河北省唐山一中高二英语上学期期中试题

唐山一中2015—2016学年度第一学期期中考试
高二年级英语试卷
说明：
1.考试时间120分钟，满分150分。

2.将卷Ⅰ答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上,将卷Ⅱ答案答在答题纸上。

3.Ⅱ卷答题纸卷头和答题卡均填涂本次考试的考号，不要误填学号，答题卡占后５位。

卷Ⅰ(选择题共100分)
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
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 woman really mean?
A. He should have it repaired.
B. He should clean his watch himself.
C. He should set it from time to time.
2. How will the weather be this afternoon according to the weatherman?
A. Sunny.
B. Windy.
C. Rainy.
3. How did Margaret go to Los Angeles?
A. By air.
B. By train.
C. By ship.
4. What do we know about the man’s mother?
A. She is undergoing an operation.
B. She is recovering in hospital.
C. She has recovered at home.
5. What can we infer from the talk?
A. Julia shouldn’t marry Andrew.
B. Julia has married Andrew.
C. Julia was the man’s girlfriend.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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 is the entrance charge?
A. About £35.
B. About £100.
C. About £135.
7. When does the conversation take place?
A. In the morning.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
8. Which room is the resident living in?
A. Room 634.
B. Room 346.
C. Room 436.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What is the probable relationship of the two speakers?
A. Friends.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Job interviewer and interviewee.
10. What do we know from the talk?
A. The woman can’t write French.
B. The woman can write German.
C. The woman can not only speak French but also write it.
11. What does the man think of Chinese?
A. It’s difficult.
B. It’s easy.
C. It is the same as German.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. Who has just moved into the new house?
A. Miss Fang.
B. The man.
C. The two speakers.
13. When will the party end?
A. This Saturday morning.
B. This Saturday evening.
C. This Sunday morning.
14. How long will the party last？
A. Four hours.
B. Five hours.
C. Six hours.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Which leather wallet is cheaper?
A. The brown one.
B. The black one.
C. The blue one.
16. Why doesn’t the girl want to take the brown wallet?
A. There isn’t a place to put pictures.
B. It’s too expensive.
C. She doesn’t like its color.
17. What does the woman buy for her father in the end?
A. A black wallet.
B. A brown wallet.
C. A tie.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why do some people abuse drugs?
A. To feel good.
B. To regain their memory.
C. To be different from others.
19. According to the passage, what is the best way to stop friends from abusing drugs?
A. To help solve these psychological problems.
B. To send them to the hospital.
C. To make them know it’s harmful.
20. What are the findings of the studies about heavy drug users?
A. They are likely to feel guilty.
B. They are mostly from broken families.
C. They need care and love.
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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项。

A
Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there were a whole lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?”“Twenty pounds,”I said. “OK,”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.”“It’s got a slightly broken leg,”I said. “Yes, I saw that, but it’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to the plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?”I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.”“I’ll buy it,”I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,”he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I’m sorry; I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it. ”“Your must be crazy,”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“You’re right,”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said woul d you mend this chair for me?”“I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver (五镑钞票)?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
21. We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
22. The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.
A. changed his mind
B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purpose
D. decided to help the writer
23. How much did the writer pay?
A. ￡ 5.
B. ￡ 7.
C. ￡ 20.
D. ￡ 27.
24. From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________.
A. smart
B. careful
C. honest
D. funny
B
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Nanjing (Jiangsu Province) and Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province) summer camps!
Both of the summer camps will run from the beginning of July to the end of August. You will be expected to teach spoken English to Chinese students of different ages. We encourage you to bring your own culture to the classes to make things more interesting.
The information of the Nanjing camp:
● Working hours: 40 hours per week, 5 working days per week.
● Salary: about 7,000 RMB per month.
● Accommodation: free (single room).
The information of the Hangzhou camp:
● Working hours: 5 hours per day (＝50 min./class × 6 classes), one day rest per week.
● Salary: 20,160 RMB in total (420 RMB per day ＝70 RMB/class × 6 classes).
● Accommodation: free (shared room).
The requirements of the summer camps:
● Native English speakers (US, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
● A university degree.
● Teaching experience.
Please send us your resume (简历), copies of certificates and passport if you are interested in the camps.
E-mail: teacher1324@. cn
For more information you can visit our website at http: //www. Englishsummercamps.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
25. How long will a teacher work for the summer camps?
A. About five weeks.
B. About eight weeks.
C. Less than one month.
D. More than two months.
26. Who might be accepted as a teacher at the summer camps?
A. Abhishek, an excellent teacher from India.
B. Robert, a high school student from the USA.
C. Linda, an experienced university teacher from Canada.
D. Jerry, a university student from Australia.
27. Compared with the Nanjing camp, the Hangzhou camp ________.
A. has longer working hours
B. has younger students to teach
C. provides better accommodation
D. pays a higher salary
C
Happy birthday! Do birthdays really make people happy? Of course they do. Birthdays celebrate the day we were born. Besides, that extra candle on the cake suggests another year of growth and maturity—or so we hope. We all like to imagine
that we’re getting wiser and not just older. Most of us enjoy seeing the miracle of growth in others, as well. For instance, seeing our children develop and learn new things makes us feel proud. For Americans, like people in most cultures, growing up is a wonderful process. But growing old? That’s a different story.
Growing old is not exactly pleasant for people in youth-oriented American culture. Most Americans like to look young, act young and feel young. As the old saying goes, “You’re as young as you feel.” Older people joke about how many years young they are, rather than how many years old. People in some countries value the aged as a source of experience and wisdom. But Americans seem to favor those that are young, or at least “young at heart”.
Many older Americans find the “golden years” to be anything but golden. Economically, “senior citizens” often struggle just to get by. Retirement at age 65 brings a sharp decrease in personal income. Social security benefits usually cannot make up the difference. Older people may suffer from poor nutrition, medical care and housing. Some even experience age discrimination (歧视). In 1987, American sociologist Pat Moore dressed up like an older person and wandered city streets. She was often treated rudely—even cheated and robbed. However, dressed as a young person, she received much more respect.
Unfortunately, the elderly population in America is increasing fast. Why? People are living together. Fewer babies are being born. And middle-aged “baby bo om ers” are rapidly entering the groups of the elderly. America may soon be a place where wrinkles (皱纹) are “in”. Marketing experts are already noticing this group of consumers (消费者).
28. The main idea of the third paragraph is________.
A. the golden years can make the old earn lots of money
B. many old people in America are leading a hard life
C. the old in America have to retire at the age of 65
D. American social security benefits are not good
29. From the last paragraph we know that the underlined word “in” can be replaced
by________.
A. serious
B. bad
C. disappearing slowly
D. growing
fast
30. From this passage we can know________.
A. in America, growing up is not a wonderful process
B. in America, growing up is as wonderful a process as growing old
C. in America, growing up is a wonderful process, while growing old is not
D. in America, growing old is a wonderful process, while growing up is not
31. What should be mentioned in the following paragraph?
A. The public will change their attitude towards old people.
B. People will provide more services to the old in their communities.
C. Companies will soon produce more goods for old Americans.
D. The government will pass laws to ensure the benefits of the people.
D
To many web-building spiders, most of whom are nearly blind, the web is their essential window on the world: their means of
communicating, capturing prey (猎物), meeting mates and
protecting themselves. A web-building spider without its web is
like a man cast away on an island of solid rock, totally out of
touch and destined to starve to death.
So important is the web to an orb-web spider’s survival that the animal will continue to construct new webs daily even if it is being starved. For 16 days the starving spider builds completely normal webs. Then, as the animal gets scrawnier (憔悴的), it constructs a wider-meshed web using fewer strands (线). Such webs would only trap larger prey, which is more economical from the perspective of a starving spider.
The spider stores energy by recycling web protein. It simply eats its own web each evening and re-uses it to produce new silk. In studies with radioactively labeled materials, it was found that 95 percent of web protein reappears in the next day’s web. Most of the energy needed for web-building is used in walking over the strands as they are laid down.
Scientists are impressed by the adaptability of the spider’s highly preprogrammed brain, which is larger for its size than the brain of any other invertebrate (无脊椎动物). If web-building is interrupted, or if some of the existing strands are destroyed, the spider simply goes back to see where the web is left off and then finished building a normal web. One spider will even finish building the incomplete web of another.
32. What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Secrets of Spiders’ Adaptability
B. Importance of Webs to Spiders
C. Secrets of the Spiders’ Life
D. Spider s’Highly Preprogrammed
Brain
33. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Web-building spiders have good eyesight.
B. One web-building spider usually conducts one web.
C. Most spiders will stop conducting webs when hungry.
D. Web-building spiders will probably die without their webs.
34. A spider conducts a wider-meshed web when _______.
A. it is 16 days old
B. it is getting weaker
C. it has fewer strands
D. it hunts for food
35. A spider’s ability to finish an incomplete web proves that _______.
A. it has a highly preprogrammed brain
B. it reuses its web protein to reproduce new silk
C. the web is everything for a spider
D. it is able to rebuild a destroyed web
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。

（如果所用的答题卡没有E、F、G选项，则选E涂A、B，选F涂A、C，选G涂A、D）
36 This date was the old mid-winter festival in pre-Christmas times, around the time of the longest night and the shortest day. Christmas in the 21st century has many traditions: Christmas trees, cards and presents. Shops can make about 60 percent o f their year’s income in the three months before Christmas, so most shops get ready for it in October. 37 The first time this happened was in 1867 when Macy’s famous shop in New York, stayed open until midnight on Christmas Eve.
By mid-December, almost every shop and street has a Christmas tree. 38 In the northern countries, winter is cold and dark and most trees are decorated with lights and colored glass balls to give people hope that spring will come.
Father Christmas is known across the world with his white hair, red coat and big bag of toys. Young children are told that he lives in the north of Finland and makes toys for them. 39
On Christmas Day a traditional meal is eaten, usually a turkey and a rich, spicy cake. Some people hate Christmas. 40 They love seeing family and friends; they also love the traditions. Love it or hate it, Christmas is a time to look back over the old year and forward to the new one.
A. This tradition was started by the Germans as early as 700 AD.
B. Believe it or not.
C. Since about 400 AD, Christmas Day has been celebrated.
D. Others feel it is a magical and exciting time.
E. The shopping centers are beautifully decorated and stay open late at night.
F. It was really beautiful indeed.
G. By tradition, he brings the toys to children at night, on the night before Christmas.
第三部分英语知识运用（满分30分）
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处
的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Recently I understood the true meaning of love. The 41 was Kane, my neighbor Joline’s two-year-old son.
Kane was born with a physical problem on his 42 . And I witnessed the 43 that Kane’s physical shortcomings had on his family. I also witnessed much more than that. I saw a 44 family that embraced (拥抱) this special child. A family that wouldn’t allow Kane to know he was 45 . Joline had constructed a small cart just a few inches off the floor for his son to 46 . Kane used his hands to move about, and the cart 47 him to “go to” any place just as everyone else was able to do. Kane was not just a member of the family, but the 48 of the family.
With a wide smile, it was easy to see that even at the age of two, Kane liked
to 49 with people very much. With wisdom of an individual, this boy even 50 the most complex of human emotions. Later I came to 51 that this child was
sent to help some of us who weren’t just getting what love was all about.
Kane demanded attention, 52 not because of his mobility (移动能力) challenges or other apparent shortcomings. In his mind, he had no 53 or shortcomings. The 54 was that he received attention because he was alive and real and had so much to offer.
Kane 55 me in a deep way. His ability to refuse to be different has 56 me. Kane was and is 57 lots of warm and powerful energy to me. From him and his family I learnt the 58 : love surpasses (超越) all things. I can only imagine that as the parent of a child like Kane one might be filled with 59 . But I believe that having a child like Kane is actually a(n) 60 . The parents
of such special babies are angles too, just as the babies are.
41. A. problem B. reason C. matter D. pressure
42. A. hands B. eyes C. legs D. arms
43. A. effect B. comment C. demand D. look
44. A. similar B. wonderful C. practical D. fair
45. A. irregular B. difficult C. different D. terrible
46. A. go ahead B. speed up C. turn out D. get around
47. A. invited B. allowed C. advised D. caused
48. A. symbol B. signal C. center D. mark
49. A. communicate B. compare C. agree D. compete
50. A. reminded B. understood C. discovered D. trusted
51. A. recognize B. experience C. imagine D. realize
52. A. and B. or C. but D. as
53. A.challenges B. expectations C.promises D. chances
54. A. goal B. result C. possibility D. truth
55. A. touched B. stopped C. caught D. kept
56. A. puzzled B. shocked C. amused D. inspired
57. A. even B. yet C. still D. almost
58. A. lesson B. subject C. notice D. skill
59. A. excitement B. determination C. anger D. anxiety
60. A. ability B. advantage C. problem D. exception
卷Ⅱ(非选择题共50分)
注意：将答案写在答题纸上。

写在本试卷上无效。

第一节单词拼写（共１０小题，每小题1分，满分１０分）
1. The athletes made great progress by ________ (科学的) training.
2.The bell rang, _________ (宣布，宣告) the end of the class.
3.The troop covered _________ (粗略地，大约) 80 miles a day.
4.The beauty of the sunset was beyond _________ (描述).
5. __________ (代表) of many nations at the peace talks are working towards
an agreement.
6. He__________ (溜进) into the small room without being noticed.
7. You must __________ (集中) all your energies on the study of English.
8. We were __________ (通知) by mail of the change in plans.
9. New technology is being _________(应用于) to almost every industrial process.
10. We _________(款待) my friend Susan to lunch at the Sayon.
第二节单句改错（共１０小题，每小题1分，满分１０分）
下列各句中每句有一处错。

每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：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

1. Remove clothing using scissors if necessary unless it stuck to the burn.
2. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people expose to
cholera.
3. To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all
the water supplies was examined.
4. I still cannot believe that I am taking in this prize that I won last year
5. Meanwhile, you have to prepare the next question depend on what the person says.
6. He made very positive contribution to the success of the project.
7. Someone broke in the office and got some important information from the computer of the boss.
8. Hardly have I reached the bus stop when the bus started.
9. I found the table covering with dust when I came back.
10. The price of vegetables vary with seasons.
第三节语法填空（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。

According to a recent survey, violence did exist in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also expressed their great concern about it. Experts hope the whole 1 (social) pay more attention to the mental health of adolescents.
Nowadays, school violence is a hot issue. I think this is a phenomenon, 2 calls for our great concern. We should try every effort 3 (prevent) violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school 4 their personal safety could not be guaranteed. In fact, violence can 5 (learn). Children learn violent behavior from adults or from 6 they see on television or on 7 Internet.
If I meet with school violence, I will not answer violence 8 violence, for it will result in 9 (much) fighting. I will tell my teachers or parents about it. I think they will help me deal with it well and they will protect me from the bad guys. All in all, every student should behave 10 (he) and keep away from violence.
第四节书面表达（20分）
假如你叫李平，你的美国笔友Tom来信询问你十一假期过的怎样。

请根据表格中信息给
他回信,说明你在十一假期中的活动和理由。

注意：词数100左右。

唐山一中2015—2016学年度高二第一学期期中考试
英语试卷参考答案
听力 1---5 ACABC 6 ---10 ACABC 11---15 ABCBB 16---20 BCAAC
阅读理解 21—24 DCAA 25—27 BCD 28—31 BDCC 32—35 BDBA
36—40 C E A G D
完形填空 41-45 BCABC 46-50 DBCAB 51-55 DCADA 56-60 DCADB
单词拼写
1. scientific
2. announcing
3. roughly
4. description
5. Representatives
6. slid/slipped
7. concentrate
8. informed
9. applied 10. treated
单句改错
1. stuck前加 is
2. expose 改为exposed
3. was改为be
4.in改为up
5. depend改为depending
6. made后加 a 或contribution改为contributions
7. in 改为into 8. have改为had 9. covering 改为covered 10. vary改
为varies
语法填空
1. society
2. which
3. to prevent
4. if
5. be learned/learnt
6. what
7. the
8. with
9. more 10. himself
书面表达
Dear Tom,
I’m very glad to receive your letter. And it’s a pleasure to tell you something about how I spent the National Day holiday.
First, I had a good rest because recently I often felt tired as a result of my heavy study burden as well as lack of sleep and physical exercise. Of course, it took me two days to stay with my grandparents living in the countryside and
I helped them do some housework and told them what happened to me and my friends.
What’s more, I had a trip with my friends to appreciate the beauty of nature and breathe fresh air.
What di d you do in your holiday? I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Ping。