灌南高级中学2013-2014学年高二上学期期中模拟英语试题

江苏省灌南高级中学2013-2014学年高二上学期期中模拟英语试题

第一部分：单项填空（10分）

1. You _______ the book. You know nothing about the story.

A. must have read B. mustn t have read C. can t have read D. can t read

2. ______ the weather, the sports meeting will be held on.

A. Instead of B. In regard to C. In favor of D. Regardless of

3. Generally speaking, _______to a university in the USA, foreign students need to

prove their strong ability in using English.

A. admitted B. admitting C. to be admitted D. being admitted

4. _______ 10 meters wide, the room looks very broad and bright.

A. Measured B. Measuring C. Being measured D. To measure

5 ._____it rain tomorrow, we should have to put off the visit to the Science Museum.

A. Were B. Should C. Would D. Will

6. The reason ______ he gave for being late was ______ he forgot to use the alarm clock.

A．which；because B．why；because C．which；that D．that；because

7. God helps ________ helps himself.

A．no matter who B．whoever C．whomever D．no matter whom

8. There ___ nothing to talk about , every one in the room remained silent .

A. was B. had C. being D. having

9. The old professor gave orders that the experiment A. was finished B. will finish C. be finished D. shall be finished

10. The Greens have ______ their garage into a guest house.

A. transformed B. transmitted C. transported D. translated

第二部分：完形填空 （20分） （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, strict man—not the kind of person around the mysteries of the human journey. In college, when friends called home for I would become for what I didn t have.

Then one night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, he the problem with me. Obviously my knowledge of law helped him a lot. I talked through the problem with him, the motives of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies.

He patiently before finally admitting, “I can t think like that. I m a man.”

My father is a scientist who has a good knowledge of the building blocks of nature. human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized he was simply not skilled at people. It s not in his to understand human desires.

It was no one s that my father showed no interest in human emotions while I placed great importance on them. We are sometimes born more sensitive, and dreamy than our and become more curious, and idealistic than them. I, who knew my father as an intelligent man, had never understood his intelligence didn t cover all of my feelings.

I believe that coming home has me years of questions and confusion. I nowadays consider my parents as people who have other relationships than just being my parents, relationships that and define them.

need my and understanding. And I ve come to see my past in a view. Knowing them makes me feel safe in where I come from and where I m going.

11. A. think B. produce C. explain D. explore

12. A. money B. advice C. love D. agreement

13. A. unhappy B. unhelpful C. unknown D. unpopular

14. A. exchanged B. solve C. found D. shared

15. A. proving B. recording C. analyzing D. guessing

16. A. replied B. learned C. chatted D. listened

17. A. simple B. weak C. lazy D. blind

18. A. special B. lively C. brilliant D. humorous

19. A. Therefore B. However C. Indeed D. Anyhow

20. A. meeting with B. dealing with C. talking with D. fighting with

21. A. nature B. plan C. wish D. major

22. A. relief B. secret C. pity D. fault

23. A. relatives B. classmates C. parents D. families

24. A. Besides B. And C. However

D. For

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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I was wondering when it would happen. As everyone who lives in London and other cities around Britain will know, urban foxes are now commonplace. I recently saw one in the middle of the day, wandering along a street in Pimlico. Twenty years ago, that sight would have stopped the traffic. Now, it is barely worth a remark. Foxes are large animals, as big as many dogs. Of course, as in the terrifying incident at Homerton, one would attack a baby sooner or later.

Actually, this has already happened. In 2002, at Dartford in Kent, a fox bit a 14-week-old boy in the living room of the family home while his mother was sleeping. The last government preferred to ignore the incident; it was, after all trying to ban foxhunting at the time. It could see that some folk love urban foxes, perhaps having the same affection for wildlife as the people I have seen in London parks feeding rats along with squirrels and ducks.

Council (whose advisory Living with Urban Foxes has been adopted by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) that foxes never attack humans. But then they also deny that country foxes target lambs, when every hill farmer I know would tell them differently. A lamb is much the same size as a baby. It is no more difficult to get into a house than into a hen cage.

According to Living with Urban Foxes, “the fox population is stable”, and has not significantly increased. Is this true? When I first lived in London in the late 1970s, urban foxes

had an almost mythical status. They were like yetis. You never saw one; you weren t sure they really existed. Now, they are part of the scene. I wouldn t be surprised to find one. Friends in the suburbs are plagued（困扰）with them. A study in Bristol showed that an astonishing 8 percent of pets caged in gardens are killed by foxes each year.

Surely, if foxes are now harming babies, it is time for something to be done about them, yet this is not as straightforward as it might seem. While country residents refer to foxes as harmful animals, that is not how they are officially classified; this means that local authorities do not have a statutory obligation（法定的义务）to control them. It would be an easy thing for this government to change the legislation.

31. What is the author s purpose in writing the passage?

A. To urge the government to control urban foxes. B. To show how to provide food for urban foxes. C. To protect urban foxes from traffic accidents. D. To prove urban foxes are not dangerous as expected. A. hate urban foxes B. love urban foxes 32. The underlined word “foxites” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to those who ______.

C. support foxhunting D. oppose foxhunting

33. What is the author s attitude toward Living with Urban Foxes?

A. Support. A. Farmers. B. Praise. C. Disbelief. D. Tolerance. B. Students. C. Drivers. D. Babies. 34. What kind of people is the author worried about most?

B

One day Edward brought a caterpillar ( a kind of worm) into the classroom he had found in an ear of corn. We placed the caterpillar in a glass fish tank with a metal mesh（网状物）cover for its protection. We couldn t be sure what type of leaves the caterpillar would eat, but as it had been found in an ear of corn we decided to feed it leaves from particular garden vegetables.

Soon we began collecting information about the caterpillar and noticing changes. The children wrote about what they saw in small groups. Three weeks into the caterpillar observation, the teacher started a whole-group discussion going like this:

Teacher: “What do you notice about the caterpillar?”

Students: “It s twice as big as when Edward brought it to the class.”

The students also commented that the caterpillar s color had changed— yellowish and brownish colors clearly appeared.

Teacher: “What do you think will happen next?”

Students: “I think it s gonna make a cocoon（茧）.”

Teacher: “Wait a minute! What do you mean? The caterpillar will become a cocoon?”

There was a considerable pause allowing the children to organize their thoughts and make a prediction. At this point we took an informal survey showing more than half the class believed the caterpillar would make a cocoon.

Then, to further our learning, we connected the research to literature by reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle(1969). This book presents a fictional account of the

“transformation” undergoing by a caterpillar: egg— larva— pupa— butterfly. When reading the book, the teacher used the terms kids already knew like larva or pupa. She also pointed out an error in the book, moths have cocoons and butterflies have chrysalides（蝶蛹）.

Eventually, it developed a cocoon, which lay unnoticed for a week as the children had become distracted by other activities and events in our school and classroom. One day, the class noticed an open “case” with the contents gone. The children decided the caterpillar had “finished growing” and had changed into a butterfly or a moth. They guessed the creature had managed to escape through a tear in the mesh cover of the tank and found its way to a nearby park where there by the teacher.

35. The children gave the caterpillar vegetable leaves in the garden as food based on ______.

A. what it looked like B. where it tended to make its way

C. where it had been found

D. what they had learned from watching it

C

Channel Islands tourist guide

Friendly communities, a rough coastline and gentle, untouched scenery make the islands ideal for anyone who wants to get out there and explore on foot or by bike.

England tourist guide

England is the largest country in Britain, and home to the largest city in Europe, 600 miles of beautiful coastline, and a population almost three times that of Australia.

Isle of Man tourist guide

A country rich in natural history, beautiful scenery and first-class historical sites with attractions for all age groups and interests.

London tourist guide

London needs little introduction. This lively, multi-cultural capital is a world leading destination city. London is full of history, heritage and culture, yet one of the most fast-moving, cosmopolitan(世界性的) cities on the planet.

Northern Ireland tourist guide

Exciting cities with shopping, nightlife and festivals, outdoor activities, wonderful food and untouched peaceful and private places where you can relax.

Scotland tourist guide

Scotland is everything you imagine— whisky, golf and wealth of castles and historic sites. The Highlands area is one of the last wildernesses in Europe.

Wales tourist guide

Wales is different from other parts of Britain and just 2 hours from Heathrow Airport. With 400 castles, yet only one official motorway, you have to take things at a gentle pace.

39. What is special about England?

A. It is the largest country in Europe.

B. It enjoys a beautiful coastline of 600 miles.

C. It is one of the last wildernesses in Europe.

D. It has a large population similar to Australia.

40. If you want to visit castles, you are supposed to go to ______.

A. Channel Islands and Isle of Man B. Isle of Man and London

C. Northern Ireland and Wales D. Wales and Scotland

41. The passage can be classified as ______.

A. an advertisement B. a geography article C. a report D. a diary

D

Six-month-old babies are strictly limited in what they can remember about the objects they see in the world. If you hide several objects from babies, they will only remember one of those objects. But a new study, which was published in an issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that when babies “forget” about an object, not all is lost. Researchers used to think that babies less than two years old did not understand that an object continues to exist when it is not in the baby s view. But in the mid-1980s, new ways of doing experiments with babies found that they do, in fact, know that objects don t disappear when they are not looking at them— a concept known as object permanence. But it was still unknown what babies needed to remember about objects in order to remember their existence.

Now Melissa Kibbe, of Johns Hopkins University, and Alan Leslie, of Rutgers University, are working to figure out exactly what it is that babies remember about objects. For the new study, they showed six-month-old babies two objects, a disk and a triangle. Then they hid the objects behind small screens, first one shape, then the other. Earlier research has shown that young babies can remember what was hidden most recently, but have more trouble remembering the first object that was hidden. Once the shapes were hidden, they lifted the screen in front of the first object. Sometimes they showed babies the shape that was hidden there originally, but sometimes it was Psychologists measure how long babies look at something to see how surprised they are. In Kibbe and Leslie s study, babies weren t particularly surprised to see that the shape hidden behind the screen had changed, for example, from a triangle to a disk. But if the object was gone altogether, the babies looked significantly longer, indicating surprise at an unexpected outcome. “This shows that even though babies don t remember the shape of the object, they know that it should continue to exist,” Kibbe says. “They remember the object without remembering the features that identify that object.”

This helps explain how the young brain processes information about objects, Leslie says. He thinks the brain has a structure that acts like a kind of pointer, a mental finger that points at an object.

42. Before the study, which of the following was unclear?

A. Whether babies know objects are gone.

B. Why babies were interested in what was hidden.

C. What made babies remember objects existence.

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44.

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D. Whether babies can remember what was hidden first. In the second paragraph, the underlined word “vanished” probably means ______. A. disappeared B. forgotten C. discovered D. hidden The study is beneficial to know ______. A. whether babies can remember features of hidden objects B. how the young brain deals with information about objects C. whether babies were surprised when they found the objects disappeared D. why babies less than two years did not understand a hidden object still existed Which would be the best title for the passage? A. A new concept— object permanence B. What babies remember about objects C. A new study on psychology D. All remembered isn t lost

第二卷 非选择题（两部分，共40分）

第四部分：任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

请认真阅读下列短文，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。 We live in a time when the day is controlled by selfishness and greed. The battle of selfishness and greed has been increasingly fierce and there have been many casualties, but desire has tired too many people and we find that the populated areas of the twenty-first century have lost hope for the boring symphony of selfishness. Now I have several suggestions that will get you back on your feet, so that you can continue walking down the road of life with your head held high, arm in arm with your fellow man as equal.

Money isn t everything. There exists a common understanding that everything around us is measured by money and an assumption that the meaning of life is to make as much of it as humanly possible, so that you can live a comfortable and luxurious life. It is clear that money is indeed necessary to get through life, whether spent on food or shelter, but the air we breathe and the love we share are both free and extremely rewarding. Too many people die alone, only to be remembered for their full bank accounts or their shocking debts, so we must be remembered for our kindness to others and contributions to society.

Share with others. A miser is a person who cares extremely about their wealth and takes from everyone everything, with only one thing in their mind that they demand more. Not only are misers hated by the people surrounding them, but they are also the death of many men. Some of us will never admit that they take far more than they give. We are supposed to give a little, even if we receive nothing in return. Show generosity to your friends, co-workers, family, neighbors and you will be on your way to removing the greed from your life.

Act unselfishly. We must learn to act unselfishly for people and help whoever in need, not because doing so makes us feel superior, not to expect something in return either, but because it helps them survive, which makes them feel connected with the world, with a smile on their face and a strong need to give to others. By acting unselfishly, we will teach others how to act unselfishly too. Next time you stick your neck out for a selfish miser, be optimistic and think that

第五部分： 选词填空（10分）

52. ________, he got a job as a government official.

53. Some stars are ___________ in the daytime..

54. Sometimes you have to ____________ your rights.

55. The place was filled with sleeping people. I ______ strangers twice on my way to the door.

56. We can not thank the doctor enough who _____________ a cure for the disease.

57. For ________ reasons，he was not able to marry the girl of his dream.

58.I was sorry to hear that his grandfather had ____________.

59. Tom has a great sense of humor and always keeps his classmates _______with his words.

60.To be honest, she ______________ the small town where she grew up.

第六部分：书面表达（满分25分）

在学习生活和工作中，与人合作是非常重要的。请你根据下表中所提供的信息，写一篇题为 1．对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2．词数150左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总数。

3．演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。

参考词汇：合作者 partner

Good afternoon, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “Cooperate with others”.

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Thank you for your listening!

2013-2014学年度第一学期高二英语期中考试模拟试卷

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第一卷（单选、完形、阅读）（共60分）

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第二卷 （任务型阅读、选词填空、书面表达）（共40分）

第四部分：任务型阅读（共5小题；满分5分）

______________________ 47. _____________________

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第五部分 选词填空 (10分)

51. _______________ 52. _________________

53.________________ 54.__________________

55.________________ 56. ________________

57.________________ 58._________________

59.________________ 60. _________________

第六部分 书面表达 (25分)

Good afternoon, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “Cooperate with others”.

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高二英语期中考试模拟试卷参考答案

第六部分：书面表达（满分20分）

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