2014—2015学年度第一学期期中教学质量检测高 二 英 语

2014年11月

（考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分）

（第Ⅰ卷 选择题 ，共100分）

第一部分 听力（共二节，每小题1.5分，满分30 分）

第一节（共5小题）

听下面5段对话。每段对话有一个小题，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 may Robert do next Friday?

A. He may probably go to the woman’s party with his wife.

B. He may stay at home.

C. He may hold a little party.

2. What can we learn from the dialogue?

A. The woman dialed the number correctly.

B. The woman dialed the wrong number.

C. The man was wanted on the phone.

3. What does the woman mean?

A. She will not stay at home.

B. It is too late.

C. It looks like rain and she will not have a swim.

4. Where did Sam work before he got the new job?

A. In an advertising firm. B. In a school. C. In a library.

5. What time does the train arrive?

A. At 9: 45. B. At 10: 00. C. At 10: 15.

第二节（共15小题）

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—8题。

6. What company will interview the man?

A. A foreign company. B. A home company. C. The woman’s company.

7. What clothes does the woman suggest the man wear?

A. A white suit. B. A white shirt. C. A black suit.

8. What are they going to do?

A. To have dinner. B. To go shopping. C. To a foreign company.

听第7段材料，回答第9—11题。

9. What is the man going to do this Friday night?

A. To go to the concert. B. To go on a journey. C. To go to the cinema.

10. Why is the woman buying the tickets?

A. Because the man left his money at home.

B. Because the man doesn’t have much money.

C. Because she is the man’s boss.

11. What can we know from the dialogue?

A. The two speakers think the concert is fun.

B. The man gets a part-time job while studying.

C. The two speakers will have a holiday.

听第8段材料，回答第12—14题。

12. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. A book. B. A story. C. A character.

13. What does the woman think about the persons in the story?

A. They are poor. B. They are active. C. They’re not full of life.

14. What is the woman’s review about this book?

A. Good. B. Bad. C. Some good, some bad.

听第9段材料，回答第15—17题

15. Why does the man want to change his room?

A. Because his roommate always stays up late.

B. Because there is something wrong with the light.

C. Because his roommate makes loud sounds while sleeping.

16. How is the man during the day?

A. He is active in class. B. He is asleep all the time. C. He tired and sleepy.

17. What is the result?

A. The man was refused.

B. The man changed his room.

C. The man got a room on the fifth floor.

听第10段材料，回答第18—20题。

18. What’s the real meaning of Hobson’s choice?

A. Having no choice. B. Having many choices. C. Having two choices.

19. Why did Mister Hobson often do at Cambridge University?

A. He bought horses for the students.

B. He fed horses for the students.

C. He rented horses to the students.

20. What was the purpose of Hobson’s rule?

A. To help the students make a right choice.

B. To prevent the students riding his best horses.

C. To make sure the students can ride his best horses.

第二部分　阅读理解（共两节,每小题2分， 满分40分）

第一节 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.

A

First aid means the aid or help that can be given to an injured person first, that is, before any other help arrives. Nowadays there is usually a telephone not far away and the first thing we should do, if a serious accident happens, is to telephone for an ambulance. Sometimes quick action by us may save someone's life.

Shock. People often suffer from shock after receiving an injury, sometimes even when the injury is a small one. The face turns grey, and the skin becomes damp and cold. They breathe quickly. They should be kept warm. Cover them with a blanket and give them a warm drink.

Broken bones. Do not move the patient. Send for an ambulance at once.

Bleeding. A little bleeding does no harm. It washes dirt from the wound. But if the bleeding continues, try to stop it by placing a clean cloth firmly over the wound until the bleeding stops or help arrives.

Poison. A person who has taken poison should be taken to a hospital at once. With some poisons, sleeping pills, for example, it is a good thing to make the patient sick by pressing your fingers down his throat.

Remember. when an accident happens, send someone to telephone for an ambulance at once. Keep the injured person warm and quiet. Give him plenty of air. Do not let other people crowd around him.

21. According to the passage when a serious accident happens, the first thing we should do is to .

A. take some actions

B. save the life of the injured person

C. phone for an ambulance

D. keep the injured person warm and quiet

22. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. First aid means giving the injured person the aid or help at once before the doctor comes.

B. When a person has broken his legs, we should send him to hospital at once.

C. A little bleeding does no harm because the blood can wash dirt from the wound.

D. When a person has taken poison, you should take him to hospital at once.

23. Why can't an injured person be crowded by people around him?

A. Because the people around him may hurt him.

B. Because he needs plenty of air and to be quiet.

C. Because they will be in the way of the ambulance.

D. Because they will disturb his rest.

24. The passage mainly tells us .

A. some advice on how to deal with common accidents

B. some facts about some common accidents

C. something we must remember

D. some examples of common accidents

B

Women have been making scientific discoveries since ancient times. Twelve women have won the Nobel Prize for science, one of the highest honors in the world. Some women scientists never married, some worked with their husbands, and others raised large families. It has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.

In the early 1800s in England, Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized for her discoveries about the ancient history of the earth. Mary and her father collected fossils (化石) in their village on the south coast of Great Britain. Fossils are parts of plants or animals that have been saved in rocks for millions of years. When she was only twelve years old, Mary became the first person to find the almost complete skeletons (骨架) of several animals that no longer existed on earth. She didn't become famous for her discoveries at that time because she often sold her fossils to get money to support her family.

In 1891, a young Polish woman named Marie Sklodowska traveled to Paris to study physics. She did so because she could not get a college education in Poland. She began working in the laboratory of a man named Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many discoveries together. They received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 along with another scientist. Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Nobel Prize in 1911, this time for Chemistry. Marie Curie was one of the few women at the time who became famous as a scientist.

25. The author believes that women scientists .

A. have more chances to become successful

B. cannot get the highest honors in the world

C. go through difficulties to be successful

D. had better pay more attention to their families

26. Mary Anning was one of the first women to .

A. win the Nobel Prize for science after getting married

B. make achievements in the study of ancient Earth

C. research animals and their bones

D. study all kinds of plants

27. Mary Anning failed to be famous for her discoveries of fossils when she was twelve because ________.

A. nobody recognized them B. they weren't worth studying

C. she didn't want to be known to anyone D. she sold them for money

28. What can we learn about Marie Sklodowska?

A. She studied physics in Poland and got a college education.

B. She made many discoveries together with her husband.

C. She only got one Nobel Prize during her lifetime.

D. She received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on her own.

C

Some scientists say that animals in the ocean are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings. The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves.

Decibels (分贝) measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety-five would have the same effect.

Some scientists have proposed setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in oceans. They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales.

A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that loud noises can seriously injure some animals. The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales’ ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed and become infected.

Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds object to a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research.

Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists suspect that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean.

29. According to the passage