洪湖二中2012届高二下学期期中考试英语试卷-答案-听力原文

洪湖二中20132014学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷命题人 _ 审题人 _第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 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. How did the man travel?A. By car. B. By air. C. By train.2. What does the man want to do before leaving? A. Buy a train ticket. B. Have breakfast. C. Send some e-mails. 3. What does the woman mean? A. She has forgotten what the man said. B. She is still angry with the man. C. She forgives the man. 4. What should Betty do according to the man? A. Eat seafood. B. Exercise more. C. Have a good rest.5. Who won the tennis match yesterday? A. Sallys brother. B. Mark. C. Sally. 第二节 听下面5段对话。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。听完每段对话后，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、7题。6. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Neighbors. C. Husband and wife. 7. What name does the woman want to give the baby? A. Robert. B. Lawrence. C. Albert.听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题。8. When does the conversation take place? A. In the afternoon. B. In the morning. C. In the evening.9. Whats the mans health insurance number? A. . B.2658A. C. .10. Whats the mans problem? A. His back hurts. B. He has a stomachache. C. He has a fever.听第8段材料，回答第11至第14题。11. What does the man say about the hotel? A. He was surprised about the fridge. B. The food was great.C. The beds were not very comfortable.12. When is the pool open? A. At five oclock in the afternoon. B. At six oclock in the morning.C. At eight oclock in the evening.13. How much should the man pay? A. $ 116. B. $ 160. C. $ 130.14. How will the man pay for the bill? A. By credit card. B. In cash. C. By travelers check.听第9段材料，回答第15至第17题。15. What are the speakers doing? A. Attending a party. B. Visiting a college. C. Attending a club.16. Where was the woman born? A. In Britain. B. In America. C. In Germany.17. What does the man invite the woman to do next Monday? A. Visit a museum. B. See an exhibition. C. Have dinner with him. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Who is the speaker? A. A tour guide. B. An air hostess.C. An airline clerk. 19. What should Mr. Jones do when he checks in? A. Check in his hand luggage first. B. Open his luggage and have it checked. C. Show his ticket and passport and weigh his luggage.20. What is the speaker talking about at last? A. The seat number. B. The arrival time. C. The departure tax.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21. Make a reservation in advance, _ you would risk having to wait for a table. A. therefore B. otherwise C. instead D. somehow22. After the earthquake, the first thing the local government did was to provide _ for the homeless families.A. accommodation B. occupation C. equipment D. furniture23. The movie The Pursuit of Happiness is _from the true story of Chris Gardner Aadopted Badjusted Cadapted D. addicted24. Many Chinese universities provide scholarships for students _ financial aid. A. in favor ofB. in honor of C. in face of D. in need of25. Usually a childs behavior is a _ of his family environment.A. recognition B. reflection C. return D. record 26. Affected by the earthquake happening in March, seven springs_. A. dried up B. dried out C. dried off D. dried away 27. The speaker got confused, and started _ himself.No wonder no one believes what he said.A. contrasting B. comparing C.proving D.contradicting28. Recent years have_ rapid changes of my hometown.Yes, I could hardly recognize it when I arrived yesterday.A. watched B. contributed C. made D. witnessed29. Due to bad weather，the police had to_the search for the missing boy.A. resign B. abandon C. conduct D. release30. When people move to another country, they often try to_ the customs of their native land.A. turn on B. bring up C. keep up D. give up第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an 31_. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market（跳蚤市场）. She collected little weeds and such to sell anything for the 32 we needed, she was such an embarrassment. I remember that it was field day(户外活动日) during elementary school, and my mom came. I was so 33 . How could she do this to me? I threw her a 34 look and ran out. The next day at school, “Your mom only has one eye? they 35 me. I wished that my mom would just 36 from this world so I said to my mom, Mom, why dont you have the other eye?! Youre only going to make me a laughingstock(笑柄). Why dont you just die? My mom did not 37. I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt 38 to think that I had said what Id wanted to say all this time. Maybe it was because my mom hadnt 39 me, but I didnt think that I had hurt her feelings very badly. That night I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was 40 there, so 41 , as if she was afraid that she might wake me. I took a look at her, and then turned 42 . Because of the thing I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching （夹痛）at me in the corner of my 43. Even so, I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. So I told myself that I would grow up and become 44 , because I hated my one-eyed mom and our 45 poverty. Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied, and got admitted to the Seoul University with all the 46 I had. Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. Now Im living happily as a successful man. I like it here because its a place that doesnt 47 me of my mom. This 48 was getting bigger and bigger, when someone 49 came to see me. What? Whos this? It was my mother still with her one eye. It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little daughter ran away, 50 of my moms eye.31. A. shameB. delightC.embarrassmentD. advised32. A. foodB. house C. book D. money33.A. proud B.embarrassedC.shyD. frighted34.A.kindlyB.disappointedC hatefulD. loving35.A. teasedB.askedC.scoldD. blame36.A. leaveB.travelC.escape D. disappear37.A. speakB.responseC.object D. forgive38.A. goodB.sadC.regrefulD. ashamed39.A.cherishedB.lovedC.punishedD. valued40.A. laughing B.drinkingC.cookingD. weeping41.A.loudly B.quietlyC.carefullyD. sadly42.A.awayB.outC.inD. over43.A.mindB.faceC.heartD. room44.A.strongB.confidentC.healthyD. successfu45.A.desperate B.considerateC.comparedD. consistant46.A.indepedenceB.honoursC.experienceD. misery47. A.warnB.remember C.remindD. inform48.A.confidenceB.heartC.dreamD. happiness49.A.unexpectedB.specialC.strange D. similar50.A.tired B.scaredC.gladD. curious第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）A Its such a happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, its pedestrian-friendly(对行人友善的), too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.Its a library built with love.A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit organization that aims to promote literacy(读书识字) and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “Thats what were going to do for our spring break!”Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didnt see the point of building a library that resembles（类似） a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified（修饰） a small wooden house that hed built years earlier for daughter Abbies toy horses, and made a door of glass.After adding the librarys final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.They stocked it with 20 or so books theyd already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said Janey, a stay-at-home mom.Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.The projects best payoff, says Peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.” 51. In what way is the library “pedestrian-friendly”? A. It owns a yellow roof.B. It protects book lovers from the sun. C. It stands near a sidewalk. D. It uses palm-tree stickers as decorations.52. Janey got the idea to build a library from _. A. a report on a Wisconsin-based organization B. a spring break with her family C. a book sent by one of her neighbors D. a visit to Brian Williams53. The library was built _. A. by a ship supply companyB. on the basis of toy horses C. with glass D. like a mailbox54. The passage tells us that the borrowers_. A. get paid to collect books for the libraryB. donate books to the library C. receive thank-you notes for using the library D. visit the library over 5 times on average dailyBHank Viscardi was born without legs. He hadnot legs but stumps(残肢) that could be fitted with a kind of special boots. People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him Ape Man (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground. Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair. Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs(假腿). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror. For the first time he saw himself as he had always wanted to bea full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old. Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it. When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. he marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.55. Children laughed at Hank and called him Ape Man because _. A. he didnt talk to them B. he kept away from them C. he couldnt use his arms D. his arms touched the ground when he moved 56. It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is _. A. too tall for an average person B. an average height for a fully grown person C. too short for an average person D. none of the above57. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross_. A. was not willing to give him a job at first B. gave him a job because he was a good soldier C. gave him a job after he talked to someone he knew in the organization D. was only glad to give him a job58. The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _. A. had no friends B. was very shy C. never saw himself as different from others D. was too proud to accept help from others CWhen something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, its so-and-sos fault.” or “I know Im late，but its not my fault; the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winners key to success. Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or dont rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.This is what being a winner is all aboutcreatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners dont have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success.59. According to the passage, winners .A. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives B. have responsible and able colleaguesC. deal with problems rather than blame others D. blame themselves rather than others60. The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _.A. avoid B. accept C. considerD. improve61. When problems occur, winners take them as _.A. chances for self-development B. barriers to greater powerC. challenges to their colleagues D. excuses for their failures62. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. A Winners Problem B. A Winners Secret C. A Winners opportunity D. A Winners AchievementDThe increase in tuition fees has led to a “clear drop” in the number of English students applying for university places this autumn. There are 15,000 “missing” applicants（申请人） this academic year, according to the Independent Commission on Fees. Chairman Will Hutton said: “Were asking our young men and women to have more debt than any other country in the world its higher than the average debt in the US. Its not clear whether those lost students this year will return next year, or if its a storm warming of a worrying trend.”But the commissions report says there does not seem to be an impact on poorer communities. The commission found there was no significant change in the application rate to the key universities, such as Oxford or Cambridge. The decline（下降） in England has not been mirrored（再现） in other parts of the UK where fees have not been raised, and the drop can only partly be explained by falling numbers of young people in the population. Students from Scotland attending Scottish universities do not pay fees, while the Welsh Assembly says it will pay fees above 3,465 for Welsh students attending UK institutions.The average tuition fee at English universities this year is 8,385, rising to 8,507 next year. UK and EU students have access to government-backed loans to pay the fees. And the survey of 1,000 pupils aged 15-18, carried out this April, found that the majority expected to go on to higher education as people continue to understand that university remains a good long term investment（投资） in their future.A spokeswoman at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which is responsible for universities, said: “Students shouldnt be forced to put off going to university for financial reasons. Most students will not have to pay in advance, and no one will have to start paying back their student loan until they start to earn at least 2l,000 per year.”63. From the first paragraph, we know that .A. the rising tuition fees have a great effect on English students B. many English students are missing the final examinationsC. the lost English students will find their way backD. its a trend that English students are dropping out of school64. Why is there still a drop of applicants though fees have not been raised?A. Because the students live in poor communities.B. Because education is free for Scottish students.C. Because there are less young students in the area.D. Because Welsh students will pay fees above3,465.65. Whats the students attitude to universities in the survey?A. They will st