蕲春一中2014年春季期中考试高二英语试卷

试卷满分：150分

第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)

第一节

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 man dislike having for breakfast?

A．Cold meat． B．Coffee． C．Boiled eggs．

2. Why can’t the man return the DVD player?

A．He bought it over a week ago． B．He bought it on sale． C．He broke it．

3. What are the speakers talking about?

A．Where the party will be held． B．What the woman will talk to Angela．

C．Whether Angela will attend the party．

4. What does the woman think of the concert last night?

A．Boring． B．Impressive． C．Special．

5. what will the woman do next?

A．Call her husband． B．Have an examination． C．Tell the man about her husband．

第二节

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. Why is the man stressed out?

A．He has moved house recently．

B．He has done much exercise just now．

C．He has been busy preparing for moving house．

7. What does the man plan to do tomorrow?

A．Have a rest． B．See a doctor． C．Pack boxes．

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the mall think of most Hollywood films?

A．Interesting． B．Moving． C．Predictable．

9. why wouldn’t the woman go to the cinema to see James Bond films?

A．She doesn’t have any time．

B．She doesn’t think it’s worthwhile．

C．She has a collection of DVDs of them．

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the speakers talking about?

A．Whether to buy a new mobile phone．

B．Where to buy a new mobile phone．

C．Which mobile phone to buy．

11. What kind of mobile phone does the man like?

A．One with lots of games．

B．One with a video camera．

C． One with Internet access．

12. How does the man deal with his e-mails?

A．He replies in time．

B．He doesn’t write back at all．

C．He doesn’t have time to check them．

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why does the woman come to the man?

A．To do a survey．

B．To ask for some advice．

C．To attend lessons about work skills．

14. What kind of person does the woman think she is?

A．Competitive． B．Artistic． C．Helpful．

15. What does the woman enjoy doing?

A．Taking pictures． B．Doing volunteer jobs． C．Organizing different activities．

16. Where does the man suggest the woman work?

A．At school． B．In a bank． C．In a computer company．

听第9段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is special about Slugbot?

A．It can hunt its own food．

B．It can work on the seafloor．

C．It can be run without electricity．

18. Why did Chris Melhuish come up with his idea?

A．To build robots more like animals．

B．To prove robots can run without batteries．

C．To invent robots working without electrical equipment．

19. What do we know about Ecobot II?

A．It could get rid of the waste in its body．

B．It could recognize the sign of the restroom．

C．It could run for 12 days after eating eight flies．

20. What is Melhuish’s team doing?

A．Working on a new and improved robot．

B．Making stomach—like equipment．

C．Building a new laboratory．

第二部分 词汇知识运用 (共两节，满分30分)

第一节 多项选择(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

21. It has been announced recently by the Chinese government that couples in China will be ___________to have two children if one of the parents is an only child.

A. attended B. permitted C. appealed D. persuaded

22. Jane became so angry about the fact that her roommate gave in to ___________and opened her precious box and read the letter inside addressed to her.

A. regulation B. routine C. curiosity D. reputation

23. She is a very unfriendly person and is never ready to help others. So it was not surprising that no one came to her ___________ no matter how hard she cried for help.

A. assistance B. arrangement C. attendance D. adventure

24. Exposed to dishonest advertisements every day, we sometimes can hardly ___________two similar products and thus we are in a dilemma where we don’t know which to buy.

A. acquire B. distinguish C. calculate D. predict

25. In college, individuality is often emphasized, while in the workplace employers are looking for employees who __________the company’s culture.

A. put up with B. fit in with C. come up with D. catch up with

26. If the doctor is ____________this afternoon, I will take my little daughter to him for a thorough checkup, who recently felt dizzy and extremely tired.

A. available B. convenient C. adequate D. sensitive

27. There are some book shelves in the back of our classroom, on which are various magazines and reference books, making reading materials more _____________to the students.

A. appropriate B. effective C. sensitive D. accessible

28. As Mr. Jones aged, he decided to ___________charge of his family business to his eldest son, who was without question the most suitable candidate to succeed.

A. take over B. hand over C. give away D. set aside

29. The city will ___________no more than 10 thousand new car licenses each year in order to set a limit on the number of cars and improve the environment.

A. distribute B. evaluate C. witness D. declare

30. I owe it my friends that I went through the hard time after I lost my job. Everything couldn’t have been going so ___________without them.

A. smoothly B. gradually C. absolutely D. relatively

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

As soon as I saw the cat in our yard, I knew he was a stray (流浪儿). He looked 31 —a wounded warrior with a badly scarred (有伤疤的) body.

I started putting out food for him each day, but he wouldn’t come near me if other people were 32 . Winter came, and he still wouldn’t 33 us. Then, one day, a car hit him so we took him to the

vet’s.

After a week, we were eager to bring him home to 34 our family. But when we went to take the cat home, the vet told us we should put him to 35 immediately because the cat was so fierce and meant that he would 36 become tame (驯服的), let alone a pet.

But I have always had 37 in love’s power to 38 even the wildest beasts. I told the vet, “I want to take him home.” We 39 him Paws.

Three days went by, and we only knew Paws was 40 the bed because when we walked past it we heard deep growling.

I wanted to somehow let him know he was 41 and loved. So I put on a hard hat and a pair of welding gloves. I 42 under the bed toward Paws, with my face to the 43 and only the top of my head facing him. I 44 out to stroke (抚摩) him gently over and over again.

He growled and tried to 45 and bite me. It was scary—but I knew he couldn’t 46 me, so I just kept going. Slowly, he began to 47 . Then I slid out from under the bed and left the room.

Several hours later, I noticed a cat on the bed. It was Paws—all 48 on the pillows! I couldn’t believe it.

That dear cat became the 49 of our household. Although Paws finally died of cancer, his legacy(遗赠)—my 50 and firm belief in the power of love—lives on.

31. A. cute B. strong C. fierce D. smart

32. A. around B. in C. out D. away

33. A. love B. attack C. refuse D. trust

34. A. please B. join C. see D. satisfy

35. A. death B. sight C. observation D. sleep

36. A. simply B. hardly C. easily D. gradually

37. A. sense B. interest C. faith D. feeling

38. A. comfort B. convince C. protect D. tame

39. A. named B. appointed C. accepted D. made

40. A. on B. beside C. under D. inside

41. A. hopeful B. pitiful C. careful D. safe

42. A. hid B. slid C. sheltered D. slept

43. A. bed B. sky C. floor D. feet

44. A. turned B. reached C. pulled D. picked

45. A. play B. scratch C. touch D. push

46. A. hurt B. bother C. avoid D. leave

47. A. get angry B. give up C. run away D. calm down

48. A. stepped out B. stood out C. spread out D. stuck out

49. A. hope B. love C. support D. comfort

50. A. normal B. noble C. strange D. continued

第三部分 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

A

A dog’s tail can tell you a lot more than you might think. Is it wagging (摇) to the left or is it wagging to the right?

“The direction of tail wagging does in fact matter，”said Giorgio Vallortigara，a professor at the University of Trento in Italy. Professor Vallortigara finds that the way the tail is wagging can tell you a lot about a dog’s state of mind—whether you’re a human or another dog.

What’s the difference between a left wag and a right wag？Professor Vallortigara and his colleagues have studied 43 dogs of various breeds — German Shepherds，Beagles，Boxers，Border Collies and some mutts. They find that if a dog wags its tail to the left. it’s feeling anxious or nervous. The reason could be an unfamiliar or dangerous situation，an unfamiliar person，or an unfamiliar and possibly threatening dog. But if the tail is wagging to the right，it means the dog is feeling relaxed and approachable.

“The tail is a very important signal，”said Thomas Reimchen，a biologist at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. ”There is a lot of visual information that dogs use when communicating with each other. ”

How did the scientists figure all this information out? They had the dogs in their study watch videotapes of other dogs. When the dog on the tape wagged its tail to the right，they say the other dogs remained calm and cool. But when the dog on the tape wagged its tail to the left，the other dogs got anxious.

The researchers are still not exactly sure if the direction of tail wagging is something the dog does consciously. They suspect that it might be something the dog does without even thinking about it — kind of like when you get goose bumps if something scares or startles you. They plan to do more research to get more information about what dogs are thinking and feeling while they’re wagging. As Reimchen said，“I'm not going to be surprised if we find all sorts of really interesting processes that nobody has ever seen before. ”

51. Professor Vallortigara’s study focused on the relationship between_________.

A. a dog’s state of mind and its owner's feeling

B. a dog’s state of mind and the direction of its tail wagging

C. a dog’s sense of direction and its state of mind

D. a dog’s intention of tail wagging and its feeling

52. According to the study，dogs which wag their tails to the left may feel_________.

A. calm B. happy C. angry D. nervou