江苏大丰新丰中学英语2014-2015学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

2014/2015学年度第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试题第I卷（选择题，共两部分，85分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题，每题1分）听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一小题，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。

每段对话只读一遍。

1. Whose birthday is it today probably?A. Sue’s.B. Jim’s.C. Tracy’s.2. What will the man probably take?A. His own umbrella.B. The woman’s umbrella.C. The woman’s raincoat.3. What do we know about man’s vacation?A. The weather was fine all the time.B. It was better than the previous one.C. There were many flies and mosquitoes.4. How many people have been to Beijing?A. 1.B. 2.C. 35. What was the result of the match?A. The man’s team lost.B. The man’s team won.C. It ended in a draw.第二节（共15小题，每题1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三个选项选出最佳选项，并标在试卷相应位置，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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答6至8三个小题。

6. Why can’t the boy be a musician?A. He doesn’t like to play the violin.B. He can’t sing or play the piano.C. He doesn’t know a lot about dance.7. What does the boy think of the work in a factory?A. It is hard and boring.B. It has long hours.C. He knows nothing about it.8. Why does the boy want to be?A. A soldier.B. A president.C. A teacher.听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。

9. Why is the man going to Beijing?A. To find a job.B. To travel.C. To do business.10. How will the man go to Beijing?A. By bus.B. By train.C. By car.11. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Get his things ready.B. Buy him a ticket.C. Wish him good luck.听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。

12. What are the two speakers talking about?A. The Brown’s trip to the USA.B. The Brown’s plan for the trip to China.C. The Brown’s trip to China.13. What did the Browns suggest the two speakers should do?A. Take less clothes there.B. Take warm clothes there.C. Not buy souvenirsthere.14. What is cheap in China according to the conversation?A. Clothes.B. Souvenirs.C. Gold jewelry.听下面一段对话，回答第15至17三个小题。

15. What does the woman want to do?A. Keep fit.B. Promote products.C. Buy gym equipment.16. By whom will a plan be made?A. the woman.B. The man.C. The trainer.17. How much will the service charge?A. 300 yuan a week.B. 400 yuan a week.C. 800 yuan a week.听下面一段对话，回答第18至20题。

18. Who would prefer to eat the roasted meat?A. People in India.B. Eskimos in the North Pole.C. People in the desert.19. In which parts of the world is coffee very popular?A. In North America and in the east.B. In Northern Europe and in the Middle East.C. In Southern Europe and in the Middle East.20. How do people in England like drinking tea?A. With nothing.B. With sugar, cold milk or coffeeC. With sugar, milk orlemons.第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项选择（共15小题; 每小题1分，满分15分）21. —Have you heard of the terrorist attack at Tian’anmen Square in which 5 peoplewere killed and 40 injured?—Yes, ______ news came as ______ great shock to me.A. the；aB. the；theC. a；aD. a；the2 22. Mr. Smith gave us a map, which showed how hotels were _________ in the city.A. distributedB. broadcastC. spreadD. contributed23. The French revolution was successful in _________ society of inequality, which hada great effect on many other countries, particularly those in Europe.A. informingB. remindingC. riddingD. robbing24. With no one to _____in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.A. turn onB. turn offC. turn overD. turn to25. _______ snacks and drinks, but they also brought cards for entertainment when theyhad a picnic in the forest.A. Not only they broughtB. Not only did they bringC. Not only brought theyD. Not only they did bring26. The moment she heard of the news that her son was involved in the crime, she_______ pale.A. wentB. gotC. changedD. appeared27. I didn’t see you at the meeting. If you ____, you would have met my brother.A. has comeB. did comeC. had comeD. came28. President Xi Jinping says that the central government will make medical insurance __________ to every family.A. constructiveB. accessibleC. portableD. suitable29. Faced with trouble or difficulty，a person takes _______help that is available．A．whenever B．whatever C．wherever D．however30. Many different people ___________ the development of TV.A. resulted toB. subscribed toC. corresponded toD. contributed to31. —How long is it since you picked up your badminton training?—It was not until my finance became better last December _______ I started the training.A. whenB. beforeC. whereD. that32. Nearly 3,500 years ago, people chewed on leaves or drank a kind of tea made from leaves _______a special chemical to reduce body pains and fever.A．to possess B. possessed C. possessing D.having possessed33. One theory explaining this phenomenon suggests that acupuncture ______ pain signals from reaching the brain.A. have blockedB.blockC.blockedD. blocks34.Since the Amish value seeing each other face to face, they ________telephone in their housesA. oppose havingB. oppose to haveC. against havingD. are opposed to have35. —The T shirt I received is not the same as is shown online.—________? But I promise you we’ll look into it right away.A. Who saysB. How comeC. What forD. Why worry第二节：完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1分，满分20分）Preparing for TomorrowSixth-grade schoolteacher Ms. Shelton believed in readiness. Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the 36 . They quickly protested that the words were not on their 37 and they couldn’t learn them.Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these 38 . She said that she would teach them something that should be given. Ms. Shelton 39 by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to 40 , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day.Ms. Shelton said those words many years ago. 41 did she know that someday one of her students---Jesse Jackson---would take them 42 . She believed that if they were well prepared, they could 43 high goals.Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, ―People only see what they are 44 to see.‖ If that’s true, then it is also 45 that they only become what they are prepared to become. And many things in life is just about getting ready.―I want to be doing something more 46 with my life than what I am doing now,‖ a young man once said to me. He 47 what he was doing was just not that important. Other people have said things to me such as, ―I only 48 I had a meaningful relationship.‖ And, ―I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see49 .‖You fill in the blanks. What is it you would like to 50 that isn’t happe ning? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet 51 . Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you 52 .Think of today as another chance to 53 yourself for the exciting future you are looking for. Today is not wasted. If you desire more from 54 , then you can use today as training. For you will experience only what you are prepared to 55 . Something wonderful can happen. And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow.36. A. desk B. wall C. chalkboard D. door37. A. duty B. desk C. mind D. level38. A. words B. grammars C. pronunciations D. sentences39. A. started B. ended C. warned D. reminded40. A. greatness B. wealth C. honor D. failure41. A. Seldom B. Little C. Hardly D. Totally42. A. nervously B. eagerly C. seriously D. simply43. A. keep B. have C. set D. achieve44. A. prepared B. forced C. attracted D. tempted45. A. proper B. exact C. legal D. true46. A. difficult B. significant C. pleasant D. interesting47. A. boasted B. behaved C. felt D looked48. A. wish B. expect C. hope D. imagine49. A. what B. when C. why D. how50. A. survive B. happen C. gain D. win51. A.adventurous B. active C. ready D. intelligent52. A. concern B. arrange C. adore D. desire53. A. prepare B. enjoy C. imagine D. conduct54. A. history B. nature C. life D. marriage55. A. suffer B. experience C. struggle D. work第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30分）AEventsLong March exhibitThe Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged (被围困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi province in the mid-1930s. Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.Time: 10:00 am—4:00 pm.Address: 1286 Hongqiao RoadAdmission: 8 yuan for Chinese/ 15 yuan for foreignersThai elephantsEight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouth-organ. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war (拔河比赛) with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at 1:30 pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.Address: 189 Daduhe RoadAdmission: 30-40 yuanDancing dolphinsDolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and solving math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for children. Seals and sea lions also perform.Hours: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pmAdmission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.56. If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an Australian, how much will youpay altogether for the admission?A. 16 yuanB. 23 yuanC. 30 yuanD. 20 yuan57. At the exhibition, you will see ________.A. many articles written by famous writersB. many things left by the Red ArmyC. books on the Long MarchD. many photos and pictures about the Long Match.58. Which of the following is NOT done by the Thai elephants?A. Riding bicycles.B. Blowing a mouth-organC. Doing mathD. Having a tug-of-war with people.59. The dolphinarium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see________.A. not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions performB. only seals and sea lions performC. only dolphins performD. only seals performBWhen you make a mistake, big or small, cherish it like it’s the most precious thing in the world. Because in some ways, it is.Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, get mad at ourselves.And that’s only natural: most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, that we should try to avoid mistakes. We’ve been scolded when we make mistakes—at home, school and work. Maybe not always, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world: they make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible.By trial and error—trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes—we have figured out how to make electric light, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, to fly.Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possible, make works of genius possible.Think about how we learn: we don’t just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it. You don’t just read about painting, or writing, or computer programming, or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. Instead, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from observing, then you make mistakes and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until you’ve pretty much learned how to do something. That’s how we learn as ba bies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. Mistakes are how we learn to do something new—because if you succeed at something, it’s probably something you already knew how to do. You haven’t really grown much from that success—at most it’s the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. Most of the journey was made up of mistakes, if it’s a good journey.So if you value learning, if you value growing and improving, then you should value mistakes. They are amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.60. Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?A. Because mistakes make us suffer a lot.B. Because it’s a natural part in our life.C. Because we’ve been taught so from a young age.D. Because mistakes have ruined many peo ple’s careers.61. According to the passage, what is the right attitude to mistakes?A. We should try to avoid making mistakes.B. We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.C. We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.D. We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.62. The underlined word“toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means .A. a small child learning to walkB. a kindergarten child learning to drawC. a primary pupil learning to readD. a school teenager learning to write63. We can learn from the passage that .A. most of us can really grow from successB. growing and improving are based on mistakesC. we learn to make mistakes by trial and errorD. we read about something and know how to do it right awayCHow do people traditionally manufacture (制造) things?They usually start with a sheet of metal, wood or othermaterial and cut, drill (钻) and shave it to create a desiredshape. Sometimes, they use a mold (模具) made of metal orsand, pour liquid plastic or metal into it and let it cool tocreate a solid part.Now, a completely different method is gaining popularity.On Oct. 9, 2013, London Science Museum kicked off its new exhibition, 3-D: Printing the Future, with over 600 3-D printed objects on display, including space probes (探测器), toy dolls and even human organs – basically any product you can think of, reported Live Science.You might find it hard to believe that an object can actually be ―printed out‖ like apicture. But it is not that hard to understand how it works. Just as a traditional printer sprays (喷洒) ink onto paper line by line, modern 3-D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.Instead of ink, the materials the 3-D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin (树脂) and certain metals. The thinner each layer is – from a millimeter to less than the width of ahair – the smoother and finer the object will be. And objects always come out in one piece, sparing you the trouble of putting different parts together afterward.For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3-D printer might have cost ￡20,000(200,000 yuan), while now it costs only about ￡1,000, according to the BBC. In fact,3-D printers have been around for some time, but until recently they hadn’t been very popular since few people could afford them. Last year, though, saw a big decrease in the price of 3-D printers.However, as 3-D printing technology becomes more commonplace, it may trigger certain problems. One of them is piracy (盗版). ―Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3-D printer,who will visit a retail (零售的) store again?‖ an expert on 3-D printing told Forbes News.Even more frightening, the w orld’s first 3-D printed gun was successfully fired inthe US in May of this year, which means that 3-D printing could potentially give more people access to weapons.64. According to the article, in the future, 3-D printing technology will probably ______.A. change the way people make productsB. be applied as widely in our daily lives as computersC. forbid many countries to make purchases of weaponsD. take the place of normal printers and save lots of energy65. What was the big event that happened in the 3-D printing industry last year?A. Over 600 3-D printed objects were on display in an exhibition.B. 3-D printing technology came to be used in various fields.C. The world’s first 3-D printed gun was successfully made.D. The 3-D printer became more affordable for consumers.66. What is the author’s attitude toward 3-D printing technology?A. Amused.B. Objective.C. Supportive.D. Negative.DWorld travel has moved on to a new level as new websites spring up to enable travelers to plan their trips online. Virtual tourism is the latest name of the game and although relatively new, has seen some tourism websites grow to host over one-million users.Typically, this development features a website that contains the answers to almost any tourism question.Tips and information are not provided by a single source, such as the website host, but rather from travelers themselves-often in the thousands. This has proven to be exceptionally beneficial for would-be travelers who are seeking infomtation on questions such as where to find the best museum or beach; whether it is better to tour Brussels with a bicycle or on foot; and which exchange rate bureaus are available in Italy. Questions about food and restaurants; tourist spots; safety; accommodation; and others are all answered. In addition, posted tips promote better preparation, such as what to pack when heading for Sicily(西西里岛).Apart from the useful tips, visual images and virtual tours have also been madeavailable.If you'd like to visit the Eiffel Tower, it's a good idea to view the surrounding areas; to pick a safer train route; or to know that it's very close to the Seine River and that a walk along it would enhance the experience.Virtual tours have sprung up globally.In South Africa, John Gore established the Virtual Tour Guide in November last year. On his blog, Gore was quoted a saying, "The world is panoramic(全景的). "'We are able to tum our heads and look in all directions and get a feel for where we are, but the typical photograph cannot show or describe that experience completely. " However, there is ananswer-technology makes it possible to share the world around us in a 360 degree panoramic way, which really makes the viewer feel as though he or she is really there.67. Why is virtual tourism more and more popular?A. Online games are more and more attractive.B. Many new websites appear and develop fast.C. More and more people want to travel abroad.D. It helps travelers save as much money as possible.68. From the second paragraph we knowA. we can solve any problem on websitesB. websites offer all the tips and informationC. we can get all our questions answered onlineD. we can get many tips about tourism on websites69. What does the underlined word "sprung up" most probably mean?A. Appeared.B. Moved.C. Competed.D. Reduced.70. What makes us see the world in a panoramic way?A. Information.B. Photograph.C. Technology.D. Virtual images.第二卷(非选择题，共35分)第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。