【英语】江苏省启东中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期中考试

江苏省启东中学2015-2016学年度第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷命题人：汤美华第I卷(三部分，共85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.Where are the two speakers?A. In the bankB. In the streetC. On the playground2. How long did the man study for the test?A. 3 hoursB. 6 hoursC. 7 hours3. How will the man go there?A. By trainB. By shipC. By air4. When will the speakers meet?A. This MondayB. Next MondayC. On Sunday5. Why does the man feel sad?A. Because his wife will talk to him.B. B ecause he had a fight with his wife.C. Because he hasn’t seen his wife for a long time.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；听完后，各个小题将给出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至8 题。

6. What are the two speakers talking about?A. FoodB. New Year wishesC. Examination7. What is the woman?A. A senior middle school student.B. A junior middle school student.C. A senior middle school teacher.8. According to the conversation, which statement is TRUE?A. It is the first time for the woman to decide to lose weight.B. Visiting Beijing is the woman’s most important wish.C. The man disbelieves that the woman will lose weight.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In the chemistry labB. In the sound labC. In the classroom10. What should be done there?A. Put on the earphones as soon as coming to the lab.B. Take the parts off if there is anything wrong with the machine.C. Follow the instructions and take care of everything.11. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and studentB. Mother and sonC. Friends听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What happened to the man?A. His house was broken into.B. He locked himself out.C. He forgot to lock the door.13. What is the woman most likely to be?A. The man’s wifeB. A policewomanC. The man’s neighbor14. What is the woman going to do?A. Have a lookB. Talk to othersC. Ask more questions 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What does the woman think of Frank’s plan?A. She thinks Frank could learn a lot.B. It’s costly.C. She is not sure if it is a good plan.16. How long is Frank going to stay on Europe?A. Six weeksB. Two monthsC. Six weeks to eight weeks17.How is staying in youth hostels?A. It’s really cheapB. It is quite expensiveC. It is too dangerous听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What does the speaker think of watching his friends making decisions?A. StrangeB. InterestingC. Surprising19. Why can the children of the speaker’s sister make decisions quickly?A. T hey have a quick mind.B. They make a decision without thinking.C. They were given responsibility when they were little.20. What can we learn form the passage?A. The children sometimes ask their mother’s voice.B. The speaker’s friends make decisions very quickly.C. All of the speaker’s friends can decide their own clothes.第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节：单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)21 There is ______ thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.A. not suchB. such noC. no suchD. such not22. His failure in the college entrance exam _______ him the opportunity to go to university.A. spentB. tookC. paidD. cost23. ----- What do you think of my homework?----- Good work, ________a few slight mistakes.A. in addition toB. exceptC. as well asD. apart from24. Dick enjoys painting but he knows the fact _____ he doesn’t have _____ it takes to be apainter.A. which; whatB. that; whatC. what; thatD. that; that25. We believe her design is _______ because it is completely different from anyone else’s.A. originalB. initialC. vividD. previous26. The MH370 from Malaysia crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, ______ global concern about flight safety.A. to causeB. causingC. having causedD. caused27. ________ to the current education system of China, the Ministry of Education should make changes to make it efficient for selecting talents.A. Most of us are so accustomedB. so are most of us accustomedC. Accustomed as most of us areD. As most of us are accustomed28. He accidently _______ that he had been laid off and had to make a living away from home.A. let outB. let aloneC. let downD. let off29. If it hadn’t rained so hard last night, it ________ so cold today.A. wouldn’t beB. hadn’t beenC. wouldn’t have beenD. weren’t30. On Sundays there were a lot of children playing in the park, _______ parents seated together joking.A. whoseB. theirC. whichD. where31. Loneliness is a feeling where people experience a powerful ______of emptiness andsolitude(孤独).A. trendB. dashC. crashD. rush32. Tony _____ the invitation, otherwise he would have attended your birthday party.A. couldn’t have receivedB. mustn’t have receivedC. needn’t have receivedD. shouldn’t have received33. ---- Is this the first time you _______ Shanghai?----- No. But the first time I ________ here, the city wasn’t so beautiful.A. visit; cameB. have visited; cameC. have visited; have comeD. visit; have come34. _______ a scenic spot worth _______, Hangzhou, a friendly city, attracts many visitors from all over the world.A. Considering; visitingB. Considering; being visitedC. Considered; visitingD. Considered; visited35. ---- I’m sorry. Jack, please don’t ________---- I had a little accident with the car, but it wasn’t my fault.A. be on cloud nineB. be down in the dumpsC. promise me the moonD. fly off the handle第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）As a teacher, I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip，there will be no talking as we enter a building．This rule 36 to entering any place，whether it is a cinema，a church，a theatre, or any other place．Once，in New York City，I took my class to see a(n) 37 near Times Square．When we arrived at the theatre，there were about twenty other classes 38 outside waiting to get in．The students from the other schools were not 39 and there was pandemonium(乌烟瘴气)．I told my students to stay in a line and keep 40 ．I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other 41 ．Soon we started to file into the theatre，and it was very disorganized．There was a lady trying to 42 the groups and get them to their seats，43 students were everywhere and 44 really knew where to go．My class，observing our rule，walked in 45 in two single-file lines．We stood near the door behind everyone else，and we 46 ．All of a sudden，the lady who was 47 noticed us and she walked 48 our direction．She asked the students 49 the teacher was for our group, and I raised my50 ．She asked,“Very, very nice to meet you．Come this way．”We were led into the theatre，51 ，and we were given front-row seats．Sometimes 52 for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect，especially when you 53 no one around who is taking manners into 54 ．However，that is usually the time when such 55 actions will be most appreciated and recognized．36．A．leads B．applies C．turns D．belongs 37．A．play B．lady C．teacher D．exhibition 38．A．sorted out B．settled down C．turned away D．lined up 39．A．behaving B．listening C．concentrating D．watching 40．A．order B．contact C．watch D．time 41．A．places B．seats C．classes D．teachers 42．A．scold B．dismiss C．attract D．organize 43．A．and B．but C．so D．while44．A．anyone B．nobody C．everyone D．somebody 45．A．anxiously B．immediately C．quietly D．hurriedly 46．A．passed B．chatted C．rushed D．waited 47．A．in trouble B．on guard C．in charge D．on business 48．A．in B．to C．for D．under 49．A．how B．where C．what D．whether 50．A．voice B．arm C．head D．hand 51．A．finally B．somehow C．first D．instead 52．A．respect B．love C．concern D．support 53．A．receive B．visit C．recognize D．meet 54．A．practice B．effect C．account D．operation 55．A．urgent B．kind C．legal D．firm第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）ASteve knew he’d been adopted as a baby, and when he turned 18, in 2003, he decided he’d try to track down his birth mother. The agency from which he’d been adopted gave him his mother’s name: Tallady. But online searches didn’t turn up any results about it, and Steve had to let it go.In 2007, though, he searched for the name again online. This time, the search results included a home address near the Lowe’s store where Steve, then 22, worked as a deliveryman. When he mentioned the coincidence to his boss, his boss said, “You mean Tallady, who works here?Steve and Ta llady, a cashier, had said hello to each other a few times at the store, but they’d never really talked. He hadn’t even known her name. Steve thought there was no possible way she was his mother though they shared the same name. For a few months, Steve avo ided Tallady. “I wasn’t sure how to approach her,” he told a local reporter. Finally, the agency volunteered to arrange their reunion（团聚）.When Tallady realized that the nice guy she’d been waving at was his son, she sobbed. She’d always hoped to meet her birth son one day. Later that day, mother and son talked for almost three hours at a nearby bar. She’d given him up for adoption in 1985, when she was 23. “I wasn’t readyto be a mother,” she told him. Married with two other children, Tallady says, “I have a complete family now.”56. Steve gave up the on-line search for his birth mother in 2003 because _____.A. the agency didn’t give him any helpB. there was no information about his motherC. his mother didn’t turn up onlineD. he missed the information about his mother57. Why Steve avoided Tallady for months?A. Because she didn’t want to talk to him.B. Because he wasn’t fully prepared for the reunion.C. Because she was very difficult to approach.D. Because he didn’t think she was his birth mother.58. The best title for the text is _____.A. The Love of MotherB. An Unexpected MeetingC. The Power of the InternetD. An Unusual ReunionBHave you ever gone to work to find that one of your coworkers is coughing and sneezing all day long? You do your best to keep a safe distance and wonder: Why did he or she come to work when they were ill? The reality for many Americans is that they do not have enough paid sick time each year to afford them the luxury of staying home because they don’t feel well.This problem doesn’t just affect the working employees who are sick, though. In an article by James Warren for Bloomberg Business Week, a second-grade school teacher, Stilli Klikizos shares about the sick children that must stay in school all day long because their parents can’t get off work to come and get them. In the past school year, she had several children who were unable to be picked up at school who were later diagnosed with H1N1.There is a movement called the Healthy Families Act in Congress that would change this situation for many Americans. The Healthy Family Act would require employers with 15 or more employees to provide 7 paid sick days a year for their workers. These days could be used not only for days when the worker is sick, but the time can also be used when caring for others, or going to routine doctor’s appointments.Those who are against the Act argue that many businesses are struggling to make ends meet owing to recession (经济衰退), and point out that this is the wrong time to force employers to add an additional expense.Those who support the Healthy Families Act say that our nation can’t afford to not take these measures. When an individual goes to work sick, they are possibly infecting their coworkers, clients and customers.According to a report by Katie Couric on the CBS evening news, three fourths of low wage earners get docked when they are sick. Those individuals include daycare workers and restaurant workers, whose health can affect the health of many.59. Why do many Americans still come to work when they are sick?A. They often ignore the illness if not serious.B. They work in high spirits.C. The cost of staying home is great.D. The cost of medical treatment is high.60. In the article mentioned in this passage, James Warren intends to say ______.A. children need more thoughtful and considerate careB. a dults’ not having enough paid sick time may be bad for childrenC. parents shouldn’t leave the sick children at schoolD. teachers are responsible for taking good care of children at school61. According to the Healthy Families Act, ______.A. all the employers are required to provide 7 paid sick days a year for their workersB. the employees can use the paid sick days to take a trip so as to relax themselvesC. the employees could demand their companies pay for their medical billsD.the employees can use the paid sick days to take care of their sick children62. The term "get docked" (Para 6) probably means"______ ".A. lose part of wagesB. lose their healthC. get paidD. get firedCDogs can tell how other dogs are feeling from the way their tails(尾巴) are wagging（摇摆）, according to researchers who monitored the animals' heart rate as they watched canine（犬科动物的）movies. The Italian team found that dogs had higher heart rates and became more anxiouswhen they saw others wag their tails more to the left, but not when they wagged more to the right, or failed to wag at all.The curious form of communication is probably not intentional, or consciously understood, but is instead an automatic behavior that arises from the structure of the br ain, said Giorgio. “It's not something they clearly and exactly understand,” Giorgio told the Guardian. “It's just something that happens to them.”Giorgio traces the effect back to the way the two halves of the brain process different experiences. In a previous study, his team showed that when a dog had a positive experience, such as seeing its owner, activity rose in the left side of the brain, bringing about more tail wagging to the right. Or else more tail wagging to the left. The effect is barely visible to the human eye because dogs tend to wag their tails too fast, but it can be seen with slow motion video, or in some larger types.In the latest study, the researchers wanted to find out whether the direction of tail wagging had any effect on other dogs. To get an answer, they fitted dogs with vests that recorded their heart rates, and played them movies of other dogs wagging their tails one way and then the other. To ensure the dogs reacted only to tail wagging, and not appearance, they repeated the experiment with dogs that appeared only as shadows.“When dogs saw other dogs wagging their tails to the right, there was quite a relaxed reaction and no evidence of an increased heart rate. But when the wagging was to the left we saw an increase in heart rate and a series of behaviors typically associated with stress, anxiety and being more watchful,” Giorgio said. The anxious animals held their ears up, breathed, and kept their eyes wide open. The study appears in the latest issue of Current Biology.Giorgio said the effect was comparable to the apparent human preference for wider pupils(瞳孔). In one 1975 study, women were described in more appealing terms when their pupils were larger. Another study, from 2007, found that women's pupils got bigger when they looked at pictures of potential partners. In neither case were people aware that pupil size was sending out a signal, said Giorgio. He said tendencies in tail wagging were hard to spot with the eye, but the finding might still help to improve animal welfare.This paper is extremely interesting from a dog owner's perspective（视角）. If a dog wags their tail to the left upon reunion with their owner, this may be a cause of serious concern, as itsuggests that the right half is activated（活动起来）, which controls for negative emotional responses, including fear and withdrawal.63. It is _______ that lead to dogs wagging tail to the left or right.A. their unaware behaviorB. the emotional responseC. their increasing heart rateD. watching canine movies64. From the passage we can learn that_______.A. Giorgio didn’t understand the curious form of dogs’ communicationB. the pupil size will determine the appeal and welfare of a womanC. a dog’s right brain become active when it is nervous and breathlessD. No one knows how our pupil sends out a signal to his potential partners65. According to the passage, the study is related to_______.A. animal protectionB. animal psychologyC. animal welfareD. animal testing66. The passage is mainly about_______.A. how wagging dogs communicate emotional responses with their ownersB. why wagging dogs feel seriously anxious and stressed or particularly relaxedC. Dogs’ communicating different feelings with rightward or leftward tail waggingD. A good knowledge of dogs’ wagging tail can make us feel more comfortableDRemy Shea is a sixth-form student at my international school in Beijing. When I ask her where she is from, she says: “I'm Canadian-Chinese but, at the same time, I'm neither.”Most students at my school aren't from one particular place. Sure, our passports（护照）might say we're British or Malaysian, but it's more complicated than that. Where you're “from” is less about birthplace and more about cultural identity; as a student your cultural identity ends up being difficult to identify.If you ask me where I'm from, I'll tell you I'm English. Press me, and I'll say that I'm also half Hong Konger. Ask which part of England I'm from, and I'll be forced to explain that I spent most of my childhood and part of my adolescence flying around Asia. Though I was born in a city in the UK, I honestly couldn't point it out on a map or tell you anything about the place.。