广东省深圳市第三高级中学2011-2012学年高二英语下学期期中考试试题.doc

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1、深圳市第三高级中学2011-2012学年度第二学期期中考试高二英语试题卷本试题分选择题和非选择题两部分，共8页，满分135分。考试用时120分钟一、语言知识及应用（共两节。满分45分）第一节 完形填空(共15小题。每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后从1-15各题所给出的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day. This is so _1_ tha

2、t there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one _2_ understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process is not as _3_ as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant _4_. We might expect that the flowers,

3、 without any information about the time of day, did not open as they _5_ do. As a matter of fact, they _6_ to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious(神秘的) way of knowing the _7_. Their sense of time does not _8_information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, in

4、side them, a kind of “inner clock”.This _9_ may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also _10_ , including man, have this “inner clock” which _11_ the working of their bodies and influences their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this myster

5、ious _12_. Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.In the past, this did not really _13_ because people lived in natural condition. In the _14_ world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a

6、 lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very _15_, then, to know more about the “inner clock”. Such things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.1. A. familiarB. strangeC. similarD. special来2. A. partlyB. personallyC. reallyD. willingly3. A. complexB. simpleC. mature

7、D. meaningful4. A. quietnessB. darknessC. lonelinessD. sadness5. A. finallyB. completelyC. physicallyD. normally6. A. refusedB. decidedC. continuedD. failed7. A. timeB. secretC. processD. study8. A. deal withB. add toC. give awayD. depend on9. A. discoveryB. activityC. inventionD. method10. A. beast

8、sB. animalsC. strangersD. humans11. A. controlsB. studiesC. measuresD. destroys12. A. worldB. flowerC. powerD. experiment来13. A. happenB. existC. matterD. work14. A. ancientB. modernC. wonderfulD. peaceful15. A. hardB. expensiveC. convenientD. important第二节 语法填空（共10小题。每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和

9、上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。 A farmer and his son were taking their ass(驴) to a market. They wanted to sell it. They passed a group of girls, 16 laughed at how foolish the farmer was to have an ass and 17 (walk), so the farmer put his son 18 the ass. Further down th

10、e road, they passed some old people who scolded the farmer for allowing his young son to ride 19 said that he should be riding himself . Further along the road, they passed some travelers who said that if he wanted to sell the ass the two of them should carry him 20 the ass would be exhausted and wo

11、rthless. So the farmer and his son bound the asss legs to a pole and carried him. When they approached the town, people there laughed at the sight of them. The noise was so loud 21 the ass was frightened to 22 (die). He kicked out and 23 (fall) off a bridge into the river and drowned.The 24 (embarra

12、ss) farmer and son went home with nothing, except the lesson that you will achieve nothing by trying to please 25 .二、阅 读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解(共20小题。每小题2分, 满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIt was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuc

13、a about his plans for the future. “Im going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” DeLuca recalls saying. “Buck said, You should open a sandwich shop.” That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check

14、 for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldnt cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000. But business didnt go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didnt know how badly, because we didnt have any fi

15、nancial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs. DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. Theyd meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for

16、keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, We are so successful, we are opening a second store.” And they didin the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error. But the partners learn-as-you-go approach tu

17、rned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasnt necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established re

18、ally helped out,” DeLuca says. And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” DeLuca adds. DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.26. DeLuca opened the first sandwic

19、h shop in order to _.A. support his familyB. pay for his college educationC. help his partner expand businessD. do some research27. Which of the following is true of Buck?A. He put money into the sandwich business.B. He was a professor of business administration.C. He was studying at the University

20、of Bridgeport.D. He rented a storefront for DeLuca.28. What can we learn about their first shop?A. It stood at an unfavorable place.B. It lowered the prices to promote sales.C. It made no profits due to poor managementD. It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches29. They decided to open a seco

21、nd store because they _.A. had enough money to do it.B. had succeeded in their businessC. wished to meet the increasing demand of customersD. wanted to make people believe that they were successful30. What contribute most to their success according to the author?A. Learning by trial and error.B. Mak

22、ing friends with suppliers.C. Finding a good partner.D. Opening chain stores.BThere are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which the

23、y consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things.

24、Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy person

25、s would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation（模仿）. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope

26、this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit. Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more t

27、han the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on the

28、mselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any c

29、ontact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.31. People who are unhappy _.A. always consider things differently from othersB. usually are affected by the results of certain thingsC. usually misunderstand w

30、hat others think or sayD. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things32. The underlined phrase in Paragraph 2 sour the pleasure of society most probably means _A. have a good taste with social lifeB. make others unhappyC. tend to scold others openlyD. enjoy the pleasure of life33. We can i

31、nfer from the passage that _.A. we should pity all such unhappy peopleB. such unhappy people are dangerous to social lifeC. people can get rid of the habit of unhappinessD. unhappy people cannot understand happy persons34. If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that

32、 people should _.A. prevent any communication with themB. show no respect and politeness to themC. persuade them to recognize the bad effectsD. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes35. In this passage, the writer mainly _.A. describes two types of peopleB. laughs at the unhappy peopleC.

33、suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappinessD. tells people how to be happy in life CA newly-wedded couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami (海啸).Stefan and Erika Svans

34、trom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately stranded (搁浅) in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europes worst snowstorms.Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by one of the most violent cyclones in the nations history.From ther

35、e, the couple, in their 20s, were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement (水泥) floor of a shopping centre with 2,500 others.Trees were being knocked over and big branches were put down across the streets, Mr. Svanstrom told Swedens Expressen newspaper. We escaped by the skin of our teeth.Mr. Sv

36、anstrom said they then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped burning bush fires.The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude (震级) 6.3 earthquake attacked

37、the city on February 22.Mrs. Svanstrom said, When we got there the whole town was a war zone. We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan.But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japans largest earthquake sin

38、ce records began.The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings, Mr. Svanstrom said. It was like the buildings were swaying back and forth.The family returned to Stockholm on March 29 after a much calmer visit to their last destination China.But Mr. Svanstrom - who also survi

39、ved the devastating (毁灭性的) Boxing Day tsunami that hit southeast Asia in 2004 - said the marriage was still going strong.He added, I know marriages have to experience some difficulties, but I think we have been through most of them. Weve certainly experienced more than our fair share of disasters, b

40、ut the most important thing is that were together and happy.36. The best title for this passage is _.A. Meeting Disasters During Honeymoon B. Six Natural DisastersC. Newly-wed Couple Met Australian Floods D. Japanese Tsunami37. Why were Stefan and Erika Svanstrom stopped in Munich?A. Christchurch ea

41、rthquake stopped them.B. Because of Europes worst snowstorm.C. The plane was damaged.D. The trains broke down.38. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The family were stuck in a mall of Australia for twenty-four hours. B. The earthquake the Svanstroms experienced in Tokyo was the largest

42、 one since records began in Japan. C. During their stay in New Zealand, they also visited a war zone in the town.D. The Svanstroms didnt experience any disaster in China.39. The Svanstroms thought that Christchurch of New Zealand was _.A. disordered B. interesting C. beautiful D. shaking40. In Svans

43、troms opinion, a marriage _.A. has to go peacefully and happily for all timeB. has to experience many disasters at the beginningC. must always allow the couple be together and happyD. should experience difficulties to make it steadyDSince the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link th

44、e brain with computers. Brain-computer interface (界面) (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.Recently, two researchers, Jose Milan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic school in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated（展示）a small robotic wheelchair dire

45、cted by a persons thoughts.In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord（脊髓）to the

46、 muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles, Tavella says. Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.The researchers designed a special

47、 cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.Prof. Milan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. The practical possibi