甘肃兰州一中

2013—2014学年度下学期期中考试

高二英语试题

说明：本试题分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分100分，考试时间为100分钟。答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。

第I卷 （选择题）

第一节：单项选择（共15题，每题1分，共15分）

Young as she is, Lily has gained _____ rich experience in _____ society.

the; the B. a; / C. /; / D. /; the

2. The manager considers it is important that everything _______ by weekend.

A. will complete; B. has completed C. be completed D. is completed

3. Homework ________, I turned on the computer and tried to do some online shopping.

A. finishing B. finished C. to finish D. finishes

4. After the earthquake, the local government took immediate measures to provide _____ for those who had lost their homes.

A. accommodation B. occupation C. equipment D. furniture

5. It’s reported that global warming is heating the planet twice as quickly as _____ feared.

A. extremely B. previously C. preciously D. eventually

6. Within a few years China ____ well have the most advanced railway industry in the world.

A. will B. can C. must D. may

7. It comes as no surprise that many parents walk along their young children ____ their safety.

A. in search of B. in place of C. for fear of D. for lack of

8. When I was in Spain last summer, I ______ quite a lot of Spanish.

A. made up B. picked up C. gave up D. took up

9. The scientists have made an exhaustive study of the virus _______ many people have been inflected.

A. to which B. in which C. with which D. for which

10. The owner still doesn’t know _______ broke into the house and stole the money.

A. when it was that B. who it was that C. who was it that D. when was it that

11. Why do you insist on buying a car ______ you have such good public transportation here?

A. because B. unless C. when D. though

12. --- Hey, Mary, your backpack looks nice. When did you buy it.

--- I ____ it for two weeks.

had B. bought C. have had D. have bought

13. To my surprise, I hurried to the lecture hall only ______ that the lecture had been cancelled.

A. to be informed B. being informed C. to inform D. informing

14. There is still a lot for Chinese Women’s volleyball team to improve _____ they have obtained a string of wins.

A. now that B. as if C. even though D. given that

15. --- It’s reported that the doctor who sold children have been caught.

--- _____________.

Justice has long arms B. Lies has short legs

C One false move my lose the game D. Kings go mad and the people suffer for it

第二节：完形填空(共20题；每题1分，共20分)

A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made his leg lame. He __16__ played with his classmates. When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always __17__ his head without a word.

One __18__ the boy's father asked for some saplings (树苗) from the neighbor. He wanted the __19__ to plant a sapling each person in front of the house. The father said, “Whose sapling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite __20__.” Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, however, the boy had an idea. He hoped that the tree he planted would __21__ soon. So, after watering it once or twice，he never __22__ it.

A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was __23__ to find that it didn't wilt (枯萎) but grew some fresh leaves. __24__ the trees of his brothers and sisters, his tree was even greener. His father kept his __25__， bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding __26__ when he grew up.

Since then, the little boy slowly became __27__. One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep. Then he got up and came to the __28__. To his surprise, his __29__ was splashing something onto his tree.__30__， he understood—his father had been __31__ fertilizing his small tree!

He returned to his room，__32__ running down.

__33__ passed. The little boy didn't become a botanist, but he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

Love is the __34__ nourishment (营养) of life. __35__ it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive (茁壮成长)．

16．A. bravely B．seldom C．freely D．always

17．A. raised B．nodded C．lowered D．knocked

18．A. spring B．moment C．winter D．week

19．A. neighbors B．friends C．children D．boys

20．A. sapling B．tree C．gift D．toy

21．A. die B．grow C．break D．survive

22．A. led to B．attended to C．belonged to D．objected to

23．A. pleased B．upset C．worried D．surprised

24．A. Compared with B．Similar to C．Connected to D．Popular with

25．A. request B．schedule C．promise D．secret

26．A. president B．botanist C．artist D．researcher

27．A. smart B．desperate C．optimistic D．practical

28．A. field B．courtyard C．park D．farm

29．A. brother B．sister C．father D．neighbor

30．A. All of a sudden B．For a moment C．In time D．From then on

31．A. busily B．quietly C．cautiously D．secretly

32．A. water B．tears C．sweat D．rain

33．A. Hours B．Months C．Decades D．Centuries

34．A. last B．only C．least D．best

35．A. Even if B．Now that C．If only D．What if

第三节：阅读理解（共15题，每题2分，共30分）

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Former Irish President Mary Robinson was just making a polite conversation with an Ethiopian (埃塞俄比亚的) teenager about her wedding day. The 16-year-old had already been married for a year. “She looked at me with the saddest eyes and said, ‘I had to drop out of school’，” Robinson said in a telephone interview. “That conveyed to me the reality，” said Robinson, the first woman to serve as Ireland's president and former U．N. high commissioner for human fights. “Her life, as far as she is concerned, had more or less ended.”

Robinson said keeping girls in school was one of the most important things policymakers could do to address the coming challenges of an ever-increasing population, predicted by the United Nations to reach 7 billion soon. “European countries are concerned about aging populations as is Japan, but this is much less of an issue than the huge number of people which we are going to see over the next 40 years when the population goes from 7 billion to 9 billion，” she said. “Almost all of that increase will be in poor developing countries, so that we have a very big challenge.”

Family planning experts worry in particular about the future population explosion in sub-Saharan Africa. In May, the United Nations projected the world population would reach 9.3billion in 2050 and 10.1 billion by 2100. Much of that growth will come from Africa, where the population is growing at 2.3 percent a year—more than double Asia's 1 percent growth rate. If that rate stays consistent, which is not certain, Africa's population will reach 3.6 billion by 2100 from the present 1 billion.

Joel Cohen, a professor of population studies at Rockefeller University and Columbia University in New York, said universal secondary education offered a way to reduce population in high birth-rate regions. In addition to providing information about birth control, a secondary education teaches women to reduce their own fertility (生育力), improve the health of their children and allows them to move from a mind-set of having many children, in the hopes that some will survive to improving the quality of each child's life, Cohen wrote in the journal Nature.

36．In the first paragraph, the author introduces his topic by ________.

A．explaining the author's opinions B．giving an example

C．describing the poor education system D．coming straight to the topic

37．What can we learn from the passage?

A．Robinson is happy after talking to the Ethiopian girl.

B．Robinson is a successful expert in population studies.

C．Robinson is worried about population growth.

D．Robinson encourages female education.

38．What is Joel Cohen's view about secondary education?

A．It provides basic knowledge of health.

B．It improves the health of children.

C．It makes people pay more attention to education.

D．It can change people's parenting ideas.

39．According to Robinson, what is one of the most important things policymakers can do to prevent the population from increasing rapidly?

A．Keeping girls in school. B．Letting girls go away from Africa.

C．Letting young girls remain single. D．Keeping girls in families.

B

Butterflies are some of the most fascinating and beautiful insects in the world. Adult butterflies will live about 2 to 4 weeks. They use their senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste to survive in the world, find food and mates, lay eggs in an appropriate place, migrate, and avoid hungry enemies.

Butterflies have large compound eyes, which allow them to see in all directions without turning their heads. Like most insects, butterflies are very near-sighted, so they are more attracted to a sea of flowers than individual plants. Butterflies do not “see” colors such as red, green, and yellow, but they can sense sunlight, which indicates the direction the sun is shining, as well as ultraviolet light, which is present on many flowers and guides butterflies to honey sources.

Butterflies have a very well-developed sense of smell, but it is not in their nose, since they don't have one. Sense receptors are located in their antennae, feet, and many other parts of the body. They can help butterflies find their favorite flower honey food, and mates.

Butterflies' feet have sense organs that can taste the sugar in flower ho