2015-2016学年江西省宜春市上高二中高一下学期期末考试英语(解析版).doc

2015-2016学年江西省宜春市上高二中高一下学期期末考试英语English ConversationLeader: Mandi Ashmoreenglish iwc-lausanne. orgWe meet on Mondays at 14：30 at the IWC clubhouse. We chat for about an hour and discuss everything. Mandi asks “students” to contact her on Monday to confirm the class as sometimes she needs to cancel for various reasons or occasionally she may choose to hold the class at a different venue(举办地点) or at an earlier time for us to be able to have lunch together.French Conversation, Advanced BeginnerLeader: Marielle Sulmonifrenchconvo iwc-lausanne. orgIm French (born in Bordeaux) and Swiss by marriage. I hold an advanced beginners French conversation class on Tuesday afternoons from 14：30 16：00. We meet weekly at the clubhouse in a friendly atmosphere. I hope to help you use your knowledge of French, allowing you to speak with no fear of making mistakes, which in time will become fewer and fewer.French Language Lab, BeginnerLeader: Maija Remlingerfrenchlab iwc-lausanne. orgThe group meets on Thursday afternoons from 15：0016：30 at the clubhouse. The first half of the class is devoted to reading out loud from the book “Easy French Reader”, working on pronunciation and phrasing. During the second half, we listen to audio recordings from “New French with Ease” and work on oral comprehension.French Conversation, AdvancedLeader: Juliette Brullfrench iwc-lausanne, orgWe meet every Tuesday at the IWC clubhouse from 9：3011：00. Most of our time is devoted to very lively discussions about current events and various topics. We also read a book written by a French author and sometimes we see a French movie.1Why are you advised to contact Mandi?A. To check the arrangement. B. To exchange ideas.C. To decide the topics. D. To ask for leave.2Which of the clubs focuses mainly on the basic knowledge of language?A. English Conversation. B. French Conversation, Advanced .C. French Language Lab, Beginner.D. French Conversation, Advanced Beginner.3Who will you get in touch with if you like watching French films?A. Mandy Ashmore B. Marielle SulmoniC. Maija Remlinger D. Juliette BrullFor a long time, the traditional method of identifying liars was to watch their body language, including facial expressions.What if the person appears to be nervous? Is the person unable to look me in the eye? Is he or she look around the room? What about other nervous movements, such as fidgeting（坐立不安）or shifting from side to side? Many peoplefrom parents to police officers and airport security personneldepend on this method. But does a persons body and face reveal the truth? Not according to a new study.Talking, it seems, is the best way to smoke out a liar. That is what researchers in the United Kingdom found out recently. Their investigation took place at one place where lying can get you into big troublean airport.The researchers asked volunteers to pretend they were real passengers and then lie to airport security agents. Some of the agents used spoke conversation-based methods to question these make-believe passengers. Others depended instead on the persons body language, like lack of eye contact and showing signs of nervousness. The agents talking with the passengers were 20 times more likely to catch the liars. The study found that these conversation-based techniques can help you recognize when a person is lying to you. Like many methods, this conversation method has a name. It is called Controlled Cognitive Engagement or CCE, for short.The British government partly financed this study. The American Psychological (APA) published the findings. Body language cannot be trusted. Using body language and facial expressions to catch someone in a lie is really hard. And it only works, seemingly, by chance.Thomas Ormerod is the head of the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex in England. On the APA website, he reported that the “suspicious-signs method”or using body language“almost completely fails” in finding lies.4What are the questions in Paragraph 2 intended to do?A. Show traditional ways to recognize a liar.B. Launch a survey among readers.C. Show the writers puzzlement.D. Invite the readers to think twice.5What should volunteers in the investigation do?A. Answer questions only using words.B. Pretend to be airport security agents.C. Act as passengers as researchers required.D. Communicate with researchers by talking.6Which would be the best way to find out a liar according to the study?A. Looking him in the eye.B. Asking open-ended questions.C. Making use of body language.D. Observing his facial expression.7What will the author continue to talk about based on the passage?A. Misunderstandings of catching a liar.B. The “suspicious-signs” method.C. How the CCE method works.D. The new concept of CCE.Living near the beach may come with an extra perk (利益): better health. A new study analyzed information from more than 48 million people in England and found that the nearer they lived to the coast, the more likely people were to report good health within the past year.Living near the coast may be associated with better health because the seaside environment reduces stress, the researchers said. They pointed to another British study that found that people who took trips to the coast experienced more feelings of calmness and relaxation than those who visited urban parks or the countryside.The difference from living near the coast was relatively small. But a small effect, when applied to an entire population can have a substantial impact on public health ,said study researcher Ben Wheeler of Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in Exeter, England.However, its too soon to advise people to hit the beach to improve health, Wheeler said. The study only found an association, not a cause-effect link, and its possible that other factors could explain the results. For instance, it could be that people who are wealthier, and therefore healthier, are more able to move to desired locations such as the coast, Wheeler said, a phenomenon known as the migrant effect. But the study did find that the association between coastal living and better health was strongest for those living in the poorest areas, which perhaps indicates that wealth cannot explain the results, Wheeler said.Because the study looked at only Englandan island country in which everyone lives within 72 miles of the coastits not clear whether the findings would apply to other populations. Far from England, a health expert not involved in the study said that while the British research certainly doesnt prove that peoples health and the place they live are linked, its possible that proximity to the seas does something for our bodies.If future studies confirm the results, the next step would be to find out it is what coastal environments that can benefit health. Wheeler said it may then be possible to bring those benefits to people living in other areas, through virtual environments, for instance.8We can conclude from the passage that _.A. people are encouraged to move to the coastB. people living near the sea may be healthierC. people pay increasingly attention to healthD. people are worried about residential environment9According to the researchers, living near the sea _.A. doesnt nearly affect the British populationB. can cure some difficult diseases in a wayC. can help get over ones stressD. means freeing from sadness or troubles10What Ben Wheeler said means _.A. the British public health is decreasingB. concrete evidence favors life near the seaC. wealthier people are likely to be healthierD. exact reasons are proposed for further research11What does the underlined word “proximity” in the passage mean?A. being close B. being distantC. being similar D. being oppositeWith my hands and knees on the floor of the airplane, I was searching for an old ladys missing hearing aid during the flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. It occurred to me that this may not be the most dignified posture for a Buddhist nun(尼姑).I had seen the old lady from the seat in front of me as she walked up and down the passage with a flashlight. I asked a few times what was wrong, but she didnt answer at first she couldnt hear me. She was wearing a woolen coat. Judging from her accent, she came from Eastern Europe.Do you know how much hearing aids cost? Thousands, especially for the new tiny hidden-in-the-ear type she described. It takes a long time for an appointment to make a new one, and many doctor visits to get the thing adjusted right. Therefore, my dignity seemed less important than finding that hearing aid. But how does one find a tiny black object in a shadowy jet cabin（机舱）The lady wasnt even sure where or when she had lost it. At one point, a couple of flight attendants did a random search around the ladys seat; I wasnt impressed. They left suggesting that she search the seat of her previous flight! My flashlight turned up all kinds of small objects, bits of plastic, broken pieces of headphones.The old lady said that she gave up. Yet I couldnt. After we landed, as passengers streamed past us, I insisted that the lady move aside while awaiting her wheelchair. Then I got into a real down and dirty search among the dust under her seat and on the floor.Look! A little peanut-sized shiny black object caught the light of my flashlight in a floor crack near her seat.What a rush. “I found it!”With great astonishment and gratitude, the old lady responded, “I havent the words to express my thanks!”12Why did the author put her hands and knees on the floor?A. She is a religious Buddhist nun.B. She fell down from her seat.C. She helped the old lady look for her hearing aid.D. She wanted to stand out among the passengers.13What do we know about the old lady?A. She ignored the authors question on purpose.B. She is an American.C. She lost her hearing aid by accident.D. It was not difficult for her to get the hearing aid at all.14Where was the hearing aid found?A. On the previous flight.B. Close to the old lady seat.C. On the wheelchair.D. In another jet cabin.15According to the last two paragraphs, what is the old ladys attitude towards the author?A. Respectful. B. Doubtful.C. Supportive. D. Grateful.完形填空,请认真阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。As a child, I started learning to play the piano, my favorite musical _ ,but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school _ I could concentrate more on my studies.Its one of my biggest _ to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would _ . However, I didnt keep my promise because I was _ with my study. _ I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been _ that I never returned. I havent taken lessons since then but to be honest, I _ to. Sitting at the piano, I couldnt help recalling many _ times of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher _ me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so _ that I could hardly say anything. But her _ helped ease my shame. These memories, _, good or bad, never caused my _ for playing the piano again.This thought then led me to think that _ is like music, and that we all try to play different _ in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch(音高) is _ when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own _ style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is _ that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesnt _ that Ive stopped making music.16A. instrument B. performance C. room D. stage17A. because B. so that C. now that D. for18A. successes B. regrets C. decisions D. hobbies19A. play B. graduate C. leave D. return20A. occupied B. angry C. satisfied D. patient21A. Actually B. Constantly C. Suddenly D. Gradually22A. astonished B. glad C. disappointed D. amazed23A. liked B. needed C. wanted D. decided24A. dreams B. expressions C. words D. memories25A. instructed B. hurt C. punished D. respected26A. frightened B. moved C. embarrassed D. excited27A. happiness B. satisfaction C. comfort D. sigh28A. instead B. meanwhile C. therefore D. however29A. hope B. courage C. feeling D. effort30A. life B. learning C. attitude D. enjoyment31A. cards B. sports C. roles D. games32A. hard B. wonderful C. surprising D. complex33A. unique B. boring C. common D. similar34A. necessary B. strange C. possible D. important35A. matter B. mean C. report D. appear36短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你的同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号，并在其下写出该词。删除：把多余的词用斜线划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。Dear Mandy，Im not doing well in my lessons at school, especial in maths. My dad says I must try hard because he wants me go to university. He thinks Im lazy，but its not true. I work really hard,often study late into the night! Ive tried to talk to my mother，but she always said I have to work as hard like my brother does. My brother doesnt study very hard，and he always gets excellent grades. Its not fair! The only thing I like it is art. My teacher says Im the best student shes had for year. When I told my dad，all he said was，“ You mustn t waste your time in art. You must focus your mind on your lessons! ”Im feeling quite puzzling as to what to do now. Would you please help me out?Thanks a lot!Yours sincerely，Lisa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。Here are some tips that will help you get rid of anxiety over being phoneless or reduce your risk of phone addiction.Disable the Internet connection. Take up your courage to disable the Internet connection on your smartphone. 37 Needless to say, you will save o lot of cash on it.Find your passion. 38 Find your dream job and you will leave your “best friend” at least for a while. If you have nothing to do at home, try a new hobby that will distract you from all those apps and social media.Purchase an ordinary phone. No smartphones. No iphones. Remember those times when we used phones in emergency situations only or when we wanted to invite someone to a party. 39Dont let the fear control you. 40 Claim your joy. I can only speak for myself here, but I think that a smartphone is one of the worst inventions. Its useful and helpful at times, but it has ruined many happy lives and relationships. Thats because we allow our phones to control us.41 The fear of being phoneless is a serious problem. Its like drug or cigarette addiction. If you want to change your life, sell your expensive smartphone, buy an ordinary one, and become a sociable person. There are so many wonderful people that can bring joy into our life. Chatting online is great, but chatting in real life is best.A. Free your mind.B. Choose other electronic devices.C. Keep your mind sharp and alert.D. Beat your social butterfly wings.E. Those who love their jobs never feel exhausted and bored.F. Thus, youll spend less time with your phone and more time in real life.G. I bet some of you remember times when few people had a phone at home.英语知识运用Everyone has his own way of saying things and his own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based _42_ colors. Red is a hot color. Americans often use _43_ to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very _44_(anger) about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods _45_(call) red hots for their color and their spicy taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, _46_(especial) the kind called Dixieland jazz. Pink is a _47_(light) kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink _48_ they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the _49_(twenty) century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color _50_ shows that they are in good health. Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is _51_ opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful(深情的). Someone who is blue is very sad.52书面表达第24届冬季运动会将于2022年2月在北京和张家口市联合举行，现面向社会招募志愿者。假如你是李华，请根据自己的情况写一封100词左右的英文申请信。内容包括：1. 热爱体育；2. 英语流利；3. 性格外向开朗，有组织能力。Dear Sir or Madam,I have heard the news that you are