2014—2015学年下学期高二期中考试英语试题

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注意事项：

答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在试题卷的答题卡上。

选择题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。非选择题用黑色字迹钢笔或签字直接答在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。

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 does the woman ask the man to look after?

A. Her pets. B. Her kids. C. Her plants.

2. What does the girl want to do?

A. Go to bed. B. Continue reading. C. Buy a book.

3. Where are the speakers?

A. In a bookstore. B. In a classroom. C. In a professor’s office.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Cigarette-smoking. B. Forest fires. C. Human activity.

5. What’s the relationship between the speakers?

A. Teacher and student. B. Parent and teacher. C. Parent and child.

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. Who is the man?

A. A doctor. B. A visitor. C. A friend.

7. Where will the woman go tomorrow?

A. To the hospital. B. To her kid’s school. C. To her office.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

What job experience did Bob have when in college?

A. He wrote articles for a newspaper.

B. He worked for a magazine.

C. He served as a journalist.

How does the woman feel about Bob?

A. She is annoyed with him. B. She is satisfied with him. C. She is not quite sure about him.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What did Bonnie receive as a gift?

A. A new car. B. A large sum of money. C. A new piece of jewelry.

Who might Clyde be?

A. Bonnie’s brother. B. Bonnie’s father. C. Bonnie’s boyfriend.

According to the man, what will probably happen in the future?

A. Bonnie’s present will cause even more problems.

B. Bonnie will receive more big presents.

C. Bonnie will not accept the apology.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does the man complain about first?

A. The smell. B. The music. C. The apartment.

14. Who lives in 4B?

A. The woman’s son. B. The man’s friend. C. The owner’s son.

15. What is the area around the apartment zoned for?

A. Agricultural use. B. Industrial factories. C. Military exercises.

16. How does the man probably feel in the end?

A. Satisfied. B. Frustrated. C. Nervous.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is wrong with the man?

A. He doesn’t feel pain in his body.

B. He never gets hurt feeling.

C. He falls down too much.

18. Who makes fun of the man?

A. His classmates. B. His colleagues. C. His neighbors.

19. What does the man decide to do in the future?

A. Work with children. B. Study to be a doctor. C. Join a professional football team.

20. What do we know about the man?

A. He used to feel annoyed. B. His disease has been cured. C. He is mean to his classmates.

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21.The new system has been designed to give all students in rural areas quick and easy ______to digital resources of library.

A. approach B. access C. absence D. approval

22. ________is an issue which gets a lot of attention these days — whether it means preserving old buildings, or protecting the environment.

A. conduct B. conversation C. certificate D. conservation

23. Just as the clothes a person wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time, his house ______ his personality.

A. reflects B. distributes C. recommends D. contradicts

24. I am sure that you will make yourself understood better if you _____ your words with various gestures.

A. abandon B .accompany C. govern D. target

25. Google, the leading company in self-driving technology, has planned to have driverless cars ______ on public roads.

A. left out B. cut out C. dried out D. tested out

26. The aim of this dictionary is to help Chinese students of English major overcome many difficulties which they may ______in reading.

A. come across B. come out C. come about D. come over

27. The new policy will be _____ to the elders a lot that people over 65 can take buses free of charge in China.

A. suitable B. opposite C. bound D. beneficial

28. Though some people insist that English exam should be cancelled, most people consider it ______, saying it will cause greater trouble to education reform.

A. absurd B. abundant C. adequate D. autonomous

29. CCTV has apologized for last night's big fire, in which a firefighter died and five firemen ______escaped death when a staircase collapsed beneath their feet.

A. firmly B. narrowly C. urgently D. relevantly

30.In recent years, the frequent occurrence of the air crash has left the airlines around the world desperately _______ thorough re-examination.

A. in favor of B. in memory of C. in need of D. in honor of

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Many times we try to impress others by pursuing self-perfection and self-respect to some extent. I spent much time trying to achieve perfection in every dimension of my life.  Surrounded by a supportive family and a lot of friends, I was a happy kid. But growing up was really 31 and even scary sometimes.

During my childhood, I was constantly involved in something that included people’s viewing my achievements or my 32. I wanted everyone’s praise and acceptance, but I was my own toughest critic (挑剔的).

After I graduated from high school, my 33 to be “thin” began to trouble me. I began trying to diet by 34 my food.

In the beginning, I felt great—attractive and successful, almost superhuman. I even thought that I was better than everyone else. What I didn’t see was that I was slowly 35 myself.

People around me began to 36 my weight loss. They said with concern. “You’re losing too much weight.” “Elisa, you’re so thin.” All their words only suggested that I was getting closer to “ 37 ” .

Sadly, I took my physical appearance the first important matter in my life, 38 that it was the way to become successful and accepted.

Then I 39 my food more and more, until a(n) 40 day consisted of half a teaspoon of nonfat yoghurt and coffee in the morning, and a cup of grapes at night.

But my poor nutrition began to cause me to lose 41 . Then one night, like many nights before, I couldn’t sleep , and my heart felt 42 it might beat out of my chest. I tried to 43 for help, but I couldn’t. The beating became so rapid and so strong that I could no longer 44 . What I had done to diet 45 caused me to have a heart attack. I stood up, and immediately fell down. I was really 46 , and I knew I needed help. My roommate 47 me to the hospital, beginning the long road to my 48 . It took a lot—doctors, nurses, nutritionists, food supplements.

And most important, a sense of what was true about myself got back on track with reality. I realized that, with my 49 of trying to be “perfect” on the 50 , I had sacrificed who I was on the inside. What I know now is, we are—each and every one of us—already perfect.

31．A. natural B. easy C. sharp D. hard

32．A. backgrounds B. failures C. scores D. talents

33．A. privilege B. dignity C. desire D. concept

34．A. abolishing B. checking C. controlling D. balancing

35．A. killing B. forgetting C. asking D. questioning

36．A. witness B. oppose C. accept D. notice

37．A. destination B. devotion C. perfection D. attention

38．A. believing B. realizing C. declaring D. pretending

39．A. put away B. set aside C. settled down D. cut down

40．A. pleasant B. typical C. annual D. difficult

41．A. weight B. hope C. satisfaction D. comfort

42．A. even though B. now that C. as though D. ever since

43．A. search B. shout C. apply D. wait

44．A. breathe B. adjust C. remember D. wake

45．A. hardly B. approximately C. recently D. nearly

46．A. annoyed B. scared C. discouraged D. disappointed

47．A. sent B. took C. drove D. rushed

48．A. companion B. victory C. recovery D. health

49．A. decision B. experience C. requirement D. deal

50．A. outside B. face C. mind D. whole

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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A word has suddenly become wildly popular in China—“Tuhao”—which loosely translated means “nouveau riche”(暴发户). It's connected with everything from the new People's Daily building, to expensive celebrity weddings full of bling（锦衣珠宝）, and the new gold-colored iPhone.

In Chinese “tu” means earth and “hao” means rich. To say someone is Tuhao is to imply they come from a poor peasant background, and have become rich quickly—but don't quite have the proper manners to go along with it. It's almost like the term “nouveau riche”, says Professor Steve Tsang at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in Nottingham—but has even more negative meanings, suggesting a certain vulgarity(粗俗).

“Tuhao” is actually an old word—dating back perhaps as far as the Southern Dynasty 1,500 years ago —but it has always meant something rather different. During the communist revolution, it was widely used to refer to landholders who would bully(欺侮)those beneath them.

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