高二英语上学期期中卷遵义四中2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

遵义四中2014-2015年度第一学期半期考试
英语试题
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30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。

（）1.What is the man doing?
A.Making an announcement.
B.Making an invitation.
C.Making an appointment.
（）2.What happened to the man?
A.His bike was lost.
B.He missed the bus.
C.He didn't feel well. （）3.Which section does the man like to read?
A.News.
B.Entertainment.
C.Sport.
（）4.Where does the woman want to go?
A.The station.
B.The man's home.
C.A new apartment.
（）5.What are the speakers talking about?
A.Animal.
B.A camera.
C.A movie.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，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，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

（）6.Who is going to the West Coast?
A.Mark.
B.S usan.
C. John.
（）7.What is the aim of the business trip?
A. To get to know the environment.
B.To learn a language.
C.To attend a meeting.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

（）8.Why does the woman come to the man?
A.To greet him.
B.To ask for information.
C.To talk about her trouble.
（）9.Where are the speakers?
A.In Atlanta.
B. In Chicago.
C. In New York. （）10.What will the man do for the woman?
A.Have a party.
B.Tell her his experiences.
C.Introduce the neighbours to her.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

（）11.What is in the man's mind all the time?
A.The interview.
B.The delicious soup.
C.The movie. （）12.What is the woman's advice?
A.To ask for the result.
B.To wait for the result.
C.To see the movie again.
（）13.What are the speakers going to do next?
A.Order some food.
B.Taste a special soup.
C.Do something to improve their abilities.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

（）14.What is the relationship between the speakers?
A.A couple.
B.Classmates.
C.Colleagues. （）15.What does the man prefer to do tonight?
A.Go to a pub.
B.See a movie.
C.Visit Mary. （）16.When will the Chinese film begin?
A.At 5:40.
B.At 7:40.
C.At 9:30.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

（）17.Why do the listeners come to London?
A.To see a film.
B.To go on vacation.
C.To improve their business English skills.
（）18.What will the listeners do on Friday afternoon?
A.Visit museums.
B.See a film.
C.Play games.
（）19.When will the listeners leave for Bath?
A.At 7:00 am.
B.At 10:00 am.
C.At 3:00 pm.
（）20.What can we learn from the passage?
A.The listeners will spend two days in Bath.
B.The listeners can do what they like on Sunday.
C.The listeners should bring lunch during the trip.
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）
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People have always been wondering about what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.
How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.
What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have affected most people around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electricity, radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communicate through the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.
Why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation, and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.
21. What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph?
A. The world is quite different from what it was.
B. Our basic needs will not change in the future.
C. Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.
D. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.
22. Our past inventions have made .
A. it easy for us to live
B. our daily life more stressful
C. our work easily done
D. us work less time
23. What will humans do in order to keep the world under control?
A. To produce more cars for transportation.
B. To focus on making more inventions.
C. To work much harder to achieve their goals.
D. To spend more time working on the Internet.
24. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. What result we’ll receive in the future.
B. The decisions we make for our future.
C. The importance of predicting the future.
D. The two reasons of predicting the future.
B
Art classes about animals & wildlife
All Creatures Large and Small
Animals bring something special to our life and give us inspiration for paintings that we will treasure. This workshop will focus on how to bring animals to life through color, lighting and good composition(构图). We will be working from photographs, so you will need to bring several good photos of your pets or wildlife animals.
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Instructor: Phil Beck
Pet Portraiture(肖像画法) with Christine Fifer
Nothing teaches us to live in the moment more than our furry and feathered friends, and this workshop emphasizes (强调) the technical aspects of drawing and painting animals. Fifer is a long-time painter whose realistic style is simple and clear. No live models allowed (only a favorite picture or two)!
Location: Key West, FL
Instructor: Christine Fifer
Nature & Wildlife in the Field with Rafael Galvez
Limited to 12 students. Have a guided walk through a natural reserve and explore Charlotte’s wilderness with an experienced naturalist and bird painter, while learning about the region’s wildlife and habitats, and learning to paint from live subjects. Galvez emphasizes process rather than product.
Location: Charlotte, NC
Instructor: Rafael Galvez
Animal Drawing
A rare opportunity to work with live animals in the PAFA studios! Work with a horse and a dog served as models, learn skills and develop techniques for the graphic depiction (图形描绘) of animals. Explore a variety of drawing materials and techniques.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Instructor: Peter van Dyck
25. Phil Beck will teach students to paint animals from .
A. live models
B. his works
C. Pictures
D. famous paintings
26. Where should you go if you want to learn to paint in the open air?
A. Scottsdale, AZ.
B. Charlotte, N
C.
C. Key West, FL.
D. Philadelphia, PA.
27. If you like to paint in a realistic style, you will learn from .
A. Phil Beck
B. Peter van Dyck
C. Rafael Galvez
D. Christine Fifer
C
As more and more books become movie adaptations (改编), I can’t help but think how this will affect English classes in America. Thinking back to my years in middle and high school — ten years ago, I would be rewarded if I had read a number of classics. Today, a majority of those books are now also movies: Life of Pi, The Great Gatsby, Much Ado About Nothing and Anna Karenina, to name a few.
Even modern books such as The Hunger Games and Harry Potter have been adapted for the big screen. In discussion with my students, I often hear them say they are not going to read books because movies will come out soon, which makes me wonder what effect movie adaptations have on modern-day students. Will the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) encourage them to read books more carefully or to use movies to improve their understanding of the text?
The CCSS requires students to provide text-based evidence when reading and discussing a book. By focusing on such evidence, teachers can pull specific details from a book that may have not made the final cut when the book was adapted for the big screen. For instance, after reading and watching The Hunger Games, there were a number of details from the book that were missing from the film —many people were disappointed with Rue’s meek (温顺的) movie role. A student who failed to read The Hunger Games would not quite understand Rue’s impact on the games in the same way as someone who had read the book and remembered all the details that went into her death.
I am not saying the CCSS will stop students from cutting corners, but I believe if teachers use the support the CCSS provides, it can be a great roadway to ensure all students are digging deep into texts and not just hitting the play button.
28. Ten years ago, students in America were .
A. fond of reading all kinds of novels
B. forbidden to discuss movies in class
C. not allowed to watch movies in the cinema
D. encouraged to read many literature works
29. Which of the following might be the effect that movie adaptations have on modern-day students?
A. They spend less time in studying.
B. They can’t understand English texts.
C. They discuss movies more frequently.
D. They spend less time in reading.
30. What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A. The Hunger Games is the worst movie adaptation.
B. It is a waste of time reading and discussing a book in class.
C. Rue’s impact on the games is perfectly presented in the movie.
D.Movie adaptations may bring trouble in understanding the books.
31. According to the text, it seems that the CCSS .
A. prevents students watching movies
B. provides students with well-known movies
C. encourages students to write novels
D. provides guidance on teaching and learning
D
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in Scotland in 1850. He had to end his college studies because his health was poor. He began to travel, looking for a place that was good for his health. And he wrote about his travels. Inland V oyage(1878) was about journeys by canoe(独木舟) on the rivers and canals of Belgium and France. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes followed it in next year.
People loved his travel books, and they also found his poems beautiful. In 1879 he travelled to California in a very uncomfortable ship and then by train across the United States to San Francisco. He married in California, but his poor health made him and his wife travel again.
Readers of his travel books and poetry were surprised when Treasure Island came out in 1883. It was not at all like his earlier writing, but both children and grown-ups loved it.
Treasure Island was finished in Switzerland. Stevenson then continued to travel. He loved the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean, and he found that his health was better there. In the end, he and his wife made their home in Samoa. It was there that he wrote Kidnapped(1886), the story of David Balfour and Alan Breck. It was followed (but not immediately) by Catriona, which continues the story of David Belfour and tells of other exciting adventures of David and Alan, and of David’s love
for Catriona Drummond. In between the two stories about David Belfour came another surprising book, the “thriller” called The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Stevenson died in Samoa in 1894, and he is buried there.
32. Which of the following about Stevenson is true?
A. He lived to be 50.
B. He was also a popular poet.
C. He was buried in his homeland.
D. He quit college because he was poor.
33. Stevenson settled in Samoa because ______.
A. it was very beautiful
B. he finished his book Kidnapped there
C. he was too old to travel on
D. it was good for his health
34. In which order did the following books come out?
a. Travels with a Donkey
b. Treasure Island
c. Kidnapped
d. Catriona
e. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
A. a, b, c, d, e
B. a, b, c, e, d
C. b, c, a, e, d
D. c, a, b, d, e
35. The passage is probably taken from ______.
A. a newspaper
B. an advertisement
C. a book introduction
D. a public speech
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。

Children art education is something that is much encouraged for the child’s creative growth. This is necessary because a child can have a sense of appreciation of the arts and along with all the other things that they learn in school. 36 Children art education should be designed from a very early age so that they are
allowed to express themselves freely in whatever way that they wish to. 37 However, the task of children art education is not a very easy one, because you have to find the right way in which you can help them get interested in what you are trying to teach them. 38 The physical space where the art education is to be carried out should also be carefully decorated to make it attractive to the children. Use of colors should be made in abundance (丰富) as that is what attracts a child first to it.
Displaying examples of artwork that you think would be important enough to influence the children is also a good idea. Of course, a photograph of a painting of the Madonna (圣母马利亚) is something that children might not appreciate. 39 This will be a source of inspiration for the children to try them out as well.
The creative process is something that you must not interfere with (干涉) during a children art education class. 40 But after that, you must wait for the children themselves to come up with something meaningful to their ability. As long as the end result is connected wit h the topic, every child’s art work is worth praising.
A. You can just give them a topic for drawing.
B. A trip to an art museum can be an inspiration to many students.
C. They also have a place where they can express all their feelings.
D. The reason for this could be the lack of interest in the teacher.
E. This is the only way that art can be appreciated as children grow up.
F. So creating the right environment for children art education is very important.
G. Instead, put up paintings that children will be fond of.
第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
I Passed My Drive Test!
I’d been 16 for six days and was already prepared to deal with failure.
I remember that, when my mum 41 me that morning, her voice wasn’t as screaming as it usually was. She had been 42 for more than one hour getting everything ready, and I could feel she was 43 me at the same time.
I stayed in bed for a few minutes. I was 44 to leave its warmth and
45 to face the suffering that I’d r ather let myself forget for the past months. Finally,
I dragged myself 46 .
The first thing I thought of after getting up was to 47 . I went to the kitchen and prepared a breakfast that was fairly 48 , but was still too big for my appetite(食欲，胃口) that day. I kept telling myself that I 49 eat. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and this wasn’t a(n) 50 day. Besides maybe it would 51 me a little. But I doubted it. I left the kitchen because even the 52 made me feel sick.
I finished getting ready and tried to settle down. It didn’t 53 , so I decided that my mum and I should go. We had 54 time, so I thought we could practise parking. I 55 , with the wheel hitting the pavement(人行道). After that, the little bit of confidence I had was 56 . I tried two more times, but did not improve much. Then we went towards the driving 57 site (地点).
I waited twenty minutes---just enough time to make myself believe that I was going to fail. Then, finally, it was my 58 . I wasn’t sure of myself at all. I just wanted to get it over and make sure that I had to come back next Thursday.
The first thing I had to do was parking, which I did quite well. The 59 that came with it hit me like a wave. The rest of the test went well and I passed it.
The 60 of my mum made her face softer. I knew her worry was gone and she was happy for me.
41. A. woke B. cried C. told D. shouted
42. A. up B. over C. out D. in
43. A. smiling at B. looking at C. worrying about D. talking with
44. A. sad B. eager C. willing D. unwilling
45. A. convenience B. comfort C. quiet D. friendship
46. A. into bed B. onto bed C. out of bed D. in bed
47. A. work B. rest C. drink D. eat
48. A. small B. large C. delicious D. good
49. A. might B. could C. hated D. should
50. A. ordinary B. necessary C. lucky D. important
51. A. like B. hurt C. stop D. calm
52. A. milk B. smells C. smoke D. bread
53. A. work B. do C. calm D. use
54. A. no B. plenty of C.little D. a little
55. A. cried B. succeeded C. failed D. left
56. A. back B. greater C. there D. gone
57. A. start B. office C. test D. race
58. A. try B. turn C. car D. chance
59. A. happiness B. confidence C. pride D.disappointment
60. A. tears B. lines C. smiles D. eyes
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。

She has been a loyal customer for two years. And now the duck 61(call) Dizzy has started taking her 12 ducklings (小鸭子) along with 62when she makes her daily visit to a city centre deli (熟食店).
The family has become a hot topic among both customers 63staff at the Hairy Fig Deli, next to 64Merchant Adventurers Hall in York.
The mother duck, 65recently hatched (孵化) several ducklings, often arrives at the deli at the break of dawn. Once there, she and her ducklings 66 (patient) wait for the Hairy Fig to open, at which point they 67(feed).
The owner of the deli Sue Hardie said that when Dizzy first started coming to the deli, she used to walk into the shop. But now, after a little 68(train), she sits outside and waits for her food.
Ms Hardie said, “Dizzy is lonely and gets chase d by geese, 69she knows she is well fed and looked after here. She waits 70me outside the shop before we open.”
61. ________ 62. ________ 63. ________ 64. ________ 65. ________
66. ________ 67. ________ 68. ________ 69. ________ 70. ________
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请修改下面的短文。

短文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I believe that everybody can cook themselves something well to eat.Cook is actual
a lot easier than most of we think. Last Sunday my parents were away in business. I was left alone at home with no one to cook for me. So I had a good chance to cook myself wonderful meal. Early in the morning I went to the market, bought some beef and tomato and then came back. Before cooking, I put some oil, salt and a little pepper on the beef but mixed them together. When the pan was hot enough, I begin to fry the beef. Then I cooked some tomato soup. The food was tasted delicious!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
某英语报以“Where does your time go?"为题向高中学生征文。

请你以应征者的身份写一篇短文，谈谈你的时间去哪儿了。

内容应包括：
1.简述如何安排课余时间;
2.反思浪费时间或运用时间不当的地方：
3.对时间的认识和今后在运用时间上的打算。

注意：1, 根据提示内容可适当展开，以使行文连贯；
2.短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3.词数100左右。

Where does your time go?
I always feel busy on my weekdays. However, apart from my regular school hours,________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
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答案
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41-45AACDB 46-50 CDADA 51-55 DBABC 56-60 DCBBC
第二节语法填空
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21.patiently 22.are fed 23.training 24. but 25. for
短文改错
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some beef and tomato and then came back. Before cooking, I put some oil, salt
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and a little pepper on the beef but mixed them together. When the pan was hot
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enough, I begin to fry the beef. Then I cooked some tomato soup. The
began
food was tasted delicious!
写作：
Where does your time go?
I always feel busy on my weekdays. However, apart from my regular school hours, I still can spare some time to do things I like. I spend most of my time doing homework or reviewing lessons. I have about one hour to do sports or take a walk every day. Usually after meals, I surf the Internet or do some reading or listen to music to relax myself. But sometimes I spend too much time watching Korean TV plays or playing computer games, which has wasted a lot of my precious time.
Now I'm well aware that time is life. Everyone is equal in terms of time. Time lost cannot be recalled. As I'm young, I should make better use of time to gain more knowledge and skill. I believe I'll not feel regretful when I review what I've done in the future.。