2015-2016学年广州市第二中学高一第二学期期中考试英语

广州市第二中学2015-2016学年第二学期期中考试
高一英语
命题：高一英语备课组审校：李丽茹
2016.4.27 本试卷共11页，共9答题，满分140分，考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必用2B铅笔在“考生号”处填涂考生号。

用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的班级、姓名和考生号填写在答题卡上。

2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选图其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须卸载大头条卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上：如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用铅笔盒涂改液。

不按以上要求作答的，答案无效。

4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。

考试结束后，将答题卡交回。

选择题部分
I. 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. Some of the doctors are paid almost as the nurses.
A. twice as much
B. much as twice
C. as much twice
D. as twice much
2. I really love my new room, 5 metres in width and 10 metres in length.
A. that is measured
B. which measures
C. is measuring
D. which is measured
3. News came the head teacher has decided to appoint he thinks is energetic and has good qualities as the monitor.
A. which; who
B. which; anyone
C. that; whomever
D. that; whoever
4. She insisted we the room papered rather than .
A. to have; being painted
B. on having; painted
C. have; painted
D. have; painting
5. My parents will get used to living in Guangzhou remains .
A. That, to see
B. Whether, seeing
C. Whether, to be seen
D. Why, to be seen
6. On the same day when my car on the way to work, I was told later a big fire in the building where I worked.
A. broke down, broke out
B. broke up, broke out
C. broke down, broke up
D. broke up, broke down
7. ---- Is everyone here?
---- Not yet. Look, there the rest of our guests.
A. come
B. comes
C. is coming
D. are coming
8. Some people regard as a drawback is seen as a plus by many people.
A. Whether
B. How
C. That
D. What
9. A library with five thousand book to the nation as a gift.
A. was offered
B. has offered
C. were offered
D. have offered
10. Only a human being.
A. when is ti hungry a lion will attack
B. when it is hungry will a lion attack
C. when it is hungry a lion will attack
D. when is it hungry will a lion attack
11. can be done done.
A. All that, have been
B. All what, have been
C. All that, has been
D. All what, has been
12. Every means prevent water from .
A. are used to, polluting
B. get used to, polluting
C. is used to, polluted
D. is used to, being polluted
13. ---- How dare he without a driving license?
---- Really? He that! He be crazy.
A. to drive; should n’t have done; might
B. drive; shouldn’t have done; must
C. to drive; mustn’t have done; must
D. drive; mustn’t have done; might
14. ---- Excuse me, could you tell me where the supermarket is?
---- It’s two blocks straight ahead. You miss it.
A. mustn’t
B. can’t
C. needn’t
D. shouldn’t
15. What is worth doing is to be done well.
A. worthwhile
B. worthy
C. worth
D. deserve
II. 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16-35各小题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange 16 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 17 me so much. There was never total 18 , but a street light or passing car lights 19 clothes hung over a chair take on the 20 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 21 , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 22 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 23 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would 24 very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 25 on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home ---- that was no 26 . After school, 27 , when all the buses were 28 up along the street, I was afraid that I’d get on the wrong one and be taken to some 29 neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t 30 the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears 31 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 32 by others. Being popular was so important to me 33 , and the rear of not being liked was a 34 one.
One of the processes of growing up is being able to 35 and overcome four fear. Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in
life.
16. A. way B. time C. place D. reason
17. A. wounded B. destroyed C. surprised D. frightened
18. A. quietness B. darkness C. emptiness D. loneliness
19. A. got B. forced C. made D. caused
20. A. spirit B. height C. body D. shape
21. A. eye B. window C. mouth D. door
22. A. breath B. wind C. air D. sound
23. A. belief B. feeling C. imagination D. doubt
24. A. lay B. hide C. rest D. lie
25. A. especially B. simply C. probably D. directly
26. A. discussion B. problem C. joke D. matter
27. A. though B. yet C. although D. still
28. A. called B. backed C. lined D. packed
29. A. old B. crowded C. poor D. unfamiliar
30. A. leave B. let C. order D. send
31. A. above B. in C. of D. at
32. A. protected B. guided C. believed D. accepted
33. A. then B. there C. once D. anyway
34. A. strict B. powerful C. heavy D. right
35. A. recommend B. remember C. recognize D. recover
III. 阅读理解（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled（摸索）in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had no matches. They had taken those. I looked through the bars at the guard. He did not make eye contact with me. I called out to him “Have you . got a light?”. He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette. As he came close and lit the match, his eyes unconsciously locked with mine. At that moment, I smiled. I don’t know why I did that. Perhaps it was nervousness, perhaps it was because, whe n you get very close, one to another, it is very hard not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was as thought a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn’t want to, but my smile leaped through t he bars and caused a smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed near, looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.
I kept smiling at him, now thinking of him as a person and not just a guard. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled fro the pictures of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes were filled with tears. I said that I feared that I’d never se e my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. Suddenly, without another word, he unlocked my cell and silently led me out. Out of the prison, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned
back toward the town.
36. What do we know about the man from the passage?
A He had lost contact with his family .
B. He had been forbidden to smoke.
C. He had been searched.
D. He had killed someone.
37. Why did the man want to smoke cigarettes?
A. Because he was sure he was to be killed.
B. Because he wanted the guard to set him free.
C. Because he wanted to ease his nervousness.
D. Because he was a regular heavy smoker.
38. What can we infer from the story?
A. The guard freed him in the prison.
B. The man smiled to please the guard.
C. The guard set the man free with permission.
D. The man was surprised to be set free.
39. What is the most important fact or in saving the man’s life?
A. The smile.
B. The cigarette.
C. The tears.
D. The wallet.
B
A “match of the century” between human champion of the Chinese board game Go（围棋）and Google’s computer program kicked off in Seoul on Wednesday , which drew great attention.
The first game of the five-game match started at about 1 p.m. Local time (0400 GMT) at Four Seasons Hotel in central Seoul. It will run through next Tuesday to determine the winner between South Korean Lee Sedol, the world Go champion in the past 10 years, and AlphaGo, developed by Google’s London-based subsidiary DeepMind.
The match of the century drew great attention from news organizations, Go fans and the general public across the world as well as in South Korea as it is seen as a representative match between humans and artificial intelligence (AI).
The Korea Baduk Association, a body for South Korean Go professionals, had received advance applications for an explanatory event of the match, but the limit of 60 seats had already surpassed.
South Korea’s public broadcaster KBS plans to broadcast live the match from 12:40 to 5 p.m., extending its initial（最初的）plan to air it for two hours from 3 p.m/ due to great interests from the general public. It is unusual for the public broadcaster to broadcast live the Go game for more than four hours.
Calbe channel TV Chosun will broadcast the match’s development every 10 minutes on Wednesday and Thursday, while planning to air live the whole matches on Saturday and Sunday.
The match is being aired live through YouTube around the world, while various Internet websites and TVs are broadcasting the landmark match.
Hundreds of journalists from around the world gathered at the venue to report on the match between Lee and AlphaGo.
AlphaGo took the world by surprise as it defeated European Go champion Fan Hui in October last year. Some experts had predicted it would take decades of years for AI to defeat
humans at the ancient Chinese board game.
Go, which originated in China more than 2.500 years ago, has been viewed as a grand challenge for AI due to its complexity and intuitive（直觉的）nature. It involves two players, who take turns putting markers（围棋）on a grid-shaped board to gain more areas on it. One can occupy the markers of the opponent by surrounding the pieces of the other.
40. What does the underlined phrase “kicked off” mean?
A. Started.
B. Stayed.
C. Closed.
D. Finished.
41. Why did the match draw so much attention in the world?
A. Because the match was the first one between humans and AlphaGo.
B. Because it is seen as a representative match between humans and AI.
C. Because it would take decades of years for AI to defeat humans at the ancient Chinese board game.
D. Because many TVs broadcast live the game.
42. The following statements are true except .
A. there are five matches between South Korean Lee Sedol and AlphaGo
B. Alphago gave the world a surprise by defeating European Go champion Fan Hui in October last year
C. Go originated in China more than 2,500 years ago
D. cable cahnnel TV Chosun will broadcast all the five games
43. What the best title of the passage?
A. Go match between human champion and Google’s AI draws wide attention.
B. Humans challenge artificial intelligence
C. Human Go champion will defeat Google’s AI AlphaGo in Go games.
D. Report competition from all over the world become fierce in Go games.
C
I love seeing Europeans line up in airports to applaud arriving refugees（难民）. But humanitarianism will no t guide policy for long. We liberals need to argue from Europe’s self-interest: our continent has the need, the space and the ability to accept people.
Many European countries are gradually turning into old people’s homes. Germany, Italy, Spain, and others have some of the lowest birth rates in human history. It is predicted that about one-third of their populations will be aged over 65 in 2050. Germany needs to import at least 350,000 people a year to keep its workforce stable. Suddenly, young ambitious workers are pouring into the country as if called by a genie（精灵）with a lamp. No wonder Angela Mekel, German Chancellor, has been more welcoming than David Cameron, British Prime Minister. But all over Europe, carers for old people are already in need. Norway found oil under the seabed but it would have been better off if it had discovered 50,000 nurses there instead.
Many rightwingers think we have reached our limits. This feeling is widespread. And it’s true that Western Europe is one of the most densely（密集地）populated regions on earth. Indeed, density has long been Europe’s unique selling point: with so many people of different nations closely packed together, we have always traded goods and exchanged ideas fast. That’s why the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries happened here.
But we have plenty more room. Many European cities aren’t dense enough. Now east Germany, north-western Spain and gorgeous mountain villages in Italy are losing people. Lots of cities have unused industrial land.
Hum ans inhabit a slice of the EU’s territory. Only about 2.5 percent of the EU’s land is used for housing, estimates the European Commission. By contrast, a whopping 43 percent was used for agriculture in 2009, it says. That’s too much. We could turn more lan d into forest or into green landscapes where people can relax and play. Making that transition is possible because we now use agricultural land inefficiently.
Migrants often spend years locked up together in serious government-funded “migrant centers”. However, the way to learn a new country’s language, make friends and find work is to live with a local. This crisis has shown that lots of Europeans are willing to take refugees into their homes. After Iceland’s government said it could take only 50 Syrian r efugees, many Icelanders came forward offering to take a far greater number into their own homes. People aren’t just sitting around waiting for government to do something.
We need migrants, and we can accommodate（提供住宿）them. If opponents just don’t like foreigners, they should say so instead of pretending to be hardheaded pragmatists（实用主义者）.
44. Why is Angela Merkel willing to take in refugees according to the passage?
A. Germany has already stepped into aged society.
B. Birth rates in Germany are the lowest in history.
C. She is kind and shows sympathy for homeless people.
D. Refugees can make up the shortage of labor in Germany.
45. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. No other region is more densely populated than Western Europe.
B. Density has become Europe’s most outstanding characteristic.
C. Not all European cities are crowded together in great numbers.
D. Large quantities of unused industrial land will turn into forest.
46. It can be inferred that .
A. nurses are more badly needed than petrol in Europe
B. Liberals always do something for the Europe’s benefit
C. Aging problem in Germany is the worst in Europe
D. Europeans have already made intelligent use of the land
47. What is Paragraph 6 mainly about?
A. Migrants can privately be accommodated.
B. Migrants had better not live in migrant centers.
C. Everyone can live with migrants to help them fit in.
D. Everyone has done their own part to help migrants.
D
Violin prodigies （神童）, I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists, the reas on for this phenomenon. “It is very clear,” he told me. “They were all Jews（犹太人）and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve exc ellence on a concert stage.” As a result,
every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.
Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field and is able to nurture（培育）talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, “children are ready to test their limits in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well.” the Koreans and Chinese, as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.
That’s a go od thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music. 48. Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because .
A. it would allow them access to a better life in the West
B. Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent
C. they wanted their children to enter into the professional fields
D. it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country
49. Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to .
A. all-round development
B. the learning of Western music
C. strict training of children
D. variety in academic studies
50. Nurturing societies are mentioned in the passage mean societies that .
A. enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellence
B. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development
C. encourage people to compete with each other
D. promise talented children high positions
IV. 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。

Things that will happen when Y ou Stop Consuming Cold Drinks Cold drinks are out while hot drinks are in! Experts are now telling us that hot or warm drinks are much more beneficial for us than was once thought. 51
You’ll feel the benefits of sweating
On a hot day, you need to sweat. It is your body’s way of keeping cool. Researchers found that cold drinks did not make their athletes sweat enough and you need to sweat to really keep the body cool. 52 They have always served warm meals which are always accompanied by strong, hot and sweet tea.
You’ll cut your risk of getting diabetes
53 For example, one can of either fruit drink, soda, iced tea, energy drink, or sports drink will probably contain 150 calories and 40 grams of carb（碳水化合物）. That is the equivalent of carbs containing 10 teaspoons of sugar so naturally, your blood glucose（葡萄糖）will rocket.
You’ll become friendlier
Strange but true. Researchers at University of Colorado Boulder asked participants to judge a person while holding a hot cup of coffee in their hands and when holding a can of iced coffee.
54 The results showed that when people held a hot drink, they tended to have more positive perceptions of other people’s generosity.
55
Some researchers offered participants a hot or room temperature drink. Both were effective in relieving symptoms but the hot version was by far the most beneficial. They found that the hot sweet taste can ease pain and discomfort.
You’ll be better protected against infec tions
Hot drink which has used boiled water as its base will be healthier because boiling sterilizes, so nay bacteria in the water will be eliminated once boiled.
You’ll avoid harming your teeth
All those cold cans of soda and iced tea are full of sugars which interact with the plaque（牙菌）on and around your teeth, producing a sort of acid which can destroy your tooth enamel（牙釉质）. As you can see, it is much better to avoid cold drinks when possible and go for the healthier hot drinks we have mentioned above.
A. Participants did not know that holding the drink was part of the test.
B. You’ll have better digestion
C. The Indians have known about his all along.
D. Here are 6 amazing things that will happen when you reach for the hot drink, rather than a cold one.
E. Persons with diabetes suffer from improper metabolism（新陈代谢）of sugar.
F. You’ll get more relief for your coughs and colds
G. If you have one can of cold drink in a day, it will greatly improve your sugar consumption.
非选择题部分
V. 单词拼写（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）（请在答卷上写出完成单词，注意大小写）
56. Holding a different opinion, I got into an a with my classmate.
57. The police s the house after the theft happened last night.
58. His is so talkative that he enjoys c with people.
59. When left alone, he r not spending more time with the family.
60. The cartoon i for children entertains adults as well.
61. The black people launched a c for equal rights.
62. Mr. Yuan Longping often exchanges experience with the farmers so as to c his
knowledge of scientific planting, for which he has been respected.
63. Last week, she d a speech on literature in the lecture hall.
64. The patient is seriously ill and is being kept under continuous o .
65. He is a successful businessman,with his business e greatly in recent years.
66. New evidence has c the first witness’ story.
67. The Tomb-Sweeping Festival is a Chinese t festival for descendants to worship and
remember their dead ancestors.
68. He has been fighting for his dream for the past two （十年）.
69. China has a large population, which makes up （大约）a quarter of the world
population.
70. （数据）show that 50% of new businesses fail in their first year.
VI. 完成句子（共6小题；每小格0.5分，满分10分）
71. 站在高塔上，我们看见了在里海岸不远处的那三座小岛。

Standing on the tall tower, we could the three islands not far off the coast.
72. 迷人的风景给我留下了深刻的印象。

The breathtaking scenery left .
73. 他昨天在会议上提及的那个问题引起了大家热烈的讨论。

The question he at the meeting yesterday aroused a heated discussion.
74. 妈妈对我送的任何东西都会满意。

My mother will whatever I send her.
75. 配上现在机器后，农民们终于摆脱了饥饿。

Equipped with modern machines, farmer finally .
76. 不要把药放在桌面小孩子们触手可及的地方。

Don’t leave the drugs on the table little children.
VII. 根据课文内容填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
1) “Here in Vancouver, you’re in Canada’s warmest part. People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city.
77 . Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities to live in. ... It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,
78 .”
2) Suddenly 79 for a woman to get medical training at that time. That was a generation 80 . Was she so much clever than anyone else? Further reading made me realize that 81 her gentle nature that got her into medical school.
VIII. 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连冠的要求，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82-91的相应位置。

The giant panda loves bamboo. An adult panda requires 12. 5 kilograms of bamboo, which
it 82 (hungry) pulls out with its powerful paws, to satisfy its daily needs·Wild pandas live only in the high bamboo forests of Central China. These mountain forests are cool and wet一just as pandas like it. In the summer, they may climb as high as 4000 meters to help 83 (they) to bamboo growing at higher altitudes.
Frequently, pandas 84 (see) eating in a relaxed sitting position, with their back legs stretched out before them. Though they may appear inactive, they are in fact skilled tree-climbers and efficient 85 (swim). Giant pandas are unsociable. They have a
studying these zoo animals.
IX. 作文（共1题；满分15分）
【写作内容】
最近，李越被评为你们班的“每周之星”。

请你根据她的事迹（在上周六上午，天气炎热，为班级选购歌咏比赛服装），用英语为班级板报写一篇短文。

你的文章应包括以下要点：李越的事迹及其对同学的影响；
你的评论。

注意：文章的标题和开头已给出（不计词数）
参考词汇：服装
【写作要求】
使用约120词表达所有内容。

【评分标准】
书写占2分；句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Star Student of the Week
Li Yue has been awarded the title of “Star Student of the Week” for what she did for our class.
参考答案
I. 单项选择
1-5 ABDCC 6-10 CDDAB 11-15 CDBBB
II. 完形填空
16-20 ADBCD 21-25 BBCDA 26-30 BACDB 31-35 CDACC
III. 阅读理解
A 36-39 ACDA
B 40-43 ABDB
C 44-47 DCCA
D 48-50 ACB
IV. 七选五
51-55 DCGAF
V. 单词拼写
56. argument 57. searched 58. chatting 59. regretted 60. intends 61. campaign 62. circulate 63. delivered
64. observation 65. expanding 66. confirmed 67. traditional 68. decades 69. approximately 70. Data
VI. 完成句子
71. catch sight of 72. a deep impression on 73. put forward
74. be content with 75. got rid of hunger 76. within reach of
VII. 根据课文内容填空
77. surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean
78. some measuring over 90 metres
79. it hit me how difficult it was
80. when girls’ education was always placed second to boys’
81. it was hard work and determination as well as
VIII. 语法填空
82. hungrily 83. themselves 84. are seen 85. swimmers 86. to avoid
87. a 88. to 89. until 90. left 91. what IX. 作文
One possible version
Star Student of the Week
Li Yue has been awarded the title of "Star Student of the Week" for what she did for our class. On the
hot afternoon of last Saturday, Li Yue went downtown and walked from one store to another, looking for
the costumes we would wear in the singing contest. While the rest of us were enjoying our leisure time in
cool and comfortable rooms, she spent the whole afternoon searching and selecting. Finally, she found the
right clothes. Deeply moved by her efforts, we tried our best and won the first prize in the contest.
Li Yue is always warm-hearted and cares a lot about the class. Besides, she often devotes her spare time
to helping others. She deserves the honor and we should learn from her.。