江西省新余市2014-2015年度高二年级上学期期末统考英语试卷

2015年2月

命题人：邹桂芽 审题人：胡 珍

注意事项：

?本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

2.?答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填、涂在本试卷的答题卡/机读卡上相应的位置。

3.?全部答案在答题卡/机读卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。

4.?考试结束后，将答题卡和机读卡交回。

第I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 简短对话（共5小题；每小题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 time is it now?

A. 9: 00. B. 8: 00. C. 7: 30.

2. What are they going to do?

　A. Have a rest. B. See a film. C. Do some shopping.

3. Where probably are the two speakers?

　A. In a restaurant. B. At a studio. C. At a concert.

4. How much will the woman pay for the pillows?

　A. ＄4. B. ＄7. C. ＄8.

5. Who went to attend the meeting in the end?

　A. John. B. The woman. C. William.

第二节 对话或独白（共15小题；每小题1.5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. What will Mark do this morning?

　A. Go shopping. B. Write an article. C. Take some photographs.

7. When will the two speakers have lunch?

　A. At 10:00 a.m. B. At 1:00 p.m. C. At 12:00 a.m.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How much is the rent of the apartment for one year?

　A. ＄3,000. B. ＄3,600. C. ＄300.

9. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The man doesn’t like the apartment.

B. The man has decided to move in it.

C. The man wants to discuss about it with his family.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What kind of music does the man like best?

A. Jazz. B. Pop music. C. Classical music.

11. What can we learn about Jack Johnson?

A. He is a jazz singer B. He used to be a surfer. C. He likes the beach.

12. What are the two speakers going to do?

A. Go to the beach. B. Buy some CDs. C. Listen to the music.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why can’t the man wait to see the dentist?

A. He has already had an appointment. B. He has a terrible toothache.

C. He doesn’t have any medicine.

14. When did the man have his toothache?

A. At 10:00 a.m. B. At 7:00 a.m. C. At 8:00 a.m.

15. What day is it today?

A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.

16. What can we know about the dentist from the conversation?

A. He is booked up today. B. Few people like to see him. C. He usually works at weekend nights.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why does the speaker always carry the iPod touch?

A. To talk with his friends. B. To pass time enjoyably. C. To work while traveling.

18. The speaker does the following things with the Internet EXCEPT .

A. reading newspapers and checking out information

B. keeping in touch with family and friends

C. listening to music and playing computer games

19. What do we know about life ten or fifteen years ago?

A. People enjoyed life more. B. The Internet first came into use then.

C. It was harder for people to get in touch online.

20. Why does the speaker think the sun is very important for his life?

A. It makes him more active. B. It allows him to think over. C. It gives him a feeling of comfort.

第二部分??阅读理解（共两节，共20小题；每题2分，满分40分）

??（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

This was spring. One day in spring four men were riding on horseback along a country road. These men were lawyers, and they were going to the next town to attend court.

There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dripping from the trees, and the grass was wet.

The four lawyers rode along, one behind another; for the pathway was narrow, and the mud on each side of it was deep. They rode slowly, and talked and laughed and were very happy.

As they were passing through a row of small trees, they heard a great fluttering（振抖） over their heads and a weak cry in the grass by the roadside.

Some voice came from the green branches above them.

Some voice came from the wet grass.

The ground was wet. It is obvious that there had been a heavy wind and rain. And soon, one of the men, Speed, recognized that the sounds were from the robins（知更鸟). They came to the grass, and found there were two robins were in the grass. It was probable that the birds had been blown out of their nest by the storm. The birds were hurt and their mother was very worried about it. The birds were in danger!

Lincoln believed that something should be done to help the birds. But his companions did not think it important. They went away, but Lincoln stayed.

The three men, as they passed, looked down and saw the little birds fluttering in the cold, wet grass. They saw the mother robin flying about, and crying to her mate.

Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they had forgotten about the birds.

But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, stopped. He got down from his horse and very gently took the little ones up in his big warm hands.

They did not seem frightened, but shouted softly, as if they knew they were safe. Mr. Lincoln wanted to put the little birds into their nest. Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen. It was high, much higher than he could reach.

But Mr. Lincoln could climb. He had climbed many a tree when he was a boy. He put the birds softly, one by one, into their warm little home. Two other baby birds that had not fallen out were there. All joined down together and were very happy.

Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a spring to give their horses water. And soon they found Mr. Lincoln lost.

They were surprised to find that Abraham Lincoln was not with them. They waited by the spring.

In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln joined them. His shoes were covered with mud; he had torn his coat on the tree. When they saw Mr. Lincoln come, they asked him where he had been. After Mr. Lincoln told them he had helped the birds in need, the three lawyers were in surprise.

"Well, we always thought you were a hero," said Mr. Speed. "Now we know it."

Then all three of them laughed heartily. They thought it so foolish that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless young birds.

"Gentlemen," said Mr. Lincoln, "I could not have slept tonight, if I had left those helpless little robins to die in the wet grass."

Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman. He was elected president. Next to Washington he was the greatest American.

21. What were the four men going to do?

A. To go to the forest B. To go to have dinner

C. To go home D. To go to work

22. What does the underlined word dripping mean?

A. dropping B. fly up C. jump up D. pull up

23. The other three men stopped at a spring because .

A. they were tired B. they were waiting for Lincoln

C. they wanted to drink some water D. they wanted to give their horses water

24. The reason why Lincoln’s coat got torn is that .

A. he climbed up the tree to help the bird

B. he was poor

C. he thought it not necessary

D. the clothing tears easily

B

It does not have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day – and your life. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you a chance to fine-tune who you are, and build on lessons of what you have learned. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life, instead of thinking in the same old ways, hoping for a different outcome.

Be flexible, and keep an open mind to start each day anew! Flexibility is the key! Ask yourself: How do you wake up each day? Do you start your day going already feeling pressured and rushed? Do you go through the morning routine without much thought at all, doing what you “have to do” to start your day? How about starting each new day with a moment to stop, breathe and think of a positive intention for the day.

Each day is a new beginning. How would you like to create your day? Think of it as a blank canvas – what would you like to paint on it. What can you create? If you wake up in a negative mindset, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your canvas will not reflect hope, happiness and joy.

If you take each day to think positively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? What positive outcome can reflect your positive intention? What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an “attitude of gratitude.”

Visualizing how you would like your day will help release positive energy from within you and you will attract more positive energy from those around you. Instead of spinning your wheels in an old way of thinking, each day is a chance to reframe and re-look at things in a different way. You can experience each day an awe in the beauty and creation of the world – and the beauty of you who is in it!

You find yourself shifting from an “”I can’t mindset” to an “I can mindset.” With a focus on positive intentions, you feel more empowered and more like a “victor” than a “victim.”

You pay more attention to the present, and you will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don’t want to live there! So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day?

25. The first paragraph mainly tells us_____________.

A. we should make every day a new start B. January 1st is the most important day

C. learning is helpful in reinventing ourselves D. we needn’t change ourselves at all

26. If you have daily positive intentions, you will____________.

A. get a positive result B. have a busy life

C. get gifts from others D. be a complete loser

27. From the passage we can learn that____________.

A. past regrets or hurts can make you older and wiser