河南省郑州一中2013-2014学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、郑州一中网校20132014学年（下）期中联考 高二英语试题命题人：上官彦平 常智慧说明： 1、本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）满分150分，考试时间120分钟。2、将第卷的答案代表字母填（涂）在第卷的答题表（答题卡）中。第卷 （选择题，共115分）第一部分：听力（满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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。1What can we learn from the conversatio

2、n？ AThey are from the same country BThe woman begins her lessons at 8：45 am CIt is 3 pm at the time they are talking.2What does the man mean？ AIt will take him along time to help the woman BHe can help her for a while CIt wont take him a long time to help her.3What does the man mean？ ANobody can be

3、the best BDo as well as you can CIts difficult to do something important4Whats the most probable result of the talk？ AThe woman will accept the mans offer BThe woman will go to a birthday party. CThe woman will go to the concert with the man.5Whats the probable relationship between the man and the w

4、oman？ ATaxi driver and customer. BConductor and driver. CBoss and driver.第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，共满分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，从每题所给的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6至8题。6Where is the woman most likely to be now？ AIn a new apartment. BIn

5、a department store. CIn a hotel.7What is the man？ A. He is a servant. B. He is a receptionist. CHe is a waiter.8What is the ladys room good for? A. For fresh air. B. For more sunlight. C. For the good view.听第7段材料，回答9至11题。9When did Mike get a bad hit? A. Staying in his home. B. Playing basketball. CP

6、laying football.10Who told Jack about Mikes news？ A. Right. B. Back. CTom.11How did Mike feel after having been hit？ AHe felt very painful. BHe felt very painful and cried CHe didnt feel a lot of pain but was still sent to the hospital听第8段材料，回答第12至14题12Who does Pat want to speak to？ ATom BHer friend

7、 Anna. CBoth A and B13Why is Pat calling？ ATo invite Anna to lunch BTo ask Anna to return her dictionary if she has borrowed it. CTo borrow a French dictionary from Anna14Who is Pat talking to？ A. Annas boyfriend. B. Tom. C. A stranger to Pat.听第9段材料，回答第15至16题。15Why is the woman surprised to see Harr

8、y？ ABecause she expected his father instead of him BBecause he has changed a lot CBecause she thought that he would still be at university16What does the woman think of Harry？ AHe looks fine BHe is a good student CHe doesnt like his father.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Which of the following is NOT an advanta

9、ge for the country people？ AThey get close to nature. BThey are usually healthier than city people CThey have many manners18Why do country people enjoy good health？ AThey breathe fresh air BThey dont have diseases common in cities CThey are in close touch with nature.19Why are country people more ho

10、nest than city people？ AThey make a lot of promises without carrying them out. BThey speak their minds CThey breathe more fresh air.20Whats the writers attitude towards the life in the country？A. Disappointed. B. Disapproval. CApproval.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、

11、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and

12、 went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time.Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio stations competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a

13、model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a particular “experiment” organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on radio. They took a lie detector （测谎仪）test and the station

14、also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer（占卜家）who declared that they were suited.The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germa

15、ines mother looked anxious through-out the wedding and Mr. Cordells parents are reported to be less than delighted.Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one expert put it, “we have enough problems getting young people to take marriage serious

16、ly. Marriage should always be about love.”The couples are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a years free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last?21. How did the couples parents react to the wedding?A. The br

17、ides mother shared their joy. B. The bridegrooms parents were not that joyful. C. The bridegrooms parents were quite delighted. D. The brides father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.22. Some experts believe that _. A. marriage without the couples meeting each other first ends up in divorce. B. m

18、ost young people take marriage seriously except this couple. C. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems. D. young people nowadays are too careless about marriage.23. One of the prizes for the couple is _. A. to use an apartment free for some time. B. to spend their honeymo

19、on wherever they like. C. to have a wedding dress free. D. to own an American sports car.24. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. A Wedding Based on love. B. Two Strangers and a Wedding. C. A Short-lived Marriage. D. A Well-Matched Couple.BFucheng Garden Villas is situated alo

20、ng the North 4 th Ring Road , just 2 kilometres east away from the Asian Games Village with easy traffic connection. It is 5 kilometres from the Beijing Lufthansa Centre.Fucheng Garden Villas occupies an area of 34.7 hectares, over 80% of which is covered by trees and green, just like a garden in th

21、e city.All the 108 villas were designed by American Company IDI, in American style, luxurious besides comfortable.All materials of the construction and decoration as well as equipment are famous American products.From now to July 31st, preferential（优惠）prices for sale and rent are offered. You can mo

22、ve into Fucheng Garden Villas on signing an agreement.Bank will provide a 50 mortgage（抵押）for 5 years. Overseas sales License: NO. 124. Developer: Beijing Hongda Read Estate Co. Ltd. 60East, North 4th Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing. Tel:（8610）64967050 64967049 Fax:（8610）64933575 （From Wednesda

23、y, June 25, 1997 CHINA DAILY）25. The advertiser is _. A. Fucheng Garden Villas B. American Company-IDI C. Beijing Hongda Road Estate Co. Lid D. The Beijing Luftthansa26. How many hectares is Fucheng Garden Villas covered by trees and greens? A. 6.94 B. More than 27.76 C. 27.76 D. 80% 27. According t

24、o the advertisement, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. From June 25 to July 31, 1997, you can buy or rent the Fucheng Garden Villas with a low price. B. You cant move into Fucheng Garden Villas before signing agreement C. If you havent got enough money at the moment, you cant buy the

25、 Villas D. Not only equipment but also all materials of the construction and the decoration are made in AmericaCAt first sight, you would think the collection of hundreds of colored shards（碎片）could be a work of abstract art. But the objects are the contents of the stomach of a sea turtle that lost i

26、ts battle with plastic pollution.Environmentalists examined the stomach of the turtle found off the coast of Argentina. What they found is the symptom of the increasing threat to sea turtles from a human addiction to plastic.Sea turtles often mistake plastic items for jellyfish or other food. Ingest

27、ing（摄取）ocean pollution can cause a digestive blockage and internal cuts. The result can be dangerous, followed by death.Humans produce 260 million tons of plastic a year. When those products are pulled into the seas currents, the plastics are just broken into smaller pieces which are consumed by mar

28、ine life at the bottom of the food chain. An examination of a green turtle found off Florida discovered that, over the course of a month, the animals faeces（粪便）had contained 74 foreign objects, including “four types of balloons, different types of hard plastic, a piece of carpet-like material and tw

29、o 2-4 mm tar balls.”“The oceans have become a giant refuse bin for all manner of plastics. All sea turtle species may be seriously harmed, “according to the biologists Colette Wabnitz, from the University of British Columbia. ”The symptom of this growing crisis can be seen inside and on sea turtles

30、as well as their oceanic and terrestrial habitats. It is urgently necessary to directly confront the source of plastic pollution, redesign packaging and rethink the very idea of throwaway culture.”Almost all marine species, from plankton to whales, have ingested plastic. But, even in small quantitie

31、s, plastic can kill sea turtles, the biologists said.Fifty out of 92 turtles found dead, stranded on the shorelines of Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil, had ingested a “considerable amount of man-made debris”.28. Whats tile passage mainly about? A. How to prevent the sea turtle from plastic. B. Why

32、 plastic is dangerous to the sea turtle. C. Protecting the sea turtle from being polluted. D. Sea turtles suffering from plastic pollution.29. The author mentions the “throwaway culture” probably in a（n） _ tone. A. praising B. positive C. ironic D. comedic30. The underlined word in the last paragrap

33、h probably means _. A. a kind of food B. a kind of fish C. pieces of cloth D. pieces of rubbish31. The paragraph following the last one will probably talk about _. A. the way the biologists examined the sea turtle B. some tips on how to make sea turtles avoid plastic C. how to prevent plastic pollut

34、ion D. the reason why we should protect the sea turtleDAutumn blues? Let the sunshine in falling leaves, flowers, and cold winds. For many people late autumn can be a season of depression.Those who suffer from “the autumn blue” are often extremely tired, lack energy, need more sleep, feel increased

35、appetite and gain weight. “The exact cause of this condition, often called seasonal depression or seasonal affective disorder（SAD）, is not known yet,” says Chen Jue, associate professor at Shanghai Mental Health Center. “But recent studies indicate that weather change is influential and strongly sug

36、gest that this condition is caused by changes in the availability（得到）of sunlight.”One theory is that with decreased exposure to sunlight, the biological clock that regulates mood, sleep, and hormones is delayed, running more slowly in winter. Exposure to light may reset the biological clock. Another

37、 theory is that brain chemicals that transmit information between nerves, called neurotransmitters （for example, serotonin）, may be altered in individuals with SAD. It is believed that exposure to light can correct these imbalances. “It is a sad season, but you can try to make it happy. Remember, sp

38、ring always lives in your heart ,” Chen says. “Going outdoors to get some sunlight may reduce the tension that brings you the low spirits. Relax at work. Stretch, breathe deeply. Take a tea break. Think of your next vacation. Color treatment also works in handling low mood. Music also plays a role i

39、n treating autumn blues.”32. Autumn blues is also called autumn _. A. depression B. sunshine C. blue music D. cold winds33. From the 3rd paragraph we know that there _ that can help to deal with autumn blues. A. is no biological clock B. is a real example C. is no possibility D. are some ways34. Whi

40、ch of the following is true according to the text? A. Autumn blues can be feelings of happiness. B. The real cause for autumn blues is still unknown. C. People feel tired in autumn. D. Weather doesnt change people.35. Which of the following CANT you do in order to deal with autumn blues? A. Eat more

41、 food very low in calories and sugar. B. Reset the biological clock regulating mood, sleep and hormones. C. Keep the balance of nerves that transmit information. D. Take outdoor activities or sports.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。Life comes in a package, which include

42、s happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. 36 Happiness achieved by bringing a smile on another face gives a certain level of fulfillment. _37 Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary（暂时的）. 38

43、 . It helps us to succeed and teaches us to survive and shows us an exact way, while success brings in money, fame, pride and selfrespect. The only way to express our thanks for our success, achievements and happiness is to be respectful to the failure.Hope is what keeps life going. 39 Hope builds i

44、n patience. 40 . Life also teaches us not to regret over yesterday, because it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.A. Life teaches us not to despair ev

45、en in the darkest hour, because after every night, there is a day.B. With each passing day we learn to deal with various situations.C. Different people have different attitudes towards success and failure.D. Hope makes us dream.E. Failure is the path to success.F. Never stop doing whatever you are f

46、ond of.G. Only when we are in sorrow can we realize the true worth of happiness.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题中所给的四个选项（ABCD）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。Dont Wait Until Flowers FadeEach spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (路沟) along the highway

47、 I travel daily to work.There is one 41 blue flower that has always 42 my eye. Ive noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, and the afternoon sun is too warm 43 it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful 44 .This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can

48、 look out of the 45 window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. Ive often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look 46 in that bed alongside 47 wildflowers. Everyday I drove 48 the flowers thinking, “Ill stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I dont want to get my goo

49、d clothes 49 .” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband 50 gave me a folding shovel(铁锹) one year to be used for that 51 purpose.One day on my way home from work, I was 52 to see that the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to

50、 myself, “Way to go, you 53 too long. You 54 it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor(脑瘤晚期). She is 20 years older than my husband and 55 , because of age and distance, we havent been as

51、56 as we all would have liked. I couldnt help but see the 57 between the pretty blue flowers and the 58 between my husbands sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some valuable 59 that will bloom every year for us.And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can b

52、et Ill stop and 60 them to my wildflower garden41AsweetBinterestingCdifferentDparticular42AfascinatedBstruckCcaughtDcharm43AforBtoCwithDon44AplantsBflowersConesDwilds45AopenBmain hallCfrontDkitchen46AgreatBwellChorribleDugly47AmanyBvariousCotherDcolorful48ApassedBpastCpassDpasted49AdamagedBreadyCdir

53、tyDsmelly50AeverBonceCneverDeven51AexpressedBtemporaryCunfinishedDpermanent 2,4,652AannoyingBsaddenedCinterestedDhelpless53AwastedBignoredCthoughtDwaited54Awould have doneBneed have done Cshould have doneDmuse have done55AunconsciouslyBfortunatelyCunfortunatelyDconsciously56AcloseBcloselyCclosedDnea

54、r57AconnectionBdifferenceCmeaningDsignificance58AfriendshipBrelationshipCsupportDrelative59AtreesBmemoriesCspeciesDroses60AdigBrescueCtransmitDtransplant第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）A group of frogs were travelling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit(坑). When the other frogs saw

55、how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good 61 dead. The two frogs didnt listen to the others and tried to jump out of the pit with all 62 might The other frogs kept 63 (tell) them to stop. Finally, one of the frogs heard what the other frogs were saying and gave 64 , so he

56、died. The other frog went on jumping as hard as he 65 . Once again, the other frogs cried at him and told himto stop and just allow himself to die. He jumped even 66 and 67 (final) made himself out. When he got out, the other frogs said, Didnt you hear us? The frog explained to them that something w

57、as wrong with his hearing. He thought they 68 (encourage) him the whole time.There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone 69 is down can lift him or her up and help them make it through the day. Be careful of 70 you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The

58、power of words anyone can speak bad words that rob another of the spirit to go on in difficult times. But an encouraging word can go such a long way.郑州一中网校20132014学年（下）期中联考 高二英语试题答案第一部分：听力（满分30分）1一5 CBBBA 6一10 CBCCC 11一15 ABBCC 16一20 BCCBC第二部分：阅读理解21-24 BDAB 25-27 CBC 28-31 DCDC 32-35 ADBA 36-40 BGE

59、DA完形填空4145 DCABD 4650 ACBCD 5155 ABDCC 5660 AABBD语法填空61. as 62. their 63. telling 64. up 65. could 66. harder 67. finally 68. were encouraging 69. who 70. what短文改错1while改为when 2. the改为a 3. seriously 4. call改为called 5. For 改为To 6. day 改为days 7. his 改为my 8. and 改为but 9. 去掉all或what 或what 改为that 10. fee

60、l 后加it书面表达Dear Ms Li, I am very happy to have you as our English teacher. As the world is becoming a global village, English is getting more and more important, so mastering English means we can see the world through a new window. My English is just OK and the two main problems in my study are that

61、I feel it difficult to learn words by heart, and that I often feel nervous when speaking English. I really hope that you can give me some good advice on how to memorize new words. Another suggestion is to give us more chances to practice speaking. I believe we can make much progress in English with your help. Thank you! Yours truly,Li Hua