广东省东莞市南开实验学校2014-2015学年高二下学期期初考试英语试题 Word版含答案

广东省东莞市南开实验学校2014-2015学年高二下学期期初考试英语试题本试卷共5面，5大题，满分150分。

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第一部分听力第一节听力理解听下面一段独白，回答1-2题1.What will the weather be like tomorrow?A . hotB . CoolC . Warm.2.What will the woman probably do tomorrow ?A . Go boatingB . Stay at homeC . Enjoy some sunshine听下面一段独白，回答3-5题3.How does the woman go to work at the moment?A . By busB . By subwayC . By car4.What is the man’s reason for not driving to work?A . His son is using the carB . He can’t afford the gas billC . He lives near his workplace5.What do we know about the woman?A . She isn’t marriedB . She doesn’t like her bossC . She was late for work today听下面一段独白，回答6-8题6.Where will the new summer hours be posted?A . Outside the dining noonB . Outside the student clubC . Outside the students’ rooms7.When will the meals be served on weekends?A . From 7:00am to noonB . From noon to 7:00pmC . From 5:00pm to midnight8.What can the students use the new summer ID card for?A . Using the school hospitalB . Getting books from the libraryC . Doing sports in the athletic club听下面一段独白，回答9-10题9.What does the woman say about her friend?A . She is looking for a jobB . She has no work experienceC . She doesn’t dare to leave her job10.What position does the man suggest that the woman apply for?A . A secretaryB . An engineerC . A manager第二节听取信息听下面一段独白，从所听到的内容中获取必要信息填到空格中Summer vacation in America第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to 16 a little pocket money.One day I 17 on the door of an elderly woman and asked if she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in 18 and I showed her my worn coat, which no longer kept me warm. She 19 me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be 20 now.” She then took out a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a 21 job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to 22 new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to 23 me with your report card and I will 24 you when I see you have worked hard and have some good 25 . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much 26 as you can.”I put my hands in the jar and grabbed so much money that it was 27 for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she 28 . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time showed her that I had an “A”.I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge29 this wonderful lady made over my life with her 30 . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.16. A. save B. give C. earn D. change17. A. turned B. knocked C. worked D. looked18. A. school B. time C. trouble D. bed19. A. allowed B. forced C. helped D. stopped20. A. punished B. tested C. praised D. paid21. A. boring B. new C. fine D. terrible22. A. keep B. buy C. remove D. make23. A. visit B. forgive C. welcome D. serve24. A. recognize B. reward C. understand D. protect25. A. goals B. stories C. marks D. ideas26. A. room B. money C. food D. time27. A. rare B. enough C. simple D. special28. A. promised B. discovered C. knew D. admitted29. A. decision B. progress C. mistake D. difference30. A. courage B. kindness C. honesty D. happiness第二节语法填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）根据句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31~45的相应位置上。

31.Asimov had _____ extraordinary imagination that gave him ability to explore future worlds.32.The website is (benefit) to the disabled people.33.He has never been (absence) from school this term.34.______ was then Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window.35.Just accept the disabled，and give them _______(encourage) to live as rich and full a life asyou.36.When you go to a new country，you must adapt ___ new manners and customs.37.I try to set _____a few minutes each day to read English aloud.38.As we drew closer，I could see a whale __________(attack) by a pack of about six other killers.39.The robot ______(rebuild)next week by the expert is named Tony.40.please don’t feel sorry for the disabled or make fun ____ them.41.A large wise-looking turtle was passing so close to me ______ I could have touched it.42.It was a time _____ the killer whales helped the whalers catch the baleen whales.43.The whale _______ (drag)swiftly by the killers down into the depths of the sea yesterday.44.I hope my suggestions will meet ________ your approval.45._____________(unfortunate)，the doctors don’t know how to make me better.第三部分阅读（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）AAnimals, including insects, don't have a "language" like ours. They do not 'talk' to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have their ways ofcommunicating with each other.Can you see the rabbit's tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. They know that they are in danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.Many other animals use this kind of "language". When a cobra is angry, it raises its head and makes itself look powerful . This warns other animals. When a bee has found food, it goes back to its home. It cannot 'tell' the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance. This tells the bees where the food is.Some animals "say" things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sounds like "Oh" or "Ah" when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.46. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?A. Animals have languages like human beings.B. Bees communicate with each other by dancing.C. Animals can use words.D. Animals are brave.47. A rabbit uses its tail to ______.A. warn other rabbits when they are in dangerB. tell other rabbits where food isC. make itself look powerfulD. help it to run fast48. When a cobra is angry, it ______.A. makes a loud noiseB. raises its headC. moves up and downD. does a little dance49. Several different sounds can be made by a __A. rabbitB. beeC. birdD. fish50. From the passage, we know that ______ use words and sentences to express ideas and thoughts.A. all living thingsB. all animalsC. some birdsD. human beingsB“Lizzie, there’s a letter for you!” Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. “Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.” Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. “Rejected again,” Elizabeth said unhappily. “Who says women can’t be doctors?”“They are fools not to accept you. You can’t let them stop you, Lizzie,” Emily said.“I won’t. I’ll apply to Geneva Medical College,” Elizabeth told her sister. As it turned out, the professors at Geneva Medical College were not fools. They allowed Elizabeth Blackwell to study medicine.In 1848, a year before Elizabeth would graduate, a typhoid epidemic (伤寒流行病) broke out in New York. Elizabeth wrote to Emily. “There’s an outbreak of typhoid, and I am going to help. It is dangerous, so if I should not survive, please do me the honor of studying medicine yourself.”Emily replied, “Encouraged by your dream and success, I have decided to study in medical school, as well.”Having survived the disease, Elizabeth tried to set up a private medical practice. “I graduated first in my class but no one believes a woman can be a good d octor,” she said to Emily one day. “All I hear is that doctors should be men, while women should stay home to cook and clean.”Emily said worriedly, “I will graduate in June with my medical degree. What shall we do?” Elizabeth thought for a while and replied, “There’s a big house in the poor part of our town. We can practice medicine there for people who couldn’t afford care.”Soon with the help of some friends, Elizabeth and Emily bought the house and opened a hospital for poor women and children. “We’ll have an all-women staff ,” Elizabeth said. “And later, we’ll add a medical college for women!” Emily added. At last, Elizabeth realized her dream of being a doctor.51. The underlined word “Rejected” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by _____.A. RefusedB. PraisedC. ChangedD. Accepted52. Hearing Elizabeth’s words about the letter from Yale, Emily felt _____.A. excitedB. calmC. satisfiedD. angry53. In 1848, Elizabeth wrote to Emily to _____.A. persuade Emily to come to help the sickB. ask Emily to study medicine if she diedC. warn Emily the danger of typhoid epidemicD. tell Emily she would graduate from college54. We can learn from the text that Elizabeth _____.A. received strong support from her sisterB. refused to go to study at Yale UniversityC. founded a medical college after graduationD. was finally accepted by Harvard after her efforts55. Which of the following can best be used to describe Elizabeth?A. Humorous.B. Honest.C. Determined.D. Careful. CI’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed in action. But as a young girl. I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional ”. But she lived “on the surface ”.As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace – it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.But the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside – a photo of myfather and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”56．The writer began to love her mother’s desk________.A．after Mother died B．before she became a writerC．when she was a child D．when Mother gave it to her57．The passage shows that_________.A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughterB．Mother was too serious about her daughter in wordsC．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful wordsD．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words58．The underlined word “gulf” in the passage means_______.A．deep understanding between the old and the youngB．different ideas between mother and daughterC．free talks between mother and daughterD．part of the sea going far in land59．What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?A．She had never received the letter.B．For years, she often talked about the letter.C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.D．She read the letter again and again till she died.60．What’s best title of the passage?A．My letter to Mother B．Mother and childrenC．My Mother’s Desk D．Talks between Mother and meDThirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part －drivers.DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called,just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles.One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The “winner,” if there was any; reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,” says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. “Even ants can do all these tasks effortlessly . It’s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines.”The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that atwo-year-old human recognizes immediately, Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there’s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed.61.Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race becauseA．they did not have any human guidanceB．the road was not familiar to the driversC．the distance was too long for the vehiclesD．the prize money was unattractive to the drivers62.DARPA organized the race in order to .A．raise money for producing more robotic vehiclesB．push the development of vehicle industryC．train more people to drive in the desertD．improve the vehicles for future wars63．From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a kind of machines thatA．can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing canB．can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limitC．can show off their ability to turn themselves upside downD．can move from place to place without being driven by human beings64．In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered wasA．about eight miles B．six milesC．almost two miles D．about one mile65．In the last paragraph, the writer implies that there is a long way to goA．for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficultiesB．for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the tableC．for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solveD．for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下列有关颜色偏好和性格关系的应用文：A．GOLDAccording to the True Colors system people who choose gold as their primary color like to fit in or belong. They tend to be reliable people who enjoy serving others. Things like tradition, home are very important to them. They need order and structure. They don’t like waste or change.B．O RANGEPeople who choose orange as their primary color need a lot of variety and freedom. They take pride in being highly skilled. They enjoy “hand-on” work and often are good in a crisis. They are risk taker, seeking challenges.C．Y ELLOWPeople who choose yellow as their primary color are curious about everything. They are confident and knowledgeable. They love sports very much and they work high efficiently. D．GREENPeople who choose green as their primary color are competent and want to control the realities of life. They are analytical and enjoy solving problems and developing systems. They love intelligence and logic. They are often critical of themselves and others.E．BLUEPeople who choose blue as their primary color enjoy close relationships. Harmony and integrity are very important. These people are often very creative or they enjoy the creative work of others.F．REDPeople who choose red as their primary color are always full of vigor and they tend to be confident all the time. It seems like they are ready to do anything and they will be successful. And they have a strong desire for power.请阅读以下根据员工性格而促进工作效率方法的信息，然后匹配上面的信息。