湖北省汉川市高二上学期期末考试英语试题

汉川市2015—2016学年度上学期高二年级期末统考英语试卷★祝考试顺利★本试卷分第I卷（选择题) 和第II卷（非选择题) 两部分。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

第Ⅰ卷1页至10页，第Ⅱ卷11页至12页。

2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。

3. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，搭载本试卷上无效。

第一部分听力（共两节，满分40分）第一节（（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. Whom does the laptop belong to?A. Tom.B. Alice.C. Lisa.2. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a theater.B. At a restaurant.C. At a gas station.3. What time is it now according to the man?A. 7:40 pm.B. 7:25 pm.C. 8:10 pm.4. What are the two speakers talking about?A. Life in Southeast Asia.B. Weather condition.C. A holiday plan.5.Which instrument does the woman’s brother advise her to play?A. The guitar.B. The piano.C. The drum.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6，7题。

6. What did the woman spend $10 on?A. The hot dogs.B. The taxi.C. The popcorn.7. Where did the two speakers go just before they got home?A. The new hot dog place.B. The convenience store.C. The movies.请听第7段材料，回答第8，9题。

8. Why does the woman come to see the man?A. To get her money back.B. To complain to the manager.C. To exchange a piece of clothing.9. How did the woman clean the jacket?A. By hand.B. By washing machine.C. By dry cleaning.请听第8段材料，回答第10,12题。

10. What job will the man take first?A. Salesman.B. Manager assistant.C. Secretary.11. What does the man not like about the new job?A. The travel.B. The working hours.C. The pay.12. What will the man do next?A. Attend a class.B. Go to an interview.C. Get a new car.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why didn’t the man enjoy his weekend?A. He got the flu.B. He argued with his wife.C. He missed a football game.14. What will the man do during lunch?A. Discuss the Peterson project.B. Meet with the managers.C. Talk with Valeric Dumonde.15. Who is the woman probably?A. The man’s wife.B.The man’s secretary.C.The man’s daughter.16. What does the woman imply about the man?A. He usually works late.B. He can go home now.C. He needs to hurry to the restaurant.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When is the closing date for the competition?A. August 31st.B. October15th.C. November 1st.18. What is the topic this year?A. “Cities”.B. “The Future”.C. “The World”.19. What is the prize if a school is the winner?A. A course from an artist.B. Some famous pictures.C. Children’s storybooks.20. Where is Barry Wells now?A. In Australia.B. In England.C. In France.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、D)中，选出最佳选项。

AThe day before St. Patrick’s Day in 1936, our school was dismissed early because of rain water. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where I lived, had experienced heavy snow for months before the Irish holiday. In early March, the weather warmed and some of the heavy snow started to melt. Worse,it also started to rain. Water moved down from the several hills around Johnstown.I was 14 and a junior high school student. I lived near the school. On my way home, I had to cros s a small river. When I got there, water was already over the river’s bridge. Afraid and drenched, I ran as fast as I could. My father and mother were home with my two younger sisters. We had no electricity or gas. The lines were underwater. We couldn’t m ake a fire .Early on St. Patrick’s Day, it was rainy and warm. That afternoon, a policeman drove a fire truck by our houses and shouted, “Run to the the hills! The dam might break.” Our fathertold us to get our coats and get into the car. Many of our neighbors traveled by car, but some walked. Johnstown had built an incline , an elevated railroad car , many years ago to take people to high ground. Everyone was in a hurry.At daybreak, we returned to the home. The dam did not break. Water filled the streets but not the houses in our neighborhood since we lived in the higher part of town. According to reports, water rose to 17 feet in the center of Johnstown, and all sorts of things from vehicles to houses were swept away. By the next day, the rain had stopped and the sun was out. Of course, the offer of help came as well.21. What is described in paragraph 1 shows that _____.A. it usually snowed heavily with rain before the Irish holiday in JohnstownB. school was on holiday the day before St. Patrick’s DayC. something terrible might happenD. why the writer’s school was dismissed early22. The underlined word “drenched” in paragraph 2 probably means ______.A. excitedB. angryC. wetD. hopeless23. On St.Patrick’s Day, a policeman _____.A. drove a truck to help the people make a fireB. warned people of the possible dangerC. asked people to protect the damD. informed people that they had possession taken away to hills24. We can learn from the last p aragraph that the author’s family ______.A. was very luckyB. lost their houseC. came to offer helpD. had their car swept awayBTeen drivers, be careful: Mum and Dad will soon know exactly how fast and how far you drove their car. And if you don’t use the seat belt, don’t even think about turning on the stereo, which allows you to listen to the music in your car.At the 2015 New Year International Auto Show, American car maker Chevrolet gives your parents the power to check on your driving.The“Teen Driver”feature（特征）appears with the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, a new type of mid-size car.The system is very user-friendly. Parents with a private code（密码）can pull up a dashboard（仪表板）display, including highest speeds reached and distance driven.Chevrolet isn’t the first car maker to offer such technology. For example, Ford has a similar system called MyKey. But “ the industry is moving toward highly developed controls over a teen’s driving,” said Andy Gryc, a car technology expert.Chevrolet said it is a safety need. “Teens are more likely to be involved in a car accident, so many parents were asking us to bring something to market that can teach safe driving habits,” said Chevrolet communications manager Chad Lyons.Teens are three times more likely to die in traffic accidents than grown-ups, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).Lyons thinks that a big problem is distracted（注意力分散）driving, such as texting or listening to music.Teens with th eir friends in the car like to listen to loud music . “If the driver and the front passenger aren’t wearing their seat belts , the stereo won’t turn on,” said Lyons. “Parents canalso control the level of sound.”If a teen driver goes beyond a certain speed, the car can speak to the driver, warning them of their speed.“It’s a way for parents to feel safe while they’re not in the car with their teen,” Lyons said.25. MyKey is similar to the “Teen Driver” feature because of its _____.A. purposeB. shapeC. qualityD. type26. How can the feature prevent distracted driving?A. By telling teens about their speed.B. By stopping drivers from texting.C. By avoiding loud music in the car.D. By asking people to use seat belts.27. What is the text mainly about?A. A new technology for road safety.B. An international car show for teens.C. An unusual kind of stereo safety system .D. A new type of fast-speed car.CMany of us have heard stories about teachers who can "see" into a student's future. Even if a student is not performing well, they can predict success. We are convinced that this ability, this gift, is evidence that they were "called to teach." If the gift of sight is evidence, how greater must be the gift of touch. I have a story.I grew up in the fifties in a poor African American neighborhood in Stockton, California. It was at Fair Oaks Elementary School, in a sixth grade English class, that I met Ms.Victoria Hunter, a teacher who had a huge influence on my life.During reading periods, she would walk around the room, stop at our desks, stand over us for a second or two, and then touch us. Without saying anything to us (nothing could break the silence of reading periods), she would place two fingers lightly on our throats and hold them there for seconds. I learned many years later when I was a student at Stanford University that teachers touch the throat of students to check for sub-vocalization(默读), which slows down the reading speed. I did not know at the time why Ms. Hunter was touching our throats, but I was a serious and respectful student and so, during silent reading period, I did what Ms. Hunter told us to do. I kept my eyes on the material I was reading and waited for her to place her fingers lightly on my throat.She touched me with her hands. She also touched me with her belief in my ability to achieve. She motivated me by demanding the best from me and by letting teachers I would meet in junior high school know that I should be challenged and that I would be serious about my work. I am convinced that she touched me because she could "see" me in the future. We left Fair Oaks as "best students," entered John Marshall Junior High School, finished at the top of our high school class, and went on to earn graduate degrees in various subjects. Ms. Hunter saw us achieving and she touched us to make certain that we would.I was not surprised that she came to my graduation ceremony at Edison High School in Stockton or that she talked to me about finishing college and earning a Ph. D. She expected that of me. She gave me a beautifully wrapped box. Inside was a gift, the beauty of which multiplies even as it touches me: a necklace to which I can add charms（小饰物）for each stage of my life.28.According to the writer, what is a special ability many good teachers possess?A. The ability to make all students behave well.B. The ability to treat different students in the same way.C. The ability to discover a student's potential to succeed.D. The ability to predict the near future of a poor student.29. According to the passage, how did Ms. Hunter motivate the writer?A. By letting teachers knowing their challenges in junior school.B. By having high expectations of her.C. By sending her a valuable necklace.D. By touching to let the writer have belief in her ability.30. What does the writer mean by the underlined part "a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life”?A. A gift which encourages me to do well on the journey of my life.B. A gift which becomes more and more valuable as time goes by.C. A necklace which I wear on all important occasions in my life.D. A necklace which suits me and adds to my charm.31. Which of the following serves as the best title for the story?A. Ms. Hunter's Unique WayB. Ms. Hunter's TeachingC. A Teacher's TouchD. A Teacher's MemoryDFive or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A professor who conducts（主持）research over in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic feature（特征)of the human brain that, when we concentrate on one task, causes us to miss just about everything else. Because we can't see what we can't see, our lecturer was determined to catch us in the act. He had us watch a video of six people tossing (投掷) basketballs back and forth, three in white shirts and three in black, and our task was to keep track only of the tosses among the people in white. The tape rolled, and everyone began counting.Everyone except me. I'm dyslexic (患阅读困难症的), and the moment I saw that tape with the confusing basketball tossers, I knew I wouldn't be able to keep track of their movements, so I let my mind wander. I became curious, though, when about 30 seconds into the tape, a gorilla (大猩猩) walked in among the players. She (we later learned a female student was in the gorilla suit) stared at the camera, beat her chest with her fist, and then went away while they continued passing the balls.When the tape stopped, the professor asked how many people had counted at least a dozen basketball tosses. Hands went up all over. He then asked who had counted 13, 14, and congratulated those who'd scored the perfect 15. Then he asked, "And who saw the gorilla?"I raised my hand and was surprised to discover I was the only person at my table and one of only three or four in the large room to do so. He'd set us up, trapping us in our own attention blindness. Yes, there had been a trick, but he wasn't the one who had played it on us. By concentrating so hard on counting, we had managed to miss the gorilla in the midst.Attention blindness is the fundamental organizing principle of the brain, and I believe that it presents us with a great opportunity. My take is different from that of many neural（神经学）scientists: Where they see the shortcomings of the individual, I sense an opportunity for cooperation. Fortunately, given the interactive(互动的) nature of most of our lives in the digital age, we have the tools to control our different forms of attention and take advantage ofthem.It's not easy to admit that everything we've learned about how to pay attention means that we've been missing everything else. It's not easy for us logical, intelligent, confident types to admit that the very key to our success — our ability to discover a problem and solve it, an achievement obtained in all those years in school and beyond — may be exactly what limits us. No one ever told us that our way of seeing left out everything else.32. Which of the following is true about the writer when the tape was played?A. The writer was confused by basketball tossers in white and black .B. The writer had difficulty keeping track of the tossers’ movements.C. The writer showed great curiosity about what the players tossing.D. The writer tried hard to stop her mind from wandering.33. Which of the following may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph?A. Attention blindness means that we’ve been missing everythin g else, although it is not easy to admit.B. Learning about how to pay attention means having the ability to succeed.C. Something may be missing although we have been learning to pay attention to everything.D. Our achievements may be exactly what limits us with attention blindness.34. The word underlined “take”in paragraph 5 most probably means ______.A. understandingB. impressionC. senseD. assumption35. In the writer's opinion, attention blindness ______.A. should be viewed as a shortcoming of the individualB. might be overcome if we can discover problems and solve themC. makes it possible for us to work together for a shared purposeD. helps us to become logical, intelligent and confident types of people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。