重慶市示范性高中高二英語上學期期中試題(1).doc

重慶市示范性高中2014-2015學年高二英語上學期期中試題本試卷分第一卷(選擇題)和第二卷(非選擇題)兩部分。共150分?？荚嚂r間120分鐘。第一卷(三部分，共115分) 第一部分 聽力（共三節(jié)，滿分30分） 第一節(jié)(共5小題；每小題1.5分,滿分7.5分) 請聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題,從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項中選出最佳選項,并標在試題卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話后,你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1. what does the woman fail to do?a. do her work. b. take activities. c. take care of her family.2. what does the man like to collect? a.coins. b.magazines. c. paintings.3. what can we learn about the two speakers? a. they cant book the air tickets. b. they have booked the tickets. c. they have missed the flight. 4. where most probably are the speakers? a. on a train. b. in a car. c. on a plane.5. where will the speakers meet? a. at the station. b.at the cinema. c. at the church.第二節(jié) 聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，每小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽下面一段對話，回答第6和第7題。6.what will sophie do tonight? a. look after her brother. b.buy some videos. c. go out with her parents.7.why was the man annoyed with sophie? a.she didnt make a sincere apology. b. she didnt come to his house on time. c.she didnt say sorry to him.聽下面一段對話，回答第8至第10題。8. what is the main topic of the conversation? a. city life. b. life abroad. c. the climate in california.9. what does the man think of the people in the city?a. friendly. b. hardworking. c. humorous.10. where does the man come from?a. japan. b.canada. c. britain. 聽下面一段對話，回答第11至第13題。11. where is the woman? a. at the first crossing. b. at the traffic lights. c. at the bus stop.12. where is guangming park? a. at the first crossing. b.on the other side of baiyun road. c. at the corner of baiyun and jianshe road.13. how can the woman get to the park when she comes to baiyun road?a. turn right and go straight. b. turn left and walk two blocks.c. go along the first crossing for a few minutes.聽下面一段對話，回答第14至第17題。14. how much pocket money does lily get a month? a. about 5 pounds. b. about 15 pounds. c. about 20 pounds.15. why does lily want more pocket money? a. to get as much as her friends. b. to buy some clothes. c.to pay for music lessons.16. when can lily have more pocket money?a. when she proves good at her school work. b. when she no longer argues with her mum.c. when she is mature in her mums eyes.17. what does david suggest lily do?a. have a discussion with her mum. b. help her mum with housework.c. sit down and wait calmly.聽下面一段對話，回答第18至20題。18.what is the ouly thing that can limit a shopper in hong kong? a. his personal interest. b.how much money he actually has. c.the quality of the goods.19. what should people be cautious about when shopping in hong kong? a. personal security. b. property safety. c. behavior.20. what can we learn about stores with qts symbols from the passage? a. they generally have dishonest shoppers. b.they guarantee the quality of their services. c. they often steal customers money.第二部分 英語知識運用(共兩節(jié), 滿分45分) 第一節(jié) 單項填空(共15小題；每小題1分,滿分15分) 請從a、b、c、d 四個選項中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。21. did you forget about my birthday? _ive booked a table at michels restaurant for this evening.a. what then? b. im afraid so. c. how could i? d. for sure.22. all the scientific evidence that increasing use of chemicals in farming damaging our health.a. show; are b. shows; are c. show; is d. shows; is23. i made a promise to myselfthis year, my first year in high school, would be different.a. whether b. what c. that d. how24. you cannot accept an opinion _ to you unless it is based on facts. a. offeringb. to offerc. having offeredd. offered25. not once _ to michael that he could one day become a top student in his class. a. occurred itb. it did occurc. it occurredd. did it occur26. one of our rules is that every studentwear school uniform while at school.a. might b. could c. shall d. will27. you must learn to consult your feelings and your reason _ you reach any decision. a. althoughb. beforec. becaused. unless28. it was not until i came here i realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather.a. who b. that c. where d. before29. once peng liyuan wears_ stylish suit to visit the foreign countries with president xi, her clothing later becomes popular among_ middle-aged. a. a; the b. the; a c. the; the d. a; a30. everything was placed exactly he wanted it for the graduation ceremony.a. while b. when c. where d. though31. in our class there are 46 students, half wear glasses.a. in whom b. in them c. of whom d. of them32. after school we went to the reading-room to do some reading, only to be told that it .a. was decorated b. had decorated c. had been decorating d. was being decorated33. we would have called a taxi yesterday if harold us a ride home.a. didnt offer b. wouldnt offer c. hasnt offered d. hadnt offered34. its surprising that your brother russian so quicklyhe hasnt lived there very long.a. picked up b. looked up c. put up d. made up35. sarah madeto the airport just in time to catch her plane this morning.a. herself b. this c. that d. it 第二節(jié) 完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分,滿分30分) athe summer before i went off to college, mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board(燙衣板) and said, “pay attention. im going to teach you to iron.”mom clearly explained her_36 for this lesson. i was going to be 37 and needed to learn this vital skill. also, i would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good 38 .“l(fā)earn to iron a shirt,” mom said, “and you can iron anthing.”but ironing shirts was not 39 work. it didnt make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball, and it wasnt a 40 operation like ice-skating. ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet. moreover, an iron produced steam and it carried an element of 41 . if you touched the wrong part of it, youd get burnt. if you forgot to turn it off when you 42 , you might burn down the house.as for technique, mom 43 me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled(有褶皺的)parts. collars had to be done right. mom said they were close to your face , where everyone would 44 them.over years, ive learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of 45 . whatever failures i suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me i am good at something. 46 , through ironing ive learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. “ 47 wrinkles one at a time,” as mom might have said, “and before long everything will get ironed out.” 36. a. reason b. rules c. emotions d. methods37. a. helpful b. confident c. powerful d. independent 38. a. conclusion b. suggestion c. impression d. observation39. a. useful b. easy c. special d. suitable 40. a. direct b. single c. smooth d. strange 41. a. doubt b. pressure c. surprise d. danger42. a. went away b. fell down c. jumped off d. looked up43. a. taught b. chose c. forced d. sent44. a. touch b. design c. see d. admire 45. a. honesty b. freedom c. justice d. pride46. a. instead b. besides c. otherwise d. however47. a. make up b. deal with c. ask for d. rely on bwhat is creativity? it is my 48 both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation., the universe is able to advance. it is a little like opening the 49 at the top of a field irrigation（灌溉） system. once we remove the blocks, the 50 moves in. again, i do not ask you to believe this. in order for this 51 emergence to happen, you dont have to believe in any god. i simply ask you to 52 and note this process as it 53 . in effect, you will be mid- viewing and witnessing your own creative progression. creativity is an experienceto my eye, a spiritual experience. it doesnt 54 which way you think of it: creativity leading into spirituality or spirituality leading to creativity. in fact, i do not make a 55 between the two.48. a. honour b. experience c. knowledge d. gratitude49. a. gate b. wall c. bottle d. cover50. a. float b. movement c. flow d. trend51. a. impressive b. creative c. magical d. spiritual52. a. know b. overlook c. observe d. notice53. a. unfolds b. uncovers c. breaks d. unites54. a. function b. occur c. know d. matter 55. a.decision b.distinction c.sense d. note第三部分 閱讀理解 (共20小題; 每小題2分, 滿分40分) 請閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(a、b、c和d)中,選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該選項的標號涂黑。awhen johnny cash sings, people listen. his big, deep voice rumbles out of radios and juke-boxes across north america. his records sell by the million. country-music fans everywhere, now his big hits. they love songs like hey porter, ring of fire, and folsom prison blue. johnny cash sings about a hundred concerts a year. people like what they hear-and what they see, too. rugged and big-shouldered, the singer stands six-two without his black boots on. hes a two-hundred-pound package of muscle and talent. and that scar(疤痕)on his cheek? its a bullet (子彈)hole, of course!in the minds of most people, johnny cash is mr. tough (violent) guy. hes an ex-drug addict (上癮者)who was once put in prison. his grandmother was an indian. to keep from starving, he once had to live on wild rabbits killed from forty feet away with a knife. some people say he even killed a man.in fact, most of the johnny cash story is just that-a story. true, years ago he had a drug habit for a short time. he popped pills. but he never used heroin or other hard drugs. some-times hed go wild and get locked up for a few hours . but he never served a prison sentence. theres no indian blood in his veins. hes been a killer only in song. as for the bullet hole, its an old scar left by a doctor who opened a cyst(囊腫).people who know johnny cash well say hes a gentle guy, a generous guy-anything but a tough guy. how did the stories get started? some of them, like the story about the indian grandmother, he made up long ago to add excitement to his career. others, like the bullet hole”, simply got started. now theres little the singer can do to change peoples minds. they just want to believe it, he says.56. johnny cash is a favorite of many .a. opera lovers b. country music fansc. hard-rock fans d. jazz music lovers57. in truth, johnny cash .a. invented the indian grandmother b. used to kill rabbits for a living c. had a bullet hole on his cheek d. served a long prison sentence58. in his private life, johnny cash is, . a. much wilder than he looks b. much smaller than he is on stage c. much tougher than he is in public d. much more gentle than most people suppose59. the passage shows us that many people believe .a. only what they see b. what they are sure is true c. only what they hear d. what they find interestingbdo dogs understand us?be careful what you say around your dog. it might understand more than you think.a border collie named rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in germany. the dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩).in one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. in four tests, rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. as the dog couldnt see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe rico must understand the meanings of certain words. in another experiment, the scientists took one toy that rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. the owner then told rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before. the correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination(排除法). a month later, rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive. rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. for one thing, rico is a border collie, a breed (品種)known for its mental abilities. in addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months. its hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. even if they do, they cant talk back. still, it wouldnt hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. you might just get a big, wet kiss in return!60. from paragraph 2 we know that _ .a. animals are as clever as human beings b. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees c. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills d. dogs have similar learning abilities as 3-year-old children61. both experiments show that . a. rico is smart enough to get all commands right b. rico can recognize different things including toys c. rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics d. rico wont forget the names of objects once recognizing them62. which of the following statements is true? a. the purpose of the experiments is to show the border collies mental abilities. b. rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training. c. the border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects. d. rico is born to understand its owners commands.63. what does the writer want to tell us? a. to train your dog. b. to talk to your dog. c. to be friendly to your dog. d. to be careful with your dog.chappy april fools dayin celebration of the day, we have put together a list of some of the greatest hoaxes(惡作劇) in history .they are the lies that have been designed for innocent（無辜的） people who are ready to believe them.instant color tv in 1962 there was only one tv channel in sweden, and in broadcast in black and white. the stations technical expert, kjell stensson , appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a newly developed technology, all viewers could now quickly and easily transform their existing sets to display color reception. all they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over their tv screen, and they would begin to see their favorite shows in color. reportedly, hundreds of thousands of people were taken in. actual color tv transmission only started to appear in sweden on april 1, 1970. san serriffein 1977 the british newspaper the guardian published a special seven-page supplement(增刊)in honor of the tenth anniversary of san serriffe, a small republic located in the indian ocean. a series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this unknown nation. the guardians phones rang all day as readers asked for more information about the beautiful holiday spot. few noticed that everything about the island was made up.nixon for presidentin 1992 american national public radios talk of the nation program announced that richard nichard nixon, in a surprise move, was running for president again. his new campaign slogan was, “i didnt do anything wrong, and i wont do it again.” accompanying this announcement were audio clips(片斷)of nixon delivering his election speech. listeners responded immediately to the announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and anger. only during the second half of the show did the host john hockenberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke, nixons voice was copied by comedian rich little.64. which of the following countries is not mentioned in the text?a. india b. the uk c. the united state d. sweden65. who worked as a host on the radio? a. kjell stensson b. rich little c. richard nixon d. john hockenberry66. when did the small republic san serriffe come into being? a. in 1962 b. in 1977 c. in 1992 d. never67. where can we probably read this article? a. in an ad b. in a magazine. c. in a novel.d. in a news reportdnever go into a supermarket hungry! this is a good piece of advice. if you go shopping for food before lunchtime, youll probably buy more than you plan to. unfortunately, however, just this advice isnt enough for consumers these days. modern shoppers need an education in how and h