江西省横峰中学高二英语下学期期中试题

横峰中学2015-2016学年度下学期期中考试
高二年级英语试题
考试用时：150分钟总分：150分
第I卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
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 think of keeping pets?
A. It will bring her a lot of happiness.
B. It will mess up the house.
C. It is a waste of time.
2. What do we know about the man?
A. He will take a test next Monday.
B.He has passed his driving test.
C. He failed the road test last time.
3. What is the man doing?
A. Cleaning the room.
B.Having a party.
C. Preparing some food.
4. What will the man do?
A. Plant some flowers.
B. Visit a museum.
C.Buy some plants.
5. How does the man feel now?
A. Excited.
B. Sad.
C. Nervous.
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至第7题。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题
6. What did the man say about the book?
A. He forgot it in New York.
B. He probably left it on a train.
C. He lent it to somebody else.
7. What did the man do in the past?
A. He didn’t fix the woman’s bike.
B. He damaged the woman’s bike.
C. He crashed the woman’s car.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题
8. What kind of room is available tonight?
A. A single room with a double bed.
B. A single room with a small bed.
C. A double room.
9. How long does the man plan to stay?
A. Three day.
B. Two days.
C. One days.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10. What is the feature of the apartments recommended first?
A. Cheap rent.
B. Being close to downtown.
C. Nice scenery.
11. Why does the woman prefer an apartment without furniture?
A. She will bring her own furniture.
B. She likes things to be simple.
C. She wants to cut down the cost.
12. Where will the woman choose to live probably?
A. Near Oriental Square.
B. On Linquan Road.
C. In a quiet suburb.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题
13. When did Aunt Vickie last see the man?
A. Five years ago.
B. Four months ago.
C. Three months ago.
14. What does the woman think of her husband?
A. He doesn’t like change.
B. He always has good ideas.
C. He has a good taste for art.
15. What color have most of the bedrooms been painted?
A. Light orange.
B. Light blue.
C. Light yellow.
16. Who did the painting hanging on the w all?
A. Aunt Vickie.
B. The man’s sister.
C. The woman’s friend.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题
17. Where do most European tourists want to go?
A.Historic battlefields.
B. Sunny beaches.
C. Big mountains.
18. What is the winter of London like?
A. It is warm.
B. It is very cold.
C. The days are very short.
19. How many people visit Spain every year?
A. 30 thousand.
B. 37 million.
C. 13 million.
20. What is the speaker worried about in the end?
A. The environment
B. The high cost of travel.
C. The bad economy.. 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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Could smells affect your lifespan? Female fruit flies(果蝇) without the ability to smell food live longer than other fruit flies. The sense of smell may be connected to the cellular ageing (细胞老化) process in many other living things—even people. Such connection has recently been found in both worms and flies. For example, scientists found that removing fruit flies’ ability to smell made them live nearly 20 percent longer t han flies with a sense of smell.
They confirmed that food smells were the ones most likely to affect ageing, as nutrition and lifespan are known to be connected in many living things. To test the idea that food smells affect lifespan, they removed flies’ ability to smell carbon dioxide, which is produced by some fly foods. They left the rest of the smelling system intact.
This action had no effect on male flies, but the females lived 30 percent longer than normal. Removing the ability to smell CO2 may stop flies getting information about food availability. This could mean that food is not enough, causing processes that encourage flies to survive. Scientists found that the female flies stored extra fat and that both males and females immune(免疫) to CO2 were stronger against the stress than normal flies. It is suggested that females may simply be easily influenced by the smells of CO2.
Scientists point out that people don’t know whether ageing and smell are connected in
animals and humans. But they clearly experience physical changes after smelling food.
21. From the passage, we learn that what scientists found is to_____________
A. show there is the best way to make lifespan longer
B. tell us we should remove our smell ability to live long
C. show the sense of smell can affect the cellular ageing process
D. explain fruit flies without ability to smell can live longer
22. Scientists do some researches to prove_____________
A. the immune system of flies to CO2
B. the connections between nutrition and lifespan
C. the importance of food smells to our humans
D. the connections between food smells and lifespan
23. According to scientists’ opinion, we can see that _____________
A. male flies in general can live longer than female ones
B. flies without ability to smell is encouraged to store extra energy
C. both male and female flies can live longer without the ability to smell
D. flies without ability to smell can also get information about food availability
24. Which of the following best describes the passage as a whole?
A. CO2 has few effects on female flies.
B. The sense of smell might have an effect on living things.
C. The sense of smell is necessary to humans’ health.
D. Female fruit flies can always live longer than male flies.
B
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music,” It doesn’t mean
he is planning to go to a concert . It is somethin g far less pleasant, like being called
in by your boss to explain why you did this or that , and why you did not do this or that .
Sour （刺耳）music , indeed , but it has to be faced .
The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American , young and old . It is
at least 100 years old . Where did the expression come from ?
The first information comes from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper . He said
—in 1851—that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go
on stage . After they got their clue（暗示）to go on , they often said , “It’s time to
go to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did —face the orchestra which was
just below the stage .
An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience
that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly , especially if he forgot his lines. But he
had to go out .
So, “to face the music” came to mean : having to go through something , no matter how
unpleasant the experience might be , because you knew you had no choice .
The other explanation comes from the army . Men had to face inspection（检阅）by their leader .
The soldiers worried about how well they looked . Was their equipment clean—shiny enough
to pass inspection ? Still , the men had to go out , and face the music of the band , as
well as the inspection . What else could they do ?
25．Th e phrase “to face the music” was first used by .
A．American actors B．the American writer James Fenimore Cooper
C．all the Americans D．the American orchestra
26．An actor might feel frightened or nervous when going on stage .One of the reasons is that .
A．his performance might not satisfy most of the audience
B．he might not remember what he should say on stage
C．he had to face the unfriendly audience
D．the audience might be mostly his friends
27．“To face the music” is also used to mean that soldiers were not willing .
A．to be examined about their equipment B．to be inspected by their leader
C．to show themselves by their leader D．to be found weak
28．This passage is mainly about .
A．how to go through di fficulty B．how to deal with something unpleasant
C．the origin of th e phrase D．the meaning of the phrase “to face the music”
C
One of my favorite things I like to watch is the bloopers(洋相) and outtakes(花絮) that are shown of mistakes made during the making of a movie. Most DVDs have a section of outtakes, and often they will set me off laughing, especially when you know what was supposed to happen. We all make mistakes, and have many bloopers and outtakes in a lifetime. Some of them may be funny like movie bloopers, a stupid mistake and we are able to laugh at ourselves. Other outtakes in life, however, are not funny. I am referring to the tragic turns of events that happen in life that can turn our life in a moment. Accidents, disaster, the death of a loved one happen unexpectedly, and can greatly affect our lives. These are outtakes we would prefer not to happen or even replayed in our life.
Times of crisis and tragedy can not be prevented, but how you handle these outtakes will affect the rest of your life. There is always a choice in any crisis. We can choose to feel upset, but keep hopes and move forward, or choose to become stuck in the past. We cannot choose our circumstances, but we do have a choice how we respond to them. We can give in or overcome, and our choice will determine our future. When we drive a car our focus is the road ahead; if we spend all our time looking in the rearview mirror(后视镜) failure is more or less inevitable（不可避免的）! The same is true in life. We will fail, or at best remain at a standstill if we keep looking back and focusing on t he events behind us, reliving the past.
29. The author mentions the outtakes of a movie in the first paragraph because .
A. he wants to direct us to his topic in a natural way
B. they are part of a movie
C. most people have the hobby of watching them
D. he just wants to tell us a story
30. The outtakes in our life are different from those of a movie because ___________.
A. they are more funny
B. they can be avoided
C. not all of them are funny
D. they happen more often
31. The purpose of the author is to tell us______________
A. the different kinds of outtakes in real life
B. his funny experience in watching a movie
C. what we should learn from the outtakes in real life
D. to choose the right attitude towards outtakes in life
32. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Outtakes! Give in or overcome?
B. Outtakes will destroy you.
C. There is always a choice in any crisis.
D. Keep hopes whatever happens.
D
If you like travelling, you can go to the following cities.
Marrakech, Morocco
The city is known as the “red city” for its rose-colored buildi ngs. The city’s Medina, an old city, is a really famous place. 1000-year-old monuments(历史遗迹) can be found in Medina. Today, the place is a crowded marketplace with traditional Moroccan goods for sale. Make sure to visit an outdoor theater in the city. Storytellers and musicians perform there.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Visitors can see hundreds of ancient Buddhist temples in and around the town. After a long day at the temples, tourists can enjoy one of the town’s many bars, restaurants and nightclubs. If you go there, you can pay a visit to the Phnom Kulen National Park in Siem
Province. The park’s two waterfalls offer great swimming areas.
Istanbul, Turkey
T urkey’s largest city has one foot in Europe and other in Asia. The city is a great place for history lo vers. If you go there, make sure to see Istanbul’s most famous religious buildings: the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque. At night, you can try sailing on the Bosporus Strait. It divides this city into the European and Asian areas.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam’s c apital has tree-lined streets, lakes, and some 600 temples and towers. If you go there, don’t miss the Temple of Literature. It was built in the year 1070. You can also enjoy a slow walk down the Old Quarter’s coffee street. Enjoy a cup of local coffee while being there. The peaceful Hoan Kiem Lake is also a nice place to go to. It is one of the prettiest places in central Hanoi.
33. Medina in Marrakech is most likely a nice place for those who love_______.
A. watching movies outdoors
B. buying expensive dresses
C. visiting old monuments
D. playing outdoor sports
34. What can you do if you go to the Phnom Kulen National Park?
A. Buy traditional goods.
B. Swim near a waterfall.
C. Visit restaurants and nightclubs.
D. See hundreds of ancient temples.
35. What do we know about Istanbul?
A. It lies between Europe and Asia.
B. It is the largest European city.
C. It’s near the Bosporus Strait.
D. It’s attractive to hi story lovers.
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人空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

36 When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when an executive gets a new sports car, visions of country clubs and pleasure beats dance into view.
The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. 37
The first and most basic level of wants involves food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears: clothing and some sort of shelter. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. 38 It included such items as automobile sand new houses.
By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the “life-enriching”level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction－the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body－this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “luxury” items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical care, and entertainment. 39
One this level, a greater percentage of consumer spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?
A fifth level probably would involve wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime and prejudice. 40 In this way, we can enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.
A．At this stage, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure.
B．Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.
C．When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears.
D．There are several le vels of wants in one’s life.
E．Then a third level appeared.
F．Human wants seem endless.
G．Different people have different wants on each level.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

I was really honoured to be one of the students sent to South Korea to improve the relation between our city, Zibo, and our sister city—Gwangju (光州) City. When my teacher told me that I was chosen, I was happy an d surprised and an image of the country appeared in my dreams several times. Also, many 41 ran through my mind, such as how would we communicate?
42 I saw the friendly faces of our South Korean partners waiting outside the hotel, all my questions floated off to the Pacific Ocean. We 43 a warm welcome organized by the government and settled into the Aria House Hotel.
44 the next seven days, we visited many places, including Never Land, the biggest park in South Korea and the Seoul World Cup Stadium .
But what 45 me most was the experience I had in their school. The school was built on a hill, so we had a very wonderful 46 from the top. But I paid 47 attention to their classrooms. Obviously, the situation was 48 . In China, there are usually more than sixty As I went to the front of the class, something really 49 me. Was I in South Korea, one of the most developed countries in the world? I saw lots of 50 chalk, too small to be held, saved for 51 . In our country, 52 lots of children can’t receive education because of the lack of 53 , nobody ever uses the bits of chalk like that. I couldn’t 54 thinking about the clean roads, the neat paper money and the cars running on the roads in South Kor ea. It is the 55 that makes South Korea a strong country, something we lost for years.
In South Korea, I saw many old buildings built in the 56 style. Moreover, the people were very interested in Chinese traditional culture. I saw many books written by Confucius and other Chinese philosophers. Also, learning Chinese is part of students’ curriculum.
China has 5000 years’ splendid history and thousands of renowned scholars. Not only should we study our glorious 57 in class, but we must put it into 58 . 59 a civilized and developed country, I think it is necessary to 60 our culture back to life.
41. A. doubts B. nervousness C. problems D. questions
42. A. As long as B. As far as C. At once D. As soon as
43. A. received B. delivered C. accepted D. earned
44. A. Over B. For C. On D. Along
45. A. surprised B. taught C. impressed D. excited
46. A. scene B. time C. sight D. view
47. A. a little B. little C. more D. great
48. A. interesting B. different C. strange D. better
49. A. puzzled B. inspired C. interested D. shocked
50. A. bits of B. pieces of C. heads of D. colored
51. A. collection B. spare use C. future use D. cleaning
52. A. though B. while C. where D. as
53. A. sources B. money C. development D. help
54. A. stop B. help C. keep D. avoid
55. A. spirit B. culture C. people D. hard work
56. A. traditional B. modern C. Chinese D. familiar
57. A. history B. culture C. tradition D. past
58. A. practice B. effect C. action D. service
59. A. For B. Building C. With D. In order to be
60. A. take B. make C. bring D. lead
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共1 0小题；每小题目1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

W: What do you think of studying abroad?
M: I think it is a great idea. Studying abroad will offer you plenty of new 61 (opportunity).
Are you planning on going abroad?
W: Yes ,I hope so. I 62 (study) for my IELTS(雅思）now.
M: Which country do you want to go to ?
W: I’d to study in the UK,but it’s really expensive.
M: Have you applied any schools there?
W: I received a conditional offer 63 Oxford University a few days ago.
M: Congratulations! What do you have to do get an unconditional offer?
W: I have to get 64 IELTS score of 7.5 overall. Do you think I can do that ?
M: If you study hard, I don’t see why you shouldn’t. Have you received any other offers?
W: I was accepted into Yale University 65 Sydney University, too.
M: If you are worry about money, the cost of living is lowest in America. 66 , if you
go to
Oxford University, you’ll 67 (probable) be able to get any job you want in the
future.
W: I ju st can’t decide 68 to go. It’s not an easy decision 69 (make).
M: If I were you , I 70 apply for some scholarships. Whatever you do, I know you’ll
succeed.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。

文中共有10处语
言错误，每句中最多有两处。

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（ ），在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不给分。

I will never forget my teacher Miss Lee, who is my English teacher when I was in high
school. Miss Lee was younger, pretty and kind-hearted. That is hard for me to describe how
she was like. However, she really had her own personalities. She let us elect our monitor
and decided where to go for an outing. Besides, she liked to have us solving problems on
her own. And we made a great progress quickly in our studies. It wasn't long since most
of us behaved properly because we found her a good friend who we could depend.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
法国哲学家卢梭说过：“No Thanksgiving would be no virtue.”（没有感恩就没有真正的美德）如今社
会上一些人缺乏感恩之心，少数人甚至在父母年老体弱时都不愿意赡养。

请你结合自己的实际，谈几点父母
值得你感恩的地方，以及将来你会做些什么来报答父母的养育之恩。

注意：
1．短文的开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

2．100词左右。

Not only do our parents give us life, but they also give us endless love and support,
always sharing our happiness and sorrow.
横峰中学2015-2016学年度下学期期中考试
高二年级英语学科参考答案听力
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I will never forget my teacher Miss
my English
teacher when I
was in high
school.
pretty and kind-hearted. That
is hard
for me to
describe how she was like. However, she really had her own personalities. She let us elect our monitor and decided where to go for an outing. Besides, she liked to have us solving problems on her own. And we made a great progress quickly in our studies. It wasn't long since most of us behaved properly because we found her a good friend who we could depend.
写作
Not only do our parents give us life, but they also give us endless love and support, always sharing our happiness and sorrow. I’m very grateful to my parents. They give me so much love
and spare no efforts to support me.I still remember once I was seriously ill, they were so worried and almost kept me company the whole night.
N o w I’m i n S e n i o r 2.L u c k i l y f o r m e,m y p a r e n t s c a n u n d
e r s t a n d m y s t r e s s
f u l c o n d i t i o n a n d often communicate with me wi th encouragin
g words .Furthermore,they give me enoug
h personal space ,which I appreciate so much.What I should do now is to study hard. When I grow up, I will try my best to make my parents live a happy
life.。