1、- 1 -20142015 学年度上学期孝感市七校教学联盟期末联合考试本试题卷共 10 页。全卷满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。祝考试顺利注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的班级、姓名、考号填写在试题卷和答题卷指定的位置，并用2B 铅笔将考号填涂在答题卡上，从顶格开始由左至右涂写，不空格。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用统一提供的 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。3完成句子和短文写作题的作答：用统一提供的签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。
2、考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.18. 答案是 B。1. According to the ma
3、n, why would people make fun of him?A. For tying his shoes. B. For falling. C. For running.2. How does the woman probably feel about the man?C. He cares about animals.3. Why was the woman probably in the pool?C. She was pushed in.4. Why will the man need to find another present?C. The store is too f
4、ar away.5. Where are the speakers?A. At Kates house. B. At a concert. C. At a restaurant.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。A. He has a good idea. B. He isnt being very helpful
5、.A. It was hot. B. She was swimming with Amy.A. The jacket is too expensive. B. The store is closed.- 2 -听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?C. A new city library.7. Why does the man probably want to have coffee?C. He wants to meet the math professor there.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8
6、 至 10 题。8. What is the man asking the woman to do?A. Move to New York. B. Move to Florida. C. Visit Florida.9. What is the woman mainly worried about?A. The heat. B. Too many insects. C. Falling into the ground.10. Where did the woman hear about the holes?C. From her daughter.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
7、11. What does the woman want?A. A more comfortable life. B. More crazy things in life. C. A less complicated life.12. What does the man say about fisherwomen?C. They dress up sometimes.13. Why does the woman stay here at the end of the conversation?C. Village life is not suitable for her.听第 9 段材料，回答
8、第 14 至 17 题。14. What is the woman mainly talking about?A. A TV show. B. A computer program. C. A picture in a magazine.15. What does the woman think about the model?C. She is too thin.16. What does the man think of the woman?A. She concerned too much. B. She is too curious. C. She is optimistic.17.
9、What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Reporter and actor. B. Husband and wife. C. Friends.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18. What was wrong with Messi as a child?C. He was A. Their college library. B. Their math homework.A. He is tired. B. He missed the old days.A. From her other grandc
10、hildren. B. From newspapers.A. They dont wear fancy shoes. B. They wear ugly shoes.A. She cant give her shoes up. B. She cant ride a motorcycle.A. She has too much makeup on. B. Shes very pretty.A. He had a disease that affected his growth. B. He couldnt run well.- 3 -very poor.19. How old was Messi
11、 when he started playing soccer?A. 5 years old. B. 11 years old. C. 13 years old.20. Why did Messis family move to Spain?C. A Spanish club offered to pay Messis bills. 第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节：多项选择（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。例：To make members of a team perf
12、orm better, the trainer first of all has to know their _ and weaknesses.A. strengths B. benefits C. techniques D. values 答案：A21. For sustainable development, the government has decided to give _ to those energy conserving and environment-friendly business in many aspects.A. permission B. profit C. p
13、reference D. phenomenon22. Every child is _, with their own needs, preferences and talents.A. contradictory B. unique C. similar D. optimistic23. While intelligent people can often _ the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.A. substitute B. scratch C. sacrifice D. simplify24. Nowa
14、days senior high school students are burdened with too many _, which is making them less and less confident. A. motivations B. expectations C. tendencies D. preparations25. I tried my best to explain the matter to him，but he still couldnt _ what I was saying. A. bring in B. settle in C. take in D. f
15、it in26. The movie The Imitation Game has been honored with the Audience Choice Award at the Chicago International Film Festival and has _ the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards, winning four honors including best director, best actor and best supporting actress.A. swept B. distributed C. occupied D. guaran
16、teed27. Lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but its _ small when compared with the others. . A. roughly B. briefly C. narrowly D. relatively28. In some schools in China, PE has been _ of the curriculum as teachers think it takes time away from studying.A. squeezed out B. reached
17、 out C. stretched out D. tested out29. The school is so poorly equipped that good resources for learning are not _ to the students here at all. A. abundant B. affordable C. aggressive D. accessible30. Many people have crossed oceans, left friends and families behind and put themselves in a foreign p
18、lace _ opportunities and exploration. A. for the sake of B. in case of C. by means of D. for fear of第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白A. They always wanted to live there. B. The clubs in Argentina paid too little.- 4 -处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A man and his girlfrien
19、d were married. It was a large 31 . All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to 32 the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time. The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. 33 could tell that the love t
20、hey had for each other was 34 .A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a(n) 35 , “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our 36 ”, she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit 37 with the other person. Then, we can talk about how w
21、e can fix them together and make our lives happier together.” The husband 38 . So each of them went to a(n) 39 room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and 40 what they came up with.The next morning, at th
22、e breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists. “Ill start,” offered the wife. She took out her 41 . It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. 42 , as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husbands eye
23、s.“Whats wrong?” she asked. “ 43 ,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.” The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over the top of it. “Now, you read your list and then well talk about the thin
24、gs on 44 of our lists,” she said happily. Quietly the husband stated, “I dont have anything on my list. I think that you are 45 the way that you are. I dont want you to 46 anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldnt want to try and change anything about you.” The wife, touched by his
25、 honesty and the 47 of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, 48 and annoyed. We dont really have to go 49 them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and 50 . Why waste time in this world looki
26、ng for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wondrous things before us?31. A. anniversary B. celebration C. congratulation D. get-together32. A. take part in B. join C. participate D. attend to33. A. Someone B. Nobody C. Everyone D. No one34. A. real B. old C. ne
27、w D. true35. A. agreement B. announcement C. declaration D. proposal36. A. wedding B. marriage C. party D. home37. A. annoying B. annoyed C. pleasant D. pleased38. A. disagreed B. smiled C. laughed D. agreed39. A. living B. own C. individual D. separate40. A. put forward B. wrote down C. talked abou
28、t D. thought out41. A. way B. thoughts C. things D. list42. A. In fact B. Therefore C. Besides D. Thus43. A. None B. Something C. Anything D. Nothing44. A. all B. both C. neither D. either45. A. right B. correct C. accurate D. perfect46. A. accept B. fit C. take D. change47. A. width B. depth C. len
29、gth D. height- 5 -48. A. depressed B. enjoyable C. encouraged D. delighted49. A. looking up B. looking ahead C. looking for D. looking into50. A. change B. marriage C. life D. promise第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题分 2 分,满分 40 分）阅读下列 A、B、C、D 每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中,选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAmericans use many ex
30、pressions with the word “dog”. People in the US love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners lead a different kind of life. The expression “to lead a dogs life” describes a person who
31、 has an unhappy life.Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same thing, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, they have to work like a dog. This means they have to work very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situa
32、tion would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.Some people say, “Every dog has its day.” This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks
33、. They believe that old people dont like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.Some other people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things th
34、ey dont want. But mean dogs are often used to guard the property, for they bark at or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.Dog expressions are also used to describe
35、 the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather, but we dont want it to rain too hard. We dont want it to rain cats and dogs. 51. The underlined word “mean” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “_”.A. selfish B. wild C. violent D. poor52. A perso
36、n who lives an unhappy life can be described as “_”.A. working like a dog B. becoming sick as a dogC. leading a dogs life D. living in a dog-eat-dog world53. What can we learn from the text?A. Fierce people arent so awful as they appear sometimes.B. Everyone can be successful if he learns form the o
37、ld.C. It might be difficult for the young to learn new kills.D. Junkyard dogs are careful in money arrangement.54. How does the author prove his idea? A. By comparing and contrast. B. By providing examples.C. By analyzing the reasons. D. By using idioms. BBirds can learn to choose the best building
38、materials for their nests, according to scientists.It was previously thought that birds choice of nest materials was determined by their genes, that is, each type of bird has their own methods of building nests born with them. But an experiment has - 6 -now shown this to be a more complex activity.
39、This study, published in the Royal Society Journal Proceeding B, involved giving zebra finches (斑胸草雀) a choice of soft and hard string to build the their nests. “We found that they liked the harder string,” explained the lead researcher Dr Bailey from the University of St Andrews. “Its more efficien
40、t for them to build withthey can build a nest with fewer materials.”Dr Bailey and her colleagues were planning to test the learning ability of birds; their test aimed to work out if the birds could learn to tell the difference among the materials based on their quality. To test this, they gave one g
41、roup of finches flexible, soft string to build with, and another group harder string. Both groups of birds were then offered a choice between the soft and hard string. And the birds that had been made to build their nests with the soft string immediately chose the more rigid building materials.“Ther
42、e is a great diversity of nests in the natural world,” said Dr Bailey. “And because birds are not considered to be as clever as people, who can learn to use different materials quite easily, the assumption had been that there was a genetic pattern in the birds brains.”“This shows that actually learn
43、ing is also very important for their decisions.” Mike Toms from the British Trust for Ornithology said the research made a lot of sense.“It may help to explain the variety of materials that may be used by individuals of the same species nesting in the same general area.” He told BBC news.55. What is
44、 the purpose of the experiment mentioned in the text?A. To make sure finches can use different building materials like people.B. To find which finch is more skillful in choosing building materials.C. To test the ability of finches to learn from other birds.D. To confirm finches ability to identify b
45、uilding materials by learning.56. Which is the RIGHT order of the steps in the experiment?a. Building materials were offered to the finches.b. The finches were divided into two groups.c. The researchers chose some finches.d. The finches made a choice of the building materials.A. c, b, a, d B. c, d,
46、b, a C. a, c, b, d D. b, a, d, b57. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Birds of the same species choose to build nests in the same area.B. Its common that the same species birds use different materials.C. Birds sometimes can not find various building materials.D. People should help birds b
47、uild nests if possible.58. In which column of a newspaper could we find this text?A. Garden. B. Environment. C. Science. D. Architecture.CBy 2050, a completely new type of human evolve as a result of extremely new technology, behavior, and natural selection. This is according to Cadell Last, a resea
48、rcher at the Global Brain Institute, who claims mankind is undergoing a major “evolutionary transition”. In less than four decades, Mr. Last claims we will live longer, have children in old age and rely on artificial intelligence to do ordinary and boring tasks. This shift is so significant, he clai
49、ms, it is comparable to the change from monkeys to apes, and apes to humans. “Your 80 or 100 is going to be so radically different than your grandparents,” Mr. Last says, who believes we will spend much - 7 -of our time living in virtual reality. Some evolutionary scientists believe this age could be as high as 120 by 2050. Mr. Last claims humans will also demonstra
