陕西省西安市第一中学2015_2016学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

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1、西安市第一中学2015-2016学年度第一学期期中高二年级英语（必修5）试题第一部分 听力（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）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。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。 1Whatistheweatherlike? AItsraining. BItscloudy. CItssunny.2WhowillgotoChinanextmonth? ALucy. BAlice. CRichard.3Whatarethespeakersta

2、lkingabout? AThemanssister. BAfilm. CAnactor.4Wherewillthespeakersmeet? AInRoom340. BInRoom314. CInRoom223.5Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace? AInarestaurant. BInanoffice. CAthome.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，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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

3、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8题。6WhydidthewomangotoNewYork? ATospendsometimewiththebaby. BTolookafterhersister. CTofindanewjob.7HowoldwasthebabywhenthewomanleftNewYork? ATwomonths. BFivemonths. CSevenmonths.8Whatdidthewomanlikedoingmostwiththebaby? AHoldinghim. BPlayingwithhim. CFeedinghim.听第7段材

4、料，回答第9至11题。9Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout? AAwaytoimproveairquality. BAproblemwithtrafficrules. CAsuggestionforcityplanning.10Whatdoesthemansuggest? ALimitingtheuseofcars. BEncouragingpeopletowalk. CWarningdriversofairpollution.11Whatdoesthewomanthinkaboutthemansidea? AItsinteresting. BItsworthtryi

5、ng. CItsimpractical.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12HowlongwillthemanprobablystayinNewZealand? AOneweek. BTwoweeks. CThreeweeks.13Whatadvicedoesthewomangivetotheman? AGotoNewZealandafterChristmas. BBookhisflightassoonaspossible. CSavemoremoneyforhistrip.14WhatcanwelearnaboutflightstoNewZealandatChristmastime? AT

6、heyrequireearlybooking. BTheycanbetwiceasexpensive. CTheyareonspecialoffer.听第9段材料，回答第15至l7题。15WhydidJanecallMike? AToaskhimtomeether. BTotellhimaboutTom.CToborrowhiscar.16WherewillJanebeinaboutonehour?AAtMikesplace. BAttheairport. CAtagarage.17Whatcanweinferfromtheconversation?AJanehasjustlearnedtod

7、rive.BJanescarisinbadcondition.CMikewillgototheairport.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18Whatdidthespeakeraskthestudentstodotheweekbefore?AWriteashortstory.BPrepareforthelesson.CLearnmoreaboutthewriter.19.Whydoesthespeakeraskthequestions?ATocheckthestudentsunderstandingofthestory.BTodrawthestudentsattentiontoread

8、ingskills.CToletthestudentsdiscussfathersonrelationships.20Whatwillthestudentsdoin10minutes?AAskmorequestions. BDiscussingroups. CGivetheiranswers.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( A ) I recently had dinner with someone who told me that one

9、of his best friends had been killed in a private plane crash, and something happened at the memorial service that hell never forget. He shared the story with me.At the memorial service, his friends wife walked to the platform to speak to the gathering. She said a friend had asked her the best memory

10、 she had of their life together. At the moment, she had been too sad to answer, but she had thought about it since and wanted to answer the question.They were in their late forties when he died, and she began talking about a time in their life almost twenty years earlier. She had quit her job to obt

11、ain her masters degree, and her husband never hesitated in his support.He held down his own job and also did the cooking, cleaning, and other housework while she studied for her degree.One time they both stayed up all night. She was finishing her paper, and he was preparing for an important business

12、 meeting. That morning, she walked out of her study, leaned against the door by the stairs, looked at her husband downstairs and just thought about how much she loved him. She knew how important this meeting was to his future, and she was feeling guilty that she didnt even have time to make his brea

13、kfast. He took his briefcase and hurried out. She heard the garage door open and close, but much to her surprise, she heard it open again about thirty seconds later. From above, she watched her husband dash into the house and walk over to the forgotten coffee table. Marking the surface of it with hi

14、s finger through the dust with the words “I love you”, then he raced back to his car.The new widow then looked out at her audience and said, “John and I had a wonderful life together. We have been around the world several times. Weve had everything money can buy.but nothing comes close to that momen

15、t.” Hearing this, I was deeply moved. “Love makes life worthwhile.”21. The service was held to _.A. listen to the womans story B. mourn the womans husband C. meet some old friendsD. share the womans sadness 22. Why did the woman quit her job? A. She had to support her husband. B. She had too much ho

16、usework to do.C. She wanted to travel around the world. D. She needed to concentrate on her studies. 23. The woman mentioned an incident 20 years ago to show_.A. how busy their life was B. how her husband loved herC. how they improved their life D. how hard her husband worked (B)Planning a visit to

17、the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival (19, Oct.) cost 169.15

18、at Booking. Com. A week later, the same room cost 118.15.If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid or youre looking for a big event to pass your time check out sites such as W, which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.STAY AWAY FROM THE STATION If travel

19、ling to your destination by train, you may want to find a base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.Dont be too choosy about the part of town you stay in. Booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodges Centra

20、l Euston hotel in London for Saturday 22 September was 95.95. A room just a tube journey away at its Covent Garden hotel was 75.75. And at Farringdon, a double room cost just 62.95. LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really central hotels in cities such as London, Edinburgh and Cardiff can cost a fortune, especial

21、ly at weekends and during big events. As an alternative consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city centre buildings. A great example is the historic ONeill Flat on Edinburghs Royal Mile, available for 420 for five day

22、s in late September, with room for four adults.GET ON A BIKE Londons Boris bikes have attracted the most attention, but other cities also have similar programmes that let you rent a bicycle and explore at your own pace, saving you on public transport or car parking costs.Among the smaller cities wit

23、h their own programmes are Newcastle (casual members pay around 1.50 for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or 5 per day).24. The Brighton Comedy Festival is mentioned mainly to show big events may _.A. help travellers pass time B. attract lots of travellers to the UKC. allow travele

24、rs to make flexible plans D. cause travelers to pay more for accommodation25. “Farrington” in paragraph 5 is most probably _.A. a hotel away from the train station B. the tube line to Covent GardenC. an ideal holiday destination D. the name of a travel agency26. The passage shows that the ONeill Fla

25、t _.A. lies on the ground floor B. is located in central LondonC. provides cooking facilities for tourists D. costs over 100 on average per day in late September(C)Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success m

26、ostly comes down to luck. Im not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances dont come into play because they do. some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and thats just the reality of how life is .However , to succeed in life, one first needs to set

27、 a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, itll require even more time that most people wont put in.This is a big reason wh

28、y many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you dont enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that

29、they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. Its sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and theres a huge chance that youre wrong anyway.Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you

30、 need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If youre not willing to put in the time and work, dont expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work wont guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will be

31、come really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.27. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about _.A. the reasons for successB. the meaning of successC. the standards of successD. the importance of success28. In Paragraph 2,the underlined word that refers to _.A. being good at somethingB. setting a

32、practical goalC. putting in more timeD. succeeding in life29. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A. Successful people like to show their great skills.B. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.D. It helps to think that luck or talent lead

33、s to success.30. What is the main theme of the passage?A. Having a goal is vital to success.B. Being good is different from being great.C. One cannot succeed without time and practice.D. Luck, talent and family help to achieve success.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入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。选项中

34、有两项为多余选项。How to Make NotesIf you are reading a novel for school rather than just for fun, you need to get organized. Here are a few tips.First, make notes. Pencil notes in the book, but also write separate notes in a notepad. 31 What do they do in the novel? What are their aims? Everything that we a

35、re told about a character by a novelist can be related, from their appearance to the kind of food they eat. It is also a great help to be able to tell yourself the story after you have read it. Therefore, the order in which a series of events happened and plot are important. 32 This will help you br

36、ing the observations you make about character, setting, language and so on together. Next, focus on themes. These are abstract ideas that the author is concerned about. Perhaps love is a major theme, or justice, peach and war. 33 Themes, though, are nothing without language. Language is what novels

37、are made of. 34 They may use metaphors (比喻), invent symbols, or show who characters are with different speech styles for different characters. 35 Is a novel told in the third person or from the point of view of a character? There are many different kinds of point of view, and they have a great effec

38、t on the readers experience of a story. A. Pay attention to characters. B. Reading is very interesting. C. How does the author feel about them? D. Point of view is another very important novelistic tool. E. As you read, make a brief note of what happens in each chapter. F. Writers use language in a

39、special way to make their novels work. G. When you read, dont forget to set down the main idea of the novel.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 You may be surprised to see making sure children never suffer as a mistake. The fol-Lowing 36 may help

40、 you understand how rescuing children from all suffering 37weakness. A little boy felt sorry for a butterfly struggling to 38 from its chrysalis（蛹） He decided to 39the butterfly. So he peeled（剥开）the chrysalis open for the butterfly. Thelittle boy was so 40 to watch the butterfly spread its wings and

41、 fly off, into the sky.Then he was horrified 41 he watched the butterfly fall to the ground and die because itdid not have the muscle 42 to keep flying. In fact，the butterflys struggle to 43the chrysalis helps the butterfly become stronger. Like the little boy 44too often want to protect their child

42、ren from struggle in the45of love. They dont realize that their children need to struggle，to experience46，to deal with disappointment，and to solve their own problems. Only in this way can children47their emotional strength，become strong-willed and develop the skills necessary forthe even bigger stru

43、ggles they will meet48their lives. Children experiencing sufferingscan 49the ups and downs of life. However it isnt helpful either in this case when parents 50lecture（训斥），blameand shame to what the child is experiencing. Mothers 51 to say，“Stop crying and act-ing like a spoiled boy. You cant always

44、get what you want: These 52 words should beavoided. Instead, parents can offer loving support. You can say，Dont lose 53Be brave！You will succeed if you try again.”Then comes the tough part一no 54and no lectures.Simply allow him to discover that he can get over his disappointment and 55what he can do

45、to get what he wants in the future.36. A. story B. proverb C. saying D experiment37. A. damages B. burns C. creates D. experiences38. A. bear B. suffer C. date D. emerge39. A. skill B. feed C. help D. rescue40. A. depressed B. moved C. puzzled D. excited41. A. since B. as C. before D. until42. A. power B. energy C. strength D. force43. A. come up with B. do away with C. keep up with D. break away from44. A. teachers B. parents