银川一中2014/2015学年度(上)高二期中考试

英 语 试 卷

命题人：李丽霞、周靖涛

第一卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节：（共5小题；第小题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答案，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．How much are the pears ?

A．$2 a pound B．$4 a pound C． $6 a pound

2．Who stole the paper last week ?

A．A newspaper delivery boy

B．The neighbor’s dog

C．The speakers’ son

3．What will the man do?

A．Ask the woman to give him a discount

B．Take the book though it’s expensive

C．Try to get the book online.

4．What is the relationship between the speakers?

A．Classmates

B．Mother and son

C．Doctor and patient

5．Where does the woman prefer to see the movie ?

A．In the cinema

B．At home

C．In a video room

第二节（共15 小题；每小题1分，满分22.5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。听完每段对话或独白前后，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 does the woman want the man to do?

A．Lend her a ladder

B．Help her hang some lights

C．Repair the lights in her house

7．When is Christmas Day this year?

A．Next week

B．In several weeks

C．In several months

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．Which grade is Molly in ?

A．The 1st grade

B．The 2nd grade

C．The 3rd grade

9．What will Mr Winters help Molly to do?

A．Think of a project

B．Look something up ``

C．Find a dictionary

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．Why did the man stop the woman ?

A．To remind her of an accident ahead

B．To give her a fine ticket

C．To tell her something is wrong with her back light

11．What is true about fix-it tickets ?

A．They include a $50 fine.

B．The repairs must be done within one month.

C．You don’t have a choice about where to go for the repairs.

12．What is the man like?

A．Rude

B．Troublesome

C．Patient

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．When is the play supposed to start ?

A．At 7:00

B．At 7:30

C．At 8:00

14．What does the man say about the restaurants in the area?

A．They are very expensive.

B．They offer great food.

C．They are often crowded around show times.

15．Where does the woman to go ?

A．A place with reasonable prices

B．A place that offers delicious food

C．A place with a good environment

16．How does the woman know about the new restaurant?

A．One of her colleagues told her

B．She has been there before

C．She saw an ad about it

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What kinds of conditions in forests produce good mushroom ?

A．Wet and cool conditions

B．Warm and humid conditions

C．Cold and dry conditions

18．Which of the following cannot make the mushroom valuable?

A．Its kind

B．Its age

C．Its colour

19．What might happen if you eat a poisonous mushroom according to the talk?

A．You might get a really bad headache．

B．You might get a fever．

C．You might throw up．

20．What does the speaker talk about in the end ?

A．Advice to mushroom pickers．

B．How to cook mushroom．

C．What poisonous mushrooms look like．

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

This is a true story from Guyana．One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box．He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose．He couldn’t get it out．He ran crying to his mother．His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either．A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose．His nose began to have a bad smell．

So his mother took the boy to a hospital．The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out．She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out．

The boy’s mother came home looking sad．She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut．The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May．May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose．

“Yes, I can see it,” May said．“It will be out soon．”

As she spoke, she shook some black pepper （胡椒粉）on the child’s nose．The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out．His mother was surprised．May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell．

So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut．

21．After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____．

A．he took it out B．his mother took it out

C．he tried to take it out but failed D．he did nothing but cry

22．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose．

B．The boy had to have his nose cut at last．

C．The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem．

D．May succeeded in taking the paper out．

23．The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____．

A．he needed to learn to swim.

B．the sea water would wash out the paper ball．

C．the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose．

D．he needed a rest.

B

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C．Job 4, 6 and 7 D．Job 3, 4 and 6

26．Which is the only position that has a formal educational requirement?

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C．Teaching Assistant at Hania's Playschool．

D．Full-time Secretary position at United Business Ltd．

C

The Peales were a famous family of American artists．Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution．He painted portraits(肖像) of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington．His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture．

Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia．The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings．Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike．The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton （骷髅） of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801．

Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists．Raphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese．His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington．Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits．

James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures （小画像）．His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America．

27．The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________．

A．Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike

B．Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work

C．Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale

D．the painting of the two brothers was very large

28．The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”．

A．showed B．invented

C．dug up D．looked over

29．Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?

A．Titian Peale． B．Rubens Peale．

C．Raphaelle Peale． D．Sarah Miriam Peale．

30．The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______．

A．puzzled B．admiring

C．excited D．disappointed

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多途选项。

When was the last time you had great fun with your family? 31 So stand up and plan to have fun with your family．

Going to the zoo is definitely a number-one pick for family activities．Other than visiting animals, most zoos nowaday