安徽省宿州市泗县第二中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

满分: 150分 时间:120分钟

第一卷 （三部分，满分115分）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5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. Who did the woman buy the books for?

A. Her father. B. Her mother. C. Her sister.

2. What does the woman want?

A. Black coffee. B. Coffee with sugar. C. Coffee with milk.

3. Where are the man and the woman talking?

A. On the phone. B. On a bus. C. On a train.

4. When will the train leave?

A. At 8:30 B. At 8:45 C. At 9:00

5. What the main idea of the dialogue?

A. The woman has broken her leg.

B. The man wants to borrow the woman’s bike.

C. They can not go there.

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，从每题所给的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题。

6. What does the man suggest?

A. Finishing her job earlier.

B. Leaving the task to others.

C. Asking others for help.

7. Who is the woman complaining about?

A. Her boss. B. Her husband. C. Her friend.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What happened to the woman?

A. She couldn’t cross a busy street.

B. She got into a moving taxi.

C. She got hurt by a taxi.

9. Where are the two speakers?

A. In the hospital. B. In the street. C. In the police station.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the man want to find out?

A. The cost of taking a taxi.

B. The nearest bus stop.

C. How to get to a hotel.

11.

How many possibilities does the woman suggest?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.

12. What is the man’s final decision?

A. Checking the schedule（=timetable）. B. Waiting for another bus. C. Taking a taxi. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the talk mainly about?

A. Improving our memory.

B. Taking care of our health.

C. Collecting information.

18. What should we do to remember someone’s name?

A. Write it down on a piece of paper.

B. Pay more attention to his or her first name.

C. Remember his or her first name.

19. What does the speaker suggest?

A. Resting for twenty minutes.

B. Taking vitamins B1 and B2.

C. Playing sports during breaks.

20. Which is NOT true according the passage?

A. Visualizing (使人看见的) information is helpful.

B. Regular breaks are important.

C. Drinking coffee during breaks is relaxing.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

31. Can you find a sentence situation _______ this phrase can be used?

A. where B. when C. which D. that

33. The boy student is poor in health now; his parents wish that his health _____when he grows

up

A. can improve B. could improve

C. can be improved D. could be improving

32. Don’t enter the office unless _______.

A. you have told to B. told to C. telling D. you are told

34. He is really an excellent doctor and he is _____ to becoming an expert in this field.

A. in a way B. by the way C. on the way D. under the way

35. You can’t be too careful; this kind of cloth_____.

A. is washed easily B. isn’t washed easily C. washes easily D. doesn’t wash easily

21. The shop has been standing so ______ that a thief finds nothing to steal.

A. quietly B. lonely C. empty D. open

22. It is believed that _____ European scientist invented _______.

A. an; a television B. a; a television C. an; the television D. a; the television

23. I like the colour of the cap ______ I dislike its design.

A. while B. if C. despite D. as

24. I found some old pictures at the back of my drawer which _____ memories of my childhood.

A. called in B. called up C. called back D. called off

25. After her son died in a car accident, the old lady would sit at the window, ______ out and

_______ in thought.

A. looked; lost B. looking; losing

C. looked; losing D. looking; lost

26. The _____ of electricity added to our difficulty repairing the bridge.

A. absence B. short C. need D. break

27. Charles is believed_______ the floor yesterday; he is always helping others silently.

A. to sweep B. to have swept C. having swept D. swept

28. He is my father and I know he will forgive me for _______ I have done.

A. whatever B. no matter what C. no matter how D. whichever

29. Trust him please! When he _______ reading it, he will return the book to you on time.

A. finish B. will finish C. has finished D. finished

30. ---I think you should telephone Jenny and say sorry to her.

----______________. It’s her fault.

A. Not possible B. Not chance C. No matter D. No way

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，

并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they

have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later. I am one of those

unfortunate people who have sense of direction and I may have visited a place time

after time but I still get on my way there. When I was young I was so that I

never dared ask strangers the way and so I used to round in circles and hope that I would happen to get to the place I was heading for. I am too shy to ask people for directions, but I often replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will on telling you the way, even if they do not know it ; others who are to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the direction. If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong but even this can have embarrassing (尴尬的) results. Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and him in the crowd behind me I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting. Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the man who had asked for directions to my office and his when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

36. A. good B. instant C. poor D. fine

37. A. lost B. disappeared C. stuck D. missing

38. A. brave B. nervous C. afraid D. shy

39. A. come B. show C. look D. wander

40. A. still B. no longer C. any more D. often

41. A. receive B. accept C. give D. import

42. A. advise B. suggest C. insist D. persuade

43. A. glad B. anxious C. interested D. angry

44. A. line B. list C. page D. paragraph

45. A. say B. know C. divide D. tell

46. A. right B. same C. other D. opposite

47. A. friend B. policeman C. stranger D. foreigner

48. A. direction B. advice C. answer D. road

49. A. direct B. tell C. take D. point

50. A. similar B. common C. usual D. general

51. A. noticed B. realized C. believed D. considered

52. A. look B. find C. discover D. search

53. A. when B. then C. while D. as

54. A. only B. certain C. very D. just

55. A. astonishment B. excitement C. judgment D. embarrassment

第三部分：阅读理解（共对小题；每小题2分，满分物分）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

As a result of the incident, Columbia and the United States remained on bad terms for many years. Not until 1921, when the United States agreed to pay Columbia some compensation (赔偿) for its territory, did relations between the two countries improve.

56. According to the passage, the United States and Columbia were on bad terms because the

United States had ________.

A. at first wished to build a canal through Nicaragua

B. promised to pay Columbia $ 10 million for Panama

C. wished to build a canal through Panama

D. supported Panamanian revolutionaries in their fight for independence from Columbia.

57. From the information in the passage, it can be concluded that the United States ______.

A. wanted to build a canal because it was considered starting a war

B. felt that building a canal through Panama was worth the risk of ruining relations with Columbia

C. believed that a canal through Nicaragua would be profitable

D. had lost the Spanish-American War

58. It can be inferred from the passage that an important reason for the decision of the United

States to build a canal was to _______.

A. develop trade relations with Europe

B. improve relations with South American countries

C. prevent European ships from reaching the Pacific Ocean

D. reduce travel time for its ships in case of war

59. The passage mainly gives us________.

A. advice B. information C. humor D. news

B

While shell-like roofs, unlike anything else in the world, make the Sydney Opera House an image of timeless beauty. It is famous for being a symbol, not only of a city, but a whole country and condition too.

Its creator, Danish architect Jorn Utzon , turned 85 last Wednesday. And he was awarded the Prizker Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of Architecture, on April 6. But Utzon has never seen his Opera House.

The story began in 1957 when Utzon won an international competition to design an opera

house in Sydney.

But not everyone was enthusiastic (热心的 ) . Utzon left his Opera project in 1966 after an argument with the local government and a storm of public criticism over the building’s design. It was not completed until seven years later and Utzon has never returned to Australia to see the result of his work.

“Utzon made a building well ahead of its time, and he persevered (坚持) through criticism to build a building that changed the image of an entire country,” said Frank Gehry, a Pritzer Architecture Prize judge.

Although the Sydney Opera House was Utzon’s masterpiece, it damaged his career. Upon his Hawaii.

Utzon said he once saw posters of the Opera House. The interiors were different from his design. But, he said, “There is no regret, for it gave me such a wonderful experience in Australia and towards which I only have love and appreciation .”

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth opened the Opera House in 1973, and it now holds around 3000 events every year. It is recognized as one of the great symbolic buildings of the 20th century.

60. The Sydney Opera House was completed_____.

A. in 1957 B. in 1906 C. in 1973 D. in 1980

61. Utzon has never seen his Opera House because _______.

A. it has white shell-like roofs, unlike anything else in the world

B. its creator is Danish architect, who returned to Denmark

C. he was not awarded the Pritzker Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of Architecture

D. he argued with the local government and was criticized over his design

62. The underlined word “come by” in Paragraph 6 means ______.

A. find B. pass C. hire D. develop

C

CHINA

Coal mines claim (使…失踪) more lives

A COAL mine blast (爆炸) in Jixi, Helongjiang, left more than 100 miners dead on Thursday .Ten mines in Jixi were ordered to stop production. The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal (非法的) mines in the country that do not meet safety standards.

MIDDLE EAST

Bombers continues to kill

PALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attacks between Tuesday and Thursday. There were two suicide bombing (自杀性爆炸) and a militant (武装的) attack on Jewish settlement . They yielded one of the highest Israeli death tolls ( 死亡人数) in such a short period over the last two years.

CHINA

Young people stand tall

THE average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters compared to that of 20 years ago. This year far exceeds (超过) the word’s average growth speed. A survey on health conducted by a panel(调研组) of Chinese students found the results. According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years.

CANADA

Talking about world issue (援助)

The Group of Eight (G8)—the US, Japan , Germany, Britain, France, Italy , Canada and Russia ---- will hold a summit on June26 and 27 in Kananaskis , Canada. The G8 are the richest and most powerful countries in the world. G8 leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, will also attend.

63. Thousands of mines have been shut because ______.

A. they have blast B. they produced less coal

C. they are very small and illegal D. they don’t meet the safety standards

64. How many Israelis died in the three major attacks by Palestinians?

A. 23 B. 32 C.100 D. We don’t know.

65. In the last 20 years, the average growth speed of Chinese youths exceeds the world’s average level by _______.

A.1 cm B.4 cm C. 5 cm D. 6 cm

66. What’s the purpose of the Summit ?

A. to strengthen the global economic growth and helping some poor African countries.

B. To make these eight countries much more powerful.

C. To help some African president to strengthen their economic growth.

D. Kofi Annan will have an important speech on world issues.

67. This passage may probably taken from _______.

A. a story book B. a text book C. a newspaper D. a novel

D

Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.

Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.

E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.

The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun, see a great movie perhaps-and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may tire of telling the story.

With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address (=tell) it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.

E-mail is also an inexpensive way stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.

We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.

68. We can infer that passage is to ________.

A. explain how to use the Internet

B. describe the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology

C. tell the merits(价值) and usefulness of the Internet

D. introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet

69. The use of E-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.

A. spend less time working

B. have more free time with his child

C. work at home on weekends

D. work at a speed comfortable to him

70. According to the writer, E-mail has an obvious advantage over the telephone because the

former helps one ________.

A. reach a group of people at one time conveniently

B. keep one’s communication as personal as possible

C. pass on much more information than the latter

D. get in touch with one’s friends faster than the latter

71. The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Computer: New Technological Advances

B. Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship

C. Computers Have Made Life Easier

D. Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication

E

The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline, production limits have been laid down, and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back for long.

Ever since the war, the government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success. Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.

The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose most of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.

72. The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to _____.

A. provide more jobs for foreign workers B. slow down the rate of its development

C. sell the oil it is producing abroad D. develop more quickly than at present

73. The Norwegian Government has tried to ____.

A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources

B. prevent oil companies employing people from Northern Norway

C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems

D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size

74. According to the text, the oil industry might lead in Northern Norway to ____.

A. the development of industry

B. a growth in population

C. the failure of the development program D. the development of new towns

75. In the south, one effect of the development of the oil industry might be _____.

A. a large reduction in unemployment

B. a growth in the tourist industry

C. a reduction in the number of existing industries

D. the development of a number of service industry.

第二卷(共35分)

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线(＼)划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

Last week I went to a movie, which was very moved. It was 76.______________ a sad movie about a mother and her sons. When the child was a

77.______________

little boy, his mother was very poor that she had to send him 78.______________ to rich family who had no child. The boy received a very good 79.______________

education and twenty years late became a doctor. In his hospital, 80.______________ he had a patient, who was an old lady. He didn’t care too much of 81.______________ her, for she could hardly afford the medical care. One evening, 82.______________ the lady died quietly of a serious illness but on her bed, the 83.______________ doctor found a letter, in it he discovered the truth that she was 84.______________ his mother. He had wanted to call her mother, but it was too late. 85.______________

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

根据下面提示，写一篇有关南京的短文。字数：110左右

1． 南京，古称金陵，位于中国东部，长江横贯东西。

2． 占地面积6597平方公里(square kilometers)，总人口600多万。

3．南京是一座有着悠久历史的文化名城，曾是六朝古都，有很多文化遗迹。

4．在中国发展史上占有重要的地位。

5．第十届全国运动会于今年10月在南京奥体中心成功举办。这是南京人的骄傲。有9900多名来自全国各地的运动员参加了40多个项目的比赛。奥体中心成为南京标志性建筑之一。

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高二英语期中考试试卷

参考答案

听力原文

Text 1

M: I suppose you’ve bought some gifts for your family.

W: Well, I bought a shirt for my father and two books for my sister. But I haven’t decided what to buy for my mother.

Text 2

M: Good morning, madam. Would you like coffee or tea?

W: Coffee with milk, please, but no sugar.

Text 3

M: Hello, this is Jack. May I speak to Tom?

W: Sorry, he’s out. May I take a message for him?

Text 4

M: What time is it now?

W: It’s only 8:30. The train won’t leave for another fifteen minutes.

Text 5

M: I don’t want to walk there. May I use your bike?

W: Sorry, it’s broken.

Text 6

W: If that man gives me any more letters to type, I’ll scream. He’s given me ten already today, and there’ll be more when I get back from my coffee break. I’ll be here till midnight.

M: Calm down, Franny. He can’t make you stay after five. Finish what you can, and leave the rest for Mary.

W: But they are important letters, Joe. They should go out tonight.

M: That’s not your problem. If they’re that urgent, he should have given them to you earlier. Text 7

M: Tell me what happened.

W: Well, I wasn’t paying attention when I started to cross the street, and I stepped in front of a taxi. I didn’t realize it was still moving.

M: Can you walk?

W: Not very well.

M: Where does it hurt?

W: My side hurts when I take a step.

M: Okay, don’t try to walk any more. Don’t worry. An ambulance is on the way. You know you are very lucky. You could have easily been killed.

W: Yes, I guess I could have.

M: You’ll have to fill out a form. Do you have any identification with you?

W: I have my passport. By the way, how did you get here so fast?

M: Someone dialed 911 and reported the accident. We were in the area and got a radio call. It only took a minute or so to get here.

Text 8

M: Excuse me, can you help me?

W: Of course. What can I do for you?

M: Can you tell me how I can get to the Excelsior Hotel from here?

W: The Excelsior? Let’s see. That’s in the city, right?

M: Yes, it is. On Forty-third Street, just off Eleventh Avenue.

W: Well, you can take a bus to the city. Just go out the front door of the station and cross the street. There is a sign that says “Airport-City Bus”. Otherwise, you can take a taxi. You can catch one right in front of the terminal.

M: Thank you. Oh, do you know how much the bus fare is?

W: It’s five dollars. A taxi costs about fifteen to twenty dollars.

M: I ‘d better take a bus then. How often does the bus come?

M: Maybe I should just take a taxi. I have a lot of luggage and it's late. Thank you!

Text 9

W: Yes, sir. You called?

M: Yes, I wonder if you could bring me another bottle of beer.

W: Certainly. Would you like anything else?

M: Well, my grandson is supposed to meet me at the airport in London. Do you think he’ll be able to find me?

W: I’m sure he will. You don’t have to worry about that. Are you going to be visiting him? M: Yes. I’ve never seen my grandson.

W: I think you’ll have a wonderful time in London. It's beautiful. Is this your first time abroad? M: No, I have seen quite a bit of Europe before, Rome, Berlin, Paris, and places like that, but I’ve never been to London.

W: Then you’ve flown before, too.

M: No, that was during the Second World War and I went to Europe on a large ship carrying soldiers.

W: Things are quite different in Europe nowadays.

M: I’m sure they are. I’m really anxious to get there.

W: Well, it’s 4:00 now and we’ll be there at 6:00. Will you be staying long?

M: I plan to stay five weeks. I was a teacher but I’ve stopped working. My wife passed away already, so I can go wherever I want.

W: I think you’ll have a good time. I’ll go and get a beer for you.

Text 10

There are many ways in which memory can be improved. In fact, I believe we all have the ability to remember up to six times more than we actually do.

A lot of people find that visualizing information is very helpful. For example, if you are trying to remember a telephone number, imagine it written down on a piece of paper. Remembering people’s names is a problem for a lot of people. I suggest that when you are introduced to someone, you should try to remember his or her first name. It probably won’t offend anyone if you have to say, “what was your last name again, Sarah?” But Sarah might be upset if you forget her first name.

Of course, regular breaks are important and it’s better not to work for long periods of time without taking one. Stopping to rest about every twenty minutes is the best.

Finally, take care of your body. Don’t drink or take things like coffee, alcohol or drugs, because they dull the mind. And don’t forget your vitamins--- B1 and B2 are particularly good for memory.

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