湖北省荆州市高二英语上学期期中考试.doc

湖北省荆州市2012-2013学年高二英语上学期期中考试第一部分：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）请听下面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，并标在试卷的相应处。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 know the way to the airport?ahe is a local citizen.bhe learned it from someone else.che has been to the city several times2. what is john probably doing?aplaying with colleagues.bdoing the dishes.ccooking dinner.3. what does the woman think of the movie?ajust so-so.benjoyable.cdisappointing4. why does the man speak to the woman?ahe is disturbed by the music.bhe wants her to play the piano.ched like to play the piano himself.5. what does the man mean?ahe accepts the womans request.bhe is unwilling to talk about work.che doesnt want to go to work tomorrow.第2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，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. where are the speakers?aat a hotel.bat an airport.cat the womans house.7. what can we learn form the conversation?athe woman has 6 pieces of luggage.bthe woman is impolite to the man.cthe man took the wrong luggage.请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. why does the woman put away the files?amike asked her to do so.blouise was hit by them last week.cshe wants to buy some new ones.9. what are the speakers going to do next?ato continue to arrange the files.bto buy some special stools.cto go out for lunch.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.what do we know about the man?ahe wants an unfurnished house.bhe asks for sheets and towels.che will share the rent with others.11. what does the woman say about the house?ait is in good condition.bit belongs to her brother.cit can only be rented for one month.12. what is the man concerned about most?athe time.bthe facility.cthe price.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. why did the woman come to the uk?ato study on a course.bto do business.cto take a trip.14. what is mentioned as one of the necessary items to get a visa?athe id card.btwo photos.ca travelers cheque.15.what can the womans bank statement from the last six months prove?aher economic capability.bher spending habits.cher credit.16. when can the woman apply for a student visa?ahalf a month before she starts her studies.btwo months before she starts her studies.cfour months before she starts her studies.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what made hedy lamarr famous?ashe sold weapons to nazi. bshe played a role in extase.cshe got married six times.18. why did hedy lamarr leave her first husband?ahe didnt treat her well.bshe met george antheil.cshe opposed hitler.19. what did hedy lamarr do after she arrived in america?ashe acted in films.bshe wrote a novel.cshe married another man.20. what is mentioned as the greatest thing hedy lamarr left to people?aher book.bher invention.cher movies. 第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. in 21st century universities in the us, there is little room for traditional literature because students feel a lot of to study science. a. guidance b. pressure c. tendency d. restriction22. some 6.6 million tickets are through the london website over a six-week periodand organizers say all applications will be treated equally. a. enjoyable b. dependable c. available d. comfortable23. public attitudes towards people with disabilities must be changed. the disabled more opportunities to develop their potential. a. deserve b. possess c. reserve d. acquire24. some american women were the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle. a. ignored b. refused c. neglected d. denied 25. -what should i do? -you should slow the bleeding by pressure to the wound until the police and ambulance arrive .a. squeezing b. devoting c. applying d. providing26. although china has developed its economy greatly, its per capital gdp is still one-tenth of the united states.a. slightly b. separately c. originally d. roughly27. as technology continues to advance，we must learn and adapt or well risk becoming a dinosaur. a. instantly b. properly c. constantly d. deliberately28. do please your work; you must concentrate on what is important for your future development.a. refer to b. adapt to c. attend to d. relate to29. the economic plan announced by the government soon after the crisis was greeted enthusiastically .a. in a row b. for a moment c. on all sides d. at first sight30. the shortage of entry-level job is the main reason that more university students are business of their own right after graduation.a. taking up b. setting up c. picking up d. making up 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。dear son, the day that you see me old and i am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me. if i get dirty when eating, if i can not dress, have patience and remember the hours i spent 31 it to you. if, when i speak to you, i 32 the same things thousand and one times, do not 33 me, listen to me. when you were small, i had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 34 you got to sleep. when i do not want to have a 35 , neither shame me nor scold me. remember when i had to chase you with thousand excuses i 36 , in order that you wanted to bathe. when you see my 37 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking( 嘲弄 ) smile. i taught you 38 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life. when at some moment i lose the memory or the 39 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if i cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 40 to me. if ever i do not want to eat, do not force me. i know well 41 i need to and when not. when my 42 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 43 , the same way i did when you gave your first 44 . and when someday i say to you that i do not want to 45 any more - that i want to rest forever, do not get 46 . someday you will understand. try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, i always wanted the 47 thing for you and that i tried to prepare the way for you. you must not feel sad, angry or impotent( 无可奈何 ) for seeing me 48 you. you must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as i did it when you 49 living. help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 50 . i will pay you by a smile and by the immense love i have had always for you. i love you, son. your father 31. a. giving b. teachingc. coming d. pointing 32. a. praise b. think c. repeat d. criticize 33. a. interrupt b. disturb c. look d. avoid 34. a. when b. after c. since d. until 35. a. rest b. word c. shower d. sleep 36. a. discovered b. invented c. noticed d. assumed 37. a. knowing b. fearing c. enjoying d. consulting 38. a. what b. when c. how d. why 39. a. news b. attitude c. material d. thread 40. a. talking b. listening c. responding d. appealing 41. a. where b. how c. that d. when 42. a. tired b. short c. long d. strong 43. a. leg b. ear c. hand d. mind 44. a. step b. pace c. laugh d. cry 45. a. talk b. live c. write d. sleep 46. a. carefulb. interestedc. calmd. angry47. a. last b. first c. best d. most 48. a. near b. behind c. below d. against 49. a. made b. started c. earned d. found 50. a. mercy b. care c. excuse d. patience 第三部分：阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40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。 ait may not be news to parents of teenage girls, but researchers have confirmed that no one can stop their 16-year-old daughter from deciding how the family spends its money.the willpower and determination of teenage girls give them a big say in how a familys money is spent on everything from food and meals to mobile phones, and, of course, clothes. teenage boys did not show up at all in the analysis, which was designed to find out the influence of young people on household spending.the findings on the spending power of teenage girls were calculated from office for national statistics records of family spending during the 1980s and 1990s. researchers examined how much money went on services and leisure goods in different kinds of homes. they checked spending on food, restaurant meals, alcohol, tobacco, services, heating, transport, clothes and sports in 2,745 british families.they found that teenage girls in the uk typically played an active role in family decisions about the allocation（分配）of household resources. but older children those over the age of 21 who are still living with their parentsappear to have no say in household decisions.they also tried to calculate to what extent the bargaining power of a teenager affected family budgets. “every parent knows that children, even at a very early age, have their own preferences with regard to consumption, researchers said. “but children are only interested in a limited range of goodsmainly sweets and toysand parents are able to use punishment to reduce their childrens bargaining power or remove it.” when they become teenagers, however, girls are much more independent and they are capable of earning their own money, which improves their bargaining power in family decisions.the researchers could not explain why girls have more influence over spending while the evidence for boys is much less conclusive. however, this study could be of great significance to market research and how marketers target children.51. from the passage we can learn that .ateenage girls have more influence over family budgets than teenage boysbteenage boys dont want to decide on household spendingcteenage boys have some influence over householddteenage girls have weaker willpower and determination than teenage boys52. what does the underlined part “give them a big say” in the second paragraph mean?amake them dare to say something.bmake them want to know.cmake them say something meaningful. dmake their influence stronger.53. it appears that household decisions are not affected by .agirls living with parentsbgirls over 21cgirls over 12dgirls living alone54. how can parents reduce childrens bargaining power?aby persuading thembby offering them sweets or toys.cby threatening to punish them.dby allocating household resources.bmothers can still offer comfort, even from a distance, a new study has found. the results show that simply hearing their mothers voice over the phone works just as well at calming the nerves of stressed children as a real-life pat on the shoulder.the soothing（抚慰的）effect is most likely due to the release of the hormone（荷尔蒙）, oxytocin（催生素）, in the brain, the researchers say. this “love hormone” is known to quell stress and is likely to be involved in social connections, including those between a mother and a child.previous work has revealed that this hormone is released during physical contact with a mother. “but its clear from these results that a mothers voice can have the same effect as a hug, even if she isnt actually standing there,” said the researcher, leslie seltzer, a biological scientist.seltzer tested a group of 61 girls, aged 7 to 12, by having them make an unprepared speech and solve a series of maths problems in front of a group of strangers, sending their hearts racing and levels of cortisola hormone associated with stresssoaring. facing a challenge like that raises stress levels of a lot of people. once stressed, a third of the girls were comforted in person by their mothers with hugs. a third of the girls watched an emotionally neutral 75-minute video. the rest were handed a telephone with their mothers on the line.for the girls who interacted in person or over the phone with their mothers, the levels of the “love hormone” rose significantly, and the stress-marking hormone was washed away. this effect didnt show up for participants who watched the video.seltzer is now testing the amount of oxytocin released with other communication methodslike text messagingand hopes to see the research spread out from human subjects. “its not just us, of course. lots of very social species have voices,” she said. “on the one hand, we are curious to see if this effect is unique to humans. on the other, were hoping researchers who study vocal communication will consider looking at oxytocin release in other animals and apply it to broader questions of social behavior and evolutionary biology.55. mothers voice over the phone can reduce childrens nerves according to the study, because .achildren can imagine their mothers hugs on the linebchildren enjoy their mothers voice and forget their worriescmothers are good at comforting their children, even on the phonedmothers voice can promote the release of the love hormone56. the underlined word “quell” in the second paragraph probably means “ ”.acause or bringbdelay or directcstop or reduceddevelop or train57. from the study, we know that .athe level of cortisol determines how stressed a person isbthe 61 girls were divided into two groups in the researchcthe recent study had the same results as the previous onedwatching a video is the best way to reduce ones stress58. from the last paragraph, we can conclude that .atext messaging has the same effect on oxytocin release as telephoningbthe effect of a mothers voice on oxytocin in animals is still not knowncthe effect of communication on stress is unique to humans dthe research has been applied to social behavior and evolutionary biology cafter two classes, i started to recognize several of the faces in each class. there was always someone braver than the others who would introduce themselves and ask me questions about how i was liking forks. i tried to be diplomatic, so mostly i just lied a lot to appear to be skilled at dealing with people. at least i never needed the map.one girl sat next to me in both trig and spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. she was tiny, several inches shorter than my five feet four inches, but her wildly curly dark hair made up a lot of the difference between our heights. i couldnt remember her name, so i smiled and nodded as she gossiped about teachers and classes. i didnt try to keep up.we sat at the end of a full table with several of her friends, who she introduced to me. i forgot all their names as soon as she spoke them. they seemed impressed by her bravery in speaking to me. the boy from england eric, waved at me from across the room. it was there, sitting in the lunchroom, trying to make conversation with seven curious strangers, that i first saw them.they were sitting in the corner of the cafeteria, as far away from where i sat as possible in the long room. there were five of them. they werent talking, and they werent eating, though they each had a tray of untouched food in front of them. they werent staring at me, unlike most of the other students, so it was safe to stare at them without fear of meeting an over interested pair of eyes. but it was none of these things that caught and held my attention.i stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all extremely, inhumanly beautiful. they were faces you never expected to see except perhaps on the airbrushed pages of a fashion magazine, or painted by an old master as the face of an angel. it was hard to decide who was the most beautiful - maybe the perfect blond girl, or the bronze-haired boy.59. what does the underlined word “diplomatic” mean?a. clever b. smooth c. honest d. delight60. from the passage, we can infer that _.a. “i” was really liking the new place.b. “i” had a bad memory, so its hard to remember names.c. “i” was good at making friends.d. “i” was not interested in what the girl said.61. according to the last two paragraphs, why did “they” catch “my” attention?a. because “they” looked incredibly beautiful.b. because “they” werent talking.c. because “they” sat in the corner.d. because “they” didnt eat the food.62. according to the passage, which statement is not true?a. the girl walked with “me” was a little short.b. “i” saw the five students for the first time.c. those students sitting in the corner had finished their food.d. “i” probably wanted to know more about those five students. dthe novelist, harriet beecher stowe, born 200 years ago, was a poor housewife with six children, and she suffered from various illnesses. driven by the hatred of slavery, she found time to write uncle toms cabin, which became the most influential novel in american history and caused great change, both at home and abroad.today, however, the book has a different reputation, owing to the popular image of its character, uncle tom, whose name has become a saying for a cowardly（懦弱的）black man who betrays his race.but this view is wrong: the original uncle tom was physically and morally strong, an inspiration for black people and other o