山东省济宁市曲阜师范大学附属中学2015_2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题

山东省济宁市曲阜师范大学附属中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题本试卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分，满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座号、考号等信息填涂在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。

2. 第I卷每小题选出答案后，用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，再选涂其他答案标号。

3. 第II卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在指定区域内相应的位置；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带等。

不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

第一卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）该部分分为第一、第二两节。

注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。

听力部分结束时，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

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。

1.Which color does the woman want for the wall?A. White.B. Green.C. Yellow.2.What is the woman going to do tomorrow?A. Buy a washing machine.B. Do the washing up.C. Have breakfast in bed.3.Where are the speakers?A. At the airport.B. At a hotel.C. At a post office.4.What can we know about the man?A. He likes his job.B. He will ask his boss for raise.C. His boss will fire him.5.What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends.B. Classmates.C. Teacher and student.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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7两个小题。

6.What foods does the woman eat basically now?A. Fruits, vegetables and milk.B. Fruits, vegetables and chicken.C. Fruits, vegetables and beef.7.What does the man think of the baked chicken?A. Unhealthy.B. Healthy.C. A lot healthier.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.Where are the speakers?A. In a garden.B. In the countryC. In a park9.What season is it?A. Spring.B. Summer.C. Autumn.10.What will the man do?A. He will buy the woman some red roses.B. He will park his car in the parking place.C. He will treat the woman to an ice cream.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.When did the woman find out someone had broken into her house?A about 10 o’clock. B. About 12 o’clock. C. About 2 o’clock.12.How did the burglar break into the house?A. The burglar forced the door open.B. The burglar broke into through the open window.C. The burglar unlocked the lock.13.Who created the mess?A. The man.B. The woman.C. The burglar.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14.When will the woman go to Xi’an?A. In June.B. In July.C. In August.15.How long will the vacation be?A. One weekB. Two weeks.C. One or two weeks.16.Where will Monica go?A. To HarbinB. To Xinjiang.C. To Tibet.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What does Jason do?A. A teacher.B. A professor.C. A doctor.18.When did the speaker get into running?A. In middle school.B. In high schoolC. In university.19.How long has the speaker been running?A. For 7 years.B. For 17 years.C. For 27 years.20.What should we do before beginning any hard exercise?A. Do a little exercise.B. Do a ten-minute walk.C. Check with your doctor first.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

AExcused from recycling (回收利用) because you live in a high rise with a rubbish chute(垃圾道)? You won't be for long. Miami's Mark Shantzis has made it simple for those living in tall buildings to use the chute and recycle too.In Shantzis' Hi-Rise Recycling System, a chute leads to a pie-shaped container with six boxes that can turn around when operated. The system, which fits in the same space as the chute and container now in use, enables glass, plastic, paper, metal, and other rubbish to go into separate boxes.The system is controlled from a board next to the chute door. The board has a button for each class of recycling materials (as well as for unrecyclables). At the press of a button, a microcomputer locks all other floors' chute door and sets the recycling container turning until the right box comes under the chute. The computer also counts the loads and gives a signal by phone when the box is full. And a particular piece of equipment breaks up the nonrecyclables.Sorting(分类) recyclables before they are collected saves the use of expensive materials recovery equipment which otherwise has to do the sorting. Such equipment often makes recycled materials very expensive, so expensive that tons of recyclables remain wasted. Shantzis believes his system could help recycled materials become more co st-effective.21.The purpose in writing this text is _________.A. to encourage people to recycle their rubbishB. to introduce a recycling system for high risesC. to describe the use of computer technology in recyclingD. to explain the need fo r rubbish collection in high rises22.Before dropping rubbish into the chute you have to ________.A. lock the other floors' chute doorsB. check if the container is fullC. press the correct buttonD. break up the rubbish23.The biggest advantage of this new system is that _______.A. it reduces the cost of recyclingB. it saves time and spaceC. it saves money for people living in high risesD. it makes better use of the existing recovery equipmentBMaybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father. "But, Dad, you can't be healthy if you're dead."Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten to wear his safety belt--a mistake 75% of the US population make every day. The big question is why.There have been many myths about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago. The following are three of the most common.Myth Number One: It's best to be "thrown clear" of a serious accident.Truth: Sorry, but any accident serious enough to "throw you clear" is also going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing. And chances are you'll have traveled through a windshield (挡风玻璃) or door to do it. Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty-five times greater in cases where people are "thrown clear."Myth Number Two: Safety belts "trap" people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.Truth: Sorry again, but studies show that people knocked unconsci ous(昏迷) due to not we aring safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents. People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situations, not to be trapped in them.Myth Number Three: Safety belts aren't needed at speeds of less than 30 miles per hour.Truth: when two cars traveling at 30 mph hit each other, an unbelted driver would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10 meters.24.The reason Father was in a hurry to get home was that he ________.A.wasn't feeling very wellB. hated to drive in the darkC. wanted to take some exerciseD. didn't want to be caught by the police25.According to the text, to be "thrown clear" of a serious accident is very dangerousbecause you ________.A. may be knocked down by other carsB. may get seriously hurt being thrown out of the carC. may find it impossible to get away from the seatD. may get caught in the car door26.Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because they believe ____.A. the belt prevents them from escaping in an accidentB. they will be unable to think clearly in an accidentC. they will be caught when help comesD. cars catch fire easily27.What is the advice given in the text?A. Never drive faster than 30 miles an hour.B. Try your best to save yourself in a car accident.C. Never forget to wear the safety belt while driving.D. Drive slowly while you're not wearing a safety belt.CWhen Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of the year.Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teac hers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.”Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.The honor means a lot to residents of Grani te Falls. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors.As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.Not surprisingly, she is a big believer in the value of arts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as a rt or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.28．The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means __________.A．unbearable B．discouraging C．interesting D．creative29．What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?A．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.B．She concerned herself with current social problems.C．She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.D．She made great efforts to amuse students’ interest in literature. 30．Which of the following is a n example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?A．She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.B．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.C．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.D．She helped students compose songs by themselves.31．In Peterson’s opinion, ____________.A．students should be motivated to attend art classesB．art, music and PE classes are all importantC．more subjects should be offered to studentsD．arts education is more important than other subjects32．It can be inferred from the text that ________.A．Peterson will change her profession next yearB．Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local peopleC．Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to schoolD．Peterson arous ed the local residents’ passion for musicDSports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK.The shoes —name d Square Eyes —contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the d ay’s efforts.The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK. “We looked at cur rent issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to tackle that with my design.”Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time.Existing pedometers（计步器）normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That was one of my main design considerations.”33．Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?A．They contain information of the receiver.B．They have raised the hot issue of overweight.C．They regulate a child’s evening TV viewing time.D．They determine a child’s daily pocket money.34．What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion?A．The way of changing steps into TV watching time.B．The exact number of steps to be taken.C．The precise number of hours spent on TV.D．The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.35．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A．Smart Shoes Stop Childhood OverweightB．Smart Shoes Decide on Television TimeC．Smart Shoes Guarantee More ExerciseD．Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）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。