揭阳第一中学2014-2015学年度第二学期

高二级第二次阶段考试英语科试题

命题人：黄桂玲 姚夏敏 审题人：林郁珊

第一部分I 听力（共两节，满分15分）

第一节 听力理解（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

听下面一段对话，回答第1-2题。

1. Why is the man going to Europe in late July?

A. To visit his history teacher. B. To visit some relics there. C. To have a rest.

2. What will the man do in the evenings?

A. Surf the net for some information. B. Talk with his mother. C. Develop his films.

听下面一段对话，回答第3-5题。

3. What does the man think the gold cup was used for in the past?

A. Drinking wine. B. Drinking tea. C. Holding soup.

4. Why is the gold cup more valuable now, according to the man?

A. It was used by the rich once. B. It is a symbol of social status. C. It is really rare now.

5. What does the woman want to do next?

A. Buy the man a souvenir. B. Look at other items. C. Leave the museum.

听下面一段对话，回答第6-8题。

6. What’s the purpose of the History and Archaeology website?

A. To answer questions and provide information.

B. To call on historians to sign up for online groups.

C. To provide visitors with access to meet archaeologists.

7. How many fairs or forums does the website have?

A. 12. B. 8. C. 6.

8. What items may not be found on the website or at the fair and forums?

A. Items from the last century’s two world wars.

B. Items from wars in the Middle Ages.

C. Items from the Greek or Roman era.

听下面一段对话，回答第9-10题。

9. Where does the woman work at present?

A. In Los Angeles. B. In Bangkok. C. In San Francisco.

10. Which of the following is the woman’s opinion?

A. Learn to do massage as early as possible.

B. Continuing to learn and explore is very important.

C. Gaining knowledge through living is more important.

第二节 听取信息（共5小题，每小题１分，共5分）

Rules of visiting the ice sculpture exhibition hall

1

Don’t _____11______ indoors.



2

Put away your cameras when you see the “No photo” sign.

Go to _____12_____ to get some pictures for free.



3

Leave your _______13_______ at the tourist service center.



4

 Talk quietly and do not _____14______ other visitors.



5

 Remember the operating hours, and leave the hall _____15____ minutes before it closes.



第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap.

On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is. “ What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”， “pitiful”， and “dying”， which sounded ominous.

“Christmas was coming. Don't expect any presents this year，” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears. I'd never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He's all right？” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home！”

“Thank God！” I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

16. What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?

A. He got a baby brother. B. He got a Christmas gift.

C. He became four years old. D. He received a doll.

17. What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Impossible. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Fearful.

18. The sock the author hung in the living room are probably used to ________.

A. decorate the room B. receive gifts C. amuse his doll brother D. wear on Christmas

19. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

A. Excitement. B. Happiness. C. Sadness. D. Disappointment.

20. What is the passage mainly about?

A. A sad Christmas day B. Life with a lovely baby

C. A special Christmas gift. D. Memories of a happy family

B

The Ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young，as part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day.

More than 15 percent of the Chinese youth have been found with mental problems，and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression，the Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily reported.

The World Health Organization estimated that before 2020，the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent，and mental problems will become a major factor behind death and illness in the young worldwide.

Deng Xiaohong，the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau，said rapid social change is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems.

If these mental diseases are not addressed on time，occurrence of crime，drugtaking and other dangerous behavior are expected to rise.

Experts said mental disease could be caused by many factors，such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well，unstable emotions and pressure from the overload of study. A number of experts have also said the one-child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young.

Children were said to be too “spoiled” and “selfish” in one-child families. Schools in many cities were reported to roll out measures to help students maintain their mental well-being. Yin Jingmiao，a teacher of the Beijing No. 105 Middle School，told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month. “Students can be arranged to have 40-minute counseling sessions，” Yin said. The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams，to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.

21．What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To urge awareness on mental health of the young.

B．To give the details of the problems the Chinese youth are facing today.

C．To recommend that schools should invite more psychologists to help solve the mental problems among the youth.

D．To show us the causes of the mental problems among students.

22．The underlined word “addressed” in the fifth paragraph most probably means ________.

A．talked about B．dealt with C．satisfied D．introduced

23．From the passage we can know that the causes of mental problems are mainly the following EXCEPT ________.

A．one-child policy B．lack of ability to handle interpersonal relations well

C．lack of special training in mental health D．heavy burden from study

24．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．By 2020，about 50 percent of the students in China will have mental problems.

B．Mental problems mainly appear among the youth while they are seldom seen among adults.

C．China has the largest number of youngsters with psychological problems.

D．Many schools have realized the problem and taken measures.

25．We can infer that to bring down the occurrence of mental problems among the youth， _______.

A．Attention should be paid to the education of the only child

B．Psychology must be a necessary part of school

C．The government will cancel tests to ease the pressure on the students

D．Rapid social change plays the leading part in causing mental problems

C

Have you seen Jurassic Park? In this film, scientists use DNA kept for tens of millions of years to clone dinosaurs. They find trouble, however, when they realize that the cloned creatures are smarter and more dangerous than expected. That’s nothing more than a fiction.

But could we really clone endangered animals?

To date, the most successful attempt to do so was the cloning of a gaur, a rare ox-like animal from southeast Asia. Scientists used a cow to bring the cloned baby gaur, named Noah. Two days after birth, however, Noah died from a common bacterial infection. Other endangered species that may be cloned include the African bongo antelope (邦戈羚羊), the Sumatran tiger, the cheetah (猎豹), and the giant panda.?Next, could we really clone extinct animals?

In theory? Yes. To do this, you need a well-kept source of DNA from the extinct animals such as wool mammoth (毛象), Tasmanian tiger, or even dinosaur, and a closely related species, still living, which could serve as a surrogate mother.

In reality? Probably not. On the one hand, it’s not likely that extinct animals’ DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. Cloning extinct animals as wool mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, or dinosaur is much more difficult due to the lack of properly well-preserved DNA. On the other hand, for example, a gaur can have a cow as a surrogate mother, definitely not a monkey. But what about an extinct animal as unique as the panda? What species could possibly serve as a surrogate mother?

Cloning presents many exciting possibilities. However, even if extinct animals are brought back, they could not survive in today’s world. Not only do most extinct animals have no habitat to live in, but the other plants and animals they depended on for food may also be gone as well.?

26. It can be learned from the passage that ________.

A. scientists have cloned the African bongo antelope

B. both the cheetah and the giant panda live in Asia

C. t