新疆兵团农二师华山中学2015_2016学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

1、高二英语期中试卷I: 第一卷： 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分，每小题1分）第一节：请听下面五段对话，选出最佳选项：1. Where is the womans phone?A. In the bedroom B. In the kitchen C. In the sitting room 2. Whats the time now?A. 6:20 B. 6:30 C. 7:003. What does the man usually have for breakfast?A. Fried rice noodles. B. Fried pancakes. C. Noodles4. What

2、 will the two speakers do next Wednesday?A. Go for a picnic B. Hand in their reports C. Have a science class5. What does the man offer to do for the woman?A. Give her money back B. Exchange the item C. Repair the item第二节：请听下面五段对话或独白， 选出最佳选项：请听第六段材料， 回答第6至7题6. Why does the man call?A. To ask for a fa

3、vor B. To talk about a meeting C. To ask about his daughter7. How long will the meeting last?A. For an hour B. For two hours C. For three hours请听第七段材料， 回答第8至9题8. Where does Linda work?A. At a hospital B. At a restaurant C. At a bank9. What does the man do on Saturday morning ?A. He does some cleanin

4、g B. He washes the clothesC. He does some shopping请听第八段材料， 回答第10至12题10. Where did the woman go on a business trip?A. To Boston B. To Chicago C. To New York11. What does the man do?A. An engineer B. A gardener C. A business12. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues B.

5、Neighbors C. Couples请听第九段材料， 回答第13至16题13. What does the man already have for the barbeque?A. Vegetables B. Drinks C. Meat14. Who will bring wine?A. Robert B. Alice C. Michael15. What will the man buy?A. Cheese B. Onions C. Tomato sauce16. What does the man think is the great thing about a barbeque?A

6、. Choosing how you want your meat cookedB. Doing a variety of fun outdoor activitiesC. Choosing a good place for a barbecue请听第十段材料， 回答第17至20题17. How was the speaker traveling down Main Street?A. By bus B. On foot C. By car18. What did the speaker do that afternoon?A. He went to a park B. He went to

7、the bank C. He went to the cinema19. What was the young man doing when the police found him?A. Buying something B. Drinking in a bar C. Running up the street20. How much was the reward that the speaker received?A. $100 B. $200 C. $1.000 第二部分： 英语知识运用（共两节，满分60分）第一节 : 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面的短文，从

8、短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The 21_ is that countries around the world have grown mountains of 22_ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.How did we 23_ a throwaway society? First of a

9、ll, it is now easier to 24_ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. 25_ modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and 26_. Another cause is our 27_ of disposable (一次性的) products. As 28_ people, we

10、are always looking for 29_ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies 30_ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.Our appetite for new products also 31_ to the problem. We are 32_ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us

11、 that 33_ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we 34_ useful possessions to make room for new ones.All around the world, we can see the 35_ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To 36_ the amount of rubbish and to pr

12、otect the 37_, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. 38_, this is not enough to solve our problem.Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions 39_ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about 40_. Repairing our possessions and changing ou

13、r spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.21. A. keyB. reason C. projectD. problem22. A. giftsB. rubbishC. debtD. products23. A. faceB. becomeC. observeD. change24. A. hideB. controlC. replaceD. withdraw25. A. Thanks to B. As toC. Except f

14、or D. Regardless of26. A. safeB. funnyC. cheapD. powerful27. A. loveB. lackC. prevention D. division28. A. sensitive B. kindC. braveD. busy29. A. waysB. placesC. jobsD. friends30. A. donateB. receiveC. produceD. preserve31. A. adapts B. returnsC. respondsD. contributes32. A. tired of B. addicted toC

15、. worried aboutD. ashamed for33. A. newer B. strongerC. higherD. larger34. A. pick up B. pay forC. hold ontoD. throw away35. A. advantages B. purposesC. functionsD. consequences36. A. show B. recordC. decreaseD. measure37. A. technology B. environmentC. consumersD. brands38. A. However B. OtherwiseC

16、. ThereforeD. Meanwhile39. A. by B. in favour ofC. afterD. instead of40. A. spending B. collectingC. repairingD. advertising第二节：阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分） A篇If you saw another kid ride her bike too fast around a corner and fall down, you might ride your bike more slowly on that turn. Yes, we humans are

17、very sensitive to others mistakes. And the same is true for other animals. Animals mess up all the time. They might eat poisonous leaves, fall off a tree or let their prey(猎物) escape. By watching others fail, an animal can avoid making the same mistakes, thus improving its chance of survival. Scient

18、ists believe that one part of the brain helps animals process information about others mistakes. Cells(细胞) in that part appear to become more active when a person sees someone else making a mistake. But researchers didnt know whether individual cells in this part of the brain play different roles in

19、 discovering mistakes. To investigate（调查） the brains response(反应) to mistakes in more detail, the researchers taught a game to two macaques, a type of monkey. One monkey could press a yellow or green button while the other watched. If the first monkey pressed the right button, the team gave both ani

20、mals a treat. Every couple of rounds, the two monkeys switched roles. Meanwhile, the scientists watched individual cells in the animals brains. When the first monkey messed up the game by pressing the wrong button, a group of cells in the second monkeys brain fired. But if the second monkey also mad

21、e the wrong choice during its turn, some of the cells in that group didnt respond. Those unresponsive cells reacted specifically to mistakes made by others, not to the monkeys own mistakes. Scientists believe other parts of the brain also might help people process information about anothers mistakes

22、. “You start to think about this other person and see things from his angle.” Ellen de Brujin, told Science News. She studies the brain at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. 41. According to Paragraph 1, animals ability to learn from others mistakes_.A. helps them to survive betterB. used

23、to be ignored by humansC. is being lost because of humansD. ensures that they will never fail42. From the game the scientists taught to two macaques, we can see _.A. animals can avoid the same mistakes B. which part of the brain is more activeC. how the brain processes information. D. how the brain

24、responds to mistakes 43. In the experiment mentioned, those unresponsive cells are only sensitive to _.A. the same buttons B. the monkeys brainC others mistakes D. ones own mistakes B篇 TOURNAMENT OF ROSES -5 Days Los AngelesDay 1 Los Angeles. ( Sun. Dec. 30)Welcome to Los Angeles! This evening mixes

25、 with your traveling friends at the welcome reception.Day 2 Los Angeles. ( Mon. Dec. 31)Head to Pasadena for the always colorful ROSE BOWL FAMILY FESTIVAL and watch the floats (彩车)decorated with tens of thousands of flowers. This afternoon, you can take the included visit to the GETTY MUSEUM. This e

26、vening, join your travelling friends at a special New Years Eve DINNER AND DANCE GALA (盛会), complete with hats, party favors and live music. Youll toast the New Year a little early tonight to consider an early morning departure (离开) to the Rose Parade.Day 3 Los Angeles. Tournament of Roses Parade (

27、Tue. Jan.1)Happy New Year! Get ready for one of the worlds most popular parades, and youll see it live! Globus has booked the GRANDSTAND SEATS at the beginning of the parade route for a good view. See the wonderful colorful floats, marching bands from around the world, and the famous people.Day 4 Lo

28、s Angeles. ( Wed. Jan. 2)This morning view the individual floats in the POST PARADE VIEWING AREA. For many this is the most exciting part of the entire event. Be sure to bring your camera and plenty of film! Another special dinner tonighta special GLOBUS FAREWELL CELEBRATION DINNER.Day 5 Los Angeles

29、. ( Thu. Jan. 3)The tour ends today, with tour guests departing on individual schedules.44. What activity can visitors enjoy on Dec. 31? A. Tournament of Rose Parade. B. A farewell celebration dinner. C. Post parade viewing area. D A dinner and dance gala.45. The underlined word “Globus” in Paragrap

30、h 3 refers to _. A. the travel agency B. the local government C. Los Angeles D. Roses Parade46. You can most probably read the passage in a _. A. textbook B. news report C. travel guide D. history magazine C篇Not a day goes by when we dont use the World Wide Web. Today it has become almost as importa

31、nt to every family as food and water! This year, the World Wide Web has turned 25 years old. What many people dont know is that the web was at first created to improve communication between thousands of scientists in Switzerland.In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee was a 34-year-old British physicist working as

32、 a software engineer at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. Since CERN was a huge organization with thousands of scientists, communication between them was becoming increasingly difficult.Berners-Lee wanted to develop a system to solve the problem.His paper suggested

33、 an information system, where a page on one computer could have a link to another page on another computer (connected through the Internet), allowing scientists to read lots of information quickly. However, Berners-Lees boss said that it sounded exciting but impossible.Even though there were many di

34、fficulties and few supporters, Berners-Lee went on to develop the World Wide Web. He came up with ideas such as Hyper-text Transfer Protocol (超文本传输协议) to allow computers to talk to each other, Hyper-text Markup Language (HTML) to create the pages, a server to serve the pages, and a browser (浏览器) to

35、see them.In December 1990, the World Wide Web was demonstrated (展示) and in 1991, the WWW project was made public, so that other programmers could develop their own browsers. Berners-Lee believed that it could be used for more than scientific purposes. He wanted the Internet to be easy for anyone to

36、use a free open software. His wishes soon came true. Although the World Wide Web has today turned into a completely different thing from what it meant at first, it has become necessary and important to our lives, powering our mobile technologies and the way we get information.47. The World Wide Web

37、was created to _.A. help people get information easily and quicklyB. support the development of mobile technologiesC improve communication between scientists at CERN.D. make it easier for British scientists to communicate48. As for Berners-Lees paper, his boss _. A. felt puzzled about it B. showed n

38、o interest in it C. was certain about it D. had no confidence in it49. According to the text, Berners-Lee _.A. doesnt give up easily when in trouble B. is a 55-year-old Swiss physicist C. has worked at CERN for 25 years D. knows little about the Internet50. What would be the best title for the text?

39、A. The popularity of the web. B. Interview with Tim Berners-Lee.C. Tips on improving the website. D. World Wide Web turns 25! 第三节 ：七选五（共5小题，每小题2分，共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。This Way to DreamlandDaydreaming means people think about something pleasant, especially when this makes the

40、m forget what they should be doing. Daydreamers have a bad reputation for being unaware of whats happening around them. They can seem forgetful and clumsy. 51 They annoy us because they seem to be ignoring us and missing the important things.But daydreamers are also responsible for some of the great

41、est ideas and achievements in human history. 52 Can you imagine what kind of world we would have without such ideas and inventions?So how can you come up with brilliant daydreams and avoid falling over tree roots or otherwise looking like a fool?First, understand that some opportunities (机会) for day

42、dreaming are better than others. Feeling safe and relaxed will help you to slip into daydreams. 53 And if you want to improve your chances of having a creative idea while youre daydreaming, try to do it while you are involved in another taskpreferably something simple, like taking a shower or walkin

43、g, or even making meaningless drawings.Its also important to know how to avoid daydreams for those times when you really need to concentrate. “Mindfulness”, being focused, is a tool that some people use to avoid falling asleep. 54 Finally, you never know what wonderful idea might strike while your m

44、ind has moved slowly away. 55 Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is actually in the clouds.A. Having interesting things to think about also helps.B. They stare off into space and wander by themselves.C. Without wandering minds, we wouldnt have relativity, Coke or Post-it

45、notes.D. At one time, daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses.E. It involves slow, steady breathing for self-control that helps people stay calm and attentive.F. Daydreams are often very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand.G. Therefore

46、, its a good idea to keep a notebook or voice recorder nearby when youre in the daydream zone.第二卷：(共70分)I：单词拼写（共10题，每小题1分，共10分）1. After waiting for John for two hours, our_ (耐性) was finally run out. 2. They have to communicate entirely by _ (手势) because of the distance between them.3. .Jane spent ma

47、ny years _(观察)and recording their daily activities.4. It was her kindness and the _(考虑周到) she showed to all her patients that made her famous.5. Jane always makes _ (评论) on Davids clothes.6. _(follow) Janes way of studying chimps, our groups are all going to visit them in the forest.7. I was _(confu

48、se) by what she said just now and I didnt know what she meant.8. The teacher expressed his _（satisfy） with my composition on organic farming.9.With all his attention _ (focus )on his experiment, he has no time to spend with his family.10.Scientists are _(convince) of the positive effect of laughter

49、on physical and mental health.II：用短语或句子结构填空（共5题10空，每空2分，共20分）1. When SARS _ _（爆发）, fear spread out quickly all over the country.2. He _ _(宁愿)the meeting _(hold) tomorrow.3. We shouldnt complain about being poor, because many families are much _ _(贫穷)after the big earthquake. 4. _ _（既然）he has admitte

50、d hes wrong, we may as well forgive him.5. They tried their best to _ _ （使-高兴 ）those unfortunate people after the earthquake. III：语法填空（共10题，每题1分，共10分）Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while _, however, he _(become) a bus driver and he has not regretted _. He is finding his new work far more

51、_(excite). _ he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop _run towards a _(wait)car. One of them was carrying a bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The _ with the money got such a fright _ he dropped the bag. As the t

52、hieves were trying to get away _ their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police. The thieves car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. _(short) afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arreste

53、d.IV：改错(共10分)After the “Big Bang”, the earth was just a cloud of dust. It exploded loudly with fire and rock, they were in time to produce the water vapour, carbon dioxide or other gases. Many million of years later, the first extreme green plants began to appear on land. When the plants grew into f

54、orests, reptiles appeared for the first time. It produced young generally by laying eggs. When dinosaurs appeared, mammals became more important. Now small clever animals with hands and feet appeared and spread all over the world. Thus they have, by their turn, become the most important animas on th

55、e planet. As time went by, they covered the earth and they are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which prevent heat from escaping from the earth into the space. If life will continue on the earth millions of years to come will depend on whether this problem can be solved.V: 书面表达（满

56、分20分）简介马丁路德金或杨利伟,以下是两位我们熟悉的人物： Martin Luther Kingcivil rights leader, racial discrimination, poverty, non-violent peaceful protest, Nobel Peace Prize, murder in 1968 famous speech:“I have a dream.” Yang Liwei astronaut, hero, hard working, brave, calm, height: 168 cm, weight: 65 kg “I thought 21 hou

57、rs was too short to stay in space.” 写作内容请从中选择你最喜欢的一位，用英语写一篇短文，内容包括：1. 对该人物的简单介绍；2. 喜欢该人物的理由；3. 从该人物身上得到的启示。高二期中考试答案第一卷：听力：1-5：CABCB 6-10:ABCAC 11-15:ABCAC 1620:ABCAA完形填空21-25 DBBCA 26-30 CADAC 31-35 DBADD 36-40 CBADA阅读理解：A篇41-43 ADC B篇44-46 DAC C篇 47-50 CDAD七选五：51-55 BCAEG 第二卷：(共70分)I：单词拼写1.patience

58、 2.gesture3 observing.4. consideration ments 6. Following 6. 7. Confused 8.satisfaction 9.focused 10.convincedII：用短语或句子结构填空1.broke out2. would rather 3worse off. 4. Now that 5.cheer up III：语法填空 1.ago 2.became 3. exciting 4.When 5. and 6. waiting 7.one 8.that 9.in 10.ShortlyV：改错 1.they- which 2.or an

59、d 3. million million 4. extreme- extremely 5.It- They 5. appeared -disappeared 6. by-in 7. prevent-prevents 8.删the 9.IfWhether10. 加forV: 书面表达Sample 1 Born in America in 1929, Martin Luther King was a black man and a civil rights leader who fought for the rights, equality and freedom of black people.

60、 I love him because he devoted his life to ending racial discrimination and poverty of the black in the USA. Due to his strong belief in non-violent peaceful protest, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. What impressed me most is his famous speech that “I have a dream”, which expressed hi

61、s ideas for the future. Although Dr. Martin Luther King was murdered in 1968, he will live in our hearts forever.Sample 2 Yang Liwei, 168 cm tall and weighing 65 kg, is an army pilot and astronaut of Shenzhou V, I admire Yang Liwei a lot because he has strong will power and is hardworking, brave and

62、 calm in the flight. Being the first Chinese to travel in space, Yang Liwei is a hero of our nation in our heart and mind and whenever we review the moments when Yang Liwei was traveling in Shenzhou V in space, holding our national flag in hand, we will be proud of our country and think highly of him. What impressed me most is his saying that “I thought 21 hours was too short to stay in space.” I believe that China will make greater progress in space flight in the future.