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20142015学年东山二中高二（上）期中考英语试卷第I卷 （两部分，共105分） 2014.11.21第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 请听下面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. Why did the woman have to go home? A. To get her check. B. To get some cash. C. To fetch her ID card.2. What does the man think of the shirt? A. Its made of cotton. B. Its expensive. C. It feels soft. 3. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A player. B. A match. C. A sport.4. Where are the speakers going this evening? A. To the gym. B. To the beach. C. To the cinema.5. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a department. B. At a company. C. At a party. 第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 请听下面5段对话或独自。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。听下面一段材料，回答第6-7题6. How often will the girl attend African Music? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.7. What else is the girl going to take this term? A. Basic Spanish. B. Business classes. C. Spanish Composition.听下面一段材料，回答第89题8. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Take some medicine. B. Call a doctor. C. Go back home and have a rest.9. What will the man do next week? A. Have a business trip. B. Go back to Germany. C. Give the woman a call.听下面一段材料，回答第1012题10. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Friends. B. Hobbies. C. Jobs.11. What does Betty like doing? A. Staying at home. B. Going out to clubs. C. Playing computer games.12. How did the woman hear the news? A. Ian told her about it on Friday. B. Betty told her about it by phone. C. The man just told her about it.听下面一段材料，回答第1316题13. Where are the speakers? A. On the road. B. In a garage. C. In a shop.14. What probably is the woman? A. A writer. B. A model. C. An actress.15. What does the man ask the woman to do in the end? A. Give him her picture. B. Write some words to his wife. C. Fix the car and pay for the repair charge.16. Whom does the damaged car belong to?A. The man. B. The woman. C. The mans wife.听下面一段材料，回答第1720题17. How did the speaker and his companions go to the airport? A. By subway. B. By coach. C. By bus.18. What did the speaker and his companions do at the service station? A. They had lunch. B. They stayed a night. C. They bought the plane tickets.19. Why did the speaker and his companions go back to the service station? A. To fetch the tickets. B. To look for his wallet. C. To fetch their passports.20. How many cream cakes did the speaker eat after he arrived in Paris? A. Three. B. Five. C. Eleven.第二部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分85分）第一节：单项选择（共25小题，每小题1分，满分25分）21. Why dont you bring _ to his attention that youre too ill to work on? A. that B. this C. him D. it22. At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River _, one of the ten largest cities in China. A. does Chongqing lies B. does lie Chongqing C. lies Chongqing D. Chongqing lies23. He has been out of work for three months; as a result, he has to _ on family expenses by one-third. A. cut up B. cut in C. cut down D. cut out24. The teacher told the pupils to sit up in class and listen to him carefully. A. straight B. straightly C. direct D. directly25. Claire had her luggage _ an hour before her plane left. A. check B. checking C. checked D. to check26. I found him _ over by a car on the road. A. running B. run C. ran D. to run27. The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and _ less than 40 pounds must be in a child safety seat. A. being weighed B. to weigh C. weighed D. weighing28. I smelt something _ in the kitchen. Can I call you back in a minute? A. burning B. burnt C. being burnt D. to be burnt29. After-school activities _ the talent in each of the students. A. bring in B. bring out C. bring up D. put forward30. Simon made a big bamboo box _ the little sick bird till it could fly. A. keep B. kept C. keeping D. to keep31. This is not my story, nor _ the whole story. My story plays out differently. A. is there B. there is C. is it D. it is32. _ which university to attend, the girl asked her teacher for advice. A. Knowing not B. Not knowing C. Not known D. Known not33. When I was little, my mother used to sit by my bed, me stories till I fell asleep. A. having toldB. telling C. told D. to tell34. The news she looked forward to at last. A. comeB. coming C. comes D. came35. youve got lots of homework to do, we wont hold a party this weekend. A. In order thatB. But C. Now that D. So that36. When you meet a new word, you can a dictionary. A. look upB. turn for C. refer toD. check37. Many Chinese people eat vegetables per person today as they did in 1969. A. more than twice B. as twice as manyC. twice as many as D. more than twice as many38. In my opinion, he is to attend the important meeting tomorrow. A. possibleB. probable C. likelyD. like39. I appreciate my friends. their help, I have finished the work on time. A. Thanks toB. Without C. But forD. Because40. struck me most in the movie was the fathers deep love for his son. A. ThatB. It C. What D. Which41. He tried to me of the difficulty of the work. A. believeB. convince C. talk D. support42. His book represents a new to the difficulty. A. approachB. way C. method D. manner43. He often helps his teachers and classmates, and is good at almost all his subjects., he is a popular student. A. Whats moreB. In general C. HoweverD. To our surprise44. Stop me and do what you have been told. A. to argue with B. arguing with C. arguingD. to argue45. Only when he failed the exam that he didnt work hard. A. he regretted B. did he regret C. had he regretted D. does he regret第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面的短文，从短文所给出的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the annual school concert todayShe played so  46 that I could not help cheering herThe very 47 reminded me of her experiences of piano practicingWhen she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday presentWith great 48 , she began learning itHowever, when she was no longer 49 , she became sick of it 50 , it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine (常规) of 51 When her first teacher left, my friend 52 me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely AmericanAfter practicing, she would give my daughter some 53 comments(评论), and then point out what should be 54 Every time she came, 55 beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some 56 She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the 57 of playing, but more importantly, to 58 the music and love it” After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessonsSometimes she 59 would like to 60 a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was 61 that you didnt give up my piano lessonsLearning it is like climbing a mountainYoull feel 62 when you are on the wayWhen you look 63 from where you are, you will realize that you have been making 64 But if you 65 , youll never take one more step” That was the very thing I wanted to teach her46Aregularly    Bsmoothly    Ccarefully     Dhappily47Amusic    Bscene    Carrangement  Dpraise48Aexcitement   Bpressure      Cregret     Dunwillingness 49Ayoung    Bfree     Ccurious    Danxious 50AAfter all     BAbove all    CIn all     DFirst of all51A cost   Bpractice     Ceducation    Dshow52Aled    Bsent     C.  directed   Dintroduced53Ausual     Binteresting      C. good    Dhumorous54Aexplained    Bchanged     Cstopped    Dimproved55Aas with    Binstead of   Cexcept for     Dthanks to56Amusic     Bjokes    Cgames    Dsports57Alevels     B skills     Ctraining    Dsecrets58Acreate    Bfollow    C feel     Dread59Aonce     Bthen     Cstill     Deven 60Amake up    Bget back    Cshow off    Dgive away61Anervous    Blucky    Cafraid     Dexcited 62Atired     Beasy     Cafraid     Dexcited63Aahead    Bup     Cdown     Dover64Amistakes    Bchoices    Cprogress    Dtime65Astop Bcontinue    Cdo     Dmove    第三节：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)AI still clearly remember that day. I was on the side of the road for about four hours with my big jeep. I put signs in the windows that said, “Need a jack (千斤顶）. ”As I was about to give up, a truck stopped and a man got off. He looked at the situation, made a judgment and went back to take a jack. After about two hours, we finished the job with sweats. We were both dirty. His wife took a large bottle of water for us to wash our hands. I tried to put $20 in the mans hand, but he wouldnt take it, so I went to give it to his wife as quietly as I could. I asked their little girl where they lived, thinking maybe Id send them a gift. She said they lived in Mexico. They were in Oregon now, so Mommy and Daddy could pick cherries for the next few weeks. After that, they were going to pick peaches and then go back home. After I said goodbye and started going back to my jeep, the girl ran to me and handed me a tamale(玉米粽子)for lunch. I thanked them again and walked back to my jeep. When I opened the tamale, what did I find inside? My $20! I ran to the truck and the guy rolled down his window. He started shaking his head, smiled, and with what looked like great concentration said in English, “Today you, tomorrow me. ” Then he drove away, with his daughter waving to me from the back. This family, working on a seasonal basis where time is money, took a couple of hours to help a stranger while others passed by quietly. Since then Ive helped many people like the Mexican family. I didnt accept their money. Every time I was able to help，I felt as if I was putting something in the bank. 66. From the passage we can know that _. A. the Mexican man couldnt speak EnglishB. $20 was a small amount for the Mexican familyC. the Mexican family came to Oregon for a visitD. the authors jeep broke down on the road67. Why did the author hand the money quietly to the mans wife? A. Because the author thought the Mexican mans wife was a bit greedy. B. Because the Mexican mans wife neednt wash her hands. C. Because the Mexican man had refused to accept it.D. Because the author thought the wife wanted to use the money to buy peaches. 68. The Mexican man helped the author because he tended to think that _. A. it was possible that everyone might get into troubleB. it was quite easy to help the author repair the jeepC. it was completely wrong for others to pass by quietlyD. the author was a polite stranger and deserved the help69. What can we infer from the passage? A. The Mexican family lived a richer life than the author. B. The author was inspired to help others by the Mexican family. C. The Mexican family did seasonal work in Oregon in previous years. D. What made the author cry was the tamale given by the girl. BAre some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence (智力) developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some degree our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and different surroundings. Thus the limits of persons intelligence are fixed at birth, and whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This idea, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two twins, they are very likely to be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this shows that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in touch with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence. 70. If a child is born with low intelligence, he can _. A. reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundingsB. not reach his intelligence in his lifeC. become a geniusD. still become a genius if he should be given special education71. In Paragraph 2, the underlined sentence “if we take two unrelated people at random from population” means “_. ”A. if we take out two different personsB. if we pick any two personsC. if we choose two persons who have relationsD. if we choose two persons with different intelligence72. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows _. A. the part that birth plays B. the importance of their relations C. the role of environment on in