湖南省瀏陽(yáng)一中2015-2016學(xué)年高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語(yǔ)含答案

1、2016年上學(xué)期瀏陽(yáng)一中高二年級(jí)期中測(cè)試卷英語(yǔ)時(shí)量：120分鐘 分值：150分 命題人：劉慶元 審題人：劉戀第I卷第一部分 聽(tīng)力(共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分30分) 第一節(jié)聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從 題中所給的A、E、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。()1.What s the woma n going to do this eve ning?A. Go to a movie. B. Go to a con cert.C. Study in the library.()2.How will th

2、e man go to the office?A. By train.B. By taxi.C. By bus.()3.What s the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates.B. Workmates.C. Frie nds.()4.What s the woman doing?A. Orderi ng some food. B. Selli ng some food. C. Cook ing some food. ()5.Where does the conversation probably take

3、place?A. I n a store.B. I n an office.C. I n a bank.第二節(jié)聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、E、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你 將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題 5秒鐘；聽(tīng)完后，各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時(shí) 間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽(tīng)下面一段對(duì)話，回答第6至7兩個(gè)小題。()6.Where does the man work?A. I n a factoryB. I n a hotelC. I n a school.()7.What does the man do?A. A

4、 man ager.B. A clea ner.C. An electricia n.聽(tīng)下面一段對(duì)話，回答第8至9兩個(gè)小題。()8.Where are the two speakers pla nning to meet?A. At the bookstoreB. At the toy store. C. In the music shop.()9.What does the man want to buy first?A. FlowersB. Bread.C. Coffee.聽(tīng)下面一段對(duì)話，回答第10至12三個(gè)小題。()10.What does the man wa nt to do?A.

5、Book a ticket. B. Order a taxi. C. Reserve a room.()11.When does the pla ne take off?A. At 9:00 in the morni ng. B. At 11:30 in the morni ng.C. At 11:30 in the eve ning.()12.What is the man s phone number?A. 7372-9232 B. 7322-9232C.7372-9322.聽(tīng)下面一段對(duì)話，回答第 13至 16四個(gè)小題。（ ） 13.What did the man do after he

6、 graduated from senior school?A. He went to college. B. He took a job. C. He opened a company. （ ） 14.How many people are there at the college.A. 500 B. 550 C. 600（ ） 15.Which club will the woman probably join?A. The Table Tennis Club. B. The Volleyball Club. C. The Film Club. （ ） 16.Who is the woma

7、n probably?A. A first-year student. B. A second-year student. C. A third-year student. 聽(tīng)下面一段獨(dú)白，回答第 17 至第 20四個(gè)小題。（ ） 17.Where can people see Hamlet?A. In the concert hall. B. In the main theater. C. In the smaller theater. （ ） 18.Who is the author of The Wild Duck?A. Beethoven. B. Shakespeare C. Ibse

8、n.（ ） 19.What can people do on the third floor?A. See paintings in a children s artwork exhibition.B. Enjoy a show of South American photos.C. Have some coffee at Charlie s Coffee Shop.（ ） 20.When will the center close?A. At 10:30. B. At 11:15. C. At 11:30. 第二部分 閱讀理解 （共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分 40 分） 第一節(jié) （共 15 小題；每小題 2

9、分，滿(mǎn)分 30 分）閱讀下列短文 ，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（ A 、B 、 C 和 D ）中選出最佳選項(xiàng) ，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。APlan to get to the airport at least an hour early, or two during holidays and other busy times; this will reduce the stress of the flight. If all goes well, you will have time to relax, shop for last-minute items, or have a meal befor

10、e the flight.Flight DelaysFind out why your flight is delayed. Call the free call numbers. Find out if other airlines are experiencing similar delays. If you believe the delay is due to something other than weather or air traffic problems, then mention your suspicion （ 懷疑 ） and ask the airline agent

11、 to book you on the next available flight, either on the same air-line or a competing one. This is called Rule 240, and all airlines are required to do it.Flight Cancellations（取消）If your flight is canceled, then make a reservation（預(yù)訂）on the next flight to your dest in ati on. Usually, air-li ne pers

12、 onn el職員）will try to book every one on their n ext flight. Often they will put you on a competitors next flight only if you request it.If on-time arrival is important to you, when you check flights through our reservation system you can rate your choices based on their on-time arrival records. Be s

13、ure to also check the weather conditions, as they often affect flight schedules.21. A person goes to the airport ahead of time mainly to .A. buy what he wants in the airportB. have a good rest in the airplaneC. get on the airplane immediatelyD. reduce the pressure of the flight22. If a person calls

14、Rule 240, he wants to.A. ask the reason for the plane delay B. make sure the time for the next planeC. know if other flights delays happe nD. cha nge for the ticket to the n ext flight23. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Un pleasa nt travels B. Dan gerous flightsC. Airport travel tips

15、 D. Busy airportBLa Gomera is the only place in the world that has a whistle（ 口哨）Ianguage. We do not know how and why it bega n because we do not know the complete history of the isla nd. But we can certa inly imagi ne the reas ons for the beg inning of the whistle Ian guage. There are many deep val

16、leys on the isla nd. A pers on on one side of a valley can not easily shout to a pers on on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard. Some of the best whistlers can be heard from four miles away and the record is seven miles.The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this

17、helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.We can un dersta nd why the whistle Ian guage con ti nu es. It is very useful on the isla nd, and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle Ianguage takes the place of teleph on e. If

18、 the sick pers on is quite far away from the tow n, people pass the messagefrom one to ano ther. A boy guard ing cattle on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doctor in town. People help one another in the same way

19、 when a car breaks down or a cow is lost.The whistle Ianguage is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live on for hun dreds of years more. Radio and TV ofte n kill the special ways of speak ing in different parts of a country. But on La Gomera you are nobody if you cannot whistle.

20、 Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the isla nd, people there will be whistl ing the n ews and other facts and opinions.24. If a person on La Gomera is ill,.A. the whistle Ian guage will help pass the message to the doctorB. people will take him to tow n by carriageC. his family will take him to the h

21、ospitalD. others will phone the doctor in tow n25. La Gomera is special because.A. we don t know its complete historyB. people have to shout if they want to com muni cateC. people there have good teeth and earsD. people there use the whistle Ian guage to com muni cate with each other26. Which of the

22、 following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The whistle Ian guage has bee n used for hun dreds of years on the isla nd, but willnot be used any Ion ger.B. The whistle Ian guage can only be found on La Gomera.C. It is not easy for a person to live on La Gomera if he cannot whistle.D. The recor

23、d shows that one best whistler can be heard by others from seven miles away.27. Which of the following will be the best title of this passage?A. The Secret Lan guageB. Do You Know the Whistle Lan guage?C. The Life of Isla ndersD. La Gomera a MysteryCThe in terview had bee n going on for about 20 min

24、u tes and everyth ing seems to be going well. Then , sudde nly, the in terviewer asks an un expected question “ Which is more important, law or Dove ? ”Job applica nts in the West in creas in gly find themselves asked stra nge questio ns like this. And the sig ns are that this is beg inning to happe

25、 n in China.Employers want people skilled , enthusiastic and devoted. So these are the qualities that any reas on ably in tellige nt job applica nts will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant

26、 s true personality.The questi on in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Keirsey Pers on ality Sorter. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems , rather than what they know. This is often called an aptitude test 能力傾向測(cè)驗(yàn)）.According to Mark Baldwin, many job applicants in Chi

27、na are finding this type of questions difficult. When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test, he or she will think there is a right an swer and they may fail because they try to guess what the exam iner wants to see.This is sometimes called the prisoner s dilemmApplicants are trying to act clev

28、erly in their own in terest. But they fail because they don t un dersta nd what the in terviewer islooking for. Remember that in an aptitude tes, the correct answer is always the honest an swer.28. The writer wrote the passage to.A. give you a piece of advice on a job in terviewB. tell you how to me

29、et a job in terviewerC. describe the aptitude test D. advise you how to find a job29. Why do the in terviewers ask such questi ons?A. They want to discover what the in terviewees know.B. They are curious about the an swers.C. They try to discover the ability of the interviewees solving problems.D. T

30、hey just ask questio ns without thinking much.30. Accord ing to the writer, i n an aptitude test, Chin ese job applica nts should.A. not tell the truthB. learn to tell what they really thi nkC. be more en thusiasticD. try to find out what the examiner really want to know31. From the passage we know

31、that.A. job applica nts are always asked such questio nsB. more Chin ese applica nts fail to find a jobC. applica nts should not act as reas on ably as a pris onerD. the aptitude test is beco ming popular worldwideDMore tha n 2.25 billi on cups of coffee are drunk throughout the world each day, and

32、it s likely that many taste bitter. Now, a new study suggests that coffee fans can make their drink sweeter by cha nging the color of their cups.Researchers from Oxford set out to prove whether the claim that coffee drunk from a white cup tastes bitter was true. They used 36 volunteers and three dif

33、ferent colored cups-blue, white an d tran spare nt透 明的）glass- to exam ine the claim.In one experime nt, the white cup in creased the in te nsity （濃度）of the coffee taste relative to the tran spare nt cup. Then, in a sec ond experime nt, coffee drunk from the white cup was found to taste less sweet wh

34、e n compared to the other colored cups, while the blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest.The scientists believe that the color brown may be associatedwith bitterness, and coffee in a white cup appears the brow nest“ Our study clearly shows that the color of a cup does in flue nee our sense of t

35、he coffee taste, lead ing author Dr George Doorn, wrote in an article for The Con versati on.“ The effect of the color of tlaeteup on theof the coffee reported here suggests that cafe owners should carefully con sider the color of their cups, ” he said, “The potential effects may spell the differene

36、e bettimen a one purchase and a retur n customer. Actually, the idea that color can cha nge the food and drink taste came out many years ago. A study published last year reported that red, strawberry-flavored cake served on a white plate was rated as 10 perce nt sweeter tha n the same food prese nte

37、d on a black plate.32. The passage is mainly about.A. the popularity of sweet coffee.B. an experime nt made in Oxford.C. the effect of cup color on coffee s taste D. useful tips on how to make coffee.33. I n which cup will coffee taste the sweetestA. A white cup B. A blue cupC. A tran spare nt cupD.

38、 A brow n cup34. Caf owners should consider their cups color in order to.A. reduce the daily expe nsesB. show their taste in coffeeC. appeal to more customers D. make their cafdiffere nt.e35. We lear n from the passage that.A. coffee in a white cup tastes sweeter tha n that in a tran spare nt glassB

39、. over 2 billi on cups of sweet coffee are drunk worldwide each year.C. Dr. George Doorn wrote an article about making conversations.D. the idea that color could affect the taste of drink is not n ew.第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩 項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。Five Things to Do in a Traffic JamTir

40、ed of traffic jams? Here are some tips that can help you to calm down in a traffic jam.Listen to CD audio bookIt s a good idea to keep severed io books in your car. 36 Liste ning to an excit ing story is more in terest ing tha n sitt ing sile ntly and being bored.Sing loudlyIf you beg in gett ing an

41、gry because of a long traffic jam, tur n your CD player on or radio up. 37 Imagi ne you re a won derful sin ger arlhe audie nee is liste ning to you in admiration. Your stress will disappear.38You can use the radio and play entertaining games while waiting. For example,you can guess the song or the

42、sin ger or to see how quickly you can recog nize a new song. Have a snackKeeping a tasty snack in the car is especially good for waiting in traffic jams.Choo- se what you like most of all, so you will look forward to traffic jams to have a cha nce to eat the delicious sn ack. 39 In that case, time i

43、s the last thing to worry about.Argue with the radio talk show hostFind a statio n with a radio talk show. 40 If you disagree, you can show your an ger. Don t be afraid to catheir ideas stupid. Only make sure that the car windows are closed so no one may hear you.Sitting in a traffic jam can be very

44、 stressful but next time you can use these simple tips, and you won t notice hhong you have been waiting and soon you will be on your way.A. Play gamesB. Use the radio.C. Enjoy every bite of it.D. Liste n to their debates carefully.E. Loud singing can help to reduce stress.F. Begi n to enjoy them as

45、 quickly as you can.G. The storyteller s voice can clear all your bad emotions.第II卷（共40分）第三部分英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分 45分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿(mǎn)分30分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中選出可以填入空 白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really_4 th

46、em. But as a girl, I once thought that I could n ever play basketball.I like play ing basketball though rm not good at it. Ive had a basketball 42 I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one 43 when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basket

47、ball.At school, it was always the boys who played basketball duri ng PE classes. The girls were 44 allowed to play volleyball or badm inton.My parents did not 45 me play basketball at home. Basketball is not fit for girls, they said. 46 when I went to play basketball with my frie nds, boys 47 at me

48、on the court as if I were an alie n.I was feeli ng 48 and had lost hope of play ing basketball. 49 ,somethi ng cha nged the first day of high school. I made some frie nds who also enjo yed play ing basketball. They 50_ me to get back on the court.One of them told me with a smile, Go your own 51 ,let

49、 others talk. This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about 52 with me almost every day. I was in spired by them. Con fide nee and passion 53 to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can, 54 for me, eve n the sky i

50、s boun dless 無(wú)垠的）.Basketball has become an important part of my 55 . I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and con fide nt, but also 56 a lot.Ive heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, Nothing is impossible. It is from

51、an advertisement on TV. I have 57 to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an 58 .After that, just be con fide nt and 59 going. Never give up and youll make it sooner or later. I love the motto of the NBA. It can 60 my strong feelings for basketball, I love this game!41.

52、 A. dislikeB. annoyedC.env iedD.appreciated42. A. whe nB. beforeC.afterD.si nce43. A. struggledB. caredC. enjoyedD. joi ned44. A. onlyB. almostC.hardlyD.not45. A. en courageB. agreeC.letD.permit46. A. StillB. YetC.JustD.Eve n47. A. lookedB. glaredC. gla needD.stared48. A. upB. dow nC.excitedD.satisf

53、ied49. A. U nluckilyB. NaturallyC.Un expectedlyD. Clearly50. A. en couragedB. forbadeC.en suredD. explored51. A. effortB. wayC.bus in essD.directi on52. A. basketballB. sportsC.in terestsD.dreams53. A. stuckB. referredC.turnedD.returned54. A. butB. thoughC.andD.however55. A .wishB. lifeC.workD. stud

54、y56. A. experie neeB. growC.lear nD.play57. A. comeB. turnedC.refusedD.happened58. A. ideaB. aimC.opi nionD.effort59. A. i nsistB. remai nC.keepD.last60. A. i nformB. expressC.ignoreD.connect第二節(jié)（共10小題：每小題1.5分，滿(mǎn)分15分） 閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。I was always told that the three Ps, patie nee,

55、positive thi nking and persevera nC堅(jiān) 持, 恒心，毅力）,were a sure path 61 success.But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school mat hs exam is one example. The exam, 62 was originally to be held in our classroom, 63 （change）to the library at the last minute. This,_64 , didn t bother me be

56、cause maths had always bee n my stron gest subject J_65_（patie nt） walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breath ing to help relax 66 .But my mood cha nged quickly whe n I saw the first questi on. I had no idea how to do it. I tried to stay positive and persevered_67 I fin ally found

57、the soluti on. With the problem solved, I feltproud 68 my achieveme nt. 69 (fortun ate), I the n no ticed that I had just 10 minu tes left 70 (complete) the rest.第四部分寫(xiě)作（共兩節(jié)；滿(mǎn)分35分）第一節(jié) 短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿(mǎn)分10分）文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、 刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（人），并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用（）劃掉。修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫(huà)一橫線（）,并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。Dear Steve n,Im glad that you are coming to Beijing this summer vac