湖南省娄底市高二上学期期中联考英语试题

湖南省娄底市2014-2015学年上学期高二期中联考
英语题卷
时量：120分钟分值：120分
Part One Listening Comprehension(20 marks)
SECTION A
Directions:In this section, you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversation carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.
You will hear each conversation TWICE.
Conversation 1
1.Where does the woman live？
A．18 Grand Avenue. B. 88 Grand Avenue C. 88 Green Avenue
2.How did the thief break in?
A.Through the window.
B. Through the back door.
C. Through the front door.
Conversation 2
3. What does the man think of the woman’s performance？
A.It’s gr eat
B.It’s just so-so
C.It’s terrible
4. What will be the change in the woman’s job?
A.She will have a lower payment
B.She will often work overtime
C. She will work abroad
Conversation 3
5.Where does this conversation take place?
A.At the man’s office
B.At an office supply store
C.At the speaker’s house
6.What will the woman do?
A.Buy something for the man.
B.Print something out.
C.Read an article.
Conversation 4
7.Where is the man’s red tie?
A. On the bed .
B.On the top drawer.
C.On the sofa.
8. What else is the man looking for except the red tie?
A. His watch.
B. His cell phone.
C. His wallet.
9. When will the party start?
A. At 6:45.
B.At 7:00.
C.At 8:00
Conversation 5
10. How long has the woman been living in the house?
A.For 23 years.
B. For 25years .
C. For 50 years .
11. Why dose the woman want to sell her house?
A. She is tired of living there.
B. She is short of money.
C.She wants to live abroad.
12. What do we know about the man?
A. He doesn’t like the house .
B. He hasn’t decided whether to buy the house.
C. He is seeing the house with his wife.
Conversation 6
13. What do we know about the man ?
A. He likes green car.
B.He just got a job as a postman.
C.He comes from China.
14. What does the woman think is more popular in China?
A. White cars.
B. Black cars.
C. Yellow cars.
15. What does red mean in Western countries?
A. Happiness
B. Anger.
C. Power.
SECTION B
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
You’ll hear the mini-talk TWICE.
Section A. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. (15 marks)
21. I don’t mind ______the internet as long as it is not too late.
A. you to surf
B. your surfing
C. your surf
D. your to surf
22．-How do you like the weight-loss pills?
-They can’t help ______my weight and I can’t help ______them away.
A. losing, throwing
B. lose, throw
C. lose, throwing
D. losing, throw
23.Although we produce carbon when we breathe,the carbon we produce is much less than______produced
by a car.
A. it
B.the one
C.what
D.that
24. The play had been on for 10 minutes but I was still unable to find a seat_____.
A. to sit
B. to sit on
C. sit
D. sit on
25. _______many times , they succeeded _____ the experiment.
A. Having tried, in doing
B. Tried , in doing
C. Having tried, to do
D. Tried, to do
26. He fell off his bike and hurt his back. _____, he will have to stay in bed for long .
A. After all
B. In any case
C. As a result
D. In particular
27. Sandy could do nothing but _________that he was wrong.
A. admit
B. admitted
C. to admit
D. admitting
28. Helen had to shout ____above the sound of the music.
A. making herself heard
B. to make herself hear
C. making herself hear
D. to make herself heard
29. Cold has grown between them but he says he is not the one to____.
A.be blamed
B.being blamed
C.blame
D.blamed
30. What surprised me most was that there appeared a ____ look on her face on hearing the unexpected
news.
A. worrying
B. worried
C. worry
D. worries
31. The limits of a person’s intelligence, generally speaking, are decided at birth, but ______ he reaches these limits will depend on his environment.
A. where
B. that
C. why
D. whether
32. Will you take part in the sports meeting ____next month?
A. to hold
B. being held
C. to be held
D. held
33. Can you imagine the difficulty the working poor have _____a flat in the big city?
A. to buy
B. buying
C. bought
D. buy
34. ______ maths can be difficult to learn , it is very useful to develop our thinking.
A. While
B. Since
C. As
D. For
35. My money ________so that I have to go to bank now.
A. has run out of
B. has been run out
C. has been run out of
D. have run out
Section B. Choose the best answer to fill each blank in the following passage.
(12 marks)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
I break off a piece of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dark chocolate inside, thinking of my own life. Being raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet 36 , which gave me motivation and ambition.
There were several years that have left a(n) 37 bitter taste in my mouth —those when my mother married a man and moved my sister, Emily, and me several states away from our hometown. The first few months were 38 : baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies together. Then things changed. Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were 39 by days Emily and I spent isolated (孤立的) in our rooms under our stepfa ther’s 40 . Moreover, screaming matches between him and our mother always 41 dinner. We spent five years living in a family that had 42 a war zone.
Emily and I almost grew used to this situation . Then one evening, after another argument had erupted , we left home. I was 14, my sister 11, and we were 43 .A friend of my mother let us stay with her.
Instead of focusing on our economic instability, my mother selflessly pushed me to struggle for success. She wanted me to lead a more 44 life than hers. She worked long hours every night to pay her bills.
45 , she would find time to read and play with Emily and me. Mom taught me the 46 of perseverance (坚持不懈) and education. We finally settled in Texas. And now, writing this essay with my favorite candy close at hand, I realize my family and I are at the best points of our lives. I haven’t let the trying times stop me from making 47 , both academically and personally. I know that a bitter environment can provide good learning experiences, and that success, even more than candy, is the sweetest treat of all.
36. A. behavior B. habit C. activity D. experience
37. A. hardly B. extremely C. potentially D. Gently
38. A. sweet B. bitter C. boring D. terrible
39. A. concerned B. associated C. accompanied D. replaced
40 A. sympathy B. reminder C. orders D. requests
41. A. separated B. interrupted C. harmed D. Adjusted
42. A. turned into B. turned up C. turned down D. turned on
43. A. homeless B. lucky C. educated D. wealthy
44. A. interesting B. comfortable C. simple D. typical
45. A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Meanwhile D. Therefore
46. A. value B. cost C. price D. theme
47. A. emotions B. expectations C. fortunes D. achievements
Senction C (8 marks)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word for each blank that best fits the context.
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, a Norwegian researcher reports. “Adults who have 48. ______ sense of humor live longer than those who don’t find life funny, and the survival edge is particu larly large for people 49.____ cancer.” says Sven Svebak of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
He presented his study of about 54,000 Norwegians, 50. _____ he followed for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting. At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-file situations 51._____ how important a humorous idea was .
“The study showed the greater role humor played in 52._____ lives, the greater their chances of surviving s even years were,” Svebak says. “Adults scoring in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation wer e 35% more likely to be alive 53.______ those in the bottom quarter, ” he says. “The study showed that in a smaller group of 2015 people diagnosed with cancer at the start,
54. ____ the people having a good sense of humor were compared with those who had a 55._____ sense of humor., the chance of dying was decreased by about 70% ,” Svebak says.
Part Three Reading Comprehension （30marks）
( A )
When parents talk about school safety these days, they’re usually referring to the increase in violence （暴力）at schools. But research shows that school-age children are actually nine times more likely to suffer an injury while doing sports than to be the victim of violence while at school. Accidents can be prevented if parents are on the lookout for potential（潜在的）dangers. To help you keep your kids free from harm, here are some safety tips:
a. Teach your child never to talk to strangers or accept rides or gifts from strangers. Remember, a stranger is anyone you or your child doesn’t know well or tru st.
b. Be sure that your child walks to and from school with a sibling, friend or neighbor.
c. Teach your kid, whether walking, biking or riding a bus to school , to obey all traffic signals, signs and
traffic officers. Remind him to be extra careful in bad weather.
d. When driving your kid, deliver and pick them up as close to the school as pos sibl
e. Don’t leave until they are in the schoolyard or building.
e. If your child rides a bike to school, make sure he wears a standard helmet（头盔）. Research shows that a helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85%.
f. Teach your kid to arrive at the bus stop earlier, stay off the street, and wait for the bus to come to a complete stop.
g. Be sure that your kid knows his or her home phone number and address, your work number, the number of another trusted adult and how to call 911 for emergencies（紧急情况）.
56. The underlined word “sibling” probably means “_______”.
A. stranger
B. neighbor
C. friend
D. brother or sister
57. If your kid walks to school, tell him or her to _______.
A. wear a helmet
B. go alone every day
C. walk as fast as possible
D. be more careful in bad weather
58. Which of the following statements is Not True according to the text?
A. Kids should be taught never to talk to strangers.
B. Kids should obey the traffic rules.
C. Kids should be taught to call 911 for anything.
D. Kids should stay off the street while waiting for the bus.
59. The intended readers of the text are _________.
A. teachers
B. parents
C. children
D. officers
60. the main purpose of the text is to ________.
A. talk about school safety
B. call on readers to fight against school violence
C. discuss the injuries at school
D. give advice on school-age children’s safety
( B )
Melbourne Zoo’s Close-up Visits will bring you face to face with some of our zoo’s most popular animals .
Each experience includes a 6×8 photograph, taken by one of our professional photographers, to help you keep the memory of your visit to Melbourne Zoo .
Please note : The price of a Close-up Visits ticket does not include entry to Melbourne Zoo .
● Bookings can be made by calling Zoo Photos on 03 9285 9406
● Bookings can be made on the day by visting Zoo Photos from 9:30 am
● A Zoo Photo Animal Experience does not include entry to Melbourne Zoo
Terms and Conditions
● Group size and restrictions are needed to pay attention to .
● The photographer reserves (保留) the right to stop any experience at any time
for reas ons relating to animals’ health or visitors’ bad behavior .
61. If you buy a ticket for Melbourne Zoo’s Close-up Visits, you ___________.
A. can enter Melbourne Zoo for free
B. are asked to work for the wildlife
C. can have a photo of yourself taken
D. aren’t allowed to meet animals face to face
62.If a couple and their twin boys go to see big tortoises, they should pay _________.
A. ＄45
B. ＄120
C. ＄30
D. ＄60
63. I f you are free in the afternoon, you may choose to see ____________.
A. kangaroos
B. giraffes
C. big tortoises D . meerkats
64. Giraffe Close-up differs from Meerkat Close-up in ___________.
A. price
B. max group size
C. restrictions
D. time
65. What can we know from the passage ?
A. You can make a booking from 9 in the morning .
B. Children of all ages can visit the animals in the zoo .
C. The photographer has the right to deal with your photos .
D. You may be forced to leave the zoo if you behave badly .
( C )
How much rain has fallen on the earth in the past﹖Man has not always kept weather records．Because scientists need a way to learn about past rainfall, they study the tree rings．
A tree's trunk (树干) keeps growing year by year. Under its bark(树皮) , a tree adds a layer（分层）of new wood each year it lives．If you look at a tree stump (树根）, you can see the layers. They are called annual rings (年轮)．
On some trees, all of the rings are of the same width. But the ponderosa (美国黄松) that grow in the Arican southwest have rings in different width. The soil in the southwest is dry．The pines depend on rainfall for water．In a year of good rainfall, they form wide rings．In a dry year they form narrow ones．Scientists do not have to cut down a pine to study its rings．With a special tool, they remove a narrow piece of wood from the trunk without harming the tree．Then they look at the width of each ring to see how much rain fell in the year it formed．
Some pines are hundreds of years old and have hundreds of rings．These rings form an annual record of past rainfall in the southwest．
66.We could infer from the passage that ＿＿＿＿．
A．a tree grows faster when it has a lot of water
B．scientists cut down trees to study tree rings
C．pine trees form rings of the same width every year
D．the ponderosa grows in the southeast
67.A tree grows a new layer of wood ＿＿＿＿．
A．each week B．whenever it rains C．every year D．every season
68.On the whole, this passage is about ＿＿＿＿．
A.why the tree trunks grow bigger B．why scientists study tree rings
C．trees that lived hundreds of years ago D．the ponderosa in the US
69. The scientists ＿＿to know how much rain fell in a certain area in the past．
A．climbed up the trees B．moved the pine tree
C．removed a piece of wood D．studied the width of the tree rings
70．Which of the following does the passage lead you to believe﹖
A．Young trees have fewer annual rings than old ones．
B．The trunk of a tree never changed in size．
C．Trees in the southwest do not need rain．
D．The soil in the southwest is fit for the growth of trees．
Part Four Writing
Section A. (10 marks)
Fill in each blank with no more than Three words .
Millions of people from all over the world use the Internet to communicate, get information and play games. However, using Internet can have both positive and negative effects on young people.
As for positive effects, children can use it for searching useful articles and materials. Also they can do their homework on computer instead of writing down.
The Internet gives children possibilities to learn about new things in life, and discover how people live all over the world. Children can communicate with their friends and relatives who live far away. In addition, they can make friends and talk with people in foreign countries.
However, there is much information that can be dagerous to children and damage their development. When children surf the internet, they can easily be tempted into something that is not proper. When kids start communicate with strangers online, they don’t know that they can be talking to a sick or a harmful
person and may meet the personn later. Another thing is that many children play only games rather than learn online. Too much sitting before the computer can be unhealthy and result in stress injuries, obesity and social isolation.
Parents have a big responsibility to guide and guard their children and set clear boundaries to what kids do. Parents can reduce the risks for their children by setting sensible rules and knowing what their children are interested in.
Title : Internet Effects On Young People
Section B (10 marks)
Directions:Read the following passage, Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.
How we look and how we appear to others probably worry us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion．
Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner．If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment．
Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress．A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did．The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.
What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats for example---In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats: more American men followed his example．
There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War II, they dropped to ankle length．Then they got shorter and shorter and the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again．
Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. With no reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion．The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses．
81．What do the fashion magazines or TV advertisements claim to bring us?
（No more than 2 words 2marks）
______________________________________
82．Why does the writer take President Kennedy as an example?
（No more than 14 words 3marks）
__________________________________________
83.What does the writer try to explain by talking about short skirts?
（No more than 8 words 2marks）
_______________________________________________
84.Why are jeans so popular according to the writer? （No more than 10 words 3 marks）
____________________________________________________
Section C (15 marks)
Directions：Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你是星光中学的李耀祖，每年的9月22日是“世界无车日”，请撰写一份主题为“Let’s Ride Bicycles”的演讲稿，主要内容包括：
1. 目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题；
2. 骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康等。

参考词汇：低碳生活（low-carbon life）；节能（energy saving）
注意：1.词数：100词左右； 2. 演讲稿开头和结尾已给出，该部分不计入总词数。

3..对所给提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Good morning, everyone,
I’m Li Yaozu from Xingguang Middle School. The topic of my speech is “Let’s Ride Bicycles”.
____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________
That’s all! Thank you!
高二英语参考答案Keys:
1-5 CAACC 6-10 CCACB 11-15 CBABB
16. Church 17.September 18.east 19.4:00
20.drinks and dancing
21-25. BCDBA 26-30. CADCB 31-35. DCBAC
36-40 DBADC 41-45BAABC 46-47 AD
48.a 49.with 50.who/whom 51.and 52.their
53. than54.when 55. poor/bad/
56-60. DDCBD 61-65. CDABD 66-70. ACBDA
71. doing their homework 72. in life
73. (living) far away 74. Negative effects
75. being dangerous 76. a sick
77. learning 78. Parents’
79. guiding and guarding 80. children’s/ kids’ interests
81. Confidence.
82. To show the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion.
83. There is a cyclical pattern in fashion．
84. Because it’s a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion.
Writing
Good morning, everyone,
I’m Li Yaozu from Xingguang Middle School. The topic of my speech is “Let’s Ride Bicycles”.
As is known to all, with the improvement of peopl e’s living standards, cars have become a popular means of transportation, bringing great convenience to our life. However, they have also caused some problems such as air pollution and traffic jams.
How can we solve the problem then? As far as I’m conce rned, riding bicycles is a good solution. For one thing, bicycles don’t need any petrol and they are energy-saving. For another, bicycles are environmentally friendly because they won’t give off waste gas. What’s more, riding bicycles is a good way to exercise and it is beneficial to our health.
Therefore, let’s take the responsibility to built up a low-carbon city by riding bicycles. Come on and join us.
That’s all! Thank you!。