梓潼中学2014-2015学年秋高2016级半期考试英语试题

完卷时间：120分钟。满分：150分。

本试卷分为第I卷和第II卷两部分

第I卷（选择题，共86分）

Ⅰ.单项填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

1. The doctor ______ in a white uniform looks more like a cook.

A. to dress B. dressed C. dressing D. having dressed

2. To satisfy the visitors, the zoo will ______ business hours until 6:00 p.m. during the May Day holiday.???? A. expand B. enlarge C. Widen D. extend

3. If you want to know what this material ______, you must observe it under a microscope.

A. involves in B. makes up ???? C. consists of D. adds to

4. When ______ for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.

A. asked B.asking C. having asked D. to be asked

5. John was late for class again. He entered the classroom secretly via the back door to avoid ______, but without luck.

A. seeing B. to see ???? C. Saw D. being seen

6. I was so familiar with him that I recognized his voice ______ I pick up the phone.

A. while B. after C. in case D. the moment

7. Our company has produced ______ products as it did last year after we introduced the new technology.

A. two fifths as many B. two fifths as much???? C. much as two fifths D. as two fifths many

8. Don’t focus on your appearance. It is the experience you have ______ matters, not what you look like.???? A. one B. what C. that D. it9. --- Look at those clouds!

--- Don’t worry. ______ it rains, we’ll still have a great time.

A. If only B. As though C. In case D. Even if 10. I wish to thank Professor Smith, without ______ help I would never have got this far.

A. who B. whom C.whose D.his

Ⅱ. 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分)???? 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从11-30各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 My grandmother was always encouraging me to set 11 and work hard to achieve them. She would tell me not to be a follower and not to set 12 on what I could achieve. She 13 believed that you could achieve 14 you want if you work hard.

I would never forget the story that she once told me：

A farmer won the first 15 at the country fair(交易会) for his radish (小萝卜) that was the exact shape and 16 of a milk bottle.

Many were 17 about how the farmer was able to grow this radish that was the exact shape of a milk bottle.

18 one gentleman went up to the farmer and asked the question. The farmer replied，“It was 19 . I got the seed growing and then I put it into the milk bottle. It had 20 else to go.”

You can use this story as an analogy (比喻) to life － our lives are 21 by the kind of surroundings we place ourselves in, the people who we allow to influence us, and the goals we give ourselves.

If we only 22 and take no action, then we get no further. But if we 23 carefully，set a goal and take action, then our life takes on a 24 shape.

Goals and actions can help us accomplish more in a year than what some people will accomplish in a lifetime. To prove this 25 ，read the biographies of 26 people and you will see that goals and actions 27 played a big role in their success.

Remember the wisdom of Mary Kay Ash, who said，“Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go 28 your mind lets you. Whatever you believe, remember, you can achieve.”

29 , don't put yourself in a bottle; in other words, move out of what is 30 and safe if you want to move forward.

11. A.goals B. standards C. limits D. examples

12．A. rules . 　 B.limits 　　　 C. expectations　 D. records

13．A. seldom B. naturally C.partly D.truly

14．A. nothing B.whatever C. what D. something

15．A. remark B. position C. prize D. award

16．A. size B.colour C. weight D. taste

17．A. anxious B.curious C. excited D. wondering

18．A.Gradually B.Finally C. Immediately D. Actually

19．A. strange B. funny C.secret D. easy

20．A. everywhere B. anywhere C.nowhere D. somewhere

21．A. improved B. formed C. Shaped D. Controlled 22．A. doubt B. refuse C. dream D. change

23．A. struggle B. plan C. continue D. insist

24．A. beautiful B. solid C. different D. clear

25．A. proverb B. lesson C. evidence D. point

26．A. successful B. brave C. friendly D. careful

27．A. in fact B. partly C. not at all D. as usual

28．A. as if B. in case C. as long as D. as far as

29．A. In summary B. To start wtih C. Besides D. To be honest

30．A. valuable B. comfortable C. ordinary D. boring

Ⅲ.阅读理解(共18小题；每小题2分，满分36分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A

Parents know a nightly bedtime is not always easy to enforce. But researchers say bedtime rules may improve a child’s development.

A new study found better results in four-year-olds who go to bed around the same time every night and sleep at least eleven hours. Getting less than that was linked to lower abilities in language, reading and early math skills.

Researchers at SRI International in California did the study. It involved about eight thousand preschool children whose parents took part in government research on early childhood.

The parents answered questions by telephone at nine months and again at four years. The amount of sleep was based on their reporting of a child’s usual bedtime and wake time. These were not independently confirmed.

SRI policy researcher Erika Gaylor says doctors can easily try to get parents to set regular bedtimes. And at bedtime she urges(力劝)parents to follow routines(惯例) like reading books or telling stories to their children.

For most measures of development, the study found that an earlier bedtime was also a predictor of higher scores.

Last August, a study in the journal Sleep Medicine said children who go to bed after nine o’clock took longer to fall asleep and slept less. The study found that children also got less sleep if they did not have bedtime routines.

The new findings were presented this week in San Antonio, Texas, at a meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

31.According to the text, all the following can improve a child’s development EXCEPT ______

A. going to bed about the same time every evening.

B. parents’ reading books at bed time.

C. going to bed after nine o’clock.

D. sleeping at least eleven hours.

32. Which of the following is true?

A. Children with regular bedtime can develop better in their primary study.

B. Children going to bed after nine o’clock can fall asleep more easily.

C. A child who goes to bed earlier can study better.

D. The children in this research go to bed according to the researcher’s advice.

33. What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Eight thousand children took part in a government research.

B. When a child should go to bed and wake up.

C. How to make a child sleep better.

D. Bedtime rules can help a child develop better.Growing up on a tobacco farm, Emma

B

Avery was used to hard times. When she was seven, her family’s farmhouse burned to the ground. Her father made a temporary shelter, where eight people had to sleep in two beds. As soon as Emma and her four brothers and two sisters were big enough, they were out in the fields.

Emma would find her comfort in school, even as a C student, thanks to one teacher. When she moved on to middle school, Emma was far behind her classmates. She kept her head down, trying not to be noticed, struggling to catch up, and feeling like an outsider.

Then one day, when Emma was 16, a teacher named Mr. Potts changed everything. Looking his students in the eye, Mr. Potts said, “Being a C student does not mean you do not have a valuable contribution to make. Some of you have to work in the fields in the evening and do not have time to study. But if you do your best, you have a gift to give.”

The teacher’s words made Emma believe she could do well, and she worked harder. In the end she won a scholarship to St. Paul’s College, graduated with a degree in elementary education in 1967, and got a job in the public-school system. Then, at George Washington University, she received a master’s in education in 1970, and afterwards in the same year she married Ron Smothers.

Over the next six years, Emma taught in public schools in Miami. In 1976, after saving $10,000, she opened her first restaurant in Los Angeles. Eventually Emma stopped teaching, and her business expanded to six restaurants.

In gratitude (感激) for what she has been able to achieve, Emma donates a lot. She has no idea how much money she’s given away. She says, “Those I want to help are the C students who just need help, direction and confidence.”

34. From the text we learn that Emma ______.

A. won a scholarship to George Washington University

B. was unsuccessful as a businesswoman

C. was thankful to Mr. Potts

D. disliked teaching, and gave up the job

35. From the second paragraph we can infer that Emma was ______.

A. unintelligent B. unconfident C. hard-working D. lazy

36. Which is the correct order of the following events?

a. Emma studied at George Washington University.

b. She opened her first restaurant.

c. She married Ron Smothers.

d. She graduated from St. Paul’s College.

A. abcd B. adcb C. dcab D. dacb

37. The text mainly wants to tell us ______.

A. confidence is the first step to success

B. memory of the past is the teacher of the future

C. something attempted, something done

D. where there is a will, there is a way.

C

No one likes to make mistakes. But a new study says organizations learn more from their failures than their successes, and keep that knowledge longer.

One of the researchers was Vinit Desai, an assistan