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20142015学年度上学期孝感市五校教学联盟期中联合考试高 二 英 语 试 卷注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的班级、姓名、考号填写在试题卷和答题卷指定的位置，并用2b铅笔将考号填涂在答题卡上，从顶格开始由左至右涂写，不空格。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用统一提供的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，再选涂其它答案标号。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。3语法填空，短文改错和短文写作题的作答：用统一提供的签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。1. why doesnt the man open the door?a. he hasnt got the key. b. he has got a wrong key.c. the key doesnt work.2. what relation is the woman to tom? a. his colleague. b. his girlfriend. c. his manager.3. what are the speakers mainly doing? a. having a party. b. shopping. c. cooking.4. what does the woman advise the man to do in the end? a. wait for her in a park.b. wait until she finishes a letter. c. take a walk alone.5. what is the woman going to do? a. go to a party. b. see a doctor. c. look after her children. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 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. what is the woman thinking about? a. the english class. b. the exams. c. the coming holiday.7. what makes the man change his mind?a. he thinks hiking is tiring.b. he wants to be with the woman. c. he wants to keep away from the cold weather. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. what is the relationship between the speakers? a. club members. b. classmates. c. workmates.9. why didnt the woman receive the mans e-mail? a. she changed her e-mail address. b. there was a computer problem. c. he sent it to someone else by mistake. 10. what did the woman do last saturday? a. she attended a party. b. she went on a bike trip.c. she took part in a meeting.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题.11. when does the conversation take place? a. in the evening. b. in the morning. c. in the afternoon. 12. what did peter think of poems?a. they are boring to read and hard to write. b. they are fun to read but difficult to write. c. they are fun to read and easy to write.13. what did the woman do when peter was little? a. she asked him to recite poems. b. she taught him how to read poems. c. she read nursery rhymes to him.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题.14. what does the man think of the science club? a. it is not enjoyable. b. it is attractive. c. it is funny.15. why do so many students like joining the drama club? a. to perform another person. b. to be outstanding on campus. c. to develop their talent in drama.16. what do we know about the man? a. he hates drama. b. he is a drama star. c. he is handsome. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.17. where do children play games after school? a. at home. b. on the street corner. c. at school18. what do old people do after breakfast? a. go to car races. b. read newspapers. c. watch tv at home.19. how do young people go on outings at the weekends? a. by bike. b. by train. c. by car.20. what does the speaker mainly talk about? a. living in australia. b. australians live a busy life. c. different ways of enjoyment for australians. 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。amany tourists visiting the usa on vacation enjoy shopping for bargains. you can find many bargains in the us if you know where to shop and how to take advantage of the competitive sales.department stores offer good quality and high fashionmacys department stores offer a wide selection of merchandise(商品), including fashion clothing, luggage and jewelry. they normally offer good quality merchandise, well known brands and the latest fashions, but not low quality products at bargain prices. they frequently have seasonal sales with attractive discounts. at such times, you can get high quality or fashion merchandise at bargain prices. general merchandise stores offer affordable qualitysears and jcpenny are two large national chains with stores across the us. they are similar to department stores but they do not offer high fashion merchandise or luxury(奢侈的) brands. instead, they feature good quality merchandise at affordable prices. they are particularly known for their selection of childrens clothing and domestic goods. sears is famous for its selection of tools and garden products.discount stores sell at low pricesdiscount stores sell some good quality merchandise at affordable prices and some lower quality merchandise at very low prices. if you are not looking for the latest fashions, famous brands, or the best quality, you can find some very inexpensive merchandise at a discount store. some national discount chains with stores across the us are k-mart, wal-mart, target and caldor.outlet stores are a bargain hunters wonderlandoutlet stores or factory outlets sell high quality merchandise and well-known brands at discounted prices. they usually offer merchandise with slight flaws(瑕疵) and remainders from the last season or the previous year. they do not have end-of-season sales like the department stores, as their merchandise is always discounted 20% to 40% below department store prices.21. if you want to buy a new dress that is fashionable, you should go to _.a. sears b. wal-mart c. jcpenny d. macys22. what is a feature of general merchandise stores?a. they normally offer the best quality merchandise.b. they offer well-known brands and the latest fashions.c. they offer goods at acceptable prices.d. they can offer a special discount.23. which of the following is not true about outlet stores?a. you can purchase goods with excellent quality and reasonable prices.b. they can offer goods from last year.c. you will get goods with serious quality problems.d. their merchandise is always discounted below department store prices.bi was 16 when my father finally decided he would send me to wilderness camp for several months. he had threatened to do it many times before, but my mother had always managed to prevent him from doing so. this time he insisted on doing it.the latest incident was the last straw. impulsively(冲动地), i had pushed mr. ford, my math teacher, down a flight of steps at school. he broke his arm in two places. anyway, he had agreed not to accuse me as a favor to my dad, who was in the middle of a tight race for sheriff(执法官) in our town. but my reckless behavior had my dads closest advisor talking.“john, hes your son and hes a kid, but he is dragging you down,” i heard jake hutch tell my dad through his closed office door the night after i pushed mr. ford. “if you cant make your son obey the rules, how can you make the law obeyed in this town?”so, off to pisgah national forest i went. i imagined hours of untold abuse at the hands of some strong sergeants(军士). i was determined no to be broken. i was who i was.nearly every day for six months, a small group of other troubled teens and i carried our 30-pound backpacks on a difficult journey covering about 10 miles. we hiked in a rough wilderness that seemed untouched by civilization.our sergeants were firm but kind, not frightening as i had imagined. we learned how to make a fire without matches and create a shelter with branches and grass. we learned which plants were safe to eat out in the wild. i felt myself change. i was calm and often reflective. my old, impulsive self was gone.one morning, six months later, my dad came to pick me up. i ran to hug him and saw relief and love in his eyes.“so whats it like being sheriff?” i asked on the ride home.“i lost the race, danny,” he said.“im sorry, dad.” i knew my behavior probably had a lot to do with the defeat.dad squeezed my shoulder and brought me close. “as long as i dont ever lose you, im okay.”24. the author was finally sent to wilderness because _.a. he could learn how to survive in the wildb. his teacher insisted on giving him a lessonc. he pushed his math teacher down the stairsd. his mother feared that he would be accused25. the underlined word “reckless” in paragraph 2 probably means _.a. selfishb. carelessc. ruded. reasonable26. what can we learn about the author from the passage?a. he changed a lot after the camp.b. he was not satisfied with his life in the camp.c. he was still what he used to be after the camp.d. he made enemies with other troubled teens at the camp.27. how did the authors father feel at the end of the story?a. grateful.b. annoyed. c. disappointedd. relievedcyou may have experienced the annoyance of being fined because of parking illegally or finding your car towed away(拖走)after leaving it parked somewhere for a couple of minutesbut now a high-tech car sticker thats designed to be stuck to a cars windscreen could help motorists avoid such a situationthe towstop sticker sends a text message to a driver when touched by a traffic policeman，to allow motorists to send a reply and give them time to move their cars immediatelyfrankfurt-based it consultant，daniel kalliontzis，came up with the idea and is raising money to put his 43 sticker into productioncar owners can put the sticker inside their cars windscreen，having set it up with key information，such as their phone numberthe slim design will include a sensor(传感器)that，when touched by a traffic policeman，will send a text message warning a driver of a possible finethe driver could then type a reply for the policeman using a smartphone，which will appear on the stickers screenthe smart sticker system will rely on the good will of traffic policemen and in a way，a german lawthe law states：an officer has to choose the most efficient and inexpensive way for the car owner to remove the vehicleit could be cheaper for the government to call the driver than to tow his carmail online asked the department of transport whether the sticker could be used in the uk in a similar waya spokesman said，“in england there is no legal duty to warn the motorist before issuing the tickethowever，a policeman does have the discretion not to issue a ticket if he doesnt think the situation is that bad or he just wants to issue a warning”so far，mrkalliontzis has raised just over2,362 of his39,381 goalif he manages to raise the money，the stickers will be shipped in june 2015but it appears that car owners using the smart system could get some unnecessary warning messages，because anyone could touch the smart sticker28. the author wrote the third paragraph to _a. explain how a smart car sticker worksb. advise drivers to buy a car stickerc. show the importance of a sensord. tell drivers how to park a car29. we may infer from the text that in britain _a. car owners dont have to worry about a parking ticketb. smart car stickers wouldnt work as well as in germanyc. traffic policemen prefer to call a driver rather than tow his card. the department of transport thinks highly of smart car stickers30.the underlined word “discretion” in paragraph 5 can best be replaced by“_”a. trouble b. pressure c. freedom d. opportunity31. what would be the best title for the text?a. daniel kalliontzis a great inventor b. environment-friendly car stickersc. parking systems in europe d. end of the parking ticket?dwith the development of science and technology, new inventions, especially new electronic products, have made peoples lives easy and convenient. but as the saying puts: a coin has two sides.one day, i was walking in the park with a friend and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. there we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day andi became invisible, absent from the conversation.the telephone used to connect you to the absent. now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected i feel? every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. with email and instant messaging over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. with voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. if my mom has a question, i just leave the answer on her machine. as almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远) index goes up. you cant even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. directory assistance is almost always fully automated.pumping petrol at the station? why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe(刷)your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?making a deposit at the bank? why talk to a teller who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into atm?pretty soon you wont have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery shop. some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those check-out people who look at you and ask how you are doing.i am not against modern technology. i own a cell phone, an atm card, a voice mail system, and an email account. giving them up isnt wisetheyre a great help to us. its some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy. more and more, i find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. or being relieved that voice mail picked up a call because i didnt really have time to talk. the communications industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier. so ive put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging, with people who live near me，no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when im at home.32. which of the following would be the best title of the passage? a. the advance of communications technologyb. the consequences of modern technologyc. the process of communications revolutiond. the automation of modern communications33. paragraphs 5 to 7 are listed as examples, which show that the use of modern communications is _.a. encouraging b. disappointing c. satisfying d. embarrassing34. the passage implies that _.a. modern technology is bridging the peopleb. modern technology is separating the peoplec. modern technology is developing too rapidlyd. modern technology is interrupting our lives35. what does the writer think to do with the modern technology?a. we may use them no matter what others are doing.b. we can throw them away and return to the ancient.c. we can be far away from them forever.d. we can use them less and communicate with the people around us.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。 some animals can be trained to help humans. for example, specially trained dogs help blind people walk around the town safely. some kinds of monkeys can be taught things too. 36 the monkeys pick up the phone when it rings, carry shopping bags and do housework.in the wild, animals and humans are not usually friends. 37 in africa, the honey- guide bird works with humans to find food. the bird likes to eat the grubs (幼虫) a type of insect that lives inside a beehive (蜂巢). it knows how to find beehives but it cant open them and get the grubs. people like to eat honey, but they arent very good at finding beehives. 38 the bird flies to a beehive and people follow it. when the people open the beehive and take the honey, they give the grubs to the bird.in laguna in the south of brazil, fishermen and dolphins work as a team. the ocean isnt very clean, so the fishermen cant see the fish. 39 when the dolphins find a large group of fish, they make a noise to tell the fishermen. then the dolphins push the fish to the beach. the fishermen wait in the water near the beach and catch a lot of fish in their nets. the fishermens nets make it easier for the dolphins to catch fish too. in laguna, fishermen and dolphins have been working together for many years. 40 meanwhile, the dolphins must be happy to help because they teach their babies how to work with the humans!a. they attack each other for food or something else.b. so the bird and the people help each other. c. they can learn how to help people who cant use their arms or legs.d. in fact, they usually help to get enough food for their babies. e. the fishermen teach their children how to work with the dolphins.f. however, there are a few interesting examples where they can work together.g. however, dolphins can find them easily by using sounds.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c、d）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。 one day a farmers donkey fell down into a well. the animal cried 41 for hours as the farmer tried to figure out 42 to do. finally he decided the animal was 43 and the well needed to be 44 up anyway, so it just wasnt 45 to save the donkey.he invited all his 46 to come over and help him. they all grabbed (握起) a shovel (铁铲) and began to shovel 47 into the well. at first, the donkey 48 what was happening and cried horribly. then, to everyones 49 , he was quiet.a few shovel loads later, the farmer looked 50 the well and was 51 at what he saw. with every shovel of dirt that 52 his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. he would