广东省茂名市高州中学高二英语上学期期中试题新人教版.doc

2013-2014学年度第一学期期中测试高二英语试题满分为150分，考试用时为120分钟。第卷（共95分）注意事项：1、开始答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，考试号，考试科目涂写在答题卡和答题卷上。2、每小题选出答案后，用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，再选涂其他答案标号，不能答在试题卷上。3、考试结束，考生将答题卷和答题卡一并交回。否则不予计分。一、听力（共两节，满分 15分）做题时，先将答案写在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转抄到答题卡上。第一节(共 8 小题,每小题 1 分,满分 8 分)part b : role play(角色扮演)in this part, you are required to act as a role and complete three communicative tasks: listen to a speaker, ask the speaker three questions and then answer five questions.情景介绍：角色：你是女生。任务：（1）与你的同学谈论学习和个人爱好； （2）根据谈话内容回答问题。生词：dull 枯燥无味的now please ask the speaker three questions. you have twenty seconds to prepare the question. when you hear a beep, begin to ask the question.q1: 为什么你会觉得上课没意思呢？ q2：你对科学很感兴趣，是吗？ q3：你想过要成为一名科学家吗？ now please get ready to answer five questions. you are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. when you hear a beep, begin to answer the question.q1: listen to question 1.a1: _q2: listen to question 2.a2: _q3: listen to question 3.a3: _q4: listen to question 4.a4: _q 5: listen to question 5.a5: _第二小节(共7 小题,每小题 1 分,满分7 分)part c：retelling(故事复述)in this part, you are required to listen to a monologue and then retell it based on what you have heard.it was late on a summer evening. i was sitting by an open window reading a book when i 9._ someone crying “help! help!”. it 10._ like a child yelling from the yard. i went out and searched with my 11._. i looked around for a long time, but found nothing. feeling rather 12._, i returned to the house and sat down with my book again. but before i started reading, i heard the same cry of “help! help!” coming from behind me. i 13._ my book, jumped up and turned to see a large green and red bird sitting on the table it was my 14._ parrot! it must have 15._ in through the window while i was out in the yard.二、语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10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，并将答案写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。im very glad i had the opportunity to meet chris. he 16 (move) into the house next door to me two years ago. he is usually dressed 17 some kind of tight-fitting multicolored suit which makes him look like 18 super hero of comic books. he is very polite, 19 (friend) and genuinely caring, always remembering my birthday and 20 (bring) me chicken soup or japanese tea if im ill. chris will help us 21 he possibly can and is ready to listen to everyones problems.at work he is much appreciated and he has many colleagues 22 ask for his help each time they have problems 23 (solve). he works in an organization involving communication with people. he has the power to make it.although chris could never be described as ordinary, i enjoy having him 24 a neighbor. life is never boring when you have someone like 25 living next door.三、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，然后从各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a kindergarten teacher had decided to let her class play a game. the teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag 26 a few potatoes. each potato will be given a(n) 27 of a person that the child hates.and the 28 of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will 29 on how many people he/she hates. so when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she disliked. some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes. the teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they went 30 to the toilet for 1 week.days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the 31 smell let out by the rotten potatoes. besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. after 1 week, the children were happy and 32 because the game had finally ended.the teacher asked: “how did you 33 while carrying the potatoes with you for 1 week?” the children let out their frustration(懊恼) and started complaining of the 34 that they had to go through having to carry the 35 and smelly potatoes wherever they went.then the teacher told them the 36 meaning behind the game. the teacher said:“ this is 37 the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. the very unpleasant smell of hatred will 38 your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. if you cannot 39 the smell of rotten potatoes for just 1 week, can you 40 what it is like to have the very unpleasant smell of hatred in your heart for your lifetime?” 26astoringbcontainingcpacking dattaching 27aaddressbphotoccard dname 28anumberbsizecstyle dcolour 29abasebcountcdepend d. show 30aneverbevencyet d. already31aunclearb. unpleasantcunusual d unforgettable 32arelaxedbconfusedcannoyed dtired33a. livebrejectcfeel dtravel34a. changesb. difficultiescfields ddoors 35a. differentbvaluablecfresh dheavy36a. variousbhiddencsurface daccurate 37a.exactlybpartly croughly d. eventually 38a. hurtbimprove ccatch dinfluence 39a. handlebdrivectolerate（忍受）dtell40a. predictbimagine cchoose ddecide四、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)awhen i was three, the most children i made friends with were about three or four. but i was shy and didnt join in activities. even in preschool, i tried to avoid the groups at play. i just didnt fit in. but i kept on smiling and trying to be friendly.the adults in my life were more easily understood than my peers (同龄人). i couldnt understand why none of them lived up to the adult standards. manners, vocabulary, reading. all of these meant nothing to them. they were children. at that point, i wasnt any more.i started kindergarten (幼儿园) knowing how to count to 100 and how to read. but even though i was far ahead of some of the other children, i was no perfect student. i was excited by all the friends i could make. but soon i discovered that i was hurt easily by their words. i made friends, but i didnt keep them, and eventually, i was left alone. i sat alone, trying to keep happy and pretending that i didnt need anyone else to be happy.my parents loved me. i know they did. my mom became the main earner when i was very young. my dad also worked hard, but he didnt get paid quite well. but i dont understand why id always been left to my own toys as a child. i explored the world in my own way, which gave me loneliness. the loneliness would invade (入侵) my body and pull me down to the floor, making me cry and bite myself. my life was damaged by the loneliness for years. unlike other children at my age, i really didnt have a friend to spend time with. so i made them in my head.the loneliness still controls me now. its the reason i was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (被诊断患有分离性身份识别障碍) (did). at times, i feel the choking and biting, and i know its the younger me reminding me i still have a lot to move beyond.41what can we know about the young author from the first paragraph?ahe was very afraid of adults.bno one liked to make friends with him.che didnt like to take part in activities.dhe liked to play with his peers very much.42what was wrong with the author when he attended kindergarten?ahe couldnt become a perfect student.bhe always pretended to be unhappy.che hated to make friends with others.dhe was always hurt by others words.43the author mentioned his parents in the passage to show_.ahe does respect and love thembtheir educational method was wrong cthey are very responsible parentsdhis problem has something to do with them44we can learn from the passage that now the author_.ahas recovered from his lonelinessbhopes to make many friendscis suffering a lot from his lonelinessdalways cries in front of strangers45the passage is mainly about_.ahow the author developed didbwhy the author prefers to live alonechow the author spent his childhooddhow the author dealt with lonelinessbcould cities that float (漂浮) on the sea solve the problems caused by floods (洪水) and provide food for the world?some scientists think so. the idea is already being tested and they believe that floating cities will provide more homes for a growing population, without having to use land needed to grow food. and they believe floating areas will allow more food to be grown, so that no one in the world is hungry.in some places, cities that float on the sea are already being planned. a company in the netherlands called deltasync thinks that the sea cities will save the world, with more than one in ten people living in them.they say sea cities solve many problems the world faces in the 21st century, like not having enough land, more and more people needing homes, fossil fuels (矿物燃料) running low and the increasingly serious problems caused by floods.deltasync says building in the desert (沙漠) is not possible because there is not enough water and that developing ways for people to live in space is still too expensive. so they believe the answer is our oceans, which cover over two thirds of the earths surface. their plans for floating areas include using algae (海藻) to produce fuel and food.more than a quarter of the land in the netherlands already lies underwater and scientists there have spent years trying to find ways to deal with it. in the city of rotterdam they already have floating homes.bart roeffen from deltasync says:“we have plans for neighbourhoods including roads and, in the end, i believe we can build floating cities on the sea.”46deltasync is a company that wants to build cities _.aon land bin spacecon the sea din the desert47which of the following is the advantage of the cities that deltasync wants to build?aproviding more jobs for people.bmaking travel in space possible.csupplying enough water to people.dsatisfying more peoples housing needs.48what can we learn about the netherlands?aits population is increasing quickly.bit has found many fossil fuels recently. ctwo thirds of its land is covered by water.dthere are floating homes in one of its cities.49what does bart roeffen think of his companys future plans? ahe doubts them. bhe is hopeful of them.che is uncertain about them. dhe has no idea about them.50what is the best title for the passage?awill there be enough water?b. will sea cities save the world?c. is it possible to live in the desert? d. is it expensive to build floating cities?cgrowing mushrooms (蘑菇) is probably the easiest thing you can do if you are new to mushroom growing. mushroom growing is becoming more and more common as restaurants are creating more dishes that include mushrooms.mushroom growing is easy. to start with you need to have a growing space where you are going to grow these mushrooms. it does not have to be too big but it should be big enough for you to grow as many mushrooms as you need. when you have found the space that is perfect for you, you can start to research what kind of mushrooms you want to grow. there are hundreds of kinds to choose from but not all mushrooms are edible, which is an important fact you need to remember before you start. dont grow mushrooms you cant use or sell.when you figure (计算) out what kind of mushrooms you want to grow, you can make some preparations. sometimes you need to hire some workers to help you if you have a large mushroom farm, or if you are trying to start a professional mushroom growing business. trying to start a business by yourself can be stressful. if you dont have time to take care of everything yourself, to hire a worker is the best bet.after you have started the mushroom growing, you should regularly check and make sure that your mushrooms are growing properly and that they are not being attacked by any pesticides (杀虫剂) or any other animals that are potentially dangerous for them. that is the worst situation of mushroom growing. protect your mushroom farm well with a fence or a gate so that only you and your workers can get in and out.mushroom growing is not difficult and is a real easy way to get started in the field of farming. you will possibly supply some of the great chefs (厨师) of the world with high-quality mushrooms that will be enjoyed by thousands of people around the world.51many people are beginning to plant mushrooms probably because_.athey are in great need bthey look very beautifulcthere are more restaurantsdthey are too common52the underlined word “edible” (in paragraph 2) probably means “_”.aeasy to find bexpensive to buy csuitable to eat ddifficult to grow53which of the following is the right order of planting mushrooms?achoose the suitable mushrooms. bprotect your mushrooms well.cfind some people to help you.dstart to grow mushrooms.e find a place to plant mushrooms. a. b, d, a, e, c b. e, a, c, d, b c. c, a, d, b, e d. d, c, b, a, d54which of the following may be the best title for this passage?ait is easy to grow mushrooms byou should hire other people to help you cgrowing mushrooms is not easy dtips(提示) for mushrooms growing55who would like to read this passage most?aworkers. bstudents.cfarmers. dteachers.dliving away from your country can be a really interesting and unforgettable experience, but meanwhile it has very important effects on ones life.the major effect is that once you start a regular life away from home, you miss everything. this fact doesnt mean that you are unhappy but that you are aware of being on your own. missing your family is a very unusual thing to do. little details like sitting on a sunday morning and watching tv alone instead of having a nice chat with your mom may make you realize how valuable your family really is. it is also completely acceptable to miss all the facilities you used to have back at home, like your house, and your bathroom. its obvious then that you have started to appreciate everything you had back where you belongthe second main effect would be learning how to accept another type of society and culture into your daily life. since you are living in a place with different customs and traditions from yours, you have to be able to develop yourself in unknown conditions. therefore, youll be able to achieve true knowledge. suggesting changing your mind totally would be foolish; the best thing to do would be to stick to your most important values （价值观） and, according to them, change those that you believe could be improved.the most significant effect of living away from home is the independent behavior that grows inside of you. living on your own far from your family gives you a lot of experiences toward organizing your life. since it is up to you to go to work or school, clean your room, and organize your expenses, it is predictable that you will have a good and strong sense of responsibility.living far from home, even for a short period of time, can be really hard at the beginning. we have to remember that all changes are difficult, but it is necessary to go through them to build our character.56 while living away from home, you can do all of the following except _ abuild up a sense of responsibility bexperience another type of society cbecome more independent dbe proud of yourself57according to the passage, how can you have a sense of responsibility by living far away from home?ayoull appreciate everything you had back where you belong. byou would think about common things that happened to you.cyoull have to arrange everything by yourself. dyou will change your mind entirely.58we can infer from paragraph 3 that _.aliving abroad will get a more thorough understanding of your own values byou will have to accept completely different values cit will be unwise to stick to your beliefs about what an important life is dyou will not necessarily adapt to(适应) another type of society and culture59 what does the underlined words facilities mean in paragraph 2? aservice bequipmentcfriends dactivities60whats the authors attitude towards living far away from home? aapproving b negative（否定的） cobjective (客观的) dworried第ii卷 (共55分)五、单词拼写（共10 小题； 每小题1分，满分10分）61dont e your true feelings if you are afraid of being laughed at.62the rural environment has a p effect on peoples health. 63these cloths were so wet that i s the water out.64the gas is quite (有毒的)to people, especially the children.65the machines in this factory b down unexpectedly yesterday.66we like wei chen, for we find him extrem