广东省实验中学2013-2014学年高二上学期期中英语试卷

广东实验中学2013-2014学年高二级模块5考试
英语
I．听力(共9题，满分10分)
第一节：信息填空（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）
听录音，将所提到的内容填入题号为1-6的空格处。

听录音前,你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。

录音播放两遍。

（每空2-3词）
Hello, everyone. In our university, community service is an important part of education. All students are encouraged to volunteer for at least one community activity before_______1_______.
A new program called “___________2______” helps high school students who’ve fallen behind. Students majoring in______3________are badly needed. You’d have to volunteer four hours a week for one term and choose to help a child with maths, chemistry or both. You could do an hour for each subject two days a week. Professor Gordon will _______4_______to help you with lesson plan or to offer suggestions for activations. He had office hours every Monday and Wednesday morning. You can _______5_____for the program with him and begin the work the next week. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the community service and gain______6______at the same time. If you have any questions, stop by Professor Gordon’s office this week.
第二节：听力理解（共3小题，7-8每题1分，第9题2分，满分4分）
听下面一段故事，回答以下3个问题。

听录音前你有5秒钟的阅题时间，录音播放两遍。

7. Who did the woman see in her yard? ks5u
________________________________________________________________________.
8. What were their names?
________________________________________________________________________.
9. Why did the other two men follow the man into the house, though they were not invited by the woman?
_________________________________________________________________________.
II. 语言知识及运用(共三节，满分55分)
第一节：单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
10. With no time to arrange their wedding, John and Mary will have it __________ by a company.
A. organizing
B. organized
C. to organize
D. being organized
11. -- You should have thanked her before you left.
-- I meant ________, but when I was leaving I couldn’t find her anywhere.
A. to do
B. to
C. doing
D. doing it
12. After graduation from college, he decided to ____________ photography as his career.
A. take up
B. take over
C. take off
D. take on
13. While building a tunnel through the mountain, ____________________________.
A. an underground lake was discovered
B. there was an underground lake discovered
C. a lake was discovered underground
D. the workers discovered an underground lake
14. _______ from his accent, he must be _________ America.
A. Judged… from
B. To judge …of
C. Judging… from
D. Judging…of
15. Never before __________ to _________ what his parents expect of him more than it is today.
A. he has failed; live up to
B. he failed not; come up with
C. has he failed; live up to
D. did he fail; come up with
16. When ________ help, one often says “Thank you” or “It’s kind of you.”
A. to be offered
B. offered
C. offering
D. to offer
17. It was not until one of his works was published that_______ to gain his confidence in writing.
A. he was able
B. was he able
C. he had been able
D. had he been able
18. ___________ the cat family, the small tiger looks like a big cat.
A. Having belonged to
B. Belonged to
C. To be belonged to
D. Belonging to
19. ___________ in the astronaut’s talk, I didn’t want to __________ one single word from him.
A. Absorbing; leave off
B. Absorbed; leave out ks5u
C. Having absorbed; break up
D. Being absorbed; break off
第二节完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 20 , but I always knew he was 21 . He never criticized us, but used 22 to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you put water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t they die.”
I 23 as a child I said something 24 about somebody, and my father said, “Any time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a 25 of you. Look for the best in people, and you will get the best in return.” From then on I’ve always tried to 26 the principle in my life.
Dad’s also always been very 27 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was 28 a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a 29 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and dad tried to sway me from my 30 , as any good father would. When he 31 I had ma de up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad persuaded me to go into law. And I’ve always 32 it. I wanted to be an archeologist, but I didn’t pursue my dream. You know what you want. Go fulfill that dream.”
As it turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 33 for young people. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad 34 me.
20. A. biologist B. manager C. lawyer D. gardener
21. A. strict B. honest C. special D. learned
22. A. praise B. courage C. power D. warmth
23. A. think B. imagine C. remember D. guess
24. A. unnecessary B. unkind C. unimportant D. unusual
25. A. reflection B. warning C. message D. shame
26. A. revise B. set C. review D. follow
27. A. understanding B. experienced C. serious D. demanding
28. A. taking up B. making up C. picking up D. keeping up
29. A. suggestion B. decision C. notice D. choice
30. A. decision B. way C. sleep D. future
31. A. noticed B. foreseen C. realized D. recognized
32. A. liked B. regretted C. demanded D. accepted
33. A. newspaper B. magazine C. program D. project
34. A. controlled B. comforted C. reminded D. raised
第三节语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为35～44的相应位置上。

Have you ever heard the old saying, “Never judge a book by its cover?” This is a good rule to follow when you are trying to judge the intelligence of others. Some people have minds ____35_____shine only in certain situations. A young person with ____36_____ unusual gift for writing may find himself speechless in the ______37______(present) of a pretty girl when he speaks. He may not be able to find the right words. But don’t make mistake of thinking him stupid, with a pen and a pencil, he can express _____38____ better than anybody.
Other people may fool you into overestimating ___39_____ intelligence by putting up a good front. A student listening attentively and _____40_____(take) notes in class is sure to make a favorable impression ___41____ his teachers. But ____42_____ it comes to exams, he may score near the bottom of the class.
The only way ____43_______(determine) a person’s intelligence is to get to know him. The ____44______(much) situation you see, the better your judgement is likely to be. So take your time. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
III. 阅读(共两节，满分40分)
第—节阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
A
This is an excerpt from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech at Tsinghua University in2005: (I)
started way back as a weightlifter. I always liked the idea of lifting weights and being a bodybuilder. From the first moment, when I gripped a barbell(杠铃) and held it around the bar and lifted the steel up over my head, I felt this exhilaration, and I knew then that this is something that I’m going to do. I’m going to pursue the sport of weightlifting and bodybuilding.
Now, I remember the first real workout that I had. Eight miles away from my home village in Austria there was a gymnasium, and I rode to that gymnasium with a bicycle. And there I trained for half an hour, because they said that after half an hour you should stop because otherwise your body will get really sore. But after half an hour I looked at my body, and nothing had happened,
so I said: “I’d better work out for anther half hour.” So I lifted some more, my strength didn’t improve. I didn’t see the muscles pop out or anything like that, so I trained for another half an hour. And then after another half hour I trained another half an hour, and all together I trained two and a half hour.
Well, let me tell you something. The next morning when I got up, my body was so sore that I couldn’t even lift my arms to comb my hair and you know how embarrassing that is. But you know something? I learned a very important lesson that pain means progress. Pain is progress. Each time my muscles were sore from a workout I knew that they were growing and they were getting stronger.
I think there is a real life lesson in that. After two or three years of discipline and determination and working out hard, I actually changed my body, and I grew stronger. And that told me something, that if I could change my body that much, and if I could change the strength of my body that much, then I could also change anything else. I could change my habits, I could change my intelligence, I could change my attitude, my mind, my future, my life. And this is exactly what I have done. I think that this lesson applies to people, and it also applies to countries. You can change, China can change, and everyone in world can change.
45. The underlined word “exhilaration” probably means ____________.
A. pressure
B. excitement
C. hope
D. challenge
46. Why did the author look at his body when he had finished the first half hour of working out?
A. He expected his body to have changed.
B. He felt that his strength had improved a bit.
C. He didn’t see his muscles popping out.
D. His body was sore.
47. What is the third paragraph of the speech mainly about?
A. Why he was embarrassed asking this mom for help.
B. Why he felt silly for not listening to others’ advice.
C. How his muscled grow after working out.
D. What the effect of his workout was.
48. With the speech, the author intends to tell us that ______________.
A. our attitude determines our achievement
B. it is quite difficult to make some changes to our body
C. we learn important life lessons in daily life
D. anything can be achieved as long as we work hard
B
Are you preparing a big test? If so, you may want to go play some basketball in between hitting the book. Doctors are starting to find more and more information that suggests a connection between exercise and brain development. Judy Cameron, a scientist at Oregon Health and Science University, studies brain development. According to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels, including those in the brain stronger and more fully developed. Dr. Cameron is sure that this allows people who exercise to think better. As she says, “while we
already know that exercise is good for the heart, exercise can actually cause physical changes in the brain.” ks5u
The effects of exercise on brain development can even be seen in babies. Babies who do activities that require a lot of movement and physical activity show greater brain development than babies who are less physically active. Even a little movement can show big results. Margaret Barnes, a scientist, also believes in the importance of exercise. She thinks that many learning disabilities that children have in primary school or high school can be traced back to a lack of movement as babies. “Babies need movement that encourages and excites their five senses. They need to set up a connection between motion and memory. In this way, as they get older, children will begin to connect physic al activity with higher learning,” says Margaret.
Older people can develop their brains as well. Cornell University studied a group of seniors who have a short-term memory increase of up to 40 percent after exercising just three hours a week. The exercise does not have to be very difficult but it does have to increase the heart rate. Also, just like the motion for babies, exercise for older people should not be simple. Learning some new skills or actions, such as with yoga or tai-chi helps to open up memory paths in the brain that may not have been used for a long time. For most people, any type of physical activity that increases the heart rate is helpful. The main aim is to increase the brain’s flow of blood. And your brain can benefit from as little as two to three hours of exercise a week.
49. According to the passage, what is the connection between exercise and brain development?
A. Exercise helps make our blood vessels.
B. Physical exercise helps us think better.
C. The brain needs special mental exercise.
D. The more exercise, the bigger brain.
50. The underlined word “trace” most probably means _______.
A. to find the result of something
B. to seek the details of something
C. to follow the example of something
D. to find the origin of something
51. The smallest amount of exercise required to gain any benefit may be ______.
A. Three hours per week
B. 40 hours per week
C. three hours per day
D. 40 hours per month
52. Why is yoga suggested for seniors?
A. It does good to the bones of old people.
B. It does not increase the heart rate.
C. It includes learning new actions.
D. It can be done in groups.
53. What is main idea of this passage?
A. How exercise makes people strong.
B. How to get good scores on a test.
C. How exercise helps the brain.
D. How the brain can change.
C
In the more and more competitive service industry, it is no longer enough to promise customer satisfaction. Today, customer “delight” is what companies are trying to achieve in o rder to keep and increase market share.
It is accepted in the marketing industry, and confirmed by a number of researchers, that
customers receiving good service will promote business by telling up to 12 other people; those treated badly tell tales of woe to up to 20 people. Interestingly, 80 percent of people who feel their complaints are handled fairly will stay loyal.
New challenges for customer care have come when people can obtain goods and services through telephone call centers and the Internet. For example, many companies now have to invest (投资) a lot of money in information technology and staff training in order to cope with the “phone rage”---- caused by delays in answering calls, being cut off in mid-conversation or left waiting for long periods.
“Many people do not like talking to machines,” says Dr, Storey, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at City University Business School. “Banks, for example, encourage staff at call centers to use customer data to establish instant and good relationship with them. The aim is to make the customer feel they know you and that you can trust them ---- the sort of comfortable feelings people have during face-to-face chats with their local branch manager.”
Recommended ways of creating customer delight include: under-promising and over-delivering (saying that a repair will be carried out within five hours, but getting it done within two) replacing a faulty product immediately; throwing in a gift voucher (购物礼券)as an unexpected “thank you” to regular customers; and always ret urning calls, even when they are complaints.
Aiming for customer delight is all very well, but if services do not reach the high level promised, disappointment or worse will be the result. This can be eased by offering an apology and an explanation of why the service did not meet usual standards with empathy (for example, “I know how you must feel”), and possible solutions (replacement, compensation（赔偿）or whatever fairness suggests best meets the case).
Airlines face some of the toughest challenges over customer care. Fierce competition has convinced them at that delighting passengers is an important marketing tool, while there is great potential for customer anger over delays caused by weather, unclaimed luggage and technical problems.
For British Airways staff, a winning telephone style is considered vital in handling the large volume of calls about bookings and flight times. They are trained to answer quickly, with their names, job title and a “we are here to help” attitude. The company has invested heavi ly in information technology to make sure that information is available instantly on screen.
British Airways also says its customer care policies are applied within the company and staff are taught to regard each other as customers requiring the highest standards of service.
Customer care is obviously here to stay and it would be a foolish company that used slogans such as “we do as we please”. On the other hand, the more customers are promised, the greater the risk of disappointment.
54. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that _______.
A. complaining customers are hard to satisfy
B. well-treated customers promote business
C .satisfied customers catch more attention
D. unsatisfied customers receive better service
55. The writer mentions “phone rage”(Par agraph 3)to show that ________.
A. customers often use phones to express their anger
B. people still prefer to buy goods online
C. customer care becomes more demanding
D. customers rely on their phones to obtain services
56. What does the writer recommend to create customer delight?
A. Calling customers regular.
B. Promising more gifts.
C. Giving a “thank you “note.
D. Delivering a quicker service.
57. If a manager should show his empathy (Paragraph 6), what would be probably say?
A. “I know how upset you must be.”
B. “I appreciate your understanding.”
C. “I’m sorry for the delay.”
D. “I know it’s our fault.”
58. Customer delight is important for airlines because ________.
A. their telephone style remains unchanged
B. the services cost them a lot of money
C. they are more likely to meet with complaints
D. the policies can be applied to their staff
59. Which of the following is conveyed in this article?
A. A company should promise less but do more in a competitive market.
B. Companies that promise more will naturally attract more customers.
C. Face-to –face service creates comfortable feelings among customers.
D. Customer delight is more important for air lines than for banks.
第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

以下是音乐会的信息：
A. Pop star: Singer and composer Emil Chau, one of the most admired music idols in China and
Southeast Asia, will perform a solo concert in Beijing. Chau was born in Hong Kong and attended college in Taiwan. He has released more than 30 albums in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
Time: 7:30 pm, March 31
Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District
Tel: 6833-5552
B. Beautiful timbre:Jasmine Leong will meet her Beijing fans next month. Singing with
beautiful timbre, Leong will present a series of love stories to the audience. To highlight the theme of love, 200 sets of lover's tickets, valued at 1800 yuan will be presented.
Tickets: 180-980 yuan (US$22-121)
Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 9
Location: Workers' Gymnasium, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6501-6655
C. Music for children:Some 50 colourful music-related performances will be staged until
August 28 in an "Open the Door to Music" series of concerts, in a move to foster Chinese children's taste for art. The concert series will be held in several venues, sponsored by the Forbidden City Concert Hall and supported by the Beijing Municipal Culture Bureau.
Tickets: 10-100 yuan (US$1-12)
Time/date: 2 pm or 7:30 pm, July 20-August 28
Location: mainly in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, some in Peking University Hall in Haidian District and in the China Puppet Art Theatre and Poly Theatre Tel: 6506-5343, 6506-5345
D. Feel the mood: Jonathan Lee will host his 2006 concert in Beijing. As the master of music in
Taiwan, Lee is famous for his unique annotation of love, mood and life.
Time: 7:30 pm, March 24, 25
Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District
Tel: 6835-4020
E. Commemorative show: To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, the founder of modern prose drama, a concert titled "Nora's Songs" will be given.
Time: 7:30 pm, March 20
Place: Peking University Concert Hall
Tel: 6275-2279, 6275-9637
F. Chamber music: The chamber concert series of China Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will
greet audiences with a woodwind quintet, a string quartet plus Bach's piano concerto and suite.
Time: 7:30 pm, March 25
Place: The Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music, 43 Baojiajie, Xicheng District Tel: 6641-4759, 6642-5744
以下内容是与音乐会相关的信息，请匹配与之相关的音乐会。

60. To remember Henrik Ibsen, with pianist Wolfgang Plagge, violinist Annar Folles and soprano
Gao Xia, the Norwegian Ibsen Trio will present the classic works of the celebrated playwright.
61. Jasmine Leong is a Malaysian singer who is very popular on the Taiwan music scene.
Focusing on lyrical songs, Leong's Beijing performance will also tap into rock & roll music.
62. His platinum albums such as "You Make Me Happy and Sad," "Flowery Heart," "Music
Brings Us Together" and "Emil & Friends" have brought him numerous awards in Singapore, and China's Taiwan and Hong Kong.
63. Jonathan Lee represents the creative spirit of the past 20 years in Taiwan and many renowned
singers like Sarah Chan (Chen Shuhua), Sandy Lam (Lin Yilian), Emil Chau (Zhou Huajian) and Karen Mok (Mo Wenwei) draw great inspiration from Lee's works.
64. The mix of musical treats for children in Beijing includes various kinds of art forms, including
Western classical music and Chinese traditional music, as well as puppet plays, crosstalk shows, and highlights of Chinese local operas such as Peking Operas and Kunqu Operas.
IV. 书面表达（共两节，满分40分）
第一节完成句子（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
请根据句子逻辑, 从模块五课本所学的词汇中选用恰当的单词并且使用其正确的形式填空。

65. For ____________(方便), the two groups have been treated as one in this report.
66. We all s____________(怀疑) the truth of the report.
67. A driver is not supposed to f__________ （闪光）his lights at the coming vehicles.
68. It’s hard to t__________ the fierce heat in the desert.
69. “This room needs a t_______________ clean,” explained the housewife.
70. Before we buy a house, we must have the house a__________(评估).
71. He is such a strong-minded person that there is nothing in the world that can d_________ him.
72. Mary would live in a _____________(带家具的) apartment in a town close to London, if she
accepted the job in England.
73. As nobody there knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to
h_______（处理）the problem.
74. First aid is a t__________ form of help given to someone who falls ill or gets injured before a
doctor can be found.
第二节：句子翻译（每空限填一词，每空0.5分，共10分）
75. 我觉得是你而不是那个男孩该为此次失去这个机会负责。

I feel it is you rather than the boy _______ is ________ _________ for losing the opportunity.
76. 英国是一个美丽的国家，由英格兰，威尔士，苏格兰及北爱尔兰组成。

The United Kingdom is a beautiful country, ________ ___________ England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
77. 在医院呆了六周后，他终于恢复状态并且开始工作。

After six weeks in hospital, he was finally _______ _________ ________ ______ and ready to start work.
78. 我们应集中精力努力改进教育工作。

We should _____________ all our __________ _____________ improving education.
79. 即使是一件小事情，也可以对环境产生影响。

__________it is only a small thing, it could also _______ _________ __________ ______the environment.
80. 新技术正在被应用于工业生产。

New technology _______ __________ ________ to the industrial process.
第三节：读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Last August, I went to my friend Elizabeth’s party. I hadn’t seen my friends over the summer and I expected to talk with them.
At the party, my friend Adam was sitting at my table. “Hey, Adam,” I said. “Hey, hold up. I am busy,” he said. I asked him what he was doing and he told me he was texting. He just sat there texting for most of the party. He even didn’t eat. I was disappointed because I hadn’t seen him for several weeks and he didn’t even talk to me. My friends and I tried to get him to stop texting and start communicating with other people, but he didn’t move. When I hang out with my friends and they’re texting, it annoys me because I feel like I’m not that important to them.
Technology makes it easier for us to get in touch with others. I get my grades through e-mail from my teachers and my mom can call me to say that she’ll pick me up ten minutes later. But sometimes we lose control of how to use technology. Sometimes I think a lot of my friends would rather interact with small machines instead of real people.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括上文的主要内容；
2．然后以约120个词就“玩手机”这一主题谈谈你的看法，并包含以下内容要点：
(1)看完这篇文章后你的感想；
(2)你认为中学生应该如何正确使用手机。

【写作要求]】
1．在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子：
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

2013-2014学年高二级模块5考试答案
I．听力(共9题，满分10分)
第一节：信息填空（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）
1. They graduate
2. One on One
3. Chemistry or maths
4. be available to
5. sign up
6. valuable experience
第二节：听力理解（共3小题，7-8每题1分，第9题2分，满分4分）
7. She saw three old men .
8. Their names were Love, Wealth and Success
9. Because Love was invited into the house by the women. Where Love goes, Wealth and Success go with him.
II. 语言知识及运用(共三节，满分55分)
第一节：单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
10—14 BBADC 15—19 CBADB
第二节完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
20—24 CCACB 25—29 ADAAD 30—34 ACBBD
第三节语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
35. which/that 36. an 37. presence 38. himself 39. their
40. taking 41. on 42. when 43. to determine 44. more
III. 阅读(共两节，满分40分)
第—节阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
45—48 BADD 49—53 BDACC 54—59 BCDACA
第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
60—64 EBADC
IV. 书面表达（共三节，满分45分）
第一节完成句子（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
65. convenience 66. suspect/suspected 67. flash 68. tolerate 69. thorough 70. assessed 71. defeat 72. furnished 73. handle 74. temporary
第二节：句子翻译（每空限填一词，每空0.5分，共10分）
75. who/that; to blame
76. consisting of/ which includes
77. back on his feet
78. concentrate energies/energy on
79. Though/Although; make a difference to
80. is being applied
第三节：读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)
Possible version
At Elizabeth’s party, the author’s attempts at starting a conversation with her/his friend Adam met with complete coldness, for Adam was busy texting using his cellphone, which disappointed her/him. She/He thought people should not be under the control of technology.
What happened to the author reminds of me some negative effects caused by cellphone on t eenagers’ life. Some of my classmates bring their cellphones to the classroom, which distracts them from putting their heart into their studies. Others spend too much time playing with cellphones, which makes them ignore their friends and families.
It is certain that students can keep in touch with friends by cellphones. But we should bear in mind that spending too much time on it is harmful to us. There are times when it’s OK to text or make a telephone call, such as to remind or ask a friend about somethi ng. But I don’t think texting frequently is necessary when I’m with my friend, in class, at a family dinner, or at the movies.
Listening script
第一节信息填空
Hello, everyone. In our university, community service is an important part of education. All students are encouraged to volunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new program called “One on One” helps high school students who’ve fallen behind. Students majoring in chemistry or maths are badly needed. You’d have to volunteer four hours a week for each subject two days a week, Professor Gordon will be available to help you with lesson plan or to offer suggestions for activations. He had office hours every Monday and Wednesday morning. You can sign up for the program with him and beg in the work the next week. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the community service and gain valuable experience at the same time. If you have any questions, stop by Professor Gordon’s office this week.
第二节听力理解
One day, a woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. They greeted her with big smiles but she did not recognize them. “Who。