江西省新余市第一中学2014-2015学年高二上学期第一次段考英语试题 Word版含答案

2014年新余一中高二年级上学期第一次段考英语试卷第一部分听力部分第一节（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. What do you know about David?A. He has always been a bad student.B. He doesn't study very hard now.C. He used to chat on line.2. How much will the man spend for two nights?A.4,634 yuan.B. 4,644 yuan.C. 4,668 yuan.3. Where is the man now?A. In a hotel.B. In his home.C. In a restaurant.4. What dress does the man suggest the woman wear?A. The pink one.B. The white one.C. The blue one.5. Where should the man take Bus No. 1?A. Near the railway station.B. On the other side of the street.C. Just beside the speakers.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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、7题6. Why is the woman working so hard?A. She has to finish the report by three o'clock today.B. She has to catch up with the others.C. She has so many reports to write.7. What is the woman going to do after finishing her work?A. Take more aspirins.B. Go and see a doctor.C. Go home and have a good rest.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What are the speakers talking about?A. Changes on the Beijing Road.B. A phone call from Mike and Jane.C. Where to meet with friends.9. What happened in the end?A. They agreed on a decision.B. They went to the McDonald's.C. The woman phoned the others.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What day is it now?A. Wednesday.B. Thursday.C. Friday.11. What is Michael planning to do on Sunday afternoon?A. To show his sister around.B. To go out to swim with some friends.C. To go to a football game.12. When will the test start?A. On Monday morning.B. On Tuesday morning.C. On Tuesday afternoon. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the woman coming to the man for?A. Being transferred to the English Department.B. Holding a meeting.C. Making sure that she is taking the right classes.14. How long should the woman finish her degree?A. 3 years.B. 4 years.C. 5 years.15. Why does the woman not take English Composition?A. She doesn't like the subject.B. She has taken such a subject in high school.C. She has got enough credits.16. Why does the woman's friend have to stay another year in college?A. She didn't take the classes which she needed to take.B. She hasn't got enough credits.C. She failed in one subject.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does ESP let people know?A. Events before they happen.B. Their dreams at night.C. Their dates of death.18. What does the example of the man imply?A. An ability to avoid traffic accidents.B. An ability to sense a danger that will actually happen later on.C. An ability to judge the good and evil of a person.19. What does the word "coincidences" probably mean?A. Things dreamed of only by scientists.B. Things which don't happen at all.C. Things which happen by accident without necessary connection.20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. It still needs time to know more about human's mind.B. Sick people will be well.C. Human's mind is strange.第二部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）We often say kids are blessed with endless creation, and that is a fact.I remember reading a story about how a teacher 21 to inspire the students in her class. The story happened in a 22 class for students in a primary school. The teacher drew a lot of 23 on the blackboard. Then the 24 was raised by the teacher that what came to 25 when they caught the first sight of the white sheep.The kids gave the teacher many answers. For example, some of them said the sheep 26 like white snow in winter. Others said they were like masses of marshmallow. It was a 27 that all the answers were denied (否定) by the teacher, for she was 28 someone could point out the sheep’s likeness to white clouds in the sky. 29 , all the kids failed to 30 the teacher’s goals.Judging from the 31 from the teacher that the students lacked 32 , we can certainly point out that the teacher wasn’t well 33 to teach. She did not 34 the variety (多样化) of the answers provided by the students. According to the students, they did not know why their teacher 35 no to their answers.I think I must be a 36 and qualified (合格的) mother. Let me show you how I try to37 my kids. My elder son is very fond of Harry Potter. I 38 much buying him several Harry Potter costumes(服装). Now he is a high school student, who is found to be good at 39 . He founded a club and now the membership is 40 rapidly. They are very confident to stand out in the competition with their own costumes.Of course, I am proud of my boy.21. A. refused B. wished C. failed D. managed22. A. drawing B. biology C. photography D. composition23. A. pictures B. sheep C. clouds D. snow24. A. voice B. hand C. question D. subject25. A. mind B. life C. eyes D. imagination26. A. fed B. felt C. looked D. ran27. A. fact B. pity C. story D. joke28. A. promising B. demanding C. waiting D. expecting29. A. Unfortunately B. Surprisingly C. Undoubtedly D. Clearly30. A. pass B. reach C. set D. find31. A. lessons B. blame C. hopes D. manners32. A. experience B. interest C. confidence D. creativity33. A. foolish B. polite C. able D. strict34. A. notice B. point C. expose D. catch35. A. chose B. added C. gave D. said36. A. loving B. imaginative C. responsible D. beautiful37. A. praise B. inspire C. train D. cure38. A. considered B. suggested C. spent D. enjoyed39. A. designing B. performingC. playingD. communicating40. A. absorbing B. spreading C. changing D. increasing第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)AMaking choices is necessary, but not always easy. Many of our expressions tell about this difficulty.One of these expressions is “Hobson’s choice”. It is often used to describe a difficult choice. But that is not what it really means. Its real meaning is to have no choice at all. The Hobson in the expression was Thomas Hobson. Mr. Hobson owned many horses in Cambridge. Mr. Hobson often rented his horses to the students at Cambridge University. But he didn’t really trust them to take good care of the horses. So, he had a rule that prevented the students from riding his best horses. They could take the horse that was nearest the stable door. Or, they could not take any horse at all. Thus, a Hobson’s choice was really no choice.Another expression for having no real choice is “between a rock and a hard place”. It is often used to describe a difficult situation with few choices —none of them is good. For example, your boss may ask you to work late. But you have plans to go to a movie with your friends. If you refuse to work, your boss may get angry. But if you do not go to the movies with your friends, they may get angry. So what do you do? You are “caught between a rock and a hard place”.Another expression —“between the devil and the deep blue sea” — also gives you a choice between two equally dangerous things. Its meaning seems clear. You can choose the devil and his burning fires of hell. Or, you can choose to drown in the sea. Some experts in lexicology (词汇学) say the expression comes from the days of wooden ships. The “devil” is a word for a seam between two pieces of wood along the waterline of a ship. If the seam or crack between the two pieces of wood begins to leak (漏), then a sailor must fix it. The sailor ordered to make the repairs was in a dangerous situation. He was hung over the side of the ship, working “between the devil and the deep blue sea”.There is still another expression that describes a situation with only bad choices —“on the horns of a dilemma” (左右为难). The dictionary says a dilemma is a situation in which you must make a decision between two equally balanced choices. When your dilemma has horns(角), making a choice becomes impossible. When you are “on the horns of a dilemma”, no matter which horn you choose, something bad will happen.41. We could learn from Mr. Hobson’s story that he .A. wanted to teach the students a lessonB. liked to make things difficult for the studentsC. didn’t permit the students to ride his best horsesD. didn’t know the students were good at riding horses42. If you are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, you .A. have no choice but to wait and seeB. cannot escape being punished by the devilC. will fall into the deep blue sea sooner or laterD. find it extremely difficult to make right choices43. The underlined word “seam” in Paragraph 4 refers to .A. the line where two pieces of wood meetB. the piece of wood which begins to leakC. the side of the ship which was being hung overD. the sailor ordered to repair the broken side of the ship44. Which of the following expressions doesn’t mean bad choices?A. Between the devil and the deep blue sea.B. Hobson’s choice.C. Between a rock and a hard place.D. On the horns of a dilemma.45. For what purpose does the author write the passage?A. To tell us how to make choices in our daily life.B. To express how difficult it is to make right choices.C. To talk about the differences of some useful expressions.D. To tell us how to express the difficulty of making choices.BIn the 1700s, a scientist was someone who thought about the way things work and tried to find out ways to make things work better. Today, that definition (定义) is still true. Every time Ben Franklin saw a question and tried to answer it, he was a scientist. Ben is most famous for his questions about electricity, but he also experimented with many other ideas in nature.In 1743, Ben observed that northeast storms begin in the southwest. He thought it was strange that storms travel in an opposite direction to their winds. He predicted that a storm’s course could be charted (绘制). Ben rode a horse through a storm and chased a whirlwind three-quarters of a mile in order to learn more about storms. So, in a way, Ben was a weatherman too!Since Ben spent so much time sailing to Europe across the Atlantic Ocean, he became very interested in both ocean currents and shipbuilding. Ben was actually one of the first people to chart the Gulf Stream.In November of 1783, Ben happened to be in Paris, France working on a peace treaty (条约) to end the American war against England. From his hotel window, he was able to watch theworld’s first known hot-air balloon flight. The balloon lifted the Montgolfier brothers off the ground as the first human beings ever known to fly. Ben was very interested in the idea of flight, predicting that one day balloons would be used for military(军事的) spy flights and dropping bombs during battle. Soon, balloons were actually being used for entertainment, military, and scientific purposes. Even though they could not yet be steered, many people volunteered to take a ride just for fun! Sadly, Ben Franklin died three years before the first American hot-air balloon voyage. In 1793, Jean-Pierre Blanchard lifted off from the Walnut Street Prison Yard in Philadelphia, beginning the hot-air balloon craze in America.46. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Ben Franklin was a true scientist.B. Ben Franklin could hardly be called a scientist.C. Ben Franklin was most interested in electricity.D. Ben Franklin was only interested in things in nature.47. What did Ben Franklin find about storms?A. They start following their winds.B. They usually begin in the southwest.C. They travel in an opposite direction to their winds.D. They travel in the same direction as their winds.48. Ben Franklin went to Paris in November of 1783 to .A. sign a treatyB. have a talk with BritainC. seek support from FranceD. experiment with hot-air balloons49. When Ben Franklin saw the first known hot-air balloon flight, he predicted hot-air balloons .A. would be a risky sportB. could be used in warsC. couldn’t be widely used in the futureD. would be mostly used for entertainment50. We can infer from the last paragraph that Ben Franklin .A. introduced hot-air balloons to AmericaB. saw the hot-air balloon flight by accidentC. was not interested in hot-air balloons at firstD. made a wrong prediction about hot-air balloonsCAlthough the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have English as an official language, the United States does not have an official language. This is why it’s possible to become a US citizen without speaking English. Canada also has French as an official language,though it is mostly spoken in the province of Quebec. Because many of the English speakers who originally lived in Canada came from the US, there is little difference in American and Canadian English. Similarly, Australian English and New Zealand English have few differences, except Australia was originally settled as a penal colony (罪犯流放地) and New Zealand was not. New Zealanders were more attached to the Received Pronunciation of the upper class in England, so their dialect is considered closer to British English.British colonialism (殖民主义) has spread English all over the world, and it is still popular in South Africa, India, and Singapore, among other nations. In South Africa, English became an official language, along with Afrikaans and 9 African languages, in the 1996 constitution. However, only 3% of the country’s 30 million people are native English speakers. Tw enty percent are descendants (后代) of Dutch farmers who speak Afrikaans, and the rest are native Africans.India became independent from Britain in 1947. However, today English and Hindi are the official languages. Indian English is characterized by treating mass nouns as count nouns, frequent use of the “isn’t it?” tag, use of more compounds, and a different use of prepositions. In Singapore, Chinese, Malay and Indian languages all influence the form of English spoken. Everyone is taught English in the school system, but there are a few differences from British English as well. Mass nouns are treated as count nouns, “use to” means usually, and no articles are used before occupations.51. Why can people become a US citizen without speaking English?A. They can learn English there.B. Different languages are spoken in the US.C. The US doesn’t have an official language.D. They can speak their own language there.pared with Australian English, the English spoken by New Zealanders .A. is a kind of old EnglishB. is more like British EnglishC. is closer to American EnglishD. is different from British English53. W hat do we know about South Africa?A. English is its only official language.B. It has 11 different official languages.C. English is becoming less important there.D. 20 percent of its population are native English speakers.54. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. The Indians are good at English grammar.B. People in Singapore often misuse count nouns.C. Singaporean English is similar to Indian English.D. English is a required subject in Singaporean schools.55. What is the text mainly about?A. British colonialism.B. The wide use of English.C. English around the world.D. The history of the English language.DLouis Pasteur was a world-famous French chemist and biologist.He is particularly famous for his work on rabies vaccine(狂犬病疫苗). The rabies virus enters the body through the bite of an infected animal or through infected saliva (唾液) entering an existing wound. After experimenting with the saliva of animals suffering from the disease, Pasteur concluded that the disease rests in the central nervous system of the body. By studying the tissues of infected animals — rabbits, Pasteur was able to produce a form of the virus. This could be used for inoculation (接种).On July 6, 1885, Pasteur tested his pioneering rabies vaccine on a man for the first time. He saved the life of a young man called Joseph Meister who had been bitten by a rabid dog. Pasteur was urged to treat him with his new method. The treatment lasted 10 days and at the end he recovered and remained healthy. Since then thousands have been saved by this treatment.On March 1886, Pasteur was invited to present his results to the Academy of Sciences and in 1888 went on to found the Pasteur Institute in Paris. This was a pioneering clinic for the study of infectious diseases, the treatment of rabies and a centre for teaching. Pasteur directed the institute personally until he died. The Pasteur Institute is still one of the most important centers in the world.Pasteur became a national hero and was honored in many ways. He died at Saint-Cloud on September 28, 1895 and was given a state funeral at the Cathedral of Notre Dame.Modifications (修改) of the Pasteur method are still used in rabies treatment today. A newer vaccine which contains virus prepared from human cells grown in the laboratory is safer and requires a shorter course of injections.56. A person can develop rabies .A. if he is bitten by a rabbitB. if he touches infected salivaC. if infected saliva enters his woundsD. if he touches an infected animal57. Rabies probably can destroy a person’s .A. nervous systemB. bloodC. skinD. saliva58. What can we l earn about Pasteur’s test of his vaccine on the man?A. The man was sent to a clinic ten days later.B. It didn’t save the man’s life.C. It proved to be a great success.D. The man was his second patient.59. After Pasteur died, the Pasteur Institute .A. worked much better than beforeB. worked well until todayC. continued to be in business for many yearsD. became the most important centre in the world60. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Pasteur’s rabies vaccine is out o f date.B. A new rabies vaccine has already been tested on patients.C. Injections of vaccine still take much time.D. Much improvement has been made on rabies vaccine.第二卷(非选择题满分50分)第四部分语法填空阅读下面材料，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。