广东省汕头市潮师高级中学2014年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

广东省汕头市潮师高级中学广东省汕头市潮师高级中学 2014 年高二下学期期中考试英语年高二下学期期中考试英语 试卷试卷 一一 语言知识及应用 共两节 满分语言知识及应用 共两节 满分 4545 分 分 第一节第一节 完形填空完形填空 共 共1515小题 小题 每小题每小题2 2分 满分分 满分3030分 分 阅读下面短文 掌握其大意 然后从 1 15各题所给的 A B C 和 D 项中 选出最佳选 项 并将答案写在答案卷上 The moment happened 30 yours ago but it was still fresh in my memory I was a college freshman and had 1 up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends Now just before my first 2 of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a 3 A few minutes nap 小睡 time before class couldn t 4 I thought BOOM I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers I looked around with my 5 beating wildly trying to find the cause of the 6 My young professor was looking at me with a boyish 孩子气的 smile on his face He had deliberately dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk Good morning he said still 7 I am glad to see everyone is awake Now let s get started For the next hour I wasn t sleepy at all It wasn t from the 8 of my professor s textbook alarm clock either It was instead from the fascinating discussion he led With knowledge and good 9 he made the material come alive His insight was full of both wisdom and loving kindness And the enthusiasm and joy that he 10 with were contagious 有感染力的 I 11 the classroom not only wide awake but a little smarter and a little better as well I learned something far more important than not 12 in class that day too I learned that if you are going to do something in this life do it well do it with 13 What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well Don t sleepwalk 梦游 your way through 14 then Wake up Let your love fill your work Life is too 15 not to live it well 1 A tookB dividedC stayedD put 2 A classB testC taskD lecture 3 A platformB pillowC carpet D wall 4 A benefitB helpC lastD hurt 5 A heartB mindC thoughtD head 6 A troubleB noiseC failureD incident 7 A smilingB talkingC complainingD shouting 8 A soundB shockC interruptionD blow 9 A gestureB senseC humorD design 10 A taughtB spread C combinedD started 11 A decoratedB filledC leftD entered 12 A discussingB speakingC cheatingD sleeping 13 A joyB speedC aimD determination 14 A workB lifeC journeyD college 15 A hardB complexC shortD simple 第二节第二节 语法填空 共语法填空 共 1010 小题 小题 每小题每小题 1 51 5 分 满分分 满分 1515 分 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 并将答案填写在答案卷上 Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another It doesn t matter 16 you live in the middle of a modern city or a faraway village the chances 17 you will be disturbed by jet airplanes transistor radios oil powered engines etc are almost everywhere We seem 18 get used to noise too Some people feel quite lonely 19 background music while they are working Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be very 20 frighten experience for human beings 21 some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud and this can do harm to 22 eardrums 耳鼓 The noise level in some disco is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas One recent report about noise and concentration 23 suggest that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration 24 really affects their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise It goes on to say that a background noise 25 doesn t change too much music for example may even help people to concentrate 二 阅读 共两节 满分二 阅读 共两节 满分5050分 分 第一节第一节 阅读理解阅读理解 共 共2020小题 每小题小题 每小题2 2分 满分分 满分4040分 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 项中 选出最佳选项 并将答案写在答案卷 上 A When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong China we brought not only our luggage but also our village rules customs and culture One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders Unluckily this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States I had a part time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant One time when I was serving food to a middle aged couple the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly As soon as I said that her face showed great displeasure My manager who happened to hear what I said took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive 敏感 Americans are and how they dislike the description old I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife After the couple heard my reason they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences so they laughed and were no longer angry In my village in China people are proud of being old Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience However in the United States people think growing old is a problem since old shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging and women put on makeup hoping to look young When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young I had told them something they didn t want to hear After that I changed the way I had been with older people It is not that I don t respect them any more I still respect them but now I don t show my feelings through words 26 Jack brought the couple their food very fast because A the manager asked him to do so B he respected the elderly C the couple wanted him to do so D he wanted more pay 27 When Jack called the couple elderly they became A nervousB satisfied C unhappyD excited 28 In Jack s hometown A people dislike being called old B people are proud of being old C many people reach the age of seventy or eighty D the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants 29 After this experience Jack A lost his job in the restaurant B made friends with the couple C no longer respected the elderly D changed his way with older people 30 Which of the following is TRUE A The more Jack explained the angrier the couple got B Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience C The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple D From this experience Jack learned more about American culture B My parents influenced us with the concepts of family faith and love for one s motherland when l was young Even though we struggled to make ends meet they stressed how fortunate we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities I got my first real job when l was ten My dad Benjamin injured his back working in a cardboard box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist He rented space in a little mall and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben s Coiffure The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week which meant getting up at 3 a m to pick up rubbish Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower Mom and I emptied rubbish cans and picked up rubbish by hand It took two to three hours to clean the lot I d s1eep in the car on the way home I did this for two years but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime I acquired discipline 自制力 and a strong work morality 道德 and learned at an early age the importance of balancing life s competing interests in my case school homework and a job This really helped during my senior year of high school when l worked 40 hours a week flipping hamburgers at a fast food joint while taking a full load of college prepared courses The hard work paid off I attended the U S Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degree in law and business from Harvard Later I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state committee In these jobs and in everything else I ve done I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot The experience taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to provide for themselves and their families that is something we should honor 31 According to the text the author thinks A he is lucky to have many chances to get a job B it is difficult to find a job to make ends meet C his parents are full of complaint about their life D it is not acceptable to live in such bad conditions 32 In order to get a discount on rent A his father had to work as a hairstylist B his father had to work in a cardboard box factory C they had to clean the parking lot three nights a week D his father had to pick up litter by hand three hours a day 33 Which of the following is NOT true of the author A He got the graduate degrees from Harvard B He took a college prep courses at high school C He took a part time job during his senior year D He regretted having worked in the parking lot 34 What does the underlined sentence The hard work paid off mean A The author got a high pay by working hard B The author complained of the hard work C The effort which he made had no effect D The hard work was worthwhile for the author 35 We can learn from the text that A it is unimaginable for a child to help his family B it is honored to work for one s family as a member C it is unnecessary to keep work rules of behavior D the harder the work is the more interest one shows C Robots industry is developing so rapidly that there is no denying that we may one day find ourselves surrounded by robots The humanoid human like robots with two legs such as Honda Motor Co Ltd s ASIMO would likely have an easier time climbing up stairs inside homes than a robot that moves on wheels developers say But it will be some time before such devices make their way into people s homes They may look smart but they are still quite stupid Shimoyama said I don t think they will ever be as smart as humans While safety is an obvious concern robots also need to be sensitive to people s needs Researchers at Fujitsu Frontech Ltd and Fujitsu Laboratories responsible for developing Enon a guide and patrol 巡逻 robot designed for use in shopping malls and corporate facilities 公共场所 are working on this Enon which has a humanoid upper body but no legs is equipped with a touch screen on its chest and space in its stomach to carry loads weighting up to 10 kg In guide mode it will check a newcomer and approach the person with a nod and a greeting Are you a visitor Hello Visitors requiring directions can point to icons 图标 displayed on Enon s chest screen If the restroom icon is pressed the screen will display a map that shows the way The robot will then face and point in the direction of the restroom although it won t actually walk the visitor there Enon is now in use at four locations in Japan including a shopping mall near Tokyo The main goal is to make it more helpful for the elderly People who work in the transportation sector often ask whether we can build a robot that will find elderly people who look lost in train stations and ask them if they are all right said Toshihido Marita director of Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd s autonomous system laboratory Actually that is hard to do very hard he said 36 The advantage of Honda Motor Co Ltd s ASIMO is that A it can do any housework for us B it can talk with patients or old people C it can climb up stairs as humans D it can walk smoothly with its wheels 37 According to Shimoyama robots A can be made to do everything humans do B will be made as smart as humans in the future C will remain as stupid as before D can never compete with humans in intelligence 38 Most important of all a robot should be made at present A safe and elegant B safe and functional C elegant and cheap D sensitive and cheap 39 Which of the following statements about Enon is NOT true A It can be used as a guide in hospitals B It can help shoppers carry goods selected C It can be used to welcome guests in restaurants D It can be used to stop thieves in malls 40 Enon is mainly designed to help A old people B mall owners C tourists or newcomers D shoppers D My grandfather came from Hungary and was the only one in his family who settled down in the United States The rest of his family remained in Europe When World War I broke out he seemed to have become another man downhearted Such obvious change was not born out of concern for his welfare but out of fear if his only son my uncle had to go to war it would be cousin fighting against cousin One day in 1918 my Uncle Milton received his draft notice My grandparents were very upset But my mother at the age of 10 felt on top of the world about her soldier brother going off to war Realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and all of her friends my uncle bought them all service pins which meant that they had a loved one in the service All the little girls were delighted The moment came when my uncle and the other soldiers without any training but all in uniforms boarded the train The band played and the crowd cheered Although no one noticed I m sure my grandmother had a tear in her eye for the only son The train slowly pulled out but not about a thousand yards when it suddenly paused Everyone stared in wonder as the train slowly returned to the station There was a dead silence before the doors opened and the men started to step out Someone shouted The war is over For a moment nobody moved but then the people heard someone bark orders at the soldiers The men lined up in two lines walked down the steps and with the band playing marched down the street as returning heroes to be welcomed home My mother said it was a great day but she was just a little disappointed that it didn t last a tiny bit longer 41 What the grandfather was most worried about was A the spread of the world warB the safety of his two cousins C a drop in his living standardsD his relatives killing each other 42 The underlined phrase draft notice means A order for army service B train ticket for Europe C letter of rejection D note of warning 43 What did the service pins in Para 2 stand for in the eyes of the little girls A Strength B Courage C Victory D Honor 44 Which of the following words can best describe the ending of the story A Disappointing B Unexpected C Uncertain D Inspiring 45 Which of the following statements is True according to the passage A The grandfather felt downhearted because he was afraid of receiving a draft notice B The train was traveling fast to the front when the news came that the war was over C None of the soldiers who got on the train for the front line had been trained in advance D Most people including the mother were disappointed that the war didn t last a bit longer 第二节第二节 信息匹配 共信息匹配 共 5 5 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 2 分 满分分 满分 1010 分 分 阅读下列应用文及相关信息 并按照要求匹配信息 首先 请阅读下列新闻 A Liu Xiang teaches quake students hurdling Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang Monday visited students in a primary school in Bei Chuan County a hard hit area in last year s devastating May 12 earthquake and showed them how to run hurdles B Experts 3G still has a long way to go While China s three leading telecom operators are playing up the third generation 3G telecom technologies it is likely to take years for 3G services to become popular in China C China table tennis team swept all 5 golden medals Yesterday China team swept all 5 golden medals at World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama Besides these 5 golds China also gained all 5 silver medals and other 8 bronze medals The 2 rest bronzed medals are respectively won by Japan and China Hong Kong D Sleeping too much or too little increases your risk of Diabetes Middle aged or old people who get too little sleep or too much are far more likely to develop diabetes says scientists A study has found that those who did not enjoy the optimum level of seven to eight hours sleep a night were two and a half times more likely to develop a blood sugar abnormality linked to type 2 diabetes E Obama seeks to block release of abuse photos US President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he would try to block the court ordered release of photos showing US troops abusing prisoners abruptly reversing his position out of concern that the pictures would further inflame anti American opinion and endanger US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan F Prospects of flu outbreak remain unclear US public health expert Laurie A Garrett said Wednesday that how serious the H1N1 influenza situation is going to develop remains unclear A Washington state man with H1N1 influenza died last week health officials said the third U S sufferer to die as the new flu strain confirmed in more than 2 200 Americans appeared in Japan and Australia 以下是人物信息 请从上述 A F 选项中匹配适合他们阅读的新闻 46 Liu Ming works as a chairman of a local Ping Pong club in Fo Shan He shows great concern for sports news especially the news about Ping Pong He has never missed a single Ping Pong match of China Ping Pong Team 47 Han Yiwei is a successful CEO of a big International Company in Guangzhou He usually flies to other countries for business so he would like to equip himself with the most advanced communication appliances and know the news concerning the development in the communication area 48 Han Lei is an18 year old girl studying in a High School She is a sports enthusiast and is good at tennis and jumping Besides she has a particular interest in those sports celebrities 49 Chen Lirong just retired from a state enterprise living with her husband who is retired too They want to arrange their life without work in a better way and enjoy the life with a healthy body and high spirits So she particularly pays more attention to their health 50 Li Hongyu studies in China Foreign Affairs University majoring in International Relationship and especially he shows great concern for the relationship between America and the Middle East countries 三三 写作写作 共两节 满分共两节 满分4040分分 第一节第一节 基础写作基础写作 共共1 1小题 满分小题 满分1515分分 写作内容写作内容 你们学校很多同学想出国读书 他们认为国外的条件无论如何都比国内好 你却持有与他们 不同的观点 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