雷山民中2015—2016学年度 高二第二学期第一次半月考英语卷

1 12 雷山民中雷山民中 2015 2016 学年度第二学期高二第一次半月考试题学年度第二学期高二第一次半月考试题 英语试卷 英语试卷 满分 150 分 考试时间 2016 年 3 月 1 日 18 40 20 20 第一部分 第一部分 阅读理解 共两节 满分阅读理解 共两节 满分 40 分 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 A People are divided into those who can jump out of bed each morning and those who need several hours to wake up I have hated getting up early all my life The moment the alarm goes off in the morning I feel sick Nights though are different I ll happily stay up and I ll do anything to escape an early start This makes me an owl 猫头鹰 but I know many larks 云雀 who insist that dawn is the best part of the day While I go to work sleepy they have been up for hours and even seem cheerful about it But it is wrong to say that society is exactly divided into larks and owls Surveys that explore what time of day people prefer to do activities show that only 20 of adults are true larks or owls That leaves 80 of us half of which lean towards one direction or the other the other half are neither Schools and work often start very early and there s a sense of love for getting up early while the owls are simply slovenly But no one suggests that the larks are lazy for having an early night while owls are working Fortunately science is on my side I m not sleeping my life away or missing the best part of the day I m behaving according to my genes 基因 Researchers have found that one s chronotype 睡 眠类型 is largely genetic So it seems that when I try to get up early I am fighting my genetics With the help of an alarm clock I can force myself to get up early But as soon as I fail to set the alarm my genes will return me to my old days 1 According to the text owls refer to people who A go to bed early and get up early B go to bed early and get up late C go to bed late and get up early D go to bed late and get up late 2 According to the text people who are neither larks nor owls takes up about A 20 B 40 C 60 D 80 3 The underlined word slovenly in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by A bored B lazy C tired D stupid 2 12 B The Internet plays a big part in human life We use it for work and entertainment We can find new recipes on the Internet or advice on staying healthy We can even use it to learn a new language We use the Internet to connect with family and friends and stay in touch with issues we care about The list goes on and on So there may be no going back to an Internet free life But can using the Internet too much be bad for our health It might be say researchers A new study finds that heavy Internet use may be connected to high blood pressure in an unlikely group teenagers So try to be a responsible guardian 监护人 The study results show that teens who spend at least 14 hours a week online are more likely to have high blood pressure High blood pressure makes your heart and blood vessels work too hard Over time this extra strain increases your risk of a heart attack or stroke High blood pressure can also cause heart and kidney disease 肾病 It is also closely linked to some forms of dementia 痴呆 a brain disease The Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Michigan did the study It involved 335 young people from 14 to 17 years old One hundred thirty four of the teens were described as heavy Internet users Researchers found that out of these 134 teens 26 had high blood pressure The researchers say the study is the first to connect heavy web use and high blood pressure Other research has connected that heavy Internet use with health problems including anxiety depression and obesity The lead researcher of the study is Andrea Cassidy Bushrow For the purpose of the study she explains teens considered heavy Internet users were online on average 25 hours a week Ms Cassidy Bushrow adds that it is important for teens to take regular breaks from their computers or smartphones 智能手机 and to do some kind of physical activity She also suggests that parents limit their children s use of the smartphones or Internet to half an hour a day five days a week The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCP says 70 million or 29 of American adults have high blood pressure The CDCP estimates that high blood pressure costs the United States 46 billion each year 4 The author mainly wants to tell us A how to prevent high blood pressure B too much Internet use may be bad for teenagers C it s unnecessary for teenagers to avoid the Internet 3 12 D heavy Internet use will worsen teenagers memory 5 The first paragraph of the text is used to A introduce the topic B analyze the causes C offer some opinions D make some suggestions 6 According to Cassidy Bushrow teenagers use of the Internet should be limited to A one hour a week B two hours a week C two and a half hours a week D three hours a week 7 The text is mainly intended for A students B teachers C web designers D parents C We all know what a brain is A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of the body in the head It controls our body s functions movements sensations emotions and thoughts But a brain can mean much more A brain can also simply be a smart person If a person is called brainy she is smart or intelligent If a family has many children but one of them is super smart or creative you could say She s the brains in the family And if you are the brains behind something you are responsible for developing or organizing something For example Bill Gates is the brains behind Microsoft A brain trust is a group of experts who give advice Word experts say the phrase brain trust became popular when Franklin D Roosevelt first ran for president in 1932 Several professors gave him advice on social and political issues facing the U S These professors were called his brain trust Other ways we use the word are not so easy to understand For example to tease is to make fun of someone But a brainteaser is not one who makes fun of someone else s brain A brainteaser is a riddle or puzzle that makes you think Here is a fun brainteaser What can go all around the world but still stays in one corner The answer a stamp A brainchild sounds like a really smart kid But it isn t A brainchild is an idea that one has without any help from others If you have a really great idea it is your brainchild no one else s Brainstorm is not an act of weather It is a process of thinking creatively about a complex topic For example business leaders may use brainstorming to create new products and government leaders may brainstorm to solve problems But if you can t find a solution to a problem you may have to rack your brains It means to think very hard about something To pick someone s brain is quite 4 12 different For example if you meet someone who knows a lot about a subject you like you may want to pick his brain to learn more But do not mix these expressions up You cannot rack someone else s brain or pick your own 8 What can we learn from the second paragraph A The word brainy means smart or intelligent B Franklin D Roosevelt first used the phrase brain trust C Bill Gates got some help from several professors in 1932 D Word experts gave Roosevelt advice on running for president 9 Tom the most creative student in his group can be described as A the brains behind something B a brain trust C the brains in his group D a brainchild 10 The text is mainly developed by A analyzing causes B giving examples C listing differences D making comparisons 11 The author writes the last paragraph to A suggest readers use the brain phrases properly B advise readers to pay attention to other words C introduce some negative meanings of brain phrases D remind readers of some more brain phrases D The months are familiar to everyone Nearly any small child can rattle off the twelve months of the year But how and why did the names come into being Every month s name tells a story January is named after Janus a Roman god described as having two faces one looking forward and one looking back As the god of doors he had to watch out for friends and enemies coming from either direction February is a form of februare which was a Roman festival On that day people begged the gods for healthy children and enough crops in the next year March is named after Mars whom many people have read about as the god of wars Few people realize that at first Mars was the god of springtime Fighters would take the winter off from fighting resting while the weather was too bad for the battle In the spring around what we now 5 12 think of as March battles would start again From this time line Mars soon became more well known as the god of wars than of springtime April is a mystery Experts argue a lot about the origin of it May is also named after a goddess Maika She was the goddess of plants because plants often begin to have flowers in May Not every month kept the same name over the years The first name for July was Quintilis the fifth month August was at first called Sextilis the sixth month Likewise September October November and December were the seventh eighth ninth and tenth months How did July and August get their new names July was named after Julius Caesar the first emperor of Rome after he was killed in 66 BC August was named after Augustus Caesar Julius Caesar s nephew 12 The underlined phrase rattle off in Paragraph 1 probably means A shake until something drops off B say something quickly from memory C get rid of D feel unhappy 13 The writer s main purpose in writing the passage is to A explain how the months got their names B show why there are twelve months and not just ten months C show how important human activities are in deciding the names of the months D suggest the new names for the twelve months 14 According to the passage Janus needed both of his faces because A he was the caretaker of fighters in the battle B he was the god of the beginning of the year C he had to look in both directions as the god of doors D he had more days in his month than in the other months 15 According to the passage which of the following months is named after a festival A February B March C April D May 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 Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them They ll say This is my fate my destiny 16 Of course not You don t have to suffer needlessly 17 not on any other external factors I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything 6 12 she can to improve it Guess what her lifestyle is 18 goes to work comes back home relaxes chats with people watches TV then goes to sleep Next day the same routine cycle follows Is this what she calls doing her best 19 and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that God has intended for her to live that her luck can only change if God wills it Of course God wants us to be happy and live our life to the fullest but we have to do our share of exerting 运用 the effort to live the life of our dreams Remember that you harvest 收获 what you sow 种 20 and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky You have to get your eyes off the TV screen or get your hands off the phone It s not enough to think Positively you also have to act positively If someone s life is in the trouble do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine Of course not You get to do anything you can to save the person So it is with your own life It is not enough to hope for the best but you have to do your best In other words don t just stand or sit there do something to improve your life A She believes she has tried her best B You just don t sit around C Your destiny depends on you D Things will get better someday E I cannot change it F You just don t sit around G She wakes up in the morning 第二部分第二部分 完形填空完形填空 共 共 20 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 30 分 分 阅读下面短文 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 Lucy and I became friends when we were in Grade Two And we remained 21 friends in the following years When I was 11 her family needed to go to Beijing 22 her father had to take care of his 23 there We both felt that 24 We once thought we d be 25 And now she was 26 But before she went to Beijing she gave me a watch just like hers She said it would be a sign of our 27 She told me that even though we were far from each other we would 28 be best friends She promised that she would come back to 29 me one day Six years passed and I received no 30 from her And I thought She might have already 31 me Even though I thought so I did 32 the watch she had given me to have a look now and then Guess what All these years my parents and her parents had connections with each other and we didn t 33 One day my parents told me that her family was going to have a winter holiday in Guiyang They told me that her parents 34 to go to Sanya but Lucy insisted that they come to my city I 35 knew the reason Another 6 years later we finally saw each other again Though her looks had become very 36 she didn t change much 37 She still considered me her best friend On the day we finally met again she said to me I promised you I would come back one day and I kept my 38 so here I am right here in front of you and I am still your best friend I was really 39 hearing that Some friends may not be around us but they re always in our 40 7 12 21A worst B bestC common D bad 22A unless B because C though D if 23A wife B pet C familyD business 24A sadB angry C happy D relaxed 25A worriedB young C oldD together 26A leaving B disappearingC arrivingD staying 27A dreamB friendshipC hope D love 28A even B still C hardly D never 29A surpriseB attendC helpD visit 30A news B letterC signD picture 31A hated B forgotten C seenD missed 32A take B find C sell D protect 33A believe B try C knowD care 34A hated B pretendedC begged D planned 35A necessarily B strangelyC immediatelyD gradually 36A similarB different C familiar D beautiful 37A outside B upside C insideD downside 38A interestB wordC desire D faith 39A shy B shocked C calmD touched 40A experiences B memories C hearts D imaginations 第三部分第三部分 语法填空 共是十题 每小题语法填空 共是十题 每小题 1 5 分 共分 共 15 分 分 阅读下面材料 在空白处填入适当的内容或根据括号内的单词填写单词的正确形式 注意 每空只填一个单词 有些单词形式无需改变 Celebration Dates of Chinese New Year 2016 Feb 7 2016 Chinese New Year s Eve to Feb 22nd 2016 Lantern Festival This year Chinese New Year will be 41 celebrate on Monday February 8th being the start of the Year of the Monkey 42 ends on January 28th 2017 according to the Chinese lunar calendar 2016 is the year of the Monkey in the Chinese zodiac Monkey years 1920 1932 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992 2004 2016 2028 If you 43 be born in a year listed then you are a Monkey Let s see the forecasts for Monkeys in 2016 44 find out what type of Monkey you are and get 45 know the most famous Monkey Monkey King Spring Festival also known as Chinese New Year is 46 most important traditional festival in China It begins on the first day of the first lunar month 47 usual in late January or early February and ends 48 the 15th day of the first lunar month Lantern Festival Chinese New Year is a time for families to be together Celebrations include 49 have annual reunion dinner on Chinese New Year s Eve setting firecrackers giving lucky money to children ringing the New Year bell sending Chinese New Year 8 12 greetings dragon and lion dancing and Niu Yangge 50 tradition dance in northern China 第四部分写作第四部分写作 共二节 满分 35 分 第一节 短文改错 共 10 处 每处 1 分 满分 10 分 文中共有 10 处语言错误 错误涉及一个单词的增加 删除或修改 增加 在缺词处加上一个漏字符号 并在其下面写出该加的词 删除 把多余的词用斜线 划掉 修改 在错的词下划一横线 并在该词下面写出修改后的词 注意 1 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词 2 只允许修改 10 处 多者 从第 11 处起 不记分 Once a man asked a painter to painting a picture for him He told the artist he didn t want to any shadows in the picture just sunshine but the artist did so When the man saw the finished picture he was disappointing Without shadows everything in the picture looks flat and unreal The point of the story is that we need both shadows and sunshine to have a completely picture just as we need both rain and sun to have living world People too needs both sadness and happiness We often learn important lesson during sad times So when we feel sad we should try to stop and think about that we might learn from the experience 第二节第二节 书面表达 满分书面表达 满分 25 分 分 假设你是校英语报的通讯员张华 去年 11 月 14 日 2015 贵州环雷公山超 100 公里跑国际挑战赛 竞赛 在雷山举行 请根据以下要点提示用英语给校报写一篇报道 并发表你的看法 1 共有来自国内外的 1000 余名参赛选手参加 2 参赛选手在比赛中竭尽全力 虽然有的想中途放弃 但最后还是坚持了下来 3 许多观众与同学站在路边为他们呐喊助威 cheer sb on 4 来自肯尼亚选手肯博伊 Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi from Kenya 获得冠军 注意注意 1 可以适当增加细节 以使行文连贯 2 词数 100 左右 9 12 第四部分写作第四部分写作 共二节 满分 35 分 第一节 短文改错 共 10 处 每处 1 分 满分 10 分 Once a man asked a painter to painting a picture for him He told the artist he didn t want to any shadows in the picture just sunshine but the artist did so When the man saw the finished picture he was disappointing Without shadows everything in the picture looks flat and unreal The point of the story is that we need both shadows and sunshine to have a completely picture 语法填空 满分语法填空 满分 15 分 分 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 10 12 just as we need both rain and sun to have living world People too needs both sadness and happiness We often learn important lesson during sad times So when we feel sad we sh