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哈三中20132014学年度下学期高二学年第二模块考试 英语试卷 本试卷分为第i卷（选择题）和第ii卷（非选择题）两部分。第i卷1至10页，第ii卷11至12页。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第i卷 注意事项： 1. 答第i 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2. 选出每小题答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上所对应题目的答案标号框涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. where does the conversation take place?a. in a hospital.b. in a restaurant.c. in a classroom.2. when will the man be able to visit mr. black?a. on november 1st. b. on november 2nd.c. on november 3rd.3. what do we know from the mans answer?a. he doesnt like either. b. brown is his favorite color. c. he likes both the two shirts.4. what does the man plan to do this afternoon ?a. go to a movie. b. go to his classes. c. go to buy something.5. what can we learn about tom from the conversation ? a. he has got a fever.b. he has been practicing running for quite a long time.c. he has no idea where to see a doctor. 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8 题6. how does the woman feel about waiting? a. its fun.b. its boring.c. its a waste of time.7. what goes wrong with the man?a. he forgets taking his id card.b. he cant remember his social security number.c. he isnt taking his records with him.8. what are the two speakers doing ?a. waiting for registration.b. waiting for a presentation.c. waiting for a class.听第7 段材料，回答第9至11题。9. why does the woman have a sore throat?a. because she had too many peppers.b. because she was infected by virus.c. because she had a bad cold.10. what will the woman do according to the doctors advice ?a. take some medicine.b. stay in hospital for a couple of days.c. take an x-ray for her stomach.11. what doesnt the doctor suggest to the womans sleeplessness?a. drinking a cup of milk before sleep.b. washing feet with hot water.c. taking some sleeping pills.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. why is the man so upset about his grade?a. because it took him hours to finish the project.b. because the woman doesnt understand his problem.c. because ames got a better grade with less work.13. what does the woman suggest the man do at first?a. work harder.b. speak to the teacher.c. forget about the whole thing.14. what does the woman think of the mans grade?a. its not a bad grade.b. its unfair to the man. c. she has no comment.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. who is holly?a. a friend of jims.b. a classmate of lisas.c. a person at the party.16. what are the two speakers mainly talking about?a. how to join clubs.b. how to make friends.c. how to hold parties.17. what do we know about jim?a. he is shy and nervous.b. hes helpful and humorous.c. hes friendly and popular.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what did the children in chattisgarh eat?a. biscuits and ice-cream.b. cookies and chocolate.c. biscuits and chocolate.19. how many people are reported injured in turkey earthquake?a. about 10,000.b. about 34,000.c. about 35,000.20. what can we learn from the second piece of news?a. over 20,000 people are confirmed dead.b. about 45,000 people are still missing.c. an american navy team has arrived in turkey.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 选择题（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中,，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a one day, i received a call from a colleague. he was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physical problem, while the student claimed a perfect score. i was elected as their arbiter( 仲裁人).i read the examination problem: “show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer(气压计).” the student had answered: “take the barometer to the top of the building, attach a long rope to it, lower it to the street, and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. the length of it is the height of the building. ” the student had really answered the question completely, but the answer didnt confirm his competence in physics. i suggested the student try again. i gave him six minutes to answer the question, warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. five minutes later, he said he had many answers and dashed off one, which read: “take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. then, use the physical formula (公式）to calculate the height of the building. ” at this point, my colleague had to accept it, and then the student made almost full marks. i couldnt help asking the student what the other answers were. he listed many others, and then added “probably the best is to take the barometer to the administrator and said to him, sir, here is a fine barometer. if you tell me the height of the building, i will give it to you.” then, i asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. he admitted that he did, but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think. the name of the student was bohr who later was famous all over the world. he won the nobel prize for physics in 1922.21.the student got a zero at the beginning because_. a. the teacher wasnt satisfied with him b. his answer wasnt complete or correct c. the teacher didnt fully understand his answer d. his answer didnt show his knowledge of physics22.we know from the passage that_ a. the student knew the expected answer b. the administrator told bohr the height c. the author preferred bohrs last answer d. the teacher was a very stubborn person23.we can learn from the passage that_. a. instructors can teach students how to think b. arbiters can help students to get high scores c. students should be given more freedom in thinking d. teachers should make students use physical formulas24. what was bohrs attitude toward his schooling? a. optimistic. b. critical. c. approving. d. positive.b homestay provides english language students with the opportunity to speak english outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a british home.what to expectthe host will provide accommodation and meals. rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. you will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.accommodation zoneshomestays are located in london mainly in zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central london is commercial and not residential. zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. it is very convenient to travel in london by underground.meal plans available continental breakfast breakfast and dinner breakfast, packed lunch and dinnerits important to note that few english families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. your accommodation includes continental breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal (谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a continental breakfast in england. dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee. friendsif you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your hosts permission. you have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.self-catering accommodation in private homesaccommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. this kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. however, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practice english at home quite as much.25. the passage is probably written for _. a. hosts willing to receive foreign studentsb. foreigners hoping to know british culturec. travelers planning to visit families in londond. english learners applying to live in english homes26. which of the following will the host provide?a. room cleaning.b. medical care.c. free transport.d. physical training.27. according to the passage, what does continental breakfast include?a. dessert and coffee.b. fruit and vegetables.c. bread and fruit juice. d. cereal and cold meat.28. why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?a. to experience a warmer family atmosphere.b. to enrich their knowledge of english.c. to entertain friends as they like.d. to enjoy much more freedom. c are you an optimist? do you look at your glass and see it as half full? do you believe that every cloud has a silver lining and that things generally turn out for the best? do you believe that if something is meant to be, it will be? if you reply “yes” to all of these questions, then you are an optimist. you probably are enthusiastic, cheerful and outgoing. you may be successful at work and in love.but you may be misguided because things dont turn out for the best. you may believe that when one door closes another one opens (for example, you may fail to obtain a new job; another chance will come around soon). wrong. when one door closes, another door slams (砰然关上) in your face. thats bitter reality.now a book has been published which confirms what pessimists (悲观者) have suspected all along. its called the positive power of defensive pessimism. its author argues that defensive pessimism can lead to positive results. defensive pessimism is a strategy used to manage fear, anxiety and worry. defensive pessimists prepare for the things by setting low outcomes for themselves. they carefully consider everything that may go wrong and plan for ways to handle these problems. and this gives them a sense of control. lawrence sanno, a psychology professor, says, “whats interesting about defensive pessimists is that they tend to be very successful people, so their low opinion of the situations outcomes is not realistic. they use it to motivate themselves to perform better.”so far, so good. this is not rocket science. defensive pessimists prepare carefully and consider what might go wrong, whether at work, on date or even in a sports game. it makes sense to have a back-up plan. there are many sayings in english urging caution. for example, “dont put all your eggs in one basket.” and “dont count your chickens until they hatch.” to have a confident and optimistic approach to lifes problems is good. but listen to what woody alien, the american comedian says, “confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”there are pros and cons（利与弊） to being an optimist and a pessimist. dont feel bad if you see the glass half empty. you are a realist. but lighten up and hook up with someone who sees the same glass half full.29. whats the passage mainly about?a. the benefits of defensive pessimism. b. a book that has recently been published. c. the dangers of being too optimistic.d. how to become successful in life.30. the underlined sentence “this is not rocket science” (para. 4) means _.a. there is no real proof b. it is quite simple to understandc. the cost is not so high d. its a dangerous thing to do 31. which of the following english expressions would a defensive pessimist believe?a. whatever will be, will be. b. the glass is half full not half empty.c. dont put all your eggs in one basket. d. every cloud has a silver lining.32. we can infer from the passage that the writer is probably _.a. a realist b. an optimist c. an author d. a scientistdwhy laughter mattersalthough most people believe that laughter is one of the natures great treatments for a whole range of mental and physical diseases, it is still a serious scientific subject that researchers are trying to figure out.“laughter above all else is a social thing,” says baltimore neuroscientist, robert provine, who has studied laughter for decades. “all laughter groups laugh ha-ha-ha basically the same way. whether you speak mandarin, french or english, everyone will understand laughter. there is a pattern generator(发生器) in our brain that produces this sound.”laughing is our first way of communicating. babies laugh long before they speak. no one teaches them how to laugh. they just do. people may laugh at a prank(恶作剧) on april fools day. but surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke. laughter is mostly about social responses rather to a joke. deaf people laugh without hearing and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, showing that laughter isnt dependent on single sense but on social interactions.and laughter is not just a people thing. chimps(黑猩猩) tickle(挠痒) each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them.jaak panksepp, a bowling green university psychology professor, studies rats that laugh when he tickles them. it turns out rats love to be tickledthey return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them.by studying rats, scientists can figure out whats going on in the brain during laughter. northwestern university biomedical engineering professor, jeffrey burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces a chemical that acts as an antidepressant(抗抑郁药). he thinks the same thing probably happens in humans, too. this would give doctors a new chemical target to develop drugs that can fight depression.even so, laughter itself has not been proved to be the best medicine, experts said. margaret stuber, a professor at university of california, studied whether laugher helped patients. she found that distraction(分心) and mood improvement helped, but she could not find a benefit of laughter alone.“no study has shown that laughter produces a direct health benefit,” provine said, largely because its hard to separate laughter from just feeling good. but he thinks it doesnt really matter: “isnt the fact that laughter feels good when you do it enough?”33. the most important finding of robert provines research is that _. a. laughter makes a person feel good b. laughter depends on different senses c. rats like to be tickled very much d. laughter is a social response shared by all creatures34. what can we learn from the passage? a. patients will recover if they laugh enough. b. laughing is one of our means of communication. c. a new medicine has been developed based on the laughter research. d. scientists have known what is happening in a human brain when he laughs.35. according to the passage, scientists studied rats in order to find _. a. if they can laugh b. if they like laughing c. what laughter in rats produces d. how rats react while being tickled 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。 seeing with soundaccording to a british news report, some blind people may finally get a chance to “see”. _36 dr. peter meijer, a scientist at philips research laboratories in the netherlands, has developed a new system called the voice. the three middle letters in voice stand for “oh, i see.” meijers groundbreaking technology may change the lives of visually impaired (视力障碍) people all over the world.a wearable setup of voice system consists of a head-mounted camera, stereo headphones and a notebook pc. the system translates visual images from a camera into complex sounds. _37 the program is based on the theory that people can hear certain sounds and learn to translate them into meaningful mental images. everything has its own unique sound. 38 the height of an object or person could be determined by pitch(音调). and a built-in colour identifier speaks out colour names when it is turned on. what the voice users had to learn is which sound went with which object. meijer says that he is counting on the brains ability to adapt. _39 within two weeks, most people who experiment with the voice system are able to identify objects such as walls and doors. they are also able to identify certain situations, including whether the lights in a room are on or off. 40 meijer thinks that translating will eventually become automatic for many users of the voice, bringing a form of vision to them for the very first time. a. brighter areas sound louder than darker areas. b. it then sends these sounds to a person through headphones. c. however, they are not learning to see with their eyes; they are learning to see with their ears. d. the voice system is aiming to treat blindness by translating images from a camera into audio signals.e. meijer supposes that the brain is interested in the information “content”, but not the information “carrier”.f. to evaluate the new systems effectiveness, a number of visually impaired people were chosen to test the voice. g. over time, some users have even learned to “watch” television or “recognize” the outlines of buildings as they walk. 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；每题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。 there is a true story behind a well-known piece of art “the praying hands”.in a village near nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. to keep food on the table, the father worked almost eighteen hours a day. despite their _41_ condition, two of t