江苏省泰州中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题

江苏省泰州中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题
第一卷选择题（共三部分，满分75分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. When will the speakers probably study together?
A. At four o’clock
B. At six o’clock
C. At eight o’clock
2. Which restaurant will the speakers probably go to?
A. Mario’s
B. Luigi’s
C. Gino’s
3. What does the man want to do tonight?
A. Watch football on TV
B. Buy some books
C. Go to a basketball game
4. Who might Mary be?
A. The woman’s dog
B. The man’s daughter
C. The man’s neighbor
5. What is the woman doing?
A. Working
B. Apologizing
C. Expressing her thanks
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给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，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题给出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. What is the man doing at the start of the conversation?
A. Talking on the phone
B. Typing a text message
C. Writing an email
7. What will the man do tomorrow?
A. Take a test
B. Travel with the woman
C. Attend an important meeting
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why didn’t the man show this driver’s license?
A. He didn’t drive there
B. He left it at home
C. He doesn’t have one
9. What do we know about the man?
A. He serves in the army
B. He is a student
C. He doesn’t have any money
10. What will the man probably do next?
A. Go home
B. Call his mother for help
C. Open a new account
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. How does the woman probably feel?
A. She feels that the man is strange
B. She feels embarrassed
C. She feels excited
12. What will happen after the man makes the phone call?
A. He will be sent an email
B. He will receive some money
C. He will be given more information
13. What will the man do next?
A. Leave for the bathroom
B. Get on a train
C. Change seats
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. How does the woman describe Eleanor Roosevelt?
A. Independent
B. Humorous
C. Shy
15. How long should the woman’s report be?
A. Five pages long
B. Ten pages long
C. Twenty pages long
16. What is the man’s advice?
A. Include all the facts
b. Choose only well-known facts
C. Select the main points
17. Where is the man’s computer?
A. In his classroom
B. In his roommate’s room
C. In the woman’s apartment
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What does the man need help with?
A. The planting
B. The harvest
C. The building
19. What did the owner of the horse agree to do?
A. Give the man a discount
B. Let the man try out the animal
C. Give the man the best horse
20. What happened in the end?
A. The man sent the horse back
B. The man began to like the horse
C. The man got the horse as a gift
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上相应位置进行填涂。

21. ---What do you think of the sales plan?
---Fantastic. I approve it without__________.
A. permission
B. intention
C. reservation
D. description
22. Parents should have children eat diets _______ healthy foods and drinks. If not, their children will be at risk of many health problems later in life.
A. to consist of
B. consisting of
B. consist of D. consisted of
23. According to the arrangement, there will be a break in the discussion ______ participants can have a short rest.
A. where
B. when
C. which
D. whose
24. ______ a wrong address, I couldn’t find my friend’s home.
A. Given
B. Being given
C. Having given
D. Having been given
25. It took Babara several months to find a new job, ________ that
suited her just fine.
A. one
B. such
C. it
D. that
26. If Jack ________ my suggestion initially, he wouldn’t be in such
a mess at present.
A. had followed
B. followed
C. would follow
D. has followed
27. For a driver behind the wheel even to take a glance at the phone
an be an invitation ______ a catastrophe.
A. from
B. for
C. of
D. to
28. As a grassroots singer, she reads everything she can _____ concerning music, and takes every opportunity to improve
herself.
A. catch sight of
B. take charge of
C. get hold of
D. make mention of
29. George often told stories that weren’t true, ________ no one believed him when he told about a Santa in the schoolyard.
A. now that
B. even thought
C. as
though D. so that
30. It _________ be smoking that contributed to Mr. Donald’s lug
cancer because he’s a non-smoker.
A. wouldn’t
B. couldn’t
C. needn’t
D. mustn’t
31. The traffic policeman gave me very _______ directions for getting
to the airport, so I got there without any difficulty.
A. creative
B. obvious
C. explicit
D. abundant
32. All the preparations for the party that we have made are based
on the assumption ________ everyone invited will turn up.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. where
33. ---Father finally ______ our holiday plan.
---It never occurred to me that you should have succeeded is persuading him to charge his mind.
A. contributed to
B. subscribed to
C. admitted to
D. added to
34. The salesman sold me the car at a lower price and added some fancy gifts_______.
A. for example
B. for sale
C. for good measure
D. for one thing
35. ---Are you satisfied with our service?
---Not a little. __________.
A. It couldn’t be any better
B. It doe sn’t matter
C. I’m afraid not
D. I couldn’t agree more
第二节完形填空（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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上相应位置进行填涂。

As young men, to succeed, you should start at the beginning and occupy the lowest positions. Many of the leading businessmen were 36 to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office at the very beginning of their career. If by change the professional sweeper is 37 any morning, the boy who has a genius(天分) for the future partner
won’t 38 to try his hand at the broom.
Assuming that you have obtained employment and fairly got started, my ad vice to you is “ 39 high.”. I wouldn’t think highly of the young man who doesn’t see himself 40 the partner or the head of an important company. Don’t feel 41 for a moment in your thoughts with being a head
clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any corporation. Say to yourself, “My place is at the 42 .” Be enthusiastic about your dreams.
And here is the main 43 of success, the great secret: 44 your energy, thoughts, and capital(资本) entirely on the business in which you’re involve. Having 45 in one line(行业), should determine to fight it out in that line and take the lead in it; achieve every 46 ,have the best equipment, and know the most about it.
The companies which 47 are those which have scattered(分散) their capital, which means they have scattered their brains. They have investments in this, or that, or 48 , here, there or everywhere. “Don’t put all you eggs in one basket” is all 49 .
I tell you to put all your eggs in one basket, and 50 watch that basket. Look round and take 51 : men who do that don’t often fail. It’s much 52 to watch and carry one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets that 53 most eggs. He who carries three baskets must put one on his 54 , which is likely to fall down and 55 him over.
36. A. added B. devoted C. introduced
D. allowed
37. A. absent B. free C. alone
D. independent
38. A. disagree B. happen C. decided
39. A. jump B. fly C. climb
D. aim
40. A. from B. as C. through
D. with
41. A. satisfied B. ashamed C. worried
D. surprised
42. A. end B. top C. front
D. back
43. A. condition B. result C. meaning
D. origin
44. A. base B. concentrate C. impress
D. mark
45. A. burst B. differed C. begun
D. grown
46. A. appointment B. comment C. arrangement
D. improvement
47. A. survive B. fail C. apologize
D. advertise
48. A. certain B. another C. other
D. neither
49. A. unbelievable B. impossible C. wrong
D. uncommon
50. A. then B. even C. again
D. still
51. A. care B. charge C. notice
D. part
52. A. earlier B. newer C. fairer
D. easier
53. A. breaks B. lays C. gathers
54. A. stomach B. head C. arm
D. leg
55. A. take B. turn C. trip
D. pass
第三部分阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

A
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C. expect 3 free books each month
D. get one free book for a cash purchase of 3 books
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A. join the club before June 30th
B. accumulate 6 bonus points
C. order at least 3 books
D. purchase the catalogue
58. The purpose of the text is to get more people to __________.
A. collect books for the club
B. learn from famous writers
C. read different kinds of books
D. join the club and order books
B
Although bacteria are among the simplest autonomous forms of life, they show a remarkable ability to sense their environment. They are attracted to materials they need and get
away from harmful substances(物质). Most types of bacteria swim very erratically(不规则的); short smooth runs in relatively straight lines are followed by brief tumbles(混乱),
after which the bacteria shoot off in random directions. This leaves researchers with the question of how such bacteria find their way to an attractant(引诱剂) such as food or light, if their swimming pattern consists only of smooth runs and tumbles, the latter resulting in random changes in direction.
One clue comes from the observation that when a chemical attractant is added to such bacteria, the bacteria swim along a grade of the attractant, from an area where the concentration(浓度) of the attractant is weaker to an area where it is stronger. As they do so, their swimming is characterized by a decrease in tumbling and an increase in straight runs over relatively longer distances. As the bacteria come across increasing concentrations of the attractant, their tendency to tumble decreases, while bumbling increases whenever they move away from the attractant, The net effect is that runs in the direction of higher concentrations of the attractant become longer and straighter as a result of the decrease of tumbling, while runs away from it are shortened by an increased tendency of the bacteria to tumble and change direction.
Biologists have suggested two ways that bacteria might use in detecting changes in the concentration of a chemical attractant. First, a bacterium might compare the concentration of a chemical at the front and back of its cell body. If the concentration is higher at the front of the cell, then it knows it is moving up the concentration grade, from
an area where the concentration is lower to an area where it is higher. Alternatively, it might measure the concentration at one
instant and again after a brief stop, in which case the bacterium must remember the initial concentration. Researchers reasoned that if bacteria do compare concentrations at different times, then when suddenly exposed to a uniformly(同伴) high concentration of an attractant, the cells would behave as if they were swimming up a concentration grade, with long, smooth runs and relatively few tumbles. If, on the other hand, bacteria detect a chemical grade by measuring it at two distinct points, front and back, on the cell body, they would not respond to the jump in concentration because the concentration of the attractant in front and back of the cells, though high, would be uniform. Experimental evidence suggests that bacteria compare concentrations at different times.
59. According to the passage, bacteria tumble more often when they____.
A. head to food or light
B. head away from other bacteria
C. head to the initial concentration
D. head away from the attractant
60. The passage provides information in support of the statement that_____.
A. the seeming erratic swim can in fact reflect the way bacteria control their movements
B. some bacteria may have a stronger reaction to the concentration of an attractant than other types
C. bacteria do not normally have a memory of a measurement of the concentration of an attractant
D. bacteria appear to have less control over their movement than biologists previously expected
61. The passage shows that a bacterium’s movement is
connected with_____.
A. the frequency of its neighboring bacteria’s tumbling
B. its detection of changes in the concentration of an attractant
C. the ways that it uses in determining the appearance of an attractant
D. the kinds of chemical attractants present in different concentration grades
C
I wasn’t around to witness my dad’s rapid decline between 2005.
I heard the stories by the time it was too late to do anything about them, but my conscience(良心)troubled me, and I finally went back home to visit him for lunch.
It was the first time I’d seen him in two years. He was unable to do anything but drink, and I felt like I was meeting a ghost.
I was really uncomfortable during the short walk to the Chinese restaurant we’d decided to eat in. My dad could barely walk or talk. It seemed that he was under the influence of a terrible mix of both medication and a lot of alcohol. But nothing could have prepared me for the next wave of emotions. Walking into the restaurant, I saw a reaction I didn’t expect from the others: they looked on us with great fear. My hear sank. My pride fled, and I felt nothing but embarrassment. I didn’t even want to call him Dad. My dad had completely vanished. In his place was somebody who had no idea what day it was, and it broke my heart.
Without ordering anything, I told my dad I was leaving and that I wanted to go home. The worst thing was that he never asked me why. As we walked up the road where I was about to
leave, I pleaded(再三恳求)with him to remember who he used to be. But his eyes glazed over. He wasn’t listening. I ran off and cried my eyes out in private
Then, after a few failed attempts, he agreed to move into a rehab centre(康复中心).
The h ardest thing I’ve noticed for anybody who’s hurt a lot of people is that even when they accept that they’ve done wrong, they still can’t understand why haven’t forgiven them yet.
It just felt to me like he was getting away with it and that if I just sudden ly forgave him, I’d be the fool. It made me angry. I envied anyone with stability in their home life and there was the shore of letting the outside world know that our father had a problem. You felt he had failed you, or the others might look down on you because of what he was.
That feeling hasn’t gone away, but it isn’t that bad now . As each Christmas visit passed, I started seeing hope. Gone was the skinny, hard-working man I once knew, but there was in his please a happy, pot-bellied man who still loved me more anyone else in the world.
Every time I see my father, I know it may be the last time. Because I can’t see inside his body, and the damage that’s been done to it. The harm that the doctors have told me is irreparable(无法恢复的). Even though the future might look bright on paper these will always he that fear of relapse(退步)or worse in both of us—most of all him.
It’s a strange feeling to learn to love a parent again—somebody you thought was beyond help, someone you felt let you down so badly that you cou ldn’t call him for help in times of real need and someone who had make you feel so alone that
you couldn’t ever imagine having a relationship with him again.
But at the same time life is really short. So, I’m going to make su re that he’s rewarded for the hard work he’s done by making sure there
are never any more regrets between us because more darkness cannot drive away the darkness—only love can do that.
62. The author left the restaurant without eating anything because_______.
A. her father suddenly ran out
B. she was ashamed of her father
C. her rather was too drunk to order
D. she didn’t want her father to scare others
63. Why did the author refuse to forgive her father after he admitted he had been wrong?
A. Because she f elt forgiveness wouldn’t clos e the wound in her heart.
B. Because she thought her father would never understand her feelings.
C. Because she thought her father was just trying to escape punishment
D. Because she felt it would be foolish to believe what an alcoholic said.
64. Since the author’s father lived in the rehab centre,_____.
A. he has lost a lot of weight and looks in high spirits
B. his health has improved and he will recover soon
C. the author has been worrying that history may repeat itself
D. the author has managed to love her father again in one month。