衡水中学2013-2014学年度下学期期中考试

高二年级英语试卷

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

2．每小题选出答案后，用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。

3．二卷试题用黑色中性笔作答。

◇◇◇ 祝同学们取得好成绩！

第一部分: 听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. ￡l9. 15. B. ￡9. 15. C. ￡9. 18.

答案是B。

1. What did the woman do today?

A. She did nothing. B. She wrote letters. C. She practiced the piano.

2. What does the man say about Delta Restaurant?

A. The service was better.

B. The food was delicious.

C. The menu was attractive.

3. What vehicle will the woman probably take tomorrow?

A. A bus. B. A taxi. C. The subway.

4. How much will the woman pay?

A. $ 3. B. $ 6. C. $ 9.

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A book. B. A teacher. C. An exam.

第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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、7题。

6. What is the woman probably?

A. A hotel clerk. B. A house agent. C. A shop assistant.

7. What is the pillow filled with?

A. Cotton. B. Dried flowers. C. A special material.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What is the probable relationship between the man and Donna?

A. Brother and sister. B. Classmates. C. Colleagues.

9. What will the man do after graduation?

A. Work in China. B. Find a job in town. C. Start his own business.

10. What will the man do next?

A. Leave the party. B. Talk to Dan. C. Go to find Donna.

听第8段材料，回答第11至l3题。

11. What is the man?

A. A player. B. A reporter. C. A tourist.

12. What is the woman doing?

A. Queuing up for a tennis match.

B. Watching a tennis match.

C. Waiting for a tennis star.

13. Where does the woman come from?

A. London. B. Berlin. C. Wimbledon.

听第9段材料。回答第14至17题。

14. What is the man’s first advice?

A. Write to people on recycled paper.

B. Buy some drinks machines.

C. Allow staff to wear jogging suits at work.

15. Why doesn’t the woman agree on using china cups?

A. They are expensive.

B. They are easily broken.

C. There’s nowhere to wash them.

16. What does the woman agree to do in the end?

A. Ban smoking at work.

B. Buy some work clothes.

C. Encourage staff to cycle to work.

17. What is the speakers’ business?

A. Health care. B. Personal image. C. Rubbish recycling.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the aim of the school trip?

A. To enjoy a film. B. To see a theatre. C. To visit a museum.

19. Where can the listeners’ parents pick them up?

A. In the car park.

B. At the school gate.

C. Behind the school library.

20. What should the listeners bring with them?

A. Some food. B. A notebook. C. Some money.

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）

A

(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.

“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头) when he saw something falling into the water. He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. Immediately, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. Duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his story of heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning.

“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same thing.”

21．Why was Duret in New York?

A. To meet his girlfriend. B. To spend his holiday.

C. To work as an engineer.? D. To visit the Andersons.

22．What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

A. He was interviewed by a newspaper.

B. He went to the hospital in the ambulance.

C. He disappeared from the spot quickly.

D. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.

23．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Duret thought twice before he jumped into the cold water.

B. Duret dived into the water before the girl’s father.

C. The rescue happened on the day Duret left for France.

D. Duret didn’t think he was brave enough to be a hero.

24．What is probably the headline of this news report?

?A. A Careless Father B. A Poor Girl

?C. Warm-hearted Onlookers D. Brave Frenchman Found

B

When it comes to relationship, we spend a lot of time discussing their joys, but rarely talk about the pain when they break down. Yet most people have a story about a broken relationship.

For Jane Black, a six-year friendship ended when her friend was rude to one of her children. “After quite a few drinks at a party in my house, she said something rude to my child. I ended the friendship face to face at the party,” she says. “I didn’t realize what I was doing at the time, I was simply standing up for my child, but in her eyes any challenge was a betrayal.”

When Angela Thompson noticed a seven-year friendship disappearing, she let it go. “I didn’t know how to deal with the issue. I didn’t sit down for a grown-up conversation; I just walked away quietly.” The decision caused a reaction among Thompson’s other friends. “The other friends in the circle are the worst people when you are trying to break up with a friend,” she says. “They don’t want you to stop being friends, because it puts them in a difficult position. You get told to just get it over.”

Though we have plenty of measures for handling conflict at work or family fight, we still don’t have good ways of ending friendships. Do we sit down and properly break up, or just walk away? Psychologist Serena Cauchy has the following advice.

Don’t blame. Talk about your needs and feeling rather than talking like a Dutch uncle.

Do talk about your needs. Talk about why the friendship is not working for you –about how your needs aren’t being met.

Don’t gossip. Negative talk hurts everyone involved and in some cases can make matters worse.

Don’t be so accessible. If there is a common wish to conclude the friendship then you can remove it.

25．How did Angela Thompson deal with her friendship when it went wrong?

A. She ended it face to face.

B. She left it as it was.

C. She turned to her friends for advice.

D. She made a direct challenge.

26．According to the third paragraph, we learn the other friends________.

A. will help you to fix a broken friendship

B. will choose either of the sides who broke up

C. will ask you to forgive each other

D. will be the worst people to break up with you at the same time

27．Which is NOT mentioned by Psychologist Serena Cauchy?

A. End the friendship if it can’t be renewed.

B. Don’t complain behind one’s back.

C. Express what you want and expect.

D. Sincerely talk about friends’ shortcomings.

28．What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A True Friendship B. When Friendships disappear

C. How Friendships Last D. Ways to Fix Friendships

C

You're rushing to work and a man ahead of you falls down on the sidewalk. Do you stop to help? In a study of by-standers, it was found that some people keep on walking.

"There is a tendency to decide that no action is needed," says a psychologist, "In order to take action, you have to work against them." Here are some common thoughts that stop you from helping.

●Why should I be the one? I'm probably not the most able person in this crowd. You might think someone older or with more medical knowledge should offer assistance.

●What if he doesn't really need my help? The fear of embarrassment is powerful; no one wants to risk looking foolish in front of others.

●No one else looks concerned. We can follow the people around us, but most people tend to hold back their emotions in public.

"If you spot trouble and find yourself explaining inaction, force yourself to stop and figure out the situation instead of walking on," says the psychologist. "Then retry to involve other people; you don't have to take on the entire responsibility of being helpful. Sometimes it's just a matter of turning to the person next to you and saying, 'It looks like we should do something.' Or asking someone if an ambulance has been called and, if not, to call for one. Once you take action, most people will follow you."

29. Which is NOT the common thought that stops you from helping others?

A. I'm not the very capable person. B. It looks like we should do something.

C. No one else is concerned. D. He doesn't really need my help.

30．In order to offer your timely help, you need to .

A. go directly to the police station

B. get along well with the passers-by who spot the trouble

C. ask others for help and call the police

D. work against the first thoughts that stop you from offering help

31. The main purpose of the passage is to tell readers .

A. to give others a hand B. to be more able

C. to explain their inaction D. to evaluate the situation

D

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