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2014---2015学年度第二学期汪清六中高二英语期中试题班级：姓名：（★答案写到题后答题卡内★）第I卷一、听力（共两节，满分30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.What’s the man’s easiest subject?A. SpanishB. ChineseC. English2. Why is MrRobinson wanted to go to hospital?A. He is a doctor.B. His son has been taken there after an accident.C. He has been ill and needs to see a doctor.3. How does the man improve hid health?A. By using diet pills.B. By doing exercise.C. By a balanced diet.4. What’s the woman going to do this weekend?A. She is going to improve her English.B. She is going to listen to English songs.C. She is going to buy something.5. What are the two speakers talking about?A. The boat.B. TomC. The weather.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6-7题。

6.What is Robert carrying？A. A branch of lily(百合花).B.A bookC.An unknown plant.7.What is Robert going to do with the book?A.To find out if the lily is new or not.B.To name a flower.C.To give it to somebody as a gift.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.Where are the woman’s friends?A.At the east gate.B.At the west gate.C.At the north gate.9.How can she find her friends?A.Walk along this street and take the first right turn,and then walk on.B.Walk along this street and take the first left turn,and then walk on.C.Walk along this street and take the second right turn, and then walk on.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What’s the man’s novel about?A.It is about life of students.B.It is about sports.C.It is about his father.11.How many pages has he finished?A.Half of the novel.B.Twenty pagesC.Two pages.12.Why has the man finished only a little of the novel?A.He has no time to write.B.He hasn’t quite decided yet what happens next.C.He is not interested in the novel any more.听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。

13.Where is the man going to travel?A.Along the Mekong River .B.In Laos.C.In Tibet.14.Why do the Laotians call the Mekong River “the sea of Laos”?A.Because they use the Mekong River for transportation.B.Because the water is as useful to them as the sea.C.Because it appears in their national flag.15.According to the conversation ,which is not mentioned?A.The Laotians use the Mekong River for fishing.B. The Laotians use the Mekong River for transportation.C.The Laotians use the Mekong River for irrigation(灌溉).16.Where are the travelers going to sleep?A.By the river.B.In the village.C.On the boat.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17.What is the writer?A.Visitor.B.Manager.C.Guide.18.How long are people allowed to stay in the zoo?A,One hour B.Forty minutes C.Thirty minutes.19.When did Rockefeller Center start?A.In 1931B.In 1913C.In 1879.20.Which of the places are the visitors allowed to stay for fifty minutes?A. Grand Center Station.B. Rockefiller Center.C. Empire Stat Building.二、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）(A)Bob is listening to the radio. What is playing on each channel (频道)?FM 88.0Here is good news. The rain will finally stop this evening. Tomorrow we will enjoy the bright (光亮的) sun. But it will still be cold.FM 102. 6Jeff Bruce has a new CD. He is coming to our studio (演播室) at 7:00 this evening. Listen to our programme then. We will have questions about Jeff. If your answers are right, you will get his CD for free (免费).FM 107.0There is heavy traffic on Longhua Street. Are you driving to the train station? You can change to Tiyu Street.FM 114.0There will be a basketball match at the sports hall on May 13. Come on! You can call us at 6637-2285 to get the ticket. It will be a great match.21. It will be ______ tomorrow.A. hotB. warmC. coldD. fine22. Jeff Bruce will come to the studio at ______.A. 5:00 pmB. 6:00 pmC. 7:00 pmD. 8:00 pm23. The news on FM 107.0 is for ______.A. driversB. teachersC. farmersD. workers(B)A recently study found people’s lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. Researchers think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It’s really the truth. Our government has already done something. However, it doesn’t seem to work so well.“Air pollution in China is doing harm to people’s health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagi ne,” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University, one of researchers of this study.Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas(废气) from coal heating.Chinese government should strongly fight against air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.“We need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” Li Hongbin, another researcher of the study said.24. The passage above may come from a(n) ?A. storyB. advertisementC. reportD. diary25. Which of the following is Li Hongbin’s idea?A. The life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years.B. Chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily.C. People need to make pollution less, although it might cost a lot.D. The air problem brings us serious problems.26. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Air pollution in North China is caused by waste gas.B. To save the environment, our government should do something more.C. The temperature becomes higher and higher in North China.D. How air pollution in North China is caused.(C)Without plant, people could not live. We eat plants. We breathe the oxygen（氧气）that plants produce. And we need plants for another reason: we need them for their beauty.Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine when the wind blows, not being able to hear the leaves in the trees or watch the branches sway（摇摆）from side to side.Everywhere people need the beauty of plants. That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always try to design houses with room for some grass and a garden.Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and attention?Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. The other plant was given only hopeless ideas. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. Under the earth it had more andlonger roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem (茎) and more leaves.27. According to the passage, which of the following is right?A. If there are no flowers, there will be no sweet smells.B. Without plants, we can’t hear the wind.C. We plant trees to watch the branches sway from side to side.D. We need plants not only for food and oxygen but also for their beauty.28. In the experiment, the plants were________.A. talked to in two different waysB. of different kindsC. both given love and attentionD. grown in the same place29. At the end of six months,________.A. the plants were of the same sizeB. one plant had longer roots while the other had a thicker stemC. one plant had longer roots than the other and had a thicker stemD. one plant had a thicker stem while the other plant had more leaves30.The experiment has proved（证明）that________-.A. without plants people could not liveB. we should talk to plants and give them loveC. we should grow as many plants as possibleD. plants need plenty of water, sunshine and attention(D)There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her．One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘）bush．The young girl carefully released the butterfly．Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy．The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief．"For your wonderful kindness," the good fairy said to the girl, "I will give you any wish you would like．" The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, "I w ant to be happy．"The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear．Then the fairy disappeared．As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she．Everyone asked her secret of happiness．She would only smile and answer, "The secret of my happiness is that Ilistened to a good fairy when I was a little girl．"When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her．"Tell us, please," they begged, "Tell us what the good fairy said．" The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, "She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me．"31．_____ the girl felt sad and lonely．A．There were many friends but B．There was nobody to love her soC．There was nothing to do D．Seeing the butterfly was caught32．Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the girl _____．A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thornB．felt sorrow, but she didn't go up to help itC．fell down on it tooD．failed to help it release from the thorn33．The butterfly _____ after was saved by the little girl．A．filed away B．still diedC．changed into a fairy D．was more beautiful than before34．The only thing that the little girl wanted was _____．A．to be rich B．to have her own parentsC．to have a lot of friends D．happiness35．The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because _____．A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn't wanted her to dieB．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she diedC．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happinessD．they wanted to pray for her after her death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。