福建省三明市第一中学高二英语下学期期中试题

三明一中2014-2015学年下学期阶段考试（2015年5月）
高二英语
(满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟)
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第I卷(共90分)
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

每段对话仅读一遍。

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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，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. What does the man imply about Mary?
A. She's already been to the exhibit.
B. She had difficulty getting tickets.
C. She wanted to get tickets for everybody.
2. Where does the man want to go?
A. London.
B. Paris.
C. New York.
3. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At a party.
B. At a meeting.
C. In a post office.
4. What do the two speakers mainly talk about?
A. The rain.
B. The jacket.
C. The climate.
5. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She hardly understood the lecture.
B. She totally disliked the lecture.
C. She helped the American students understand the lecture.
第二节听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

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，每小题将给出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、7题。

6. What color is Alice's hair now?
A. Black.
B. Gray.
C. Blond.
7. How does Alice do her art now?
A. By hands.
B. By cameras.
C. By computer.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What is the man going to do?
A. Go shopping.
B. Meet Steve.
C. Write an article.
9. Where will the two speakers meet?
A. At the supermarket.
B. At the zoo.
C. At the sandwich bar.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Why is the woman going to the United States?
A. To see her parents.
B. To work there.
C. To visit her grandparents.
11. How long will the woman stay there?
A. Fifteen weeks.
B. Half a year.
C. A year.
12. What is the cheapest transportation in the US according to the man?
A. Car.
B. Train.
C. Bus.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. Which game are the two speakers going to watch?
A. China against Japan.
B. England against Germany.
C. Thailand against Malaysia.
14. Who booked the tickets?
A. Mary.
B. Toby.
C. May.
15. What do we know about English footballers?
A. They will never be beaten.
B. They pay more attention to famous footballers.
C. They always have younger team players.
16. What is still unclear?
A. When the match will start.
B. Which country China will play against.
C. Which team the English footballers will beat.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. Why is the school called a free school?
A. The school is open every day, except weekends.
B. The children don't have to go to school every day.
C. The children have the freedom to choose what and how to learn.
18. What might Miss Green be?
A. A cook.
B. A math teacher.
C. A driving teacher.
19. When will the students have a school meeting?
A. On Monday morning.
B. On Wednesday afternoon.
C. On Sunday night.
20. What do the children sometimes do on Friday?
A. Visit the museum.
B. Prepare lunch together.
C. Do the washing-up.
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）
A
CARE London to Paris Cycle Challenge
In this challenge you’ll cycle from London to Paris in three days, enjoying the beautiful countryside along the way.
You will cycle through the peace of rural (乡村的) England to Portsmouth, where you will cross the river by boat to Ouistreham. The route then winds through peaceful lands and attractive villages, where you can taste fine French food before cycling to your final destination, Paris.
Why join our London to Paris Cycle Challenge?
This is a great way to get fit and experience the best of rural Europe with friends, colleagues or on your own as a personal challenge. The money you raise will support CARE’s work around the world.
CARE works to help poor people lift themselves out of poverty (贫穷). For example, we support volunteers like Eugenia who travels by bike to distant towns near her home in Peru to make sure pregnant (怀孕的) women and new mothers receive medical care. Before, women were often left with little support or language barriers which meant medical care assistants could not communicate effectively with them. With local volunteers’ support, women living in remote areas can benefit from health services.
What is included on the London to Paris Cycle Challenge?
Guides, medicine and support staff
Three nights’ accommodation
Meals during the challenge, including a celebration meal on the final night in Paris Boat from Portsmouth to Ouistreham
Return from Paris to London
The minimum amount of the money you’ll have to collect for this challenge is £1,350, which includes your registration (注册) fee. We’ll support you throughout your training and general preparation.
21. CARE is probably the name of _____________.
A. a construction
B. a place
C. an event
D. an organization
22. CARE London to Paris Cycle Challenge is held mainly to _____________. .
A. help people keep fit
B. develop travel industry
C. raise money for charity
D. call on environmental protection
23. Which part of the journey needs boat transportation?
A. From Portsmouth to Ouistreham.
B. From London to Ouistreham.
C. From Ouistreham to Paris.
D. From Paris to London.
B
When students think of learning a foreign language, the first thought is of books, exercises, and audio cassettes. Those are important to learning but sometimes a little bit boring. Therefore, it is time for us to spice things up a bit.
Things like a cellphone can keep your interest level high. It's a perfect study material. You have it with you day after day, you are familiar with how it works and you can use it to practice whenever you have time.
You don't need to have your books by your side or stay in your room to listen to tapes. Let's take a look at how to add your cellphone to your study tools.
Set up your cellphone to use the language you want to study. Go to the menu, find settings, locate language and change it to English or Spanish, which benefits your language learning.
Look at the buttons and connect those items with the new vocabulary. This enables you to master simple words and phrases with little effort. For example, each time you open up your cellphone you'll see "messages", "games" and "calls made". These words begin to take root if you see them again and again.
When you have time, take out your cellphone and start hitting buttons. You'll be surprised at all the vocabulary you can learn by playing with the different menu items. Some things you'll recognize immediately and others you can guess just by where you find them.
It can keep your learning fresh and interesting. And that's important because boredom is a big problem with language learners. You need variety and a cellphone is one way to get it.
24. Why did the author write the passage?
A. To inform how to keep your learning fresh.
B. To stress the importance of language learning.
C. To introduce the latest ways of language learning.
D. To explain how to use cellphones to learn language.
25. The underlined part “spice things up” in the first paragraph means “______”.
A. make things realistic
B. make things interesting
C. make things helpful
D. make things obvious
26. By playing with a cellphone, you can ______.
A. learn the words in the menu
B. remember the messages sent by others
C. improve the techniques of playing games
D. become familiar with different kinds of languages
27. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using a cellphone as a study material?
A. We can study with it at any moment.
B. It keeps our learning interest high.
C. We can use it to practice freely.
D. It offers the chance to practice learning.
C
The Olympic Games are seen as the greatest test of an athlete’s ability and are supposed to celebrate the spirit of fair play. But in fact, sportsmen have been using drugs to cheat their way to victory since the Games first began.
In the early years, athletes ate mushrooms and plant seeds to improve their performance. Nowadays, this kind of cheating has a name doping.
Just last month, Britain’s top sprinter（赛跑选手）Dwain Chambers and several American athletes tested positive for the drug THG. Until a coach（教练）secretly gave a sample of THG to scientists, no one knew how to test for it.
“We’re like the police chasing criminals—athletes are always adapting and looking for areas we h aven’t investigated（调查）,” said Jacquew de Ceaurriz, a French anti-doping expert.
Since the first drugs test was carried out at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, many cheats have been caught out. The most famous case in history is that of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson.
He broke the 100 meters world record in winning gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. But days later, he tested positive for drug use, lost his gold medal and was banned from the sport. Five years later, he returned to action—only to be found positive again and banned forever.
China has also had problems with drug cheats. At the 1994 Asian Games, 11 Chinese athletes—seven of them swimmers—tested positive for banned drugs. Sports organizations promised that cheating on this scale（规模）would not happen again.
Experts are also worried that doping can damage a person’s health. It is believed to increase the risk of liver and kidney diseases, and women may experience reproductive （生育）problems. As long as they can stay ahead of the scientists, it is unlikely the cheats will stop. But experts say there is a limit to what can be achieved and that athletes will not be able to change their bodies using gene technology.
“For the moment, genetic doping does not exist,” said de Ceaurriz. “Even in 10 or 15 years it will not be done easily—the scientific community will not let it happen.”
28. We can know from the passage that ____________.
A. athletes used to eat mushrooms and plant seeds to keep healthy
B. scientists knew about THG with the help of a coach
C. 11 Chinese swimmers were caught doping at the 1994 Asian Games
D. genetic doping has changed the bodies of some athletes
29. How many countries are mentioned in the passage in which there were athletes doping?
A. Two.
B. Four.
C. Six.
D. Eight.
30. We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. problems with drug cheats are still serious though they are severely tested
B. scientists get a lot of information about drugs before the athletes take doping
C. taking doping will never happen again because of the serious test
D. few athletes used drug cheats before the 1968 Olympics
31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Damages Caused by Doping
B. Research on Cheating by Gene Technology
C. Fighting Against Cheating at the Olympic Games
D. Police Caught Athletes Doping at the Olympic Games
D
What will man be like in the future—in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often
they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.
32. Which of the following serves as the evidence that man is changing?
A. Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.
B. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.
C. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.
D. Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.
33. Which of the following is TRUE about a human being in the future?
A. He thinks and feels in a different way.
B. He has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.
C. He is hairless because hair is no longer useful.
D. His fingers grow weaker because he doesn’t use them.
34. The change in man’s size of forehead is probably because __________.
A. he makes use of only 20 % of the brain’s capacity
B. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due（预定的）time
C. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries
D. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on
35. The passage mainly tells us that ________________.
A. man’s life will be different in the future
B. future man will look quite different from us
C. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes
D. the functions of man’s organs will function as well as today
第三部分英语知识运用（共二节，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，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My dad’s company just transferred him someplace else to work. I almost 36 when Mom and Dad told me the news. I guessed they could 37 from my face that I didn’t want to leave Williamsport. 38 , I was unhappy with the news.
Mom and Dad showed me and my sister Julie some 39 they had taken of the house in the new place. Julie looked interested and obviously didn’t 40 having to move. But from the pictures it didn’t look too good to me — no trees, flowers, or 41 with the
greenness of grass, nothing but a bunch of 42 .
The next few weeks were 43 busy. Mom and Dad almost spent every evening going 44 our things to see what to keep and what to 45 . I didn’t care. I had thought of my secret hide-out. I 46 when so meone would find the note I left in the bathroom. “De ar Mom and Dad,” it 47 . “I’m not going with you. I’ll be all right. Love, Jamie.” I stayed there until two o’clock. I 48 they’d be well out of town by now, so I jumped from
the tree and went back to my 49 .
I didn’t know how long I sat 50 in the back yard when I heard a voice out front.
I 51 out and there they were —Dad, Mom and Julie. “I thought you’d left.” I cried. “ 52 you?” Mom laughed, “Silly boy! We left you a 53 on the front door, saying
we were going shopping and that we’d be right back. But we had to get the flat tire 54 .
I hope you weren’t worried.” I ran to get my note. Now I knew 55 I wanted to be. I wanted to be with Mom and Dad and Julie.
That was home.
36. A. laughed B. cheered C. choked D. relaxed
37. A. tell B. talk C. say D. speak
38. A. Instead B. However C. Besides D. Indeed
39. A. pictures B. gifts C. toys D.
presents
40. A. like B. mind C. fancy D.
refuse
41. A. fields B. shops C. markets D.
restaurants
42. A. flowers B. buildings C. forests D.
rivers
43. A. hardly B. clearly C. really D. nearly
44. A. off B. by C. for D. through
45. A. take up B. take down C. give in D. give away
46. A. knew B. wondered C. realized D. learned
47. A. read B. wrote C. told D.
expressed
48. A. wished B. figured C. hoped D. heard
49. A. hide-out B. school C. house D.
playground
50. A. asleep B. alive C. alone D. aside
51. A. hurried B. reached C. hung D. set
52. A. besides B. without C. with
D. behind
53. A. note B. key C. sign D. passage
54. A. sold B. made C. fixed D. recycled
55. A. what B. how C. who D. where
第II卷（共60分）
第二部分阅读理解
第二节七选五（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。

Choosing a college major is one of the most important choices you can make about your education and future career. What you study in college often determines what career opportunities you will have when you graduate. 56
There are a number of steps you can take before making a final decision. 57 For example, if you enjoy marine life, you should consider a marine biology major. If you love star-gazing, consider becoming an astronomer.
58 If you’re not strong in math you might be better off not choosing engineering.
If you are not good at English, don’t choose to become an author or a journalist. Compare the list of your interests with the list of your talents and see which fields overlap (交叉).
Once you’ve established a list of potential career fields, research them further to determine which college majors are most proper. 59 If you struggle with these steps, consider looking for outside help.
Choosing the correct college major is important. You might find college life to be less stressful if you make a right decision. 60 Perhaps most importantly, choosing the correct major may improve your overall happiness and quality of life.
A. Next, consider the academic subjects in which you do well.
B. Your teacher is there to help with just this sort of dilemma.
C. After research, you will be more likely to get an idea for what courses you’ll take.
D. Therefore, making the right decision is extremely important.
E. College life is less interesting than you can expect.
F. You might also avoid the unpleasantness that comes with changing your major.
G. Begin by making a list of your personal interests and careers which is related to them.
第三部分英语知识运用
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Time flies! This is 61 third year that I have been in this school. In the past two and a half years, our school 62 (organize) many activities. What impressed me 63 (much) was an activity 64 (call) “Learning to Farm”. On an autumn afternoon, we 65 (send) to a farm 66 we learnt to plant potatoes. 67 (be) in the city for such a long time, we were so happy to go to the countryside. After 68 (divide) into three groups, we started to work. Some cut potatoes 69 pieces, and 70 put the pieces of potatoes into the holes and put the earth back.
第四部分写作（共三节；满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处
语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Smile is a magic language that everyone can easily understand whenever he or she comes from. Smile is as the golden sunshine that brings warmth to people and makes him happy. Smile is shortest distance between people and it is a good way to show off friendliness to others. More important, smile conveyed a kind of positive energy to people. When you are happy, smile brightens your face. When you feel frustrating, you should also smile to cheer yourself up. Smile can give you confidences and make you strong. Smiling at the world and the world will smile back!
第二节完成句子（每空0.5分，共10分。

）
71. 我和他合作了这项工作。

I ________ ________ ________ him to do the work.
72. 思想可以通过音乐来表达。

Thoughts can also be expressed _______ ________ ________ music.
73. 这位老人天天重复着同一句话。

The old man repeated the same words _______ _______ _______ _________ ________. 74. 无论他说什么都是对的。

__________ __________ _________ is right.
75. 那是不可能的。

It is _______ ________ ________ _________.
76.科学家们的决心和耐心终于在1986年得到了回报。

The determination and patience of scientists __________ ________ in 1986.
笫三节书面表达（满分20分）
2015年全国发生数起严重的校园暴力事件，某中学高二8班围绕校园安全问题召开主题班会。

假定你是班长李华，以“How to protect ourselves in campus violence”为标题写一篇发言稿，主要包括如下内容：
1．校园暴力事件已引起广泛关注。

2．要求每个学生都学习相关知识，增强自身防范能力。

3．遇到校园暴力时要采取适当措施，包括：保持冷静，判断清楚自己的处境和可能的危险；尽一切可能避免人身伤害；及时报警。

注意：1．词数100左右；开头和结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：增强—enhance
How to protect ourselves in campus violence
Dear friends,
This year, some seriously violent incidents happened in campus, resulting in very bad results.
_______________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________ That’s all. Thank you!
三明一中2014-2015学年下学期英语阶段考（2015年5月）
班级_______________ 姓名________________ 座号________
答题卷(共60分)
第二部分第二节七选五（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。

56.____________ 57. ____________58. ____________59. ____________ 60. ____________
第三部分英语知识运用
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。

61.____________ 62. ____________ 63. ____________ 64. ____________ 65. ____________ 66.____________ 67. ____________ 68. ____________ 69. ____________ 70. ____________
第四部分写作（共三节；满分40分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Smile is a magic language that everyone can easily understand whenever he or she comes from. Smile is as the golden sunshine that brings warmth to people and makes him happy. Smile is shortest distance between people and it is a good way to show off friendliness to others. More important, smile conveyed a kind of positive energy to people. When you are happy, smile brightens your face. When you feel frustrating, you should also smile to cheer yourself up. Smile can give you confidences and make you strong. Smiling at the world and the world will smile back!
第二节完成句子(共20空; 每空0.5分,共10分)
71. _________ _________ _________ 72. _________ _________ _________
73. _________ _________ ________ _________ _________
74. _________ _________ _________ 75. _________ _________ _________ _________
76. _________ _________
笫三节书面表达（满分20分）
Dear friends,
This year, some seriously violent incidents happened in campus, resulting in very bad results.
________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________
That’s all. Thank you!
2014-2015学年三明一中高二下英语阶段考试卷(5月份)
英语参考答案
I 卷
一、听力1—5 BCABA 6—10 BCBCA 11—15 BCBAC 16—20 BCBBA
二、阅读21—25 DCADB 26—30 ADBBA 31—35CCCDB
三、完形36—40 CADAB 41—45 ABCDD 46—50 BABCC 51—55 ABACD
II卷
七选五 56-60 DGACF
语法填空 61.the 62.has organized 63. most 64.called 65. were sent
66.where 67. Having been 68. being divided 69. into 70. others
改错
1.whenever –wherever
2.as—like
3. him—them
4. the shortest
5.去掉 off
6.
important---importantly 7.conveyed—conveys 8.frustrating—frustrated 9. confidences
—confidence 10.Smiling—Smile
完成句子
71. teamed up with 72. by means of 73. day in and day out 74.whatever he said/says 75. out of the question 76.paid off
书面表达
One possible version
How to protect ourselves in campus violence
Dear friends,
This year, some seriously violent incidents happened in campus, resulting in very bad
results. The incidents of campus violence have drawn widespread attention in our country.
As a student, we should learn some knowledge about how to deal with the violence and enhance
the ability of self-protection.
Of course, if we meet the violence, we should take appropriate measures to protect
ourselves. At first, we’d better keep calm, judge the situation and be aware of the possible
dangers. Then, we should try our best to escape or prevent the violence. At last but not
least, we should call the police or teachers as soon as possible to avoid the physical
injury.
That’s all. Thank you.。