful. “i choose to be cheerful.” i said. then i told them a story. in addition to teaching here at unlv, i also teach out at thecommunity collegein henderson, 17 miles down thefreewayfrom where i live. one day i drove those 17 miles to henderson. i exited the freeway and turned onto college drive. i only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. but just then my car died and wouldnt start again. so i left my car there and marched down the road to the college.as soon as i got there i called aaa (美国汽车协会)and arranged for a tow truck (拖车) to meet me at my car after class. the secretary in the office asked me what had happened. “this is my lucky day.” i replied, smiling. “your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?” she was puzzled. “what do you mean?” “my car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway but it didnt.” i replied, “instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance from here. im still able to teach my class, and ive been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class.” the secretarys eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. i smiled back and headed for class. so ended my story. i scanned the sixty faces in my class at unlv. despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. somehow, my story had touched them. or maybe it wasnt the story at all. in fact, it had all started with a students observation that i was cheerful. an indian wise man once said, “who you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say.” i suppose it must be so.32.why did the author tell his students the story? ato share his lucky experience.bto make his class more lively.cto draw all students attention.dto encourage his students to be positive.33.what happened to the author on his way to the community college? ahe parked his car in a perfect place. bhe called aaa for a tow truck to meet him.che covered the last quarter mile on foot.dhe drove off the freeway at a wrong exit.34.by saying “it wasnt the story at all”, the author means that_. ahis story is not convincingbhe shouldnt have told the storychis attitude to life has inspired the studentsdhis story is not as interesting as expected35.what can be concluded from the passage? aeasier said than done.byou are what you choose.cbehind bad luck comes good luck.da good beginning makes a good ending.第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。here are tips for a successful speech from a professional speechwriter: no speech should last more than 20 minutes. 36the sermon on the mount, a collection of sayings and teachings ofjesus, for example, lasted hardly more than three minutes. focus on one topic. were human and tend to have lots of thoughts, opinions and ideas. you have to make proper selection. 37include and expand only those that explain and support your viewpoint(观点). 38its important to remember that your words must be hearable and understandable the first time out. humour is vital. 39ronald reagan always wanted to joke at the start of a speech because he needed the quick victory of laughter. it helped him relax. it also helped the audience relax. dont forget to say thanks. you should always, at the beginning of the speech, thank the person who invited you and introduced you. 40while youre doing it, the audience gets a chance to daydream and settle down. theyre going to daydream at some point anyway, and it may as well be before you get to the heart of your remarks. achoose your words carefully.band saying thanks at the beginning has a practical purpose.cfirst you have to work out what youre going to say.devery speech needs it, and you need it, too, probably at the beginning.e. stick to one subjectthe future of the soccer club, for example. f. this process takes time, so start once you begin thinking about the speech. g. the more important the message is, the less time it requires to say it.第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空。阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题选出最佳选项。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）it was a cold, wet day on june 6, when 14-year-old tom arrived at school. waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to arrive, tom 41aimlessly at the pouring rain. then his42fell upon the hill that rose at the back of the classroom.he noticed huge amounts of rainwater 43down the hill, and water was also bubbling at the base of a large rock on the hill. for a few44 , tom looked at the water, wondering45_it looked so familiar. then it 46him the scene was surprisingly 47to the pictures he was shown during disaster management classes. 48a disaster was about to happen, tom waved49at students, shouting “run, run, dont stay here! the rocks on the hill are going to 50on us!” all the students and teachers ran to the open area that had been 51as an emergency gathering point. 52, they heard screams as the huge rock rolled down the hill, bringing sand, rock and mud. there was 53they could do as they watched the earth bury an entire school block. thanks to tom quick action and sharp 54, no one was hurt in the incident. the landslide 55two classrooms and caused heavy damage to six 56. “the financial damage is nothing compared to 57would have happened had there been children in the classrooms,” says the schoolmaster. wasana later received a gold star from the foundation for civilian bravery, sri lanka. 58at the incident, he says, “i feel disaster management 59are important for everyone. well never know when the 60will come in handy.”41.astared bnodded cshouted dpointed42.athoughts beyes cwords dvoices43.apulling bjumping csliding dflowing44.atimes bminutes chours dperiods45.ahow bwhere cwhy dwhen46.ahit bdrove cpushed dstopped47.astrange brare cterrible dsimilar48.arejecting bfearing cscaring davoiding49.aangrily bfearing cscaring davoiding50. abeat bmove cfall ddive51.aput away bset aside cbrought forth dtaken apart52.ajust then bin short cin good time das a result53.asomething bmuch canything dlittle54.adiscovery bmovement cobservation didea55.adestroyed btore cinjured dovercame56.aanother bother cothers dones57athose bwhich cthat dwhat58.alooking back blooking around clooking through dlooking forward59. aexhibitions blessons cunits dexaminations60. aconcept bimage cknowledge dsituation第二节：语法填空，根据所给的中文或英文提示填空。（15分，每小题1.5分）。61.the medicine will( )治愈most infections.62.the new school is still under ( )(construct).63.were starting a( )(move)against drunk-driving.64.dont drink ( )(pollute)water, because it carries the disease.65.the company employs 20,000people( )(在全国).66.tom ( )(be) a student.67.we must take care ( )our parents when they become old. 68.students should concentrate ( )their studies.69.the girl made a great ( )（印象）on her neighbors.70.（ ）（tell）many times, she still cant remember it.短文改错（10分）下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个符号（），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. 每句不超过两个错误； 2. 每处错误及其修改均只限一词； 3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。today we had a chemistry test. i found the test