宜昌金东方高级中学2015年春季学期期中考试高二英语试卷

考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分

第I卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（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 did the boy finally get?

A．A colorful bike. B．A blue bike. C．A white bike.

2．How long does the woman plan to stay?

A．About seven days. B．About five days. C．About twelve days.

3．What do we know about the man?

A．He is making coffee.

B．He has a pain in his hands.

C．He is busy painting.

4．What did the woman do last night?

A．She saw a movie.

B．She went to her sister’s.

C．She watched a football game.

5．What time will Cathy go to the party?

A．Before seven. B．Around six thirty. C．After seven.

第二节（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 kind of dress does the lady get?

A．A cotton dress Size 9. B．A special dress Size 8. C．A silk dress Size 7.

7．How much is the change?

A．$10. B．$6. C．$16.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What did the man do during these weeks?

A．He rode to the country several times.

B．He spent his holidays away from the city.

C．He managed to visit the tower.

9．How does the man feel about what he’s done?

A．He feels regretful. B．He feels content. C．He feels disappointed.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．Who is the woman most probably speaking to?

A．A passenger. B．A railway man. C．A conductor.

11．What do we know about the train?

A．It takes half an hour to Sevenoaks. B．It is for long journey travelers. C．It is a slow train.

12．What is the woman going to do then?

A．To change to another train. B．To give up the journey. C．To buy a ticket for this train.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A．Husband and wife. B．Son and mother. C．Father and daughter.

14．What does the woman tell the man about?

A．The big storm. B．The power station. C．The sharp cry in the dark.

15．What is the first thing the man is going to do?

A．To buy some candles. B．To make a phone call. C．To go back home.

16．Which of the following can best describe the woman’s feeling?

A．Fearless. B．Helpless. C．Hopeless.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．According to the speaker, how will students feel about the university life at its beginning?

A．Excited and fearful. B．Excited and tired. C．Excited and anxious.

18．What will help the students to become clear about their own goals?

A．Walking around the university.

B．Understanding the university requirements.

C．Getting used to university life.

19．Why does the speaker advise the students not to give up learning?

A．Because learning can help them understand their own value.

B．Because learning can help them improve their life.

C．Because learning can help them get university degrees.

20．According to the speaker, what is the most important for the new students?

A．Fields of learning. B．Results of learning. C．Ways of learning.

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。

A

The associates I hired in my bicycle and lawn mower (割草机) shop like myself were never perfect; however, they were excellent. Working with them as they improved taught me new ways to show forgiveness, understanding, and patience.

One day the placement officer asked me to interview a young man who was having trouble finding a job. He told me that David was a little shy, did not talk much and was afraid to go on with interviews. He requested that I give David an interview just for practice. He plainly told David that I had no positions open at the time and the interview was just for practice.

When David came in for the interview, he hardly said a word. I told him what we did at the bicycle shop and showed him around. I told David to keep showing up because the number one thing an employer wanted in an associate was dependability.

David was very quiet (he was evaluated as a slow learner in school). Every ten days or so, for weeks after the interview, David walked into the bicycle shop and stood by the front door. He never said a word, just stood by the door.

One day, shortly before Christmas, a large truck came to the shop, packed with 250 new bicycles. It had to be unloaded right away or the driver would leave.

It was raining. Some of my workers (without physical limitations) chose not to brave the weather to get into work, so I was short-handed. It seemed everything was going wrong and on top of it, David came into the front door and just stood there. I looked at him and shouted, “Well, all right! Fill out a time card and help me unload this truck!”

David worked for my bicycle shop for eighteen years. He came to work every day thirty minutes early. He could talk; however, he rarely chose to. He drove my truck and made deliveries. The customers would praise David, saying, “He doesn’t talk, but he really shows you how to operate a lawn mower!”

21. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Your team members do not have to be perfect B. Do more and say less

C. Have the right attitude towards work D. A worker who keeps showing up

22. The author gave David an interview to ________.

A. find a person who is reliable B. find a part-time worker in need

C. give him some practice D. show sympathy for him

23. The author finally hired David because ________.

A. there were no other workers in the shop then B. he needed someone who was willing to work then

C. David kept showing up D. he realized David was dependable

B

Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can’t talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.

Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the “hurt” adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.

Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.

Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don’t make nests. Instead, they get into other birds’ nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.

Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner’s hand and start fighting again.

Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don’t hear them, and they don’t need to share their food.

As children, many of us learn the saying “You can’t fool Mother Nature.” But maybe you can’t trust her, either.

24. A plover protects its young from a predator by______.

A. getting closer to its young B. driving away the adult predator

C. leaving its young in another nest D. pretending to be injured

25. By “Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky” (paragraph 5), the author means______.

A. chimps are ready to attack others B. chimps are sometimes dishonest

C. chimps are jealous of the winners D. chimps can be selfish too

26. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.

B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner’s hand.

C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.

D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.

27. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. Do animals lie? B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?

C. How do animals learn to lie? D. How does honesty help animals survive?

C

“I want to be just like you. You are from uptown, aren’t you?” the young man asked in the local slang with a broad smile unaware of the burning tropical sun. Selling bags of potatoes at the roadside, his extra-large T shirt and faded blue jeans were a proof to the universal influence of American pop culture in Africa. I had accepted a seat at his potato stand to take a break before concluding business in Accra that afternoon. Between busy sales serving customers stuck in traffic, he asked numerous questions about life in America, convinced that having a visa to the United States was like winning the lottery. How could I tell him that I envied his simple life and childish innocence when I was guilty of the silent culture that has helped to create a false image of Africans living abroad?

Outwardly, I looked like the poster boy for success visiting from the United States. My white designer shirt and matching pants were straight from the shopping malls in Detroit, where I worked as an engineer. Inwardly, I was caught in a web of ambition and cultural disappointment. My clothes suggested wealthy, yet I could not afford the numerous requests for money or to make gifts of my belongings. Uncles and aunties who were prepared to mortgage（抵押）their homes to help me leave 10 years ago now expected me to finance cousins hoping to make the same move to the United States.

America had fulfilled my ambition for furthering my education and professional experien