唐山一中2014—2015学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷

命题人：李素艳 周艳红 张晶晶 刘溪

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第Ⅰ卷

注意事项：

1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2. 选出每小题答案后，用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。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20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（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 want to do?

A. Give the paper to the boss.

B. Stop working on the paper.

C. Finish the paper in three hours.

2. How does the man come to the store?

A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bike.

3. What does the woman find difficult when learning English?

A. Vocabulary. B. Grammar. C. Pronunciation.

4. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Animals. B. A TV programme. C. Sports.

5. What does the woman mean?

A. She loves living in New York.

B. It is convenient to live in New York.

C. New York’s weather is bad.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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6至7题。

6. What do the speakers agree?

A. Folk music is more beautiful than rock.

B. Heavy metal makes a lot of noise.

C. Hip hop’s rhythm is good.

7. What are the speakers going to do tonight?

A. Talk more about music. B. Go to a concert. C. Listen to some rock music.

听第7段材料， 回答8至10题。

8. What does the man want to buy?

A. Trousers. B. A shirt. C. A dress.

9. What colour shirt did the woman buy?

A. Red. B. Black. C. White.

10. Where is the new department store?

A. Behind a bank. B. Opposite a barber’s. C. Near a market.

听第8段材料， 回答11至13题。

11. What relation is the woman to Jack Steve?

A. His college teacher. B. His shcoolmate. C. His former colleague.

12. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Interview Jack Steve right now.

B. Give him some information on Jack Steve.

C. Persuade Jack Steve to work in his company.

13. What is Jack Steve’s weakness?

A. He is not creative.

B. He forgets things sometimes.

C. He lacks knowledge about the Internet.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What did David Bardreth do in his early forties?

A. He had his first novel published.

B. He began to write poems and stories.

C. He gave up writing.

15. How did David Bardreth’s friends feel when he left teaching?

A. Happy. B. Understanding. C. Puzzled.

16. At what time does David Bardreth usually start work?

A. About 7:00 a.m. B. About 8:00 a.m. C. About 2:00 p.m.

17. Where does David Bardreth prefer to get information when writing?

A. From books. B. From friends. C. From the Internet.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How long have the speaker and her husband been married?

A. For about 1.5 years. B. about 2.5 years. C. For about 4 years.

19. Why does the speaker find it hard to live in a village in England?

A. She doesn’t have any neighbours.

B. She is not used to the quiet life there.

C. She can’t play any sports except tennis.

20. What do we know about the speaker?

A. She likes going to the pub.

B. She will move to London.

C. She wants to return to Singapore.

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

A girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from an incurable disease with days numbered.

The girl was assigned to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad. Their living conditions were not satisfactory while the old man had a lot of savings. She was expected to comfort him and keep up his spirits.

Every Saturday the girl came on time to keep him company, telling him stories. When he was having an intravenous drip (静脉滴注), she would help massage his arms. The doctor found the patient much improved mentally. The old man began to involve himself actively in the medical treatment and he seldom shouted at others.

But something that happened made the doctor uneasy and puzzled. Each time the girl left, the old man would give her some money. The doctor did nothing to interfere (干涉), unwilling to offend the old man. A month later the old man showed evident signs of decline after suffering coma (昏迷) a few times.

When rescued from the latest coma, the old man told the doctor his last wish, “I have deep sympathy for the girl. Will you be kind enough to help her finish her studies？”

But the doctor knew that her family was well-off and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. Sometimes she even came to the hospital in her father’s car.

When the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man, the doctor told her the bad news. She was very sad and burst into tears. Then she handed $ 500 to the doctor, saying, “The old man had all along thought I came to do the job because of poverty. He gave me money so that I could continue my schooling.” Now he got the answer to the puzzle. In the last period of his life, the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl badly in need.

21. If you’re a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, what kind of people do you have to attend to?

A. Patients with a lot of money.

B. Patients suffering from cancer.

C. Patients without many days left.

D. Patients living alone.

22. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The doctor told the old man the truth.

B. The old man’s children were wealthy.

C. The girl’s father encouraged her to accept the money.

D. The girl didn’t accompany the old man when he died.

23. What is the real reason resulting in the old man’s mental improvement?

A. The girl’s love and great care.

B. The pleasure of helping people in need.

C. The doctor’s medical treatment.

D. His children’s progress in life.

B

The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.

Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.

Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Raphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.

James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.

24. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. The life of Charles Willson Peale. B. Portraits in the 18th century.

C. The Peale Museum. D. A family of artists.

25. The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that _______.

A. Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike

B. Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work

C. Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale

D. the painting of the two brothers was very large

26. Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?

A. Titian Peale. B. Rubens Peale. C. Raphaelle Peale. D. Sarah Miriam Peale.

27. The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.

A. puzzled B. excited C. admiring D. disappointed

C

The way we get about has a deep influence on the way we live－affecting where we set up home, work and holiday. So what changes might come in the way we get around? What big ideas are out there, and do they have any chance of coming true?

Personal Air Travel

The idea: flying cars

Developments in light small plane technology will make it possible for everyone to own what are, in fact, flying cars. They will have closed cabins, heating, stereos and room for two people.

You will take off from a field near your home and fly to towns and cities. After landing, you will take off the fixed wing and continue your journey by road just as if you were traveling by car.

Fuel efficient engines and the advantage of being able to travel in the sky will keep costs and the environmental influence down.

Flying for Fun

The idea: Jet Packs

The idea was a hit when a stuntman (特技演员) flew around on one during the opening ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, which was very successful.

You’ll be able to use the equipment－roughly the size of two scuba tanks fastened to your back－for short journeys.

They will be handy for cleaning hard-to-reach windows, arriving in style at a party and shopping.

Taxis

The idea: driverless taxis

These computer-controlled taxis will take you wherever you want along a fixed route, whenever you want to go.

For the price of one person’s bus fare, several people can ride at speeds of up to 25 mph, and there will be fences to guard against accidents.

There will be little, if any, wait for the use of the taxis, which will leave from stations and will be used by prepaid cards.

The taxis, which will travel on a 1.5 m-wide track, will use 75% less energy per passenger than a car and 50% less than a bus.

28. The passage is mainly about ________.

A. future travel B. big ideas and dreams

C. advanced technology D. the influence of travel

29. We learn from the