广东省深圳市宝安中学2014-2015学年高二第一学期期中考试英语试题

广东省深圳市宝安中学2014-2015学年高二第一学期期

中考试英语试题

2014-11-12

本试卷共8页。全卷共计150分。考试时间为120分钟。

第一卷语言知识及应用(110分)

I.完型填空。（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）

I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a ___1___ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ___2___ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since--- ___3___ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my home.

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ___4___, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place ___5___ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried ___6___ up trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to ___7___ the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I decided something had to ___8___.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew nothing about __9__ any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ___10___. On that day, more than 300 people ___11___ up. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to accomplish. I couldn’t believe the ___12___ we made ---the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of __13__ and covered 132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people complain about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by doing rather than __14__. We need to teach by ___15___. You can’t blame others unless you start with yourself.

1. A. distant B. huge C. narrow D. loose

2. A. immediately B. finally C. gradually D. recently

3. A. imagining B. painting C. describing D. climbing

4. A. material B. resources C. waste D. goods

5. A. more B. most C. less D. least

6. A. putting B. digging C. picking D.breaking

7. A. leave B. notice C. watch D.find

8. A. change B. improve C. appear D. differ

9. A. realizing B. learning C. organizing D. making

10. A. party B. cleanup C. meeting D.makeup

11. A. showed B. gave C. stayed D. looked

12. A. plan B. visit C. contact D. difference

13. A. paper B. rubbish C. cans D. boxes

14. A. complaining B. listening C. standing D. sleeping

15. A. method B. explanation C. example D. research II. 语法填空。(共2篇，20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

A

I am a junior in high school. There is a lady at my school __16_____ job is to hand out call-slips(索书单) and prevent students from leaving campus without ___17______( permit). Before today I had never seen her smile.

The other day my friends and I were eating in the cafeteria and I saw her ___18_____(walk) around. When she came closer to us, I could see that she was crying. She pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped her eyes. I thought to myself that this lady is under-appreciated and needs to be recognized __19____ all her hard work. So I wrote a note telling her that the students appreciated everything she did and ____20____ her contribution to our school made a difference in all of our lives. I signed it “Some thankful stud ents”and slipped it into __21____ envelope. Then I realized I didn’t even know her name. I asked all of my professors but ___22____ knew her name. I finally went to ask the lady at Student Services and ___23_____(tell) that her name is Kathy. I bought her a bouquet of colorful sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. I brought the flowers to school and left __24____ in her office.

She came into my third period class shortly afterwards ___25_____(deliver) a call-slip, and there it was smile on her face!

B

The Internet has positive effects on our lives. The first is its value for people who are looking for information. When people are __26____ need of information, from weather forecasts to academic research, the Internet is now the first place __27____ many people turn to. With the click of a mouse, a student can acquire knowledge from the information __28______(hold) in the largest libraries in the world.

Another ___29___(true) wonderful aspect of the Internet is the way people use it to build social ties. One of the greatest benefits of Internet friendships is that they are based on common interests, rather that appearance, age or popularity. Young people ___30____ different backgrounds and different countries can form lifelong friendships.

However, the Internet also has negative effects. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to judge ___31____ the information is true and accurate. The amount of false information becomes more of __32__ problem every day. This is very troublesome because people can write anything ___33____ want. What’s worse, the Internet is affecting people’s private lives. Now, instead of spending time together in the evenings, some families ___34____(spend) their time apart because one or more members are using the computer. In fact, some young people spend so much time __35____(play) computer games that they have become addicted to the games.