1、- 1 -20142015 学年度下学期期中考试高二英语试卷 考试时间 120 分钟 试题分数 150 卷 I第一部分：听力 第一节1 Whose wallet probably is it?A. the womans B. The mans C. Ginas2. What is the date today?A. May 1st B. May 2nd C. May 3rd3. Who made the womans personal web page?A. She herself B. Her friend. C. The man4. What are the speakers mainly
2、 talking about?A. A town B. An accident C. A murder5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Relatives. B. Colleagues. D. Neighbors.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）6. What is the man doing?A. Watching TV B. Listening to the radio. C. Reading the newspaper7. Why are the rich and fa
3、mous targets for being talked about according to the man?A. The public are interested in them. B. The public want to laugh at them.C. The public want to make them famous.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8-10 题。8. Why does the man look sad?A. He had to stop his study. B. He failed his test again. C. He couldnt understan
4、d the foreigners.9. How did the woman improve her French?A. By reading French newspapers B. By watching French films. C. By speaking to herself.10. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Be confident. B. Talk with foreigners C. Ask the teacher for advice.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What are the sp
5、eakers mainly talking about?A. A basketball game. B. A volleyball game. C. A football game.12. Where did the man go to last night?A. A club. B. A stadium . C. A meeting.13. What did the audience think of the game?A. Exciting B. Dangerous C. Unbelievable听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What does the woman
6、think of the pink dress? A. very cheap B. very dull C. of good quality15. What color of the sweater does the man recommend?- 2 -A. White . B. Purple C. Black16. What kind of jacket does the woman want ?A. a leather one B. a light one C. an expensive one听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What was Professor
7、Rudds trouble?A. lack of confidence B. lack of intelligence . C. absent-mindedness 18. What did the professor decided to do one hot summer day?A. Visit his children who live near the beach. B. Have a holiday with his children on the beach. C. Take his children to visit his friend in a seaside town.1
8、9. What happened to the professor when he arrived at the station ?A. he couldnt contact his friend. B. He couldnt find his train tickets. C. he couldnt remember the destination.20. Why did the professor come back home for the 2nd time?A. he forgot his friends address. B. he lost the paper his wife h
9、ad given him. C. he forgot to take the train tickets with him. 第二部分：阅读理解（ 共 2 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，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AOne afternoon last week, I saw three tearful children from my sons school being comforted by teachers. That morning, my 11-year-old had stomach p
10、ains, retching（干呕）into a bowl. Talking to other mothers later, I heard about other children with stomachache or difficult sleeping the night before.What caused so much pain? Sports day. Sports day might be necessary at a highly-competitive independent school, but not at a village primary school. For
11、 the children who can fly like the wind, sports day cause no problem. For those who are overweight or just not good at sport, it is a nightmare（噩梦）. Even for those who enjoy running but fall halfway down the track in front of the entire school and their parents, it can prove a disaster.Why do we put
12、 our children through this annual suffering? Some may say competition is character building; or its taking part, not winning, thats important; or thats a tradition of school life. I just felt great pity for those children in tears or in pain.Team games at the end of sports day produced some close ra
13、ces, wild enthusiasm, lots of shouting and were fun to watch. More importantly, the children who were not so fast or quick at passing the ball were hidden a little from everyones eyes. Some of them also had the thrill of being on the winning side.I wish that sports day could be abandoned and replace
14、d with some other less competitive event. Perhaps an afternoon of team games, with a few races for those who want them, would be less stressful for the children and a lot more fun to watch.- 3 -21. What can we learn about the authors son from Paragraph 1?A. He talked with some mothers. B. He comfort
15、ed his classmates.C. He had difficulty in sleeping. D. He suffered from stomachache.22. Sports day is still an annul event in this school probably because _.A. this is an independent school B. it is a tradition of the schoolC. it helps children lose weight D. children enjoy watching sports23. What d
16、oes the author think about team games?A. They should include more stressful races. B. They are acceptable to different children.C. They should be abandoned at primary school. D. They are less fun for those who love running.24. What is the authors attitude towards sports day?A. Critical. B. Neutral.
17、C. Positive. D. Ambiguous.BSince the first Earth Day in 1970,American have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment . “We didnt know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.But what began as nothing
18、 important in public affairs has grown into a social movement .Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many, many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor fro
19、m Wisconsin, who thought up the first. According to US government reports , emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 .Although serious problems still remain and need
20、to be dealt with , the world is a safer and healthier place .A kind of “Green thinking ” has become part of practices .Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs ; today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights ,motors , and building designs have helped
21、 save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution .Twenty five years ago , there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, its hard to find a public school , university , or law school that does not have such a kind of program .” Until we do that , nothing else will change! ”
22、says Bruce Anderson .25 According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about _A. the social movement B. recycling techniques - 4 -C. environmental problems D. the importance of Earth Day 26 Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?A. The business circle B.
23、The grass roots level C. Government officials D. University professors 27. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection ?A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest B. They have settled their environmental problems C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.D. They have reduce
24、d pollution through effective measures .28. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph ?A. Green living B. Planning C. Education D. CO reduction COne of the latest trend（趋势） in American Childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair in Stamford, Conn., for exam
25、ple, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese au pairs from zero to around 4,000 since 2004. And thats true all across the country.“I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age” Joseph Stocke, the managing director of a company, says of his 2-year old son. “I would
26、at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future,” After only six months of being cared by a 25-year-old woman from China, the boy can already understand basic Chinese daily expressions, his dad says. Li Drake, a Chinese native raising two children in Minnesota with an American
27、 husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from China. She didnt want her children to miss out on their roots.” Because I am Chinese, my husband and I wanted the children to keep exposed to(接触) the language and culture.” she says.“Staying with a native speaker is better for children tha
28、n simply sitting in a classroom,” says Suzanne Flynn, a professor in language education of Children.” But parents must understand that just one year with au pair is unlikely to produce wonders. Complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12.”The popularity if au pairs from chi
29、na has been strengthened by the increasing numbers of American parents who want their children to learn Chinese. It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.29.What does that term” au pair” in the text mean?A. A mother raising her children on her ownB
30、. A child learning a foreign language at homeC. A professor in language education of childrenD. A young foreign woman taking care of children.30. Li Drake has her children study Chinese because she wants them _.A. to learn about the Chinese culture - 5 -B. to speak the language at homeC. to catch up
31、 with other childrenD. to live in China some day31. What can we infer from the text?A. Educated woman do better in looking after childrenB. Learning Chinese is becoming popular in America, C. Chinese au pairs need to improve their English Skills.D. Children can learn a foreign language well in six m
32、onths. DEveryone looks forward to progress, whether in ones personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a persons ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead a better way of doing things. All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to a
33、ccept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who miss the “good old days”, efficiency comes with a price. When communication becomes more efficient, people are able to contact one another n
34、o matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets (tools), such as mobile phones and ipads, people often do not take the effort to visit one another
35、personally. A personal visit carries with it the additional feature of having to be in the persons presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off.With efficiency also comes mass production. Such is the nature of factories and the succes
36、s of industrialization today. Factories have improved efficiency. Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch whe
37、n making these products. For example, many handcrafts(手工艺品) are now produced in a factory. Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass - 6 -production lowers the quality of the handicraft and it is
38、difficult to find unique designs on each item.Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from one point of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to
39、 their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.It is peoples attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on peoples attitude. The worst eff
40、ects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created.32. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to _.A. live a better life B. look for b
41、etter methodsC. change ways of living D. accept technology and advance steadily33. The author explains “efficiency comes with a price” by _.A. describing a process B. using examplesC. following time order D. making classification34. Compared with home-made handicrafts, machine made products _.A. lac
42、k great accuracy B. lack the personal touchC. are of high value D. are quite welcome35. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?A. Progress can suit the needs of daily life.B. People review the past with great regret.C. Technology should be introduced in a fixed way.D. Peoples attitude decides
43、 the use of technology.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）- 7 -根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余项。More and more passengers are complaining about texting and driving. If a texting driver is making you nervous but youre not sure how to bring the topic up, here are some ideas: 1. _36_You can go straight t
44、o the point and say, “Im sorry, but I get really nervous when people text and drive at the same time.” Wait to see how the person responds. Most people will admit its probably not a good idea or theyll at least put down the phone.2. The subtle(机智的) approach. _37_ For example, you can say, “Would you
45、 like me to type for you since youre driving?” Or, since more states are handing out tickets for texting and driving, you could say, “Ive seen a lot of policemen out today. You might not want to text right now.”3. _38_ If your whole group thinks a driver is dangerous, make a plan together. Take away
46、 the drivers car keys; Its what youre supposed to do with drunk drivers, and studies show that texting drivers are even more dangerous. Or agree not to ride with that person. If several people boycott(抵制) a driver, he or she will get the message.4. The life-saving approach. If someone continues to t
47、ext and drive, avoid riding with that person. _39_ This will make them feel ashamed. A little shame makes people think twice about bad habits._40_ Argument is meaningless. Just get out of the car as soon as you can. Next time that driver offers to give you a ride, say, “No, thanks.”A. If you dont feel comfortable telling a driver to quit texting outright, try to tell him or her indirectly.B. The conservative approachC. If a driver absolutely wont stop texting or laughs at you for being nervous, dont argue.D. The group approach.E. Let texting drivers kno
