河南省洛阳市三十六中学2014年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

河南省洛阳市三十六中学2014年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上（答题注意事项见答题卡），在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。 第I卷第一部分听力（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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Whats the man going to do? A. Take a flight. B.Attend a meeting. C.Go to sleep.2. Why cant the woman go anywhere this evening? A. To wait for a call. B.To watch a movie. C. To have dinner.3. What gift will the woman probably get for Mary? A.A school bag. B.A film. C.A record.4. How often does the man do exercise? A. Every day. B.Once a week. C. Twice a week.5. What did the woman like doing when she was young? A. Reading in the library. B.Making friends. C. Riding in the country.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. Where are the speakers? A. At a restaurant. B. In a garden. C. In the street.7. For what reason was the woman fined? A. Hitting the policeman. B. Speeding and drinking. C. Hitting a dog.8. How much money was the woman fined? A. $ 30. B. $ 40. C. $ 100.听第7段材料 ,回答第9至11题。9. Whats the woman looking for? A. A house. B. A roommate. C. A holiday.10. What did the woman do this summer? A. She bought a house. B. She had a holiday. C. She lost some money.11. How much should the woman pay a month? A. About $150. B. About $200. C. About $ 400.听第8段材料 ,回答第12至14题。12. How did the woman know about the apartment? A. Through her parents. B. Through the advertisement. C. Through her friend.13. Which room is the largest one? A. The kitchen. B. The bedroom. C. The living room.14. Why doesnt the woman like the apartment? A. Its on the ground floor. B. Its far from the bus stop. C. It doesnt have a car park.听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。15. What is the man probably? A. A teacher. B. A student. C. A lecturer.16. When does the first class begin? A. At 7: 20. B. At 7: 30. C. At 8: 00.17. How long does each class last? A. 40 minutes. B. 45 minutes. C. 50 minutes.听第10段材料 ,回答第18至20题。18. According to the speaker, why do people buy a new car instead of repairing it? A. Its cheaper. B. Theyre too busy. C. Its free.19. What do the consumers have to pay besides the goods? A. The bus fare. B. The packaging material. C. The advertisement.20. What does the writer advise us to do? A. Throw away old things. B. Turn into children. C. Prevent waste.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。A My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half- playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, How would you like to go to Eton? You bet, I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I. understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class; our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100. This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas ! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself. It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Craham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging(剌痛) and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness. Oh, he doesnt want to go away , said my mother, You shouldnt go on like this. Its up to him, said my father. He can make up his own mind. 21. How did the author react to the idea of going to Eton? A. He didnt believe it. B. He was very unhappy. C. He was delighted. D. He had mixed feelings.22. From the text, we can know that Eden is _. A. a famous school B. an expensive car C. one of the authors friends D. one of the fathers colleagues23. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us_ . A. about their living conditions B. about the authors grades C. what the authors father is like D. how hard the authors father works24. From the text we can know that the authors father enjoyed being different as long as _ A. it drew attention to him B. there was no danger of showing off C. he was not involved in any arguments D. it was understood as a jokeB English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the worlds books and three quarters of international mails are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary - perhaps as many as two million words. However, lets face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a harmburger . Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which arent sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (矛盾) , we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers dont fing , grocers dont groce , and hammers dont ham? If the plural (复数形式) of tooth is teeth, shouldnt the plural of booth be beeth ? One goose, two geese - so one moose , two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next? English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. Thats why, when stars are out, they arc visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my wat.ch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.25. According to the passage_. A. there should be eggs in an eggplant B. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different C. pineapples are the apples on the pine treeD. boxing rings should be round26. What does the author use most to prove his idea? A. Plurals. B. Paradoxes. C. Comparisons. D. Synonyms.27. The underlined words a wise guy in paragraph 3 probably mean _ . A. somebody wise B. a valuable chance C. an opposite word D. a stupid person28. The last paragraph is written to show . A. English is important B. a word may have several definitions C. human beings are creative D. why people invented EnglishC Sometimes people call each other scared cat , but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its blood-stream. If the danger continues, this animal will do one of the two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can. Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions, our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run. Human beings, however, have a problem. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger - and regretted later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher. or told somebody you were lonely and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isnt always wise to express your feelings freely. Does this mean that its always smarter to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings like anger hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illnesses can develop, and you can feel disturbed badly inside. It can actually be bad for your health. Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside dont just go away. Its as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long youd smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are youd see little fruit flies hovering(盘旋) all over them. Theyd be rotten. You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they dont exit, but theyll still be around. And at last youll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.29. The best title for this article is A. What Happens to An Excited Person B. What Happens to A Frightened Cat C. Emotions Affect Our Bodies D. Feelings That People Have30. According to the passage, human beings get into trouble because _. A. they are not as alert as animals B. they always do something wrong to other people C. they sometimes cant control their feelings D. they dont pay attention to their physical changes31. The underlined word it in paragraph 3 refers to_. A. bad emotion B. a bottle C. physical illness D. a rotten banana32. The author mainly intends to tell us to _ . A. make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings B. give us some advice on how to express our feelings C. tell us that it isnt good to keep feelings inside D. make us know that it isnt always wise to express our feelings freelyD American scientists have developed the first material that repairs itself. The material is a form of plastic that has been engineered to fill breaks in its surface. Plastics are used today in everything. Scientists wanted to find a way to make objects made of plastic last longer. The researchers hope their new discovery can be used to make objects that are difficult or impossible to replace. The surface of plastic objects breaks over time. Very small breaks develop every time a plastic object is used. The researchers wanted to find out how to stop plastic from developing small breaks that weaken and destroy it. They found the answer in the chemical structure of plastic itself. The research team found a way to make plastic that contains very small balloons filled with monomer(单体) liquid. When the new plastic cracks, the monomer liquid is let out and flows into the crack. Thus the break is repaired. The repaired plastic has seventy-five percent of the strength of undamaged plastic. The new self-repairing plastic is not yet ready for production. But it has several possible uses. One could be in space vehicles where parts cannot be repaired or replaced. Another possible use might be in bridges. And it could be used in people, to replace bone joints that have become broken or damaged. 33. The passage mainly talks about_ . A. plastic that repairs itself B. the chemical structure of plastic C. permanent material invented D. small balloons that makes plastic stronger 34. We know from the passage that the repair is done as_. A. the cracked plastic parts are changed B. the plastic cracks C. the liquid is put into the plastic cracks D. the plastic is made 35.The scientist are planning to use the new material in space vehicles, bridges and people because_. A. the plastic parts in them are required to last longer B. they want to experiment in these places first C. the new material cannot be used elsewhere D. the plastic parts in them are easily broken or damaged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。 You have graduated from school. You didnt do very well in the exam. You are sad that you may not see your friends again. _ 36 _1 have had a lot of life experience. Perhaps I can share some of it with you. The blue feeling you have is because you have ended one situation of your life and you are moving into another. In a way, a part of your life that you have been living for the last few years has ended. 37 However, the sadness will fade away and be replaced by the expectation of what is coming in the future. The past is not truly gone. If you really want to stay in contact with some of your old friends, you can do so by email or on the telephone. However, the excitement lies ahead of you. You can plan for the next situation. 38 If your marks werent high, it may limit your choices somewhat, but you have one big benefit on your side - you are young. That means you have time to become anything you like. 39 However, there is a world of opportunities and all you have to do is focus on what you want to do and then plan a way to be able to do it. 40 A. That is life. B. What should you do? . C. Life is full of changes. D. With time, nothing is impossible. E. So you are, actually, feeling sad for its loss. F. You can, in fact, choose what you want to do. G. The low marks may make your journey harder.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和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Have you ever had a very 41 teacher at school? I have. Ill never forget Mr Williams. If you didnt do well in your physics, you would _ 42 _ to be far away from him .That short man with a very Loud voice knew how) to frighten you. _43 and commitment was his motto. Nobody 44 to be late for his class. No chat no matter how 45 the subject was. And even the most 46 pupil would not dream of cheating him in his tests. I thought about him when I read about a new government 47 to turn former soldiers with n0 48 into teachers. They can be trained either as secondary school teachers or as primary school teachers. Its believed that military 49 such as leadership, discipline, motivation, and teamwork would 50 children. From next January those who are 51 for the program will earn a salary and be 52 four days a week. In two years they will be considered newly qualified teachers . But this is a 53 plan. Some think just the training offered to those former soldiers is not 54 . They believe teachers need to understand how children 55 , and need a high level of education and much training 56 before they can educate the young. Im not 57 how much Mr Williams knew about child development. What I know is how 58 he was when we did well. Ill never forget the big 59 0n his face when I got a very high mark. My teacher was no soldier, but to me his smile was a medal for bravery in our war against 60 !41 A. ambiguous B. strict C . emotional D. interesting42. A. bet B. ensure C. wish D. seek43. A. Accuracy B. Discipline C. Regulation D. Fluency44. A. needed B. dared C. had D. used45. A. boring B. compulsory C. optional . D. moving46. A. clever B. numb C. unconscious D. dishonest47. A. announcement B. program C. curriculum D. seminar48. A. diploma B. rank C. fortune D. colleague49. A. adjustments B. assessments C. values D. services50. A. guarantee B. tolerate C. benefit D. prohibit51. A. presented B. selected C. performed D. registered52. A. assisted B. informed C. interpreted D. trained53. A. permanent B. temporary C. controversial D. terminal54. A. adequate B. systematic C. technical D. explicit55. A. develop B. wrestle C. fail D. fight56. A. experience B. approval C. routine D. statistics57. A. doubtful B. sure C. pleased D. astonished58. A. sincere B. angry C. happy D. amazed59. A. emotion B. dilemma C. blank D. smile60. A. study B. competition C. conflict D. ignorance第II卷第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节（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。Lily: Come on ! Were going to be late. And put on your coat. The weather forecast said 61 is going to be cold.Tony: Shut up. You are always telling me what to do and 62 (get) at me!Lily: Look at yourself. Your shoes are really dirty. You are tying to get out of going to the party, arent you? ( pause)Tony: Go on.Lily: Well, its just 63_ you dont get on well with Ross. You 64 (stop) contacting him recently.Tony: Well, he still hasnt paid me 65 for thos