江西省吉安县二中2013-2014学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

2014年4月一、听力（共30分）

第一节（共5小题；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.What does the woman want to have for lunch?

A. Fruit. B. Bread. C. Noodles.

2.Which shoes does the man want to buy?

A. Grey ones in Size 7. B. White ones in Size 7. C. Black ones in Size7.

3.Why can Louise speak English well?

A. She is an American. B. She likes English very much.

C. She once lived abroad for a long time.

4.What’s Mr. Conner?

A. A salesman. B. A waiter. C. A guide.

5.How much does it probably take to get to California by bus?

A. $25. B. $50. C. $100.

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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What is the weather like now?

A. Cool. B. Freezing. C. Sunny.

7.When will the speakers go to visit their uncle?

A. Tomorrow. B. This weekend. C. Next week.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What is Lucy doing recently?

A. Making up the lessons. B. Staying in hospital.

C. Having others help her with the lessons.

9.What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Sister and brother. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Where did the two speakers meet last time?

A. At the Canyon. B. At an airport. C. In Tokyo.

11.Why can’t people see bears this summer?

A. There are too many visitors there.

B. There isn’t enough food for bears.

C. There are too many other animals.

12.Where did the man see the snakes?

A. In the rivers. B. In the rocks. C. On the ground.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.How do we know when our pets are sick?

A. They breathe slowly and deeply. B. They have a bright red tongue.

C. They eat much more than usual.

14.What color are animals’ lips when they are healthy?

A. Grey. B. Pink. C. Pale blue.

15.What should we use to cool our pets down when they are sick in summer?

A. Hot water. B. Cold water. C. Cool water.

16.What measures should we take to prevent our pets from becoming sick in advance?

A. Supply them with plenty of water. B. Walk them as often as we can.

C. Take them to crowded summer events.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.When is the Spring Festival celebrated in Chinese lunar calendar in Taiwan?

A. From the first to the fifteenth day of the first month.

B. From the first to the seventh day of the first month.

C. From the first to the fifth day of the first month.

18.Which activity is first completed during Chinese New Year?

A. Doing the spring cleaning. B. Gathering around the stove.

C. Putting up spring couplets（春联）.

19.Why do people put up spring couplets on doors and windows?

A. To bring good luck. B. To show love to families.

C. To sweep sway the misfortunes.

20.What do people do in the “Keeping of the Year” activity?

A. Set off fireworks. B. Gather together for dinner. C. Give out red envelopes.

二、单项选择 (共15分)

21.—Hey! We’ll attend the graduation ceremony next month.

—Oh, !

A. cheer up B. well done C. go ahead D. congratulations

22.Those who want to make fun of me can’t sit on armchair.

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

23.Before the Network was introduced in this poor area, children here had no to computer.

A. access B. method C. attitude D. attraction

24.It was not until near the end of the letter_ ___ she mentioned her own plan.

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

25.We think a duty for everyone to protect the endangered animals.

A. ourselves B. this C. that D. it

26.This was the second time that the girl a 3D film in the cinema together with his classmates.

A. see B. had seen C. saw D. have seen

27.Many organizations act fast, working their way to help those .

A. in need B. in return C. in preparation D. in anger

28.Mothers exchanged stories about how their children at their new schools.

A. show off B. go up C. fit in D. come over

29.I’m lucky that I’m interested in school work, I’d go mad.

A. however B. meanwhile C. otherwise D. whatever

30.I don’t think I shall ever myself to this hot weather.

A. adapt B. appeal C. attach D. apply

31.There is no use taking any treatment. He has reached a point medicine can’t work.

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

32. at a strange-looking house, he showed me into a large, bright and clean room.

A. Arrived B. To arrive C. Having arrived D. He arrived

33.Little about his own interest and feeling though he was often misunderstood by others or even was hurt.

A. cared he B. he cared C. did he care D. was he cared

34.With the problems at hand , Mr. Kevin started to think over something else.

A. settling down B. having settled down C. settled down D. to settle down

35. I told him was I would find him a good play.

A. What; that B. What; what C. That; what D. That; that

三、完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Yesterday, our teacher asked us when a man could be referred to as an old man. David stood up and said people with wrinkles could be called old people. However, Mary didn't 36 , for some people may gain wrinkles at an earlier age owing to their 37 work. Then Lily expressed her idea that those reaching their 60s or more could be called old people. This time, Emily expressed her 38 that some old people may still be energetic and trying to pursue their dreams, which makes them appear 39 .The class was over and we still didn't reach any 40 ,so the teacher asked us to think about it after class.

The 41 has reminded me of the saying of J．Barrymore that a man isn't old as long as he is 42 something.

My grandma is such a woman who pursues her dream 43 when she's 70 now. She has 44 her dream of being a painter since she was a little child. 45 ,because her family was poor, she had to 46 her dream and stepped into the 47 to raise money so as to support her family. Though she has 48 abandoned her dream, she could hardly find any 49 to realize it because of the tough work. 50 , chance came when she retired from her work. She began taking her painting lessons 51 she had all－white hair and lots of wrinkles. At first, I was 52 her idea of attending school at so old an age, but after seeing her paint happily and enjoyably, I 53 feeling it a good choice. She seems energetic and 54 fine.

So if we have our dreams and seek for them, we aren't old. It's when we don't know what we want and let 55 be the center point of our lives that we can finally be regarded as the old.

36．A. respond B．agree C．identify D．understand

37．A. negative B．boring C．tough D．challenging

38．A. certainty B．wish C．theory D．doubt

39．A. attractive B．young C．intelligent D．ambitious

40．A. conclusion B．contract C．decision D．destination

41．A. embarrassment B．obstacle C．question D．confusion

42．A. preserving B．seeking C．treasuring D．possessing

43．A. even B．nearly C．only D．hardly

44．A. realized B．changed C．promoted D．kept

45．A. However B．Instead C．Moreover D．Therefore

46．A. give up B．search for C．put aside D．stick to

47．A. reality B．society C．world D．nature

48．A. seldom B．occasionally C．already D．never

49．A. time B．energy C．help D．money

50．A. Suddenly B．Finally C．Soon D．Fortunately

51．A. because B．once C．though D．unless

52．A. against B．for C．at D．with

53．A. risked B．rejected C．continued D．began

54．A. feels B．proves C．looks D．grows

55．A. achievements B．regrets C．dreams D．difficulties

四、阅读

第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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In the kitchen of my mother's houses there has always been a wooden stand with a small notepad and a hole for a pencil.

I'm looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can't be the same pencil. The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.

"I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years." I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. "You still use a pencil. Can't you afford a pen?"

My mother replies a little sharply. "It works perfectly well; I've always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days. "

Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, "One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on."

This story, which happened before I was born, reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the bac