河北省衡水中学2013-2014学年高二下学期一调考试英语试题

衡水中学2013-2014学年度下学期一调考试
高二年级英语试卷
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：
1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

2．每小题选出答案后，用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，再选涂其它答案标号。

3．二卷试题用黑色中性笔作答。

◇◇◇祝同学们取得好成绩！
第一卷（选择题共105分）
第一部分听力(共两节，满分20分)
第一节听下面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 speakers now?
A. At home.
B. In a restaurant.
C. In a supermarket.
2. At what time will the woman see the film?
A. 7:00.
B. 9:00.
C. 11:00.
3. Why are the speakers leaving soon?
A. The airport is far away.
B. There may be a lot of traffic.
C. The plane is landing ahead of schedule.
4. How does the man feel about the test?
A. Disappointed.
B. Confident.
C. Worried.
5. What does the man mean?
A. They needn’t hurry.
B. They should be quick.
C. They may miss the train.
第二节听下面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、7题。

6. What does Jane think of the price of the notebook computer?
A. Low.
B. Reasonable.
C. High.
7. What advice does Jane offer about the notebook computer?
A. Add a light.
B. Make it smaller.
C. Change its color.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the woman going to do?
A. Book a flight.
B. Take a vacation.
C. Clean her office.
9. Why should the man arrive at the office early on Wednesday?
A. To check some e-mails.
B. To answer the woman’s call.
C. To let cleaners in.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates.
B. Workmates.
C. Driver and passenger.
11. What does the man say about the environment in the city?
A. It will become worse.
B. It can be better in the future.
C. It has been improved recently.
12. What do the speakers agree on to deal with the traffic problem?
A. Taking buses rather than driving cars.
B. Going to places on foot.
C. Working at home.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How did the man make arrangements for his paper?
A. By turning to the Internet.
B. By reading some experts’ papers.
C. By asking his professor questions.
14. What does Richard Tunney suggest people do?
A. Help elderly people.
B. Stay in touch with friends often.
C. Take part in fun activities.
15. What do we know about Dr Martin?
A. He works at Nottingham University.
B. He has spent 60 years studying people.
C. He once made an experiment on happiness.
16. What does George Smith ask people to do?
A. Set proper goals.
B. Play less computer games.
C. Make other people feel happy.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where is the speaker now?
A. In Room 27.
B. In the lecture room.
C. In the main hall.
18. Who will conduct the activity “Dogs might fly”?
A. Professor Black.
B. Patrick Bell.
C. Dr Smith.
19. What is the video show about?
A. How plants and animals live together.
B. How plants communicate with each other.
C. How plants get used to their natural environment.
20. What will the listeners do in the final activity?
A. Explore the school garden.
B. Take a walk in the local park.
C. Watch local animals in the classroom.
第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
21．China’s first moon rover, ________ in early December, is named “Yutu” or “Jade rabbit” in Chinese.
A. launched
B. to launch
C. being launched
D. launching
22. The latest wave of smog(雾霾),_____ first swept into Shanghai and Jiangsu province on Dec.
1st ,_______ at least four car accidents due to low visibility.
A. in which; cause
B. where; caused
C. which; has caused
D. that; is caused
23. Hearing footsteps outside the door, she ______ her talk to another topic.
A．switched B．exchanged C．asked D．stopped
24. Compared with me, my sister is even more ________ to, and more easily troubled by emotional and relationship problems.
A. curious
B. addicted
C. available
D. sensitive
25. —As an actress, lily is not beautiful enough.
— ___________ She is a brilliant actress! Performing is in her blood!
A. I can’t agree more.
B. That’s not the point.
C. Absolutely!
D. You are right about that.
26.—Some Chinese students find it difficult to understand native speakers when in London. —Exactly, _______ they’ve learned a lot about grammar and known many words.
A. what if
B. now that
C. as if
D. even if
27.—Peter once ________ English at Oxford University for three years and now is a speaker.
—No wonder he ________ perfect English.
A. had taught; spoke
B. taught; speaks
C. is teaching; has spoken
D. has been teaching; will speak
28. If what you say is not with what you do，it will have a bad effect on your children.
A. controversial
B. consistent
C. confident
D. considerate
29. London is the only city in the world _______ taking a taxi is an interesting experience for tourists.
A. where
B. that
C. which
D. whose
30. There was nothing special about his travel to Xi’an, it was only_____.
A. particular
B. curious
C. average
D. regular
31. Words like “discount” never fail to______ people, especially women, though they might not need what is being promoted.
A. stick to
B. reply to
C. occur to
D. appeal to
32. —Mum, can I attend school tomorrow?
—Sorry, you can’t _______ you haven’t recovered from your cold.
A. before
B. until
C. as
D. when
33. The storm left, _____ a lot of damage to this area.
A. caused
B. to have caused
C. to cause
D. having caused
34. It is sleeping late in the morning that being late for work.
A. devotes to
B. sticks to
C. refers to
D. leads to
35. — I must go now. Thanks again for your dinner.
— _________.
A. With pleasure! Goodbye!
B. My pleasure! See you!
C. You are welcome! Go slowly!
D. Have a nice day! Good luck!
第二节完形填空（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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter，rude boss，or an insensitive employee 36 your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed 37 the airport. We were driving in the 38 lane(车道) when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver 39 hard，slided sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and 40
the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car looked around and started 41 at us.
My taxi driver just 42 and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really 43 . So I asked，"Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！”
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of 44 , full of frustration，full of anger，and full of disappointment. As their garbage 45 up，they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on 46 ．Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave，wish them well，and move on.
Believe me. You’ll be 47 ．Don’t take their garbage and 48 it to other people at work，at home，or on the streets. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with49 ．The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s50 in your life. Roy Baumeister，a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you 51 bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you 52 them more frequently.
So…Love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you 53 it！
When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by 54 go of the bad. Have a Garbage-Free Day！Have a wonderful，garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today 55 the harvest you reap tomorrow.
36. A. enrich B. ruin C. spare D. obtain
37. A. through B. from C. in D. for
38. A. latter B. right C. opposite D. free
39. A. braked B. backed C. stopped D. circled
40. A. knocked B. overtook C. missed D. lost
41. A. laughing B. throwing C. glancing D. yelling
42. A. wondered B. smiled C. ignored D. guessed
43. A. friendly B. angry C. tired D. disappointed
44. A. expectation B. passengers C. garbage D. goods
45. A. turns B. pushes C. holds D. piles
46. A. roads B. children C. you D. dustbin
47. A. upset B. happier C. pitiful D. frightened
48. A. spread B. share C. explain D. contribute
49. A. surprise B. pleasure C. doubt D. regrets
50. A. funny B. important C. strange D. embarrassing
51. A. remember B. forget C. value D. appreciate
52. A. enjoy B. exchange C. recall D.imagine
53. A. inspire B. take C. mend D. notice
54. A. letting B. consisting C. making D. dreaming
55. A. distinguish B. deserve C. deliver D. determine
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

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A meteorite (陨石) flew fast across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday,
raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured l,200 people.
People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave.
According to Russian space agency Roscosmos, the fireball, travelling at a speed of 30km per second, had burnt very brightly across the horizon, leaving a long white trail that could be seen as far as 200km away. Car alarms went off, thousands of windows shattered and mobile phone networks were disrupted.
“I was driving to work, it was quite dark,but it suddenly became as bright as if it were day,” said Viktor Prokofiev, 36, a resident of Yekaterinburg in the Urals Mountains. “I felt like I was blinded by headlights.”
The meteorite, which weighed about 20 tons and may have been made of iron, entered Earth’s atmosphere and broke apart 30-50km above ground, according to Russia’s Academy of Sciences.
The energy released when it entered the Earth’s atmosphere was about several thou sand tons, the academy said, the power of a small atomic weapon exploding.
No deaths were reported, but the Emergencies Ministry said 20,000 rescue and clean-up workers were sent to the region after President Vladimir Putin told Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov to ease the disruption and help the victims.
The Interior Ministry said about l, 200 people had been injured, at least 200 of them children, and most from broken pieces of glass.“While events this big are rare, an impact that could cause damage and death could happen every century or so. Unfortunately there is absolutely nothing we can do to stop impacts.”
56. When did the meteorite incident happen?
A. At midnight.
B. In the early morning.
C. In the late morning.
D. In the evening.
57. According to the text, the meteorite explosion caused _________.
A. some deaths
B. road accidents
C. communication problems
D. building collapse
58. Th e Russian government’s response to the incident was ________.
A. a little slow but effective
B. quick and serious
C. cold and slow
D. quick but ineffective
59. It can be inferred that the loss caused by meteorites _________.
A. is nearly unavoidable
B. happens every few years
C. can be avoided
D. is hard to estimate
B
Commuters (上下班往返的人) who drive to work will face a parking charge of up to ￡350 a year. Ministers are backing a workplace parking charge which will come into force in Nottingham in 2014 and is likely to be adopted across the country. The scheme will see firms with more than ten parking places for staff charged ￡350 a year for each space in two years.
Employers would be free to pass on the charge to their staff—meaning it would effectively be a tax on driving to work. The scheme aims to reduce traffic by preventing unnecessary car journeys and raise funds to improve public transport，but critics say it is just an excuse for councils to fill their coffers (金库)．
Some ten million Britons drive to work each day，and the British Chambers of Commerce says the new charge could total ￡3.4 billion a year if rolled out nationwide.
Already some firms in Nottingham have threatened to leave the city，where 40,000 commuters use their cars to get to work. A spokesman said the scheme was nothing more than a tax on jobs. “It is very unfair to discriminate against those employers who have parking spaces，which get vehicles off the streets，” he said.“And these charges apply around the clock，which is especially unfair on shift workers who rely on their cars because public transport is not available. This is more about increasing the government’s income than reducing traffic.”
However，Transport Minister Sadiq Khan gave the plan an official approval during a visit to Nottingham. The council says the tax will raise as much as ￡100 million over ten years—one fifth of the cost of a new transport system for the city.
Another transport spokesman Theresa Villiers said the tax would have a devastating（毁灭性的）impact on businesses struggling to cope with the economic decline.
But Richard Hebditch of the Campaign for Better Transport said the tax would raise money to invest in better transport. “We put forward the idea of workplace parking taxes as a fairer way to raise money to invest in the future local transport services. We are pleased that the people of Nottingham will be the first to benefit.”
60. Supporters argue that the scheme________.
A. can help improve the parking conditions for the staff
B. should be applied to all commuters driving to work
C. is certain to be carried out despite the objections
D. will relieve traffic pressure and improve public transport
61. According to the objectors, the scheme is unfair for________.
A . the firms with parking lots B. the workforce without cars
C. the employees parking their cars on the streets
D. the staff driving to work in the daytime
62.Which word can best describe Theresa Villiers’s attitude towards the scheme?
A. Neutral.
B. Negative.
C. Understanding.
D. Positive.
63. It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A. many firms are willing to pay the charges for their staff
B. the author believes Britons will benefit from the scheme
C. the public transport in Nottingham is in great need of improvement
D. those firms with more commuters will leave Nottingham
C
What is great art? On the one hand, we can all see that great art is old art which is called great. But how do we know which art of our own times is great, and which will be forgotten? And who decides?
These are important questions, for the great art of the past often was not considered great during its own time. When Shakespeare and Charles Dickens were writing, for example, most critics considered them as hack (平庸的) writers with little or no literary ability.
Similarly, Van Gogh and many of the other Impressionist painters of the late nineteenth century were not allowed to participate in events involving what were thought to be the "real" painters of the time, and often they were very poor. Yet today their paintings often sell for millions of dollars, while those so-called "real" painters are now barely remembered.
So what makes great art? Can, for example, rock music be great art? Music videos? Cartoons
and comics? Those who call themselves critics of the fine arts often have been the last to recognize great art in the past, and we can probably expect this to be the situation today.
Critics often don’t recognize great art because they tend to be prejudiced against what is popular. Popular works, whether they are novels, movies, or comics, are usually considered to be produced for the sake of money only, and not for the sake of art.
But popularity, it seems to me, is one of the three signs that a present-day work of art may come to be thought of as great. The other two are that it is groundbreaking, and that it is inherently (内在的) beautiful.
Many works have one or even two of these qualities of being popular, unusual, and beautiful. But having all the three often will mean that a work of art will someday be seen to be great, though it may take a good spoonful of time, such as a century or two, to know for sure.
64. The first paragraph is intended to__________.
A. lead to the following and arouse the reader’s curiosity
B. introduce some real painters to the readers
C. introduce the questions the writer wants to answer
D. explain what kind of art will become popular
65. The author used the examples of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Van Gogh to prove
_____.
A. these masters’ works have some shortcomings
B. these masters wouldn’t have been so successful wi thout the critics
C. truly beautiful works of art are never understood when first created
D. great masters are often not acknowledged while they were alive
66. According to the author, great works _______.
A. may be presented in different forms
B. are generally valued by critics
C. are thought valuable because of their sale price
D. will lose their value if they’re not accepted
67. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Critics have changed their attitudes to great works.
B. Most of the opinions of critics are valueless.
C. The work of art itself, not the critics, determines its greatness.
D. Works of Impressionist painters will be great one day.
D
Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. Fox Point is a very new 47-unit living building in South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas. Two-thirds of the people living there are formerly homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families. The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions while also cutting costs.
Fox Point is operated by Palladia, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy people. Palladia received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers.
ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally clever and affordable homes which are called the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping,
energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials. Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.
Michael Bloomberg, New York’s mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for 500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s green house-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused by housing. So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.
Similar measures have been taken by other cities, such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.
68. What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?
A. To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people.
B. To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.
C. To show how the environment-friendly building works.
D. To compare old and new boiler rooms.
69. What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards?
A. Lower running costs.
B. Costing less in construction.
C. Less air to be lost in hot days.
D. Better prices for homeless people.
70. What is the main purpose of this text?
A. To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.
B. To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.
C. To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.
D. To introduce healthy, environmentally clever and affordable housing.
第二节根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为
多余选项。

(涂卡请注意：E涂AB；F涂AC；G涂AD)
Urbanization
Until relatively recently, the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city. The first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago. 71_ In fact, nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural (乡村的) villages. It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in history--- a society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.
Britain was only the beginning. 72_ The process of urbanization--- the migration (迁移) of people from the countryside to the city--- was the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.
In 1990, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. Today, over 82% of Americans live in cities. Only about 2% live on farms. 73
Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized. Even in advanced agricultural societies. It took about ninety-five people on farms to feed five people in cities. _74 Until modern times, those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite(精英) and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them. Cities survived by taxing farmers and were limited in size by the amount of food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move it from farm to city.
Over the past two centuries, the Industrial Revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. 75_ Today, instead of needing ninety-five farmers to feed five city people, one American farmer is able to feed more than a hundred non-farmers.
A. That kept cities very small.
B. The rest live in small towns.
C. The effects of urban living on people should be considered.
D. Soon many other industrial nations become urban societies.
E. But even 200 years ago, only a few people could live in cities.
F. Modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.
G. Modern cities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.
第二卷（共45分）(请把答案写在答案页上)
第一节单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据下列句子所给汉语意思，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

76. The families are making __________(安排) for his wedding.
77. We must _______(代替)a new chair for the broken one..
78. The weather at the moment is not___________（典型的）for July.
79. We are______________(乐观的) that the mainland and Taiwan will unify in the near future..
80. Industrial development is being c___________(集中) in the west of China.
第二节完成句子（共5分）(每空一词)
81. 我是第一次经历这样的事，所以留在山顶上观察他们。

This ①_______ ________ ________ ___________, I stayed at the top and watched them.
82. 我一直忙于学习，以至于我没有时间去参与社会活动。

I have been ②________ ________ ________work that I haven’t had time for social activities.
83. 加州的与众不同之处在于它也是美国最多元文化特征的一个州，它吸引了来自世界各自地人们。

It also ③_______ ________ ________ _______being the most multicultural state in the USA, ④_______ ________people from all over the world
84. 只有如果你提出了许多不同的问题之后才有可能获得你需要知道的信息。

Only if you ask many different questions ⑤______ _______ _______all the information you need to know.
第三节短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）(见答案页)
第四节书面表达（满分25分）
第四节：书面表达
假定你是李华，正在英国接受英语培训，住在一户英国人家里。

今天你的房东Mrs. Wilson不在家，你准备外出，请给Mrs. Wilson写一留言条。

内容包括：
1．外出购物2．替房东还书 3. Tracy来电话，留言：
(1) 咖啡屋（Bolton Coffee）见面取消(2) 此事已告知Susan (3) 尽快回电
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

衡水中学2013-2014学年度下学期一调考试
高二年级英语试卷参考答案
听力：1—20 ACBBA CABCB ACABC ACABB
单选：21-35 ACADB DBBAC DCDDB
完形：36—55 BDBAC DBACD CBADB ACBAD
阅读：(A) BCBA (B)DABC(C) ADAC (D) CAD
阅读新题型：EDBAF
单词拼写：76. preparations 77. substitute 78. typical 79. optimistic/positive 80. concentrated
完成句子：
81.being my first experience 82. so occupied with 83. has the distinction of/ having attracted 84. will you acquire
短文改错：How an unbelievable scene! A modern young couple were eating fruit in public and had
What
thrown plenty of waste on the ground. When an old cleaner come to clean up, the man was
came
very angry. He points at the cleaner, saying in loud voice,” How impolite ! They haven’t
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finished eating ! ”“How could people behave such badly ?” I thought. Obvious, in their
so Obviously eyes, they could do all what they liked and ignore others’ feelings. In my opinion, we should pay
that或者去掉all/what
attention to our behavior, obey public rules and respect for other people’s work. We should know that 去掉for
civilized people are those who has good manners but a beautiful mind all the time.
have and
书面表达：
One Possible Version
I’m going out shopping, and won’t be back until about 5: 00 pm. I have taken with me the two books you asked me to return to the City Library. At about 1 o’clock this afternoon, Tracy called, saying that she couldn’t meet you at Boston Coffee as she had something important to attend to. She felt very sorry about that, but said that you could set some other time for the meeting. She wanted you to call her back as soon as you are home. She has already told Susan about this change.
Li Hua.。