北京市第二十四中学高二英语下学期期中试题（无答案）.doc

北京市第二十四中学20142015学年度第二学期高二年级英语学科期中考试试卷15.04班级 姓名 学号 成绩_本试卷包括第i卷和第ii卷两个部分, 满分100分考试时间100分钟。第i卷（共74分）第一部分：听力（共三节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. how does the man suggest the woman go?a. by subway. b. by bus. c. by taxi.2. when will the woman probably finish the task?a. on friday morning. b. on friday afternoon. c. on saturday afternoon.3. who sent the man the new camera? a. his mother. b. his uncle. c. his sister.4. which subject is the woman uncertain about in the exams? a. math. b. english. c. chemistry5. what is jacks strongest point according to the woman? a. he is honest. b. he is creative. c. he is humorous.第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 听下面4段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. how does the man feel about the delay? a. angry. b. surprised. c. happy.7. when will the plane take off? a. at 3:40. b. at 3:30 c. at 3:00.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题8. what does the woman want to do? a. exchange her watch. b. get her watch back. c. have her watch repaired.9. what time of the day is it probably now? a. in the morning. b. at noon. c. in the late afternoon.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题10. whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? a. colleagues. b. neighbors. c. classmates.11. where does the man come from? a. south africa. b. america. c. australia.12. what does the woman think of the man? a. friendly. b. easy-going. c. patient.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题13. when was the speakers mother born? a. in 1920. b. in 1916. c. in 193714. what did the speakers grandfather do to make a living? a. he made ice cream. b. he worked as a secretary. c. he taught in a high school.15. what does the speaker say about her mother? a. she was fond of living a quiet life. b. she was generous to the neighbors. c. she was highly devoted to her family.第二部分：知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项填空（每小题1分，满分15分）16. i was _ with the _ lecture delivered by professor smith yesterday. a. bored; bored b. boring; bored c. boring; boring d. bored; boring17. _ in the queue for half an hour, he suddenly realized he had left his wallet in the car. a. waiting b. to wait c. having waited d. to have waited18. i am not good at foreign languages. i wish i _ speak english as well as you. a. can b. am able to c. could d. should 19. _ in the fields on a march afternoon, he could feel the warmth of spring. a. to walk b. walked c. walking d. having walked20. if i _ you, i would do it in a different way. a. am b. were c. would be d. be21. he was about to go to bed _ he heard a lot of noise outside. a. until b. when c. while d. since22. it _ they had stayed together for a couple of weeks _ they found they had a lot in common. a. was until; that b. was until; when c. wasnt until; when d. wasnt until; that23. _ the foggy weather, the traffic moved very slowly. a. thanks to b. due to c. owe to d. because24. it was in new zealand _ she first met mr. smith. a. where b. that c. which d. when25. i am afraid youll have to _ his bad temper. a. make up with b. put up to c. live up to d. put up with26. it is high time that we _ to school. a. would go b. went c. go d. will go27. accustomed to _ the mountains, he had no difficulty reaching the top. a. climbing b. climb c. having climbed d. to climb28. but for my teachers help, i _ the first prize in the writing competition. a. would not win b. would win c. would not have won d. would have won29. _ fired, your health care and other benefits would not be immediately cut off. a. would you be b. should you be c. could you be d. might you be30. as a teacher, she made _ her duty to look after all the students in her class. a. it b. she c. which d. he第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）even though it was only october，my students were already whispering about christmas plans. with each passing day everyone became more _31_, waiting for the final school bell. upon its _32_ everyone would run for their coats and go home，everyone except david. david was a small boy in ragged clothes. i had often _33_ what kind of home life david had，and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so _34_ for the cold winter months，without a coat，boots，or gloves. but something made david _35_.i can still remember he was always _36_ a smile and willing to help. he always _37_ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. we never talked much. he _38_ just simply smile and ask what else he could do，then thank me for letting him stay and slowly _39_ home. weeks passed and the _40_ over the coming christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of _41_ before the holiday break. i smiled in _42_ as the last of them hurried out the door. turning around i saw david _43_ standing by my desk. “i have something for you,” he said and _44_ from behind his back a small box. _45_ it to me，he said anxiously. “open it.” i took the box from him，thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. i lifted the lid and to my _46_ saw nothing. i looked at davids smiling face and back into the box and said, “the box is nice，david，but its _47_.” “oh no it isnt，” said david. “its full of love. my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldnt see or touch unless you know its there.” tears filled my eyes _48_i looked at the proud dirty face that i had rarely given _49_ to. after that christmas，david and i became good friends and i never forgot the meaning _50_ the little empty box set on my desk. 31. a. anxious b. courageous c. serious d. cautious 32. a. warning b. ringing c. calling d. yelling 33. a. scolded b. wondered c. realized d. learned 34. a. modestly b. naturally c. inaccurately d. inappropriately 35. a. popular b. upset c. special d. funny 36. a. expressing b. delivering c. wearing d. sharing 37. a. practiced b. wandered c. studied d. stayed 38. a. would b. should c. might d. could 39. a. aim at b. turn to c. put off d. head for 40. a. argument b. excitement c. movement d. program 41. a. school b. year c. education d. program 42. a. relief b. return c. vain d. control 43. a. weakly b. sadly c. quietly d. helplessly 44. a. searched b. found c. raised d. pulled 45. a. holding b. handing c. sending d. leaving 46. a. delight b. expectation c. appreciation d. surprise 47. a. cheap b. empty c. useless d. improper 48. a. as b. until c. because d. though 49. a. advice b. support c. attention d. command 50. a. from b. behind c. over d. towards 第三部分：阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案aeating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. but there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露）to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风）within as little as a few hours after exposure. in one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物）were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. a separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the u. s. environmental protection agency (epa) considers to be of “moderate” (良好）quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.the authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. however, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. so stricter regulations by the epa of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.51. the text mainly discusses the relationship between_.a. heart problems and air quality b. heart problems and exercisingc. heart problems and smoking d. heart problems and fatty food52. the underlined word “modest” in paragraph 3 most probably means_.a. relatively high b. extremely low c. relatively low d. extremely high53. what can we learn from the text?a. eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.b. the epa conducted many studies on air quality.c. moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking,d. stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.54. the authors purpose of writing the text is most likely to_. a. inform b. persuade c. describe d. entertainbwhen other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. when other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. but she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship（奖学金）and gain entry to harvard university. and her amazing story has inspired a movie, “homeless to harvard: the liz murray story”, shown in late april.liz murray, a 22-year-old american girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted（吸毒）parents. there was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. liz was the only member of the family who had a job. her mother had aids and died when liz was just 15 years old. the effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.liz went back to school. she threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. at night, she lived on the streets.“what drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. i had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book breaking night.she admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. she used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. she finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at harvard university. but liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed aids. “i love my parents so much. they are drug addicts. but i never forget that they love me all the time.”liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision.”55. in which order did the following things happen to liz?aher mother died of aids. bshe worked at a petrol station.cshe got admitted into harvard. dthe movie about her life was put on.eshe had trouble finding a place to sleep.ab, a, e, c, d ba, b, c, e, d ce, d, b, a ,c db, e, a ,d ,c56. the main idea of the passage is .ahow liz managed to enter harvard university bwhat a hard time liz had in her childhoodcwhy liz loved her parents so muchdhow liz struggled to change her life57. what actually made her go towards her goal?aenvy and encouragement.bwillpower and determination.cdecisions and understanding.dlove and respect for her parents.58. when she wrote “what drove me to live oni had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that .ashe had little experience of social life bshe could hardly understand the societycshe would do something for her own life dshe needed to travel more around the worldcplants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.increased carbon dioxide in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.“predicting species reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researchers of several u.s. universities. they said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.the study, published on the nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. it found that some experiments had underestimated（低估）the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.“across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of advance for both leafing and flowering that results from temperature increases,” the study said.the design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.plants are necessary for life on the earth. they are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis（光合作用）to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. they let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0.8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2 every ten years since 1979.so far, efforts to cut emissions（排放）of plant-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the earth heating up beyond 2 this century a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.59. what is the key information the author wants to give in paragraph 1?a. plants reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.b. the increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists expectation.c. climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.d. food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.60. we can learn from the study published on the nature website that _.a. plants flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafingb. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continentsc. scientists should improve the design of the experimentsd. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change61. scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because _.a. they can prove the climate change clearlyb. they are very important in the food chainsc. they play a leading role in reducing global warmingd. they are growing and flowering much faster than before62. what can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the worlds temperature?a. it has risen nearly 0.2 since 1979.b. its change will lead to weather extremes.c. it is 0.8 higher in 1979 than that of 1900.d. it needs to be controlled within 2 in this century.第ii卷（共26分）第三节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面一段对话，完成第16至20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词，听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间，这段对话你将听两遍。elwood food markethall 1vegetables and _63_hall 2cakes and _64_a caf: hot breakfast until _65_cheese, eggs and meathall 3a special _66_ shopa _67_ for children第四部分：用方框中所给词的适当形式填空（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）appeal to, let out, be opposed to, make ones way to, come about, result in,68. all of them _ my plan because none of them think its practical.69. the funs o