安徽省涡阳县第四中学高二英语下学期第二次质量检测试题

涡阳四中2014-2015学年度下高二第二次质量检测
英语试题
本试题分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

考试结束后，只交答题纸和答题卡，试题自己保留。

本试卷共150分，时间为120分钟。

第I卷
注意事项
1．答题前，考生在答题纸和答题卡上务必用直径0．5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的班级、姓名、考号填写清楚。

请认真核准考号、姓名和科目。

2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

在试题卷上作答无效。

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）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所給的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.How does the man’s son go to school?
A．By bike B．By school bus． C．By car．
2．Where does the conversation most probably take place ?
A．At a concert．B．In a flower shop C．At a restaurant．
3．What color does the woman prefer?
A．Pink B．Yellow．C．Light blue．
4．What time is it now?
A．6:30 B．7:00 C．7:30
5．Who was the latest for school this morning ?
A．John． B．Jerry．C．Linda．
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，从题中所給的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。

听第6段材料，回答6---7题。

6．What is the relationship between the two speakers ?
A．Husband and wife．B．Teacher and student．C．Strangers．7．Where is the man heading for ?
A．A middle school．B．His cousin’s．C．The post office．
听第7段材料，回答8-----9题。

8．Where does the conversation take place ?
A．At a clock shop．B．At a hotel．C．At a repair shop．9．What time does Tom want a wake-up call?
A．5:28．B．6:15．C．7:00．
听第8段材料，回答第10---12题。

10．What kind of music is Mary’s favorite?
A．Pop music．B．Country music．C．Classic music．
11．What is the boy’s suggestion to Mary?
A．Go to a concert B．Go out for walk C．Go to the cinema. 12．How will the boy get the information ?
A．By making a call. B．By asking a friend．C．By going downtown．
听第9段材料，回答第13----16题。

13．What do you think Robert is ?
A．A dancer．B．A student．C．A singer．
14．Where will the group perform?
A．At concert balls．B．At some parties．C．At restaurants ．15．What kind of musical instrument can Robert play?
A．The piano B．The drum．C．The guitar．
16．How long will they practice before they give performances?
A．Several months B．Several weeks C．Several days
听第10段材料，回答17---20题。

17．What was the purpose of the speaker’s visit to Finland?
A．To visit a friend．B．To attend a meeting．C．To enjoy a holiday．18．How long did the speaker stay in Finland?
A．The whole winter．B．For three weeks．C．For two weeks．19．What was the speaker’s biggest problem?
A．What kind of clothes to take along．
B．Where to learn the Finnish language．
C．How to get used to the cold weather．
20．Why could Julia help her?
A．She was from Finland．
B．She was a dress designer．
C．She had been to Northern Europe.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15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、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Coming this fall, electric cars will be hitting the road in America. The cars may help Americans kick the oil habit one day.
Soon, electric cars may be whirring through your neighborhood. These quiet, clean, battery-powered vehicles can be charged from a wall outlet. This fall, General Motors(GM) is launching its electric Volt. The car runs on electricity, but it also has a gas engine.
Automakers say that the world’s population is likely to jump from 6.8 billion to 9 billion by 2050. So the supply of oil won’t keep up with the number of cars on the road. Tony, in charge of GM’s Volt project, says, “Everyone agrees we have to get off oil. In 10 years, the number of cars around the globe will rise from 800 million to 1 billion. We know the price of oil will go up.
To help car companies develop oil-free electric vehicles, the US government has given
billions of dollars to makers of electric cars. But huge roadblocks remain. It can take as much as eight hours to charge a car for only 100 miles of driving. And the distance the car can go changes depending on driving conditions.
Price is a problem. Electric models cost much more than similar gasoline-powered cars. The good news is that electric car technology is improving, and the prices of the vehicles are dropping.
Where will drivers be able to charge the cars? The US Department of Energy is giving grants to pay for at least 10,000 charging stations around the nation.
Private businesses are also gearing up, Richard, the head of a company in California, says that his firm will install about 4,500charging stations, mostly at office parks and homes. The stations are boxes about the size of a parking meter. It only costs about $3 per charge. “The typical car is parked 23 hours a day. You can charge it while you work and while you sleep,” he says.
21．How can General Motors make its electric Volt cover a long distance?
A．By fitting an additional gas engine in it.
B．By fitting a high-quality battery in it.
C．By building more gas stations on the road.
D．By building more charging stations on the road
22．What has the US government done to develop oil-free cars?
A．It has built more roadblocks.
B．It has built better roads for them.
C．It has given financial support to them.
D．It calls on people to reject gasoline-powered cars.
23．The underlined phrase “gearing up” in the last paragraph can be replaced by_____.
A．breaking up．B．getting lost
C．giving up D．getting prepared．
24．According to the passage, the author seems to worry that____________．A．The price of electric cars will go up
B．Drivers have to wait when the cars are being charged
C．The electric vehicle technology won’t be safe enough.
D．More private companies will benefit from this business
B
Who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?
Jane Addams(1860-1935)
Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She provided shelters, education opportunities and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
Rachel Carson was born in the rural river town of Springdale, Pennsylvania in America. The popular book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in 1962 made people realize the dangers and the harmful effects of pollution on humans and on the worlds’ lakes and oceans.
Angela Merkel(1954-)
In 2005, Germans chose Angela Merkel as their first woman head of the country. She had been a scientist in the past. As Germany’s leader, she has had an effect on the whole world.
Sandra Day O’Connor(1930-)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, she could not find work because she was a woman. However, she became the first woman to join the US Supreme Court in 1981 after years of hard work.
Margaret Thatcher(1952-2013)
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first woman Prime Minister. She served until 1990, which made her the first British leader to serve three terms in a row. Because of her high standards and strong will, people called her Britain’s Iron Lady.
Marie Curie(1867-1934)
Polish-born scientist Marie Curie discovered that some types of metal give off energy called radiation. Her research led to new medical treatments and arms. She received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911.
25．Who once won the Nobel Prize?
A．Jane Addams and Marie Curie
B．Jane Addams and Margaret Thatcher
C．Marie and Angela Merkel
D．Marie and Rachel Carson
26．We can infer from the passage that Rachel Carson worked to__________．A．help the poor
B．spread geographic knowledge
C．protect the environment
D．protect the rights of women
27．What do Angela Merkel and Margaret Thatcher have in common?
A．Both of them were scientists before coming to power
B．Both of them became the first woman head of their country
C．Both of them are famous for being strict
D．Both of them once worked for three terms
28．Who once failed to find a job?
A．Jane Addams
B．Sandra Day O’Connor
C．Rachel Carson
D．Margaret Thatcher
C
Surveys of American teenagers find that about half of them do not get enough sleep on school
nights. They get an average of 60 to 90 minutes less than experts say they need.
Experts say teens are biologically programmed to go to sleep later and wake up later than other
age groups. Yet many schools start classes as early as seven in the morning.
As a result, many students go to class feeling like sixteen-year-old Danny. He is an
active teen -----except in the morning. Danny says, “Getting up in the morning is pretty terrible. I am just very out of it and tired. And through first period I can barely stay awake.
Michael Breus is a clinical psychologist with a specialty in sleeping disorders. Teens, he says, need to sleep eight to nine hours or even nine to ten hours a night. He says sleepy teens can experience a form of depression that could have big effects on their general well-being. It can affect not just their ability in the classroom but also on the sports fields and on the road.
So what can schools do about sleepy students? The psychologist says one thing they can do is start classes later in the morning.
Eric Peterson is the head of St.George’s School in the northeastern state of Rhode Island. He wanted to see if a 30-minutes delay would make a difference. It did. He says visits to the health center by tired students decreased by half. Late arrivals to first period fell by a third. And students reported that they were less sleepy during the day.
Eric Peterson knows that changing starting times is easier at a small private boarding school like his. But he is hopeful that other schools will find a way.
Patricia Moss, an assistant dean at St. George’s School, says students were not the only ones reporting better results.
Patricia Moss says, “I can say that, almost all the teachers immediately noticed much more alertness (机敏) in class and definitely more positive mood. Kids were happier to be there at eight-thirty than they were at eight.
29．Danny is mentioned in the passage to______．
A．describe teenagers’ hard time in school
B．tell us about teenagers’ heavy schoolwork
C．show us teenagers’ life in school
D．prove that teenagers are sleepy in class because of lack of sleep
30．According to the passage, St. George’s School may be a ___________．A．small-sized public school B．large-sized public school
C．small-sized private school D．mid-sized private school
31．Which of the following may be the most suitable time for school to start classes in the morning?
A．7:00 B．7:30 C．8:00 D．8:30
32．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Many teenagers lack sleep because of the early classes
B．Many teenagers are active except in the morning
C．Nowadays teenagers are lazy and hate going to school early
D．Measures must be taken to stop students from sleeping in class
D
As an airport baggage handler checked through a customer at the roadside, he accidentally
knocked over the man’s luggage. He quickly collected the fallen bags and apologized for his
mistake. However, the traveler burst into anger, shouting at the baggage handler for his
carelessness.
The baggage handler calmly apologized and smiled all the time. The customer continued to berate(训斥）the man, even as he turned away and headed for his gate. Through it all the
baggage handler smiled and remained calm.
The next customer in line witnessed the incident and admired the baggage handler’s professionalism and self-control. “I have never seen such restrain and humility, “he said. “How do you keep your cool when somebody is attacking you so viciously?”“It is easy,”the baggage handler answered. “He is going to London, but his bags are going to Tokyo.”
I won’t recommend that we use revenge to relieve stress. But let me tell you about
one of my
friends who has found a way to go through most of his life unaffected by the turbulence that disturbs most people.
He is one of the calmest people I have ever known and he describes how he keeps cool no
matter how turbulent a situation becomes. He says, look at it this way. A traffic jam has no power to make me angry. It just stops my car. And that is the way I try to look at most of what happens to me.”With that philosophy, this guy goes through life with the calmness I can only envy.
My friend likes to say things like, “A rude customer has no power to make me angry;
he just
fusses.” And, “A mistake I made has no power to make me upset; it is just a chance to do better.” He shows how we can truly find calmness in the midst of chaos（混乱).. 33．What is the best title for the passage?．
A．A Clever Baggage Handler B．Restrain and Humility in Life
C．A Philosophy for Everyone D．Calmness in Chaos
34．The airport baggage handler remained calm when the customer kept berating him because___．A．he was good at self-control B．he wanted to show his professionalism C．he had decided to revenge the customer D．he knew well the airport rules
35．Why does the author tell us the story of his friend?
A．To tell us what is true calmness B．To explain a special philosophy
C．To show his envy of the friend D．To advise us to have good manners
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。

I’ve been keeping an English blog for many years．These practical tips have helped me over the course of my blogging．
● Read quality books, blogs, journals, etc．which are written in English．Blogging is not always about writing． 36 Reading also improves your English comprehension, grammar, spelling, vocabulary and writing．
● Practice helps, so continue writing． 37 Trying to make a perfect post（帖子）free from grammar and spelling mistakes is good but you’re not making use of your time efficiently（有效地）．
● 38 Think about the main points you want to raise．I prepare an outline of my post and a list of the points I want to talk about．Doing this has helped me stay on track and focus on my main points．The outline and the list of points I want to write about serve as my guidelines when I’m writing．
● When w riting, use simple words and sentences．Using simple sentences makes your job as a blogger easier． 39 Always remember this: The aim of your writing is to get your message across and the only way to become an effective writer is successfully conveying your message to your readers．
● Write your posts ahead of time． 40 To free yourself from the pressure of making a post on daily basis, which might affect your writing, consider making your posts ahead of time．
A．Also, it makes your posts more understandable to your readers．
B．Welcome comments from your blog readers．
C．There are benefits of daily blogging but if it becomes tiring, forget about it．D．Don’t be scared of making mistakes．
E．Mistakes can be reduced with the help of your readers．
F．You need to read to be able to write fluently．
G．Prepare an outline of your post．
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）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题所给的四个选项A，B，C，D，中选出最佳选项，并填在答题卡上。

People always say that teenage friendships are the most precious. Kids are too 41 to understand real friendship __42____ adults tend to relate it to fame and wealth.
Things are 43 when it comes to high school best friends. We share each other’s 44 . We discuss news from all walks of life and begin to 45 our values. We 46 each other on the journey to the biggest challenge in our lives. We also share success and failure. The 47 of friendship become deeply rooted.
Many of us don’t realize this until we enter 48 . One of my best friends, Cora, experienced how 49 the bond with high school friends could be. “It was my high school friend who helped me 50 the darkest days in my life,” Cora said.
In 2001 Cora 51 her job in New York. Cora’s best friend was staying in a college dormitory and took her 52 . Each night the two girls squeezed into a 53 single bed, chatting and crying. “I will never forget her care and encouragement, which supported me out of the 54 ,”Cora said.
I still remember my 55 days in Senior 3. At the time, I 56 a 20-page message with my best friend, both of us hoping to 57 the friendship going forever. But we didn’t realize we were 58 deep in each other’s heart. During the past 10 years, 59 I have needed help or wanted to pour out my 60 , she has always been there at the other end of the telephone line.
41 A. silly B. young C. slow D. naughty
42. A. while B. unless C. although D. since
43. A. different B. familiar C. simple D. comfortable
44. A. success B. failure C. values D. secrets
45. A. shape B. change C. design D. discover
46. A. praise B. blame C. inform D. support
47. A. flowers B. fruits C. leaves D. seeds
48. A. university B. classroom C. society D. hotel
49. A. strong B. free C. clear D. weak
50. A. get across B. get around C. get through D. get down
51. A. got B. found C. lost D. changed
52. A. on B. in C. off D. over
53. A. new B. narrow C. warm D. large
54. A. circle B. marriage C. darkness D. loneliness
55. A. lonely B. busy C. sad D. last
56. A. sent B. completed C. wrote D. exchanged
57. A. recover B. save C. keep D. hear
58. A. already B. even C. instead D. still
59. A. whichever B. whenever C. whatever D. however
60. A. excitement B. breath C. unhappiness D. joy
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共35分）
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（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）或括号内单词的适当形式。

One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about __61__(be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, __62___some of them looked very anxious and ___63__(disappoint). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next ____64__the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike___65__(catch)my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused__66___(stop)until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept __67___(ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the bus driver stood up and asked, “_68__anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It is __69__(I).”She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Everyone on the bus began talking about what the boy had done, and the crowd of strangers __70__(sudden) became friendly to one another.
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）
英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。

假设以下文章为你同桌所写，请你对其行修改。

文章中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误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（^）。

并在其下面写出修改后的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。

修改：在错的词后划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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

Jamie was driven me mad in class. He was constant trying to disrupt(打扰) others and caused the class to become quite noisy. I found I couldn’t sleep in night because I was worried. I began to hate teaching in that classes. Finally I decided to do something about the situation.
I talked to a friend. She advised me to talk to Jamie on her own but try to find out whether he had any problems at home. I was out through talking to him that he had a elder brother was very ill. His parents give all their attention to his brother and Jamie felt leaving out.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
请根据以下提供的信息，写一篇100-120个单词的文章。

题目：Easy to Begin and Hard to Quit
主要观点：抽烟容易戒烟难，因为会上瘾
上瘾的原因：身体适应了香烟中的尼古丁；养成了抽烟的习惯；抽烟的感觉好，从心理方面上瘾了。

应对方法：远离香烟；戒烟的态度要坚定。

高二英语下学期第二次试题答案
听力： 1----5 BCAAB 6----10 CABBB 11----15 CABBC 16----20 ABCAC
阅读理解: 21-24ACDB 25-28ACBB 29-32DCDA 33-35 DCA
补全短文: 36-40FDGAC
完型填空: 41-45 BAADA46-50DDCAC 51-55CBBCD55-60 DCABC
61: being 62: and 63: disappointed 64: to 65: caught 66:to stop 67:riding 68: Did 69: me/mine 70: suddenly
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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driving constantly
and caused the class to become quite noisy. I found I couldn’t sleep in night because I at
was worried. I began to hate teaching in that classes. Finally I decided to do something class
about the situation.
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whether he had any problems at home. I was out through talking to him that he had a elder brother ∧was very ill.
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and Jamie felt leaving out.
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书面表达:
Easy to Begin and Hard to Quit
How easy it is to begin smoking and how hard it is to stop, because you can be addicted to cigarettes. There are three different ways you can become addicted.
Firstly, your body becomes so accustomed to having nicotine in cigarettes that you can not go without it. Secondly, you will get into the habit of smoking and you can become automatically addicted. At last, you believe you will only feel good when you smoke, which is called mentally addicted.
So all you need is to convince yourself to quit smoking if you want to enjoy this precious life. In my opinion, to give up smoking, we should keep away from cigarettes.
Once you get addicted to it, it is not easy to stop smoking. But if you are determined to quit, and stick to your aim firmly, you will succeed eventually. Rememer tha your long life must be due to the healthy life you live.。