宝安中学2014-2015学年第一学期期中考试高二英语

命题人：陈彦君

2014-11-12

本试卷共8页。全卷共计150分。考试时间为120分钟。

第一卷 语言知识及应用(110分)

I.完型填空。（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）

I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a ___1___ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ___2___ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since--- ___3___ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my home.

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ___4___, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place ___5___ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried ___6___ up trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to ___7___ the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I decided something had to ___8___.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew nothing about __9__ any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ___10___. On that day, more than 300 people ___11___ up. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to accomplish. I couldn’t believe the ___12___ we made ---the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of __13__ and covered 132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people complain about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by doing rather than __14__. We need to teach by ___15___. You can’t blame others unless you start with yourself.

1. A. distant B. huge C. narrow D. loose

2. A. immediately B. finally C. gradually D. recently

3. A. imagining B. painting C. describing D. climbing

4. A. material B. resources C. waste D. goods

5. A. more B. most C. less D. least

6. A. putting B. digging C. picking D.breaking

7. A. leave B. notice C. watch D.find

8. A. change B. improve C. appear D. differ

9. A. realizing B. learning C. organizing D. making

10. A. party B. cleanup C. meeting D.makeup

11. A. showed B. gave C. stayed D. looked

12. A. plan B. visit C. contact D. difference

13. A. paper B. rubbish C. cans D. boxes

14. A. complaining B. listening C. standing D. sleeping

15. A. method B. explanation C. example D. research

II. 语法填空。(共2篇，20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

A

I am a junior in high school. There is a lady at my school __16_____ job is to hand out call-slips(索书单) and prevent students from leaving campus without ___17______( permit). Before today I had never seen her smile.

The other day my friends and I were eating in the cafeteria and I saw her ___18_____(walk) around. When she came closer to us, I could see that she was crying. She pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped her eyes. I thought to myself that this lady is under-appreciated and needs to be recognized __19____ all her hard work. So I wrote a note telling her that the students appreciated everything she did and ____20____ her contribution to our school made a difference in all of our lives. I signed it “Some thankful students” and slipped it into __21____ envelope. Then I realized I didn’t even know her name. I asked all of my professors but ___22____ knew her name. I finally went to ask the lady at Student Services and ___23_____(tell) that her name is Kathy. I bought her a bouquet of colorful sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. I brought the flowers to school and left __24____ in her office.

She came into my third period class shortly afterwards ___25_____(deliver) a call-slip, and there it was smile on her face!

B

The Internet has positive effects on our lives. The first is its value for people who are looking for information. When people are __26____ need of information, from weather forecasts to academic research, the Internet is now the first place __27____ many people turn to. With the click of a mouse, a student can acquire knowledge from the information __28______(hold) in the largest libraries in the world.

Another ___29___(true) wonderful aspect of the Internet is the way people use it to build social ties. One of the greatest benefits of Internet friendships is that they are based on common interests, rather that appearance, age or popularity. Young people ___30____ different backgrounds and different countries can form lifelong friendships.

However, the Internet also has negative effects. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to judge ___31____ the information is true and accurate. The amount of false information becomes more of __32__ problem every day. This is very troublesome because people can write anything ___33____ want. What’s worse, the Internet is affecting people’s private lives. Now, instead of spending time together in the evenings, some families ___34____(spend) their time apart because one or more members are using the computer. In fact, some young people spend so much time __35____(play) computer games that they have become addicted to the games.

III. 阅读理解（共两节。第一节为阅读理解，第二节为信息匹配。共25小题，每题2分，满分50分）

第一节 阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）

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If Confucius（孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries.These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy（哲学）. Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.

So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.

Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

36. The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________

A. provide some key facts about Confucius

B. attract the readers’ interest in the subject

C. show great respect for the ancient thinker

D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

37. What do American people think of Confucius?

A. They know a lot about Confucius.

B. They don’t concern about Confucius.

C. Confucius helps them understand China.

D. Confucius is as important as American heroes.

38. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______

A. have a great interest in studying Chinese

B. take an active part in Chinese competitions

C. try to get high scores in Chinese exams

D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese

39. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Forgotten Wisdom in America B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

C. Chinese Culture for Westerners D. Old Thinker with a Big Future

40. The passage is likely to appear in ___________.

A. a biography B. a history paper

C. a newspaper D. a philosophy textbook

B

Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s roof-tops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city dwellers, myself included, usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.

My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me most deeply.

Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, papers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.

Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of which was spent indoors, I thought that before long I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains, and perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.

The best title for the passage would be __________.

A. Touched by the moon B. The pleasure of modern life

C. A bottomless well of silence