江西省高安市石脑中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

石脑中学20152016学年度下学期高二期中考试英语试题第卷（共100分）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)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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. what did daddy buy yesterday?A. A car B. A toy car C. A toy train2. Who is Mrs. Peterson?A. Jackies mother B. Jackies boss C. Jackies teacher3. What does the boy want to do?A. To go to school B. To stay at home C. To go to hospital4. Where is John?A. In the living-room B. In the study C. In the garden5. Who will get married?A. Joan B. Jim C. Jack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ABC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, Where has the woman just been to?A. Her workplace B. The supermarket C. The school7. What has the woman bought?A. Fish, wine and salt B. Wine, salt and peas C. Peas, fish and wine8. What are the man and the woman going to do?A. To start cooking B. To go to the supermarket C. To eat at a restaurant听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Where is the woman going?A. To the Kings Park B. To the Green Park C. To the Queens Park10. Which bus can the woman take?A. City 115 B. City 120 C. City 12511. Where is the nearest bus stop? A. Opposite the Lemon Plaza B. Opposite the Lion Plaza C. Opposite the Lincoln Plaza听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What is the mans flight number?A. CA908 B. CN908 C. CA50813. When is the man going to fly?A. 25th June B. 27th June C. 31st June14. From which city is the man flying?A. London B. Beijing C. Boston听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. Whose birthday is coming?A. Lucys B. Andrews C. Janes16. What is the man looking for?A. A blanket B. A bed C. A dress17. What colour does the man choose?A. Black B. Red C. Green听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where does the flood take place?A. South India B. South Africa C. South Korea19. How many people have been killed in the flood? A. Seventy B. Sixty C. Sixteen20. When will the rain most probably stop?A. In two days B. In one day C. In a half day第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIn early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.“You cant say its not a great university, just because Papa went there.”“Thats not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we cant afford to send you to college.”“I wouldnt dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things arent that bad, are they?”“No,” she said. “I dont expect you to help support us.”Father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop, His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my Parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment (投资) could show returns. Whats more ,they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful ；otherwise, they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to go what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship（奖学金）.My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success.21.The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because .Ahis father graduated from the universityBhis mother did not think it a great universityChis parents needed him to help support the familyDhis parents did not have enough money for him22. The father started his small shop with the money from . A. a local league B. his universityC. his relatives D. his college friends23. Why did the mother renew her membership in the league? A. To help with her husbands business B. To raise money for her sonC. To meet her long-forgotten friends D. To better manage her life24. According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn? 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If you want to learn more about the courses mentioned in the text，you can A.make a callB. write an emailC. visit the websiteD. submit an applicationCEat like a king in the morning, a prince at noon, and a peasant at night. This saying is all about the importance of breakfast. And now scientists can tell us just why its so important. According to a study carried out at Imperial College London, UK, skipping the first meal of the day not only means you eat more at lunch, but also that your brain wants to find more unhealthy foods.The study suggests that there is a special part of our brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (眶额皮层), which plays an important part in making choices about what we eat. It is used for identifying the taste of food, especially when skipping breakfast. It is more likely to target high-calorie foods when youre on an empty stomach.Scientists did an experiment on this. Dr Tony Goldstone from Imperial College London, scanned (扫描) the brains of 21 men and women, around the age of 25. On the first day, these people skipped breakfast before the scans. On the second day, they had cereal (谷物), bread and jam as breakfast. After the scan on both days, they had their lunch.When the volunteers had skipped breakfast, they ate around 20 percent more at lunch, compared with days when they had eaten breakfast. Their brain scans also showed the orbitofrontal cortex was especially responsive to high-calorie foods. “We believe that bit identifies the value of foods how pleasant, how delicious something is,” Goldstone told The Guardian.28. From Paragraph 1, we learn that _.A. scientists found out why eating breakfast is importantB. its easy to lose weight without breakfastC. theres no need to have good food for supperD. eating breakfast makes your brain smarter29. Which is the correct order for the experiment on the first day? The volunteers skipped breakfast. The volunteers had lunch. The volunteers had a brain scan.A. B.C. D.30. Which of the following is NOT true about the orbitofrontal cortex?A. It is part of our brain.B. It tells people to eat breakfast.C. It decides which food we like.D. It is active toward high-calorie foods.31. Which of the following can be the title for this passage?A. Breakfast still most importantB. Three meals a dayC. Experiments on breakfastD. Researches on lunchDMusic is particularly popular in the medical profession, especially among surgeons（外科医生）. A recent survey shows that 90% of surgeons in the UK put music on the sound system in the theatreduring operations. Plastic surgeons（整形外科医生）play the most music; it appears that ear, nose, and throat specialists the least.But it isnt only in surgeries(外科手术) where music is popular. In another recent survey, one-third of the 1,613 people said they listen to music while working. And 79% of them said that humming（哼歌）along improves their job satisfaction or productivity.Is listening to music at work a good idea? Yes, say the experts. Many surgeons say that music helps to create a “calm atmosphere”, and a third of them added that it avoids getting bored! Also, listening to music raises the levels of a brain chemical that can help people focus. Office workers say it improves job satisfaction. Several studies suggest that its also good for hospital patients. Those listening to music through headphones during surgery require less anesthetic（麻醉剂）, up to 50% less in some cases, and recover more quickly afterwards. “Sure, music reduces anxiety before surgery,” says Zeev Kain, an anesthetist at Yale University.So, what type of music should we be listening to? Surgeons from the previous survey preferred rock, pop music and classical. And hip-hop is popular too. However, whatever the kind, it appears that self-selected music is the best choice. Pennsylvania State University research showed that when people chose their own music there was more stress reduction(下降). And other researchers found that when listening to self-selected music, surgeons did the maths faster and more accurately （精确）than when they were listening to music chosen for them.32The underlined word“theatre”in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. a waiting room in a hospital B. a rest room for surgeonsC. an operating room D. a building where shows are performed33The surveys mentioned in the passage show _.A. music is popular in some professions B. most surgeons in the UK are fond of singingC. office workers learn a lot from listening to musicD. fewer than half of the people listen to music at work34What are the advantages of listening to music at work? _.improving memory keeping people relaxedimproving job satisfaction improving eyesightA.B.C.D.35The passage is mainly about _.A. how to choose music wisely B. where to find the best musicC. the popularity of music in hospitals D. the benefits of listening to music at work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。As is known to us all, everyone can make mistakes, but dont worry about it. The following is what we should do when we make mistakes. Just admit (承认）it. Dont think that our mistakes are caused by others. 36 Dont blame other people, and dont cheat ourselves, either. 37 In order to stop the problem from getting worse, we should act quickly to solve it. If we dont act and deal with the problem quickly, itll only make us feel more stressed. Also it is necessary to make a plan of action and correct the mistake according to it. 38 39 Those who have made the most mistakes can get an A, for they are the ones who have learned the most. The more we learn from our mistakes, the cleverer we are. Think about what we can learn from our mistakes. What caused us to make the mistake? 40 When we act with a method to get a good result, do it that way next time. If we dont, we should stop, think about it, change it and try again.A. Realize that making mistakes is the best way to learn.B. Dont be afraid of failure.C. Be brave and face the fact that we have made the mistakes.D. Solve it at once.E. So be away from stress.F. So decide quickly and act.G. How can we avoid making the same mistake in the future?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；每小1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to 41 a little pocket money. One day I 42 on the door of an elderly woman and asked 43 she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in 44 and I showed her my worn 45 , which no longer kept me warm. She 46 me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be 47 now.” She then 48 a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “Im glad youve done a 49 job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to 50 new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to 51 me with your report card and I will 52 you when I see you have worked hard and have some good 53 . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much 54 as you can.” I put my hands in the jar and 55 so much money that it was 56 for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she 57 . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I 58 her that I had an “A”. I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge 59 this wonderful lady made over my life with her 60. This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.41. A. saveB. giveC. earnD. change42. A. turnedB. knockedC. workedD. looked 43. A. howB. whenC. whyD. if44. A. schoolB. timeC. troubleD. bed 45. A. bagB. carpetC. coatD. sofa46. A. allowedB. forcedC. helpedD. stopped47. A. punishedB. testedC. praisedD. paid48. A. set upB. took outC. talked aboutD. put away49. A. boringB. newC. fineD. terrible50. A. keepB. buyC. removeD. make51. A. visitB. forgiveC. welcomeD. serve52. A. recognizeB. rewardC. understandD. protect53. A. goalsB. storiesC. marksD. ideas54. A. roomB. moneyC. food D. time55. A. grabbedB. lostC. borrowed D. charged56. A. rareB. enoughC. simpleD. special57. A. promisedB. discoveredC. knewD. admitted58. A. askedB. requiredC. showedD. wrote59. A. decisionB. progressC. mistakeD. difference60. A. courageB. kindnessC. honestyD. happiness第卷（共50分）注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。My wife is addicted(沉溺) to shopping on the Internet. _61_ seems that she cant control herself well, just clicking with the mouse. Let me tell you what happened last night. It was the_62_(three) time that she had shopped online for hours. I had already reminded her _63_ (think) twice before buying anything , _64_ my wife ignored_65_ I said and replied confidently, “With the New Year approaching, preparation is necessary ._66_(Beside) , I havent bought things on the Internet for a whole week .” _67_ (hear) her words, I was really speechless .In most cases, the things she bought arent good value for money. Maybe she just enjoys_68_ process（过程）of buying online . With the development of technology ,online shopping is becoming more and more convenient. In the meanwhile, it causes a series of_69_(problem). People are_70_(easy) attracted by the discount. So how to keep a good state of mind in front of temptation (诱惑) is an important lesson many people need to learn .第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节: 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。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）不计分。One day, I was cooking in the kitchen while the telephone ra