人教版高中英语选修七第二学期期中考试 (5)

高中英语学习材料（灿若寒星*制作整理）广东澄海实验高中2014—2015学年度第二学期期中考试高二级英语科试卷I. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分55分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案涂在答题卡标号为1～20的相应位置上。

Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While 1 her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an) 2 in medicine. At 18 she married and 3 a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a 4 . Her husband supported her decision.5 , Canadian medical schools did not6 women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study7 at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to8 her medical degree.Upon graduation, Charlotte 9 to Montreal and set up a private 10 . Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a 11 doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte 12 herself operating on damaged limbs and setting 13 bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area. But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had 14 a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was 15 . The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to 16 her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to 17 her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to 18 a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte 19 to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.In 1993, 77 years after her 20 , a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”1. A. nursing B. teaching C. raising D. missing2. A. habit B. opinion C. interest D. voice3. A. invented B. started C. offered D. selected4. A. physicist B. musician C. lawyer D. doctor5. A. Besides B. Otherwise C. Unfortunately D. Eventually6. A. hire B. accept C. trust D. entertain7. A. medicine B. physics C. history D. law8. A. improve B. save C. earn D. design9. A. escaped B. returned C. spread D. wandered10. A. school B. museum C. lab D. clinic11. A. lucky B. wealthy C. greedy D. busy12. A. helped B. troubled C. found D. imagined13. A. broken B. tired C. harmful D. weak14. A. put away B. applied for C. turned in D. taken over15. A. refused B. punished C. blamed D. fired16. A. display B. change C. complete D. preview17. A. cure B. charge C. test D. leave18. A. sell B. issue C. donate D. show19. A. dreamed B. promised C. pretended D. continued20. A. death B. birth C. wedding D. graduation第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为21～30的相应位置上。

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It 21 （be）unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 22 (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 23 most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.But the river wasn’t changed in a few days 24 even a few months. It took years of work__ 25 (reduce ) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 26 (clean) than ever.Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit 27 is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation ,don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?While there are 28 (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 29 (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 30 (patience) !Ⅱ. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案涂在答题卡标号为31～50的相应位置上。

ACompulsive（强迫的）shoppers may have a new psychological excuse to blame for their wild shopping. Psychologists at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand are studying the “shop-till-you-drop” habit as a behavioral disorder similar t o compulsive eating. Compulsiveshoppers frequently buy more than they can afford or more than they need, and it causes them distress(苦恼).“It becomes a problem when you are out of control,” psychology lecturer Neville Blampied said. “When you are feeling bad and blue, what do you do? Some people eat chocolate cake and ice cream. Some people take the credit card and go out to the shop.” Bank managers understand the problem because they have to deal with people who have to be persuaded to stop using their cards drawing money.Compulsive shopping was first discovered in 1915, although it was then known as monomania. Few studies have been done on the problem.An advertisement in a Christchurch paper, calling for people to take part in an experimental treatment program designed by Mr. Wilson, attracted 10 replies. But the problem, said Mr. Wilson, is “clearly not rare”. He thinks that compulsive shopping should be treated with drugs. “As psychologists we are interested in non-drug treatments for behavioral diffic ulties,” Mr. Wilson said.Compulsive eaters or shoppers get a kick from their habit. “Both activities provide an immediate kind of kick and you feel a bit better,” he said. “You have long-term problems, but human beings are extremely good at not seeing long-term problems and are very sensitive to short-term benefits,” he said.The aim of the treatment was to help people find better ways of managing their emotions. The program, consisting of 10 one-hour weekly lessons and two follow-up treatments, is loosely based on teaching stress management.“You often have to start to get people to correctly recognize their emotions. Not being able to know what you really feel weakens your ability to solve the problems connected with what’s making you feel that way,” Mr. Wilson said.31. From the passage, the following about “the ‘shop-till-you-drop’ habit” are true EXCEPT:A. It is a behavioral problem similar to compulsive eating.B. Compulsive shoppers often waste money on what they don’t need.C. Compulsive shoppers often have not enough money for what they buy.D. Women are more likely to develop the habit than men.32. What is this article mostly about?A. Studies of compulsive shopping.B. Signs of compulsive shopping.C. Comparison of compulsive shopping and compulsive eating.D. An experimental treatment program designed by Mr. Wilson.33. The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph most probably refers to .A. compulsive eatingB. the behavior of wild shoppingC. the study done by BlampiedD. a new psychological excuse34. Which of the following is considered important in treating compulsive shoppers?A. Teaching them to manage their money better.B. Persuading them not to draw money from the bank.C. Teaching them to understand their emotions.D. Treating them with right drugs.35. When the writer says that compulsive shoppers get a kick from their habit, he means thatthey .A. feel distressed after their wild shoppingB. have a feeling of excitement after shoppingC. are better able to deal with stress problemsD. feel better after treatment from psychologistsBI am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.So here's what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion (提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure (空闲), it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.36. The best title of this passage probably is .A. Love your friendsB. Don't waste timeC. Live a real lifeD. Be a good mother and wife37. How did the author form her view of life?A. By working and social experience.B. Learning from her friends.C. Because of her children and husband.D. Through an unfortunate experience.38. The underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph probablyhas the same meaning as .A. it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy lifeB. it is very hard to live a real lifeC. it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real lifeD. it is so easy to make a living39. What's the author's attitude toward work?A. Don't let it affect your real life.B. To earn enough money to make life better.C. Try your best to get higher position and pay.D. Do it well to serve others.40. It can be inferred from the passage that .A. the author didn't try her best to work wellB. the author is a success in personal lifeC. the author spent all her time caring for her childrenD. the author likes traveling very muchC“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium（千年）, was made up of three parts——“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien’s becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Angl o-Saxon.After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural（乡村的）class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves（侏儒）. On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft （草稿）. The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that the y hold readers—new and old —after their publication.41．What can we learn from the text?A．“The Lord of the Rings” didn’t sell well in the last millennium.B．People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.C．Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.D．Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.42．What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?A．Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.B．Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.C．Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.D．Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.43．Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?A．Stanley Unwin’s son.B．One of Tolkien’s students.C．Allen & Unwin. D．Bilbo Baggins.44．What is mainly discussed in the text?A．A completely new masterwork in the new millennium.B．“The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.C．a famous professor at Oxford University.D．The power of the magic ring.45．Which of the following shows the right order of Mr J.R.R.Tolkien’s life experience?a．He had his “The Hobbit” published.b．He became a member of the lnklings.c．He served in World WarⅠd．He became an undergraduate at Oxford.e．His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.f．He moved to England to live with his aunt.A．f-d-c-b-a-e B．f-d-b-c-a-e C．f-c-d-b-e-a D．d-f-c-a-b-eDSparrow is a fast-food chain with 200 restaurants. Some years ago, the group to which Sparrow belonged was taken over by another company. Although Sparrow showed no sign of declining, the chain was generally in an unhealthy state. With more and more fast-food concepts reaching the market, the Sparrow menu had to struggle for attention. And to make matters worse, its new owner had no plans to give it the funds it required.Sparrow failed to grow for another two years. Until a new CEO, Carl Pearson, decided to build up its market share. He did a survey, which showed that consumers who already used Sparrow restaurants were extremely positive about the chain, while customers of other fast-food chains were unwilling to turn away from them. Sparrow had to develop a new promotional campaign.Pearson faced a battle over the future of the Sparrow brand. The chain’s owner now favored rebranding Sparrow as Marcy’s restaurants. Pearson resisted, arguing for an advertising campaign designed to convince customers that visits to Sparrow restaurants were fun. Such an attempt to establish a positive relationship between a company and the general public was unusual for that time. Pearson stro ngly believed that numbers were the key to success, rather than customers’ speeding power. Finally, the owner accepted his idea.The campaign itself changed the traditional advertising style of the fast-food industry. The TV ads of Sparrow focused on entertainment and featured original songs performed by a variety of stars. Instead of showing the superiority of a specific product, the intension was to put Sparrow in the hearts of potential customers.Pearson also made other decisions which he believed would contribute to the new Sparrow image. For example, he offered to lower the rent of any restaurants which achieved a certain increase in their turnover. (营业额)These efforts paid off, and Sparrow soon became one of the most successful fast-food chains in the regions where it operated.46. Which was one of the problems Sparrow faced before Pearson became CEO?A. The number of its customers was decliningB. It was in need of financial supportC. Its customers found the food unhealthyD. Most of its restaurants were closed47. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. other fast-food chainsB. Customers of other fast-food chainsC. Sparrow restaurantsD. Customers of Sparrow restaurants48. For what purpose did Pearson start the advertising campaign?A. To meet the challenge from Marcy’s restaurants.B. To stress the unusual tradition of Sparrow.C. To lean about customers; spending power.D. To build a good relationship with the public.49. The TV ads of Sparrow ________ .A. changed people’s views on pop starsB. focused on the superiority of its productsC. amused the public with original songsD. influenced the eating habits of the audience50. What was Pearson’s achievement as a CEO?A. He managed to pay off Sparrow’s debts.B. He improved the welfare of Sparrow employeesC. He helped Sparrow take over a companyD. He made Sparrow much more competitive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。