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精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上宁大附中2015-2016学年第一学期期中考试高二英语试卷第一部分听力（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 telephone number did the man want to call? A. . B. . C. .2. Whose house is the biggest? A. Toms. B. Anns. C. Bobs.3. When had they better hand in their homework? A. On Friday. B. On Wednesday. C. Next Monday.4. What does the woman mean? A. She wants the man to help her. B. She doesnt want to trouble the man again. C. She will remember the mans help.5. Where is the woman going? A. To the 21st Road. B. To the New Apartments. C. To the Park Apartments.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，你将有时问阅读各个小题，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至7题。6. What day does the man like best? A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Friday.7. What subjects does the man like probably? A. Art and Music. B. English and Math. C. Geography and French.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What do we know about California oranges?A. They are sour. B. They are small. C. They have no seeds.9. How many bananas does the man buy? A. Four. B. Five. C. Nine.10. How much are the oranges?A. One dollar. B. Two dollars. C. Three dollars.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. How does John feel at this moment? A. Much better. B. Not very well. C. Very bad.12. What does John think of his illness? A. He has a common cold. B. He just needs some medicine. C. He cant sleep well at night.13. What will John do tomorrow? A. Stay at home. B. Go to the doctor. C. Go to the party.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. How did the woman know the story? A. From the TV. B. From the radio. C. From her sister.15. What did Jack do? A. Get the boy down. B. Run and get help. C. Climb up the cliff.16. What does the woman think of the story? A. Scary. B. Exciting. C. Boring. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the passage mainly about? A. Pyramids around the world. B. The pyramids in Mexico. C. How Mexicans built the pyramids.18. What was on the top of the pyramid of Mexico? A. A tomb. B. A temple. C. A huge stone.19. Which cant people find in Mexico, A. The Pyramid of the Sun. B. The Pyramid of the Moon. C. The Pyramid of the Stars.20. What do we know about the pyramids in Mexico? A. The age of the biggest pyramid. B. Hove people carried the huge stone. C. Where people got modern machines.第二部分: 阅读理解 (共两节，满分30分)第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。AJosh Ferrin was searching for a house for his familyhis wife and two young sons. At the same time, Dennis Bangerter was trying to sell his parents former house. His parents had passed away. Dennis hoped he could find the right family to occupy the house his parents had loved for decades.Josh and his wife had already seen two houses, which they were strongly considering. Then they came to Dennis parents former house. The red-brick house was in need of rebuilding. But there seemed to be something about the house that attracted Josh and he decided to buy it.Josh met with Dennis. He signed the house over to Josh. Within the hour, Josh took the keys and visited his new house with his family. He entered the garage, looking around. At the back of the garage was a workshop. Josh stepped inside. Something on the ceiling caught his eyea small door. Josh got a ladder, climbed up and opened the door. It was dark inside, but Josh could make out some metal boxes. He pulled one out. It was heavy. He carried it down, blew off the dust and opened it. Inside was money, a lot of it, as well as coins, old stamps. Josh headed back and pulled out seven more boxes. Each one held more of the same. He quickly called his wife and the kids. They counted up the money. It was more than $45,000, plenty of money to help rebuild their new house.The kids were excited, trying to put some of the coins into their pockets. But Josh stopped them. “This money doesnt belong to us,” he explained to them. Josh called Dennis. Dennis didnt know that his parents had saved so much money and was thrilled at the discovery.21. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?A. Dennis sold the house to Josh because Josh was his friend.B. Joshs wife didnt want to buy Dennis parents house at first.C. Josh liked Dennis parents house very much.D. Dennis parents hoped Dennis could keep the house.22. Where was the money hiden? A. On the roof of the garage. B. On the ceiling of the workshop.C. On the ceiling of the bedroom. D. On the second floor of the workshop.23. The underlined part “This money doesnt belong to us” in the last paragraph indicates that .A. Josh can earn more money B. Josh is a very honest manC. the kids should find out whom the money belongs toD. the kids do not know how to spend the moneyBOne of the greatest killers in the Western world is heart disease. The death rate (率) from the disease has been increasing at an alarming speed for the past thirty years. Today in Britain, for example, about four hundred people a day die of heart disease. Medical experts know that people can reduce their chances of getting heart disease by exercising regularly, by not smoking, by changing their diets, and by paying more attention to reducing stress (压力) in their work.However, Western health-care systems are still not paying enough attention to the prevention of the disease. There is a need for more programs to educate the public about the causes and prevention of heart disease. Instead of supporting such programs, however, the U.S. health-care system is spending large sums of money on the surgical (外科的) treatment of the disease after it develops. This emphasis (强调) on treatment clearly has something to do with the technological advances that have taken place in the past ten to fifteen years. In this time, modern technology has enabled doctors to develop new surgical techniques.Although there is no doubt that heart surgery can help a large number of people, some people point out that the emphasis on the surgical treatment of the disease has three clear disadvantages. First, it attracts interest and money away from the question of prevention. Second, it causes the costs of general hospital care to rise. After hospitals buy the expensive equipment that is necessary for modern heart surgery, they must try to recover the money they have spent.  To do this, they raise costs for all their patients, not just those patients whose treatment requires the equipment. The third disadvantage is that doctors are encouraged to perform surgery even on patients for whom an operation is unnecessary because the equipment and expert skills are there. A government office recently stated that major heart surgery was often performed even though its chances of success were low. In one type of heart surgery, for example, only 15 percent of patients improved their conditions after the surgery However, more than 100,000 of these operations are performed in the United States every year.24. What effect has modern technology had on medicine?A. It has reduced the costs of medical treatment. B. It has helped save the lives of most patients C. It has encouraged doctors to do more heart surgeries D. It has helped educate people about the prevention of heart disease25. “To do this” (in Paragraph 3) means _.A. to help patients recoverB. to increase the number of heart surgeriesC. to get back the money spent on the equipment D. to buy new equipment for the treatment to heart disease26. The author would agree that _.A. more money should be spent on the prevention of heart diseaseB. heart surgery has helped most patients improve their conditionsC. modern technology has made heart surgery more risky than beforeD. the public have known a great deal about the causes of heart disease27. What would be the best title for the passage?A. The Greatest Killer in the West B. Heart Disease: Treat or PreventC. Modern Technology and Heart Surgery D. Heart Surgery: Advantages and DisadvantagesCAII the excitement that is normally associated with California eventually narrows down to Los Angeles. So keep reading to find out more about some of the best things to do in Los Angeles with your kids.Fun at the beachIf youre too tired to do any sightseeing around the city, but dont want to let your kids down, this is the nicest activity you call begin your trip with. A visit to the beach is one of the best things to do when you are in Los Angeles with your kids. While they entertain themselves by boogie-boarding or making sand castles, you can simply lay back and get a suntan.A visit to Disneyland A trip to the City of Angels with your little angels is incomplete without a visit to Disneyland. The joy theyll have from being around all those Disney characters that they know and love will light up your day, too. A visit to the museumsIf you are looking to turn your stay in Los Angeles into an educational one for your kids, you could choose from the myriad(无数) of museums that you could take them to. Starting with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to the California Science Center, or even the Kidspace Museum in Pasadena, you have choices galore. Im sure a visit to all these places, or even a few of them, will give your kids reason to feel smarter, too.A visit to HollywoodHome to a large number of the films we watch, your kids could get to see interesting things from some of the most popular movies ever. Whether it is the theme park of Jurassic Park or Wisteria Lane from the television series Desperate Housewives, Hollywood is a glimpse(一瞥) into all that we find fantastic.28. The text is intended for those who .A. will go on a business trip to CaliforniaB. plan to take a trip to California with their kids C. want to educate their kids by traveling abroad D. are interested in the history and culture of Los Angeles29. Parents who prefer their kids to learn something should choose . A. Disneyland B. Wisteria Lane C. the museums D. the beach30. The author suggests visiting the beach because . A. it provides various sports equipment for people to take exerciseB. parents can take a rest there while their kids enjoy themselves C. it is most attractive to those who want to go sightseeing.D. children can play in the castles while parents are having a rest第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Question: Believe it or not, I am afraid of the coming of every weekend. After busy workdays, I am usually very tired on Friday afternoons. I often watch TV until Friday midnights, eating a lot of snacks. It is common for me to rise at 12 oclock on Saturdays. 31 Please give me some advice on it.Answer: We all hope to have a good time on weekends. 32 Not following a healthy lifestyle will prevent you reaching your health goals. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your weekends.l Plan them out. Too many people start their weekends without a good plan, and end up watching TV. 33 You should spend at least 20 minutes on Thursday nights writing down exactly what you plan to do on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays. And dont fill them with too many activities. After all, you should relax on weekends.l 34 Many people spend their weekends in bed till l2 oclock and then they just dont have the energy to do anything else throughout the day. You can get extra l or 2 hours of sleep on weekends.l Why watch? Play! Do you love watching football games on TV on weekends? If so, why not play the game and be a part of it? 35 There are also many other interesting outdoor sports that you can play, such as tennis, volleyball, basketball, etc.A. Stop spending too much time in bed.B. Many people enjoy playing football on weekdays.C. The best way to enjoy the game is to play it.D. The first step for a healthy weekend is to have a written plan.E. Now I hope to relax myself in a healthy way on weekends.F. Unfortunately, most of us are more likely to eat a lot and end up putting on weight.G. Spend the time doing what you like to do.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）There once was a strange jungle full of boobuan monkeys with long arms and short legs, who spent most of their time adorning(装饰) their arms with brightly colored bracelets（手镯）. They were often 36 by Mambo carrying bracelets and rare things. In one of his visits, he 37 many shiny bracelets, the most beautiful he had 38 taken, and also the most 39 .All boobuans but Nico ran around to get enough bananas to 40 their bracelets. Nico, who thought the bracelets were too expensive, 41 his bananas for future use. 42 as he did not want to miss the visit of Mambo, looked among its rare things for something 43 . He found a box full of strange twisted irons and 44 it. “They are useless, Nico," the seller told Nico, "you can keep them for a couple bananas.”Soon the boobuans monkeys 45 that those bracelets were so heavy that they had difficulty moving their 46 , which was a real 47 to their life. They tried 48 the bracelets, but failed. And then it 49 that everyone wanted bananas from Nico, which were the only ones across the jungle that were not in the trees. 50 , overnight, Nico became the richest and most 51 boobuan in the jungle.The rare twisted irons Nico found as interesting and cheap could be used to do many things. They 52 other boobuans from those stupid bracelets.Thanks to the 53 of Nico, boobuans realized that the price of one thing had nothing to do with its actual 54 , and that getting carried away by the fashion and other messages of the sellers surely would end up with 55 . 36. A. praisedB. greeted C. visitedD. saw37. A. savedB. chose C. fetched D. brought38. A. everB. only C. still D. even39. A. famousB. advanced C. useful D. expensive40. A. pick outB. put aside C. pay forD. search for41. A. keptB. hid C. changed D. grew42. A. So B. ButC. And D. Or43. A. trueB. priceless C. interesting D. valuable44. A. bought B. analysedC. carried D. improved45. A. achievedB. confirmedC. realized D. proved46. A. headsB. hands C. legsD. arms47. A. challengeB. warning C. adventureD. competition48. A. measu