2013第二学期第一学段考试高二英语试题卷及答案 11

1、 20132014学年度第2学期第一学段考试高二级 英语试题卷命题人： 审题人： 本试卷有选择题和非选择题两种形式，共8页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。在答题卡上，选择题答案用2B铅笔填涂，非选择题答案用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔书写。第一部分 听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节 听力理解（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）第一节 听力理解 每段播放两遍，各段后有几个小题，各段播放后的每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C、项中，选出最佳选项。听第一段对话，回答1-2 题。1. What does the woman avoid eating

2、 when watching TV ? A. Fruit. B. Chips. C. Biscuits. 2. Why doesn't the woman watch TV on the Internet? A. The image isn't clear enough. B. She doesn't like to surf the Internet. C. Her computer screen isn't big enough. 听第二段对话，回答3-4 题。3. How does the woman feel when she saw the earri

3、ng? A. Sad. B. Nervous. C. Surprised.4. Where did the man find the earring? A. In the park. B. In the garden. C. In the yard.听第三段对话，回答5-7题。5.Whose birthday is today? A. The woman's mother. B. The man's mother. C. The man's uncle.6.Where does the man want to go today? A. To a park. B. To

4、a garden. C. To a hospital.7.What does the man think of the orange lilies? A. Pretty. B. Cheap. C. Bright.听第四段对话，回答8-10 题。8. What does the man suggest the woman take for dinner? A. Some cakes. B. Some flowers. C. Some chocolates.9. When should the woman arrive in her American friends' home? A. A

5、 little early. B. Exactly on time. C. No more than 15 minutes late.10. How does the woman greet her hostess in France? A. By shaking hands with her. B. By kissing her on one cheek. C. By kissing her on both cheeks.第二节：回答问题（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）听下面一段材料，回答5个问题，并把答案写在答题卷的相应位置。听材料前，你将有15秒钟阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出3

6、0秒钟的作答时间。材料读两遍。11. How many songs about autumn have been written and recorded ?12. Which is one of the most well-known and saddest songs about the season , “September song” or “October song”?13. What is autumn for people living in New York City?14. When was the song “Autumn in New York” written ?15.

7、 What else does autumn bring apart from sadness?第二部分 语言知识及运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面的短文，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 16 problem. They often accept the opinions

8、 or ideas of other people. Sometimes they begin to act without thinking. They try to find a solution by trial and error. Instead, when all of these methods 17, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem. First, the person must recognize that there i

9、s a problem. For example, Sams bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 18 that there is a problem with the bicycle. Next, the person must find the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must 19 the parts t

10、hat are wrong.Now the person must look for 20 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 21 solutions.After 22 the problem, the person should have 23 suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 24 , his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change

11、 old ones.In the end, one 25 seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the 26 idea comes quite 27 because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a different way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum stuck to a brake. He 28 hits on the solutio

12、n to his problem: he must 29 the brake.Finally the solution is 30 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short, he has solved the problem. 16. A. seriousB. usualC. similarD. common17. A. failB. workC. changeD. develop18. A. explainB. proveC. show D. understand19. A. chooseB. determi

13、neC. correctD. recover20. A. answersB. skillsC. explanationD. information21. A. possibleB. exactC. realD. special22. A. discussingB. settlingC. comparingD. studying23. A. extraB. enoughC. severalD. countless24. A. stillB. againC. alsoD. alone25.A. suggestionB. conclusionC. decisionD. discovery26.A.

14、nextB. clearC. finalD. new27.A. unexpectedlyB. lateC. clearlyD. often28.A. fortunatelyB. easilyC. clearlyD. immediately29.A. cleanB. separateC. loosenD. remove30.A. recordedB. completedC. tested D. accepted第二节：语法填空（共10题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求填空，并将答案填写在答题卷的相应位置上。The history of blue

15、 jeans usually begins with a man named Levi Strauss. He did not invent jeans, _31_ he is considered the first person to make and sell this kind of clothing in large amounts.Levi Strauss was born in Bavaria, an area _32_ today is part of Germany. In 1847 he and his family immigrated to the United Sta

16、tes and opened a small dry goods store. Among the products that he sold _33_ (be) jeans. These pants were especially _34_(use) for miners in California who needed clothing made from a strong material.Levi Strauss partnered a clothing _35_(make) named Jacob Davis, who had invented a process for makin

17、g rivets（铆钉）for jeans. United as one, _36_ received a patent to officially own this invention. In 1928 the Levi Strausss company registered _37_ word “Levis” as a trademark for their product.Today, jeans _38_(wear) by people of all ages, incomes and lifestyles. They have come to express different id

18、eas about American culture _39_(base) on the people who wear them. Writer James Sullivan published a book called Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon. In the book, he says jeans serve _40_ a sign for two American valuescreativity and rebellion.第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节：阅读理解（共15题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下

19、面的短文，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(A)English songs have been very popular for people around the world for many decades. Songs from Elvis Presley to Ricky Martin, from the Beatles to Eminem and from Natalie Cole to Britney Spears have all been enjoyed by people around the world, even for people who

20、 dont speak English, and even for people who speak zero English.From my experience, some people listen to English songs for 20-30 years but still dont achieve any good English skills. Some people choose English songs to be their main learning method, but most of them fail.Listening to English songs

21、does not help you to speak English fluently. It does help you gain some vocabulary, but most of these words are unusual ones that you dont use in everyday life. You wont learn the sentence “It is a difficult project. We really need to meet the deadline.” in any English songs. All you will hear are l

22、ove, passion, affection, hate and blue, for the feeling, not the color.People like using English songs to practice English skills because its easy and enjoyable. They think that sitting in the car listening to English songs day after day will improve their English skills. It actually will not.You wi

23、ll definitely not improve your listening skills because normal people dont speak with a tune. People dont talk like Eminems songs. You cant get yourself familiar with English pronunciation or accent just from listening to English songs. The words that they pronounce in the songs are not the words th

24、at you will hear in your everyday life. They can even confuse you more about how English is pronounced.I would fully encourage you to watch English movies and listen to radio news or other normal talks, but not music. Of course, you can consume it for fun but not with the aim of improving your Engli

25、sh skills. Having good English skills is not that easy. Remember you should work hard to improve your English step by step.41. According to the passage, listening to English songs can help you _A. improve your English grammarB. speak English more fluentlyC. gain the skills of writingD. learn more ne

26、w words42. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Most people think it is convenient to learn English by listening to English songs.B. Its hard for people to improve their listening skills by listening to English songs.C. Its a good idea to learn to speak with an E

27、nglish accent by listening to English songs.D. Its rare to hear normal people speak English like they are singing.43. What can we learn about the words in English songs?A. Most of them are vivid and interesting.B. They are seldom used in peoples everyday life.C. English learners should learn more of

28、 them.D. They can help people improve their pronunciation.44. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer may be _.A. an experienced English learnerB. a well-known pop singerC. a Chinese music fanD. an American teacher45. The last paragraph is written mainly to _.A. give us some advice on ho

29、w to learn EnglishB. encourage us to go to see more filmsC. tell us learning English is hard for everyoneD. warn us not to listen to music in our daily life ( B )Imagine a classroom missing the one thing thats long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing - paper. No notebooks, no tex

30、tbooks, no test paper. Nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment. A “paperless classroom” is what more and more schools are trying to achieve. Students dont do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use palm（手掌）size, or specially-designed com

31、puters. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every students personal computer. Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any subject theyre studying from maths to social science. High school teacher Judy Herrell in Flo

32、rida, US, described how her class used the Web to learn about the war in Afghanistan over one year ago.“We could touch every side of the country through different sites, from the forest to refugee camps（难民营）,” she said. “Using a book thats three or four years old is impossible.” And exams can go onl

33、ine too. At a high school in Tennessee, US, students take tests on their own computers. The teacher records the grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own electronic grade book.A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper. High school teacher

34、 Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student.“Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers,” she said. But, with all this technology, theres always the risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power

35、failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi-tech students. 46. What does the part of the last sentence in the first paragraph, “run out of ink at the critical moment” mean?A. Pens may not write well at the critical moment. B. Pens get lost easily, so you ma

36、y not find them at the critical moment. C. Pens may have little or no ink at the critical moment. D. Pens use ink, while pencils dont.47. In a paperless classroom, what is a must? A. Pens. B. Computers. C. Information. D. Texts. 48. The high school teacher, Judy Herrell, used the example of her clas

37、s to show that _.A. the Web could take them everywhereB. the Web taught them a lot C. the Web is a good tool for informationD. the Web, better than the textbooks, can give the latest and comprehensive （全面的）information49. The paperless classrooms will benefit _ the most. A. students B. teachers C. tr

38、ees D. computers 50. What does the phrase in the last paragraph break down mean?A. Break into pieces. B. Stop working.C. Fall down. D. Lose control (C)Did anyone find the names of “Great Britain”, “the United Kingdom”, “England” and “the British commonwealth” which have the same meaning? Strictly sp

39、eaking, these names all refer to something different. None of them are exactly the same as any of the others. The British isles refer to the main islands and several thousand small ones as well, which you can see on the map. Great Britain, or Britain, refers to the larger of the two main islands. Bu

40、t the word “Britain” is often used as a short form for the United Kingdom or you call it the UK. Now as for England, it refers simply to the largest of the three countries on the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom is the name of the state and the official name of the country, which many peo

41、ple popularly refer to England. Finally, the Britain commonwealth is the usual name for what is left of the British Empire (帝国). This change shows the weakening of British Empire and the rising of the national liberation movements throughout the world today. 51. According to the passage, we know tha

42、t _. A. Great Britain has the same meaning as Britain B. all the names refer to EnglandC. the United Kingdom has the same meaning as Britain or EnglandD. all the names in the first paragraph have the same meaning52. It is clear that the British isles refer to _. A. Britain, England and the UK B. the

43、 two main islands and thousands of small onesC. three countries and several islands D. Great Britain or the United Kingdom53. We can infer that .A. The country hasnt an exact name. B. Few people know its real name. C. All the names have exact meaning. D. Generally speaking,the names can all be used

44、to stand for the country.54. Which of the following shows the right relationship (关系) between the British isles (BI), Britain (B) and England (E)? A. B>BI>E. B. BI>E>B. C. E>B>BI. D. BI>B>E. 55. If you want to write to someone in Edinburgh that lies in Scotland, you should wr

45、ite the address as _. A. Edinburgh, England B. Edinburgh, Scotland ,Great BritainC. Scotland, Edinburgh, England D. Great Britain, Scotland, Edinburgh第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。注：选E 涂AB； 选F涂CD 首先请阅读下列汽车广告的信息：A Renault Menage: This luxury car provides a comf

46、ortable driving experience and is packed full of extras (GPS, electric seats, automatic park brake etc). But its powerful engine means you had better be prepared for a big fuel bill each week. Price: $ 85,000B Hyundai i20: Ideal for short journeys but lacks the power and comfort needed to make long-

47、distance driving enjoyable. Still, at this price you can't complain and you'll be smiling when you have to fill up the tank too. Price: $8,000C Fiat 500: Although expensive, it will soon pay for itself with the money you save on petrol. It has the most efficient and cleanest petrol-powered e

48、ngine currently available. Its size, easy handling and luxury interior make it ideal for city driving.Price: $ 35, 999D Land Rover Discovery: With seating for 7, this car is suitable for all driving conditions. It has the control needed for inner city driving and the power required for rough roads a

49、nd carrying heavy loads. But it's among the least fuel efficient vehicles in its class. Price: $ 51, 999E GM Transit: It packs an impressive amount of room inside. It steers nicely, is fuel efficient and has a commanding driving position. But the lack of rear side windows and a noisy interior li

50、mit its appeal as a people mover. Price: $ 22,499F Ford Wagon: With room for 12 passengers, it combines the toughness and power needed for long-distance journeys with all the comforts that will keep passengers satisfied. Its optional luggage roof racks also mean nothing will ever have to be left beh

51、ind. Price: $42,000以下是五个人的购车意向。请匹配个人信息与适合的汽车。56Robert is a farmer in the countryside and wants a vehicle that can deal with do rough country-road conditions and is powerful enough to tow a trailer carrying animals and farm products to the city market.57James is starting a new delivery job and needs

52、a vehicle big enough to store the packages that he will pick up each morning and deliver throughout the day. It should be reliable, affordable and economical to run on his city route.58Vaneasa is a lawyer who lives and works in the city. She currently has a large car that uses a lot of fuel. She thi

53、nks it's too polluting so wants a car that's environmentally friendly but still comfortable to drive.59John is a university student looking for an inexpensive car that's cheap to run. He needs it mainly for getting to and from the university campus and also to his nearby part-tiles job.6

54、0Jill owns a tour guide company and wants a new vehicle that can be used to take travellers to see different sight and attractions. A typical tour group is made up of about 10 people so it must be big enough to take all of them plus their luggage 第四部分 写作（共三节，满分45分）第一节 单词拼写（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）根据汉语提示，使用

55、适当形式，完成下列各句：61. The case was dismissed in the _ (缺乏) of any definite proof.62. We are going to _ (扩大) our house to have more rooms for the children.63. _ (亲戚) and friends showered good wishes on the bride and bridegroom.64. I _ (真诚地) hope youll come with us.65. We give preference to _ (申请人) with some experience.66. Do you know what he _ (意思) by saying that?67. Its necessary for families always to keep a first-aid kit _ (在身边).68. She was _ (直言的) in her criticism of the plan.69. If many cells of the important _ (器官) are killed by nuclear radi