黑龙江省大庆实验中学2015_2016学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

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1、大庆实验中学2015-2016学年度上学期期中考试高二英语试题 说明:本试卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分.满分150分, 考试时间120分钟第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题，每小题1分,共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. Whats the time now?A. 8:30. B. 7:55. C. 8:35. 2. Why does the woman look sad?A. She did badly

2、 in the exams. B. She worries about her coming tests. C. She is ill. 3.What do we learn about the taxi driver? A. He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.B. He turned suddenly and ran into a tree. C. He was hit by a falling box from a truck.4. What is the man doing?A. He is asking about his lette

3、r. B. He is buying plane tickets to Europe.C. He is sending some postcard.5. Where does the conversation mostly take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In the womans house. C. In the market.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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. Where is the jazz festival going to be held?A. This Th

4、ursday. B. Next Saturday. C. Next Thursday. 7. Who is the mans favorite singer?A. Carlon Carpenter. B. Michael Jackon. C. Madonna.听第7段材料，回答第8, 9题。8.What material would the man like for spring?A. Leather. B. Cotton. C. Wool.9. What color does the woman like?A. Pink. B. White. C Red.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。1

5、0. What class has the woman already taken? A. Spanish. B. Biology. C. Math. 11. How does the woman feel about the science classes? A. She is quite interested in them. B. She regrets to have taken them. C. She doesnt like them. 12. What kind of job will the man try to get? A. Driving a taxi. B. Worki

6、ng in a gas station. C. Working in a restaurant.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where are the two speakers?A. At school. B. In a park. C. In the countryside.14. How does the woman feel today? A. Relaxed. B. Lonely. C. Sick. 15. What will the speakers do this weekend? A. Drive to the countryside.B. Attend a par

7、ty. C. Go back home.16. What will the woman bring to the barbecue? A. Her family. B. Some drinks. C. Moon cakes. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the main topic of the talk? A. Scientific research. B. Environmental protection. C. Social development.18. Who is the speaker probably? A. A university profe

8、ssor. B. A tourist guide. C. A government official.19. How many people were there in Anchorage in 1960? A. About 75,000. B. About 180,000. C. About 40,000.20. What is the speaker most probably doing next? A. Showing some slides. B. Writing a letter to the government. C. Putting forward some suggesti

9、ons.第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）第一节(共15小题,每小题分,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( A )GETTING A GRANTWho pays?The local education authority (LEA) for the area in which the student is living.Who can get this money?Anyone who gets a place on a first degree course, although a student who has alrea

10、dy attended a course of advanced further education may not. Students must also have been resident in the UK for at least three years, which can exclude some students from overseas.SPECIAL CASESIf a student has worked before going to college?A student who is 26 or more before the course starts and wh

11、o has worked for at least three of the previous six years will get extra money 155 a year if 26, increasing to a maximum of 615 at 29 or more.If a student is disabled?LEAs will give up to 500 to help meet extra expenses such as buying a tape recorder for a blind student, extra heating or special foo

12、d. Banking?Most of the big banks offer special services to students who open accounts (in the hope that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials). A student wont usually have to pay bank charges as long as the account stays in credit. Some banks allow students to overdraw by 100

13、or so, and still dont make charges (though they do charge interest).21. The underlined phrase “a grant” in the first line most probably means _.A.bank interestB. a credit cardC. an education diplomaD. financial aid22. A student from Japan who has been studying in England for a year and intends to go

14、 to college in a few months will _. A. be unable to get money from any LEAB. get money if taking a first degree courseC. get money from LEA when finishing his courseD. have to open a bank account before getting money23. A 31-year-old nurse wishes to qualify as a doctor at a university. She has worke

15、d since she was 25. How much Z-x-x-k.Comextra money will she get a year?A.None.B. 155.C.615.D. 515.24. A big bank offers a new student special services because _.A. they need student accounts badly B. they charge students extra interestC. they know he can get money regularlyD. they hope hell be a po

16、tential customer( B )At the beginning of this year, I decided I was going to quit Facebook. It was challenging, but I made it .And three months later, Ive learned a few interesting things. Im no longer surrounded by information that I dont want. I dont have to look at new baby pictures posted by som

17、eone I havent spoken to for 10 years, or read different opinions on whether the dress is blue or white. Instead, I can choose to read news , or get together with a friend to talk about her most recent vacation. Life without Facebook is peaceful. Sure, the first few days felt strange and uncomfortabl

18、e. To ease the transition, I replaced some of my Facebook use with things like Instagram and Pinterest. I was also worried I would be missing out socially. As a matter of fact I do communicate with far fewer people now. But Im having close relationships with the people that I actively seek out. You

19、can really live without Facebook. People were shocked. My mom took it pretty hard. “How will I know what city youre in this week? How do I know who youre hanging out with ?”she asked me after I told her Id quit Facebook. Friends and family knew about my situation through my Facebook profile. I guess

20、 its no surprise that going through someones Facebook page to stay up-to-date on their lives is preferable to just picking up the phone. So many of the apps we use every day are tied to our Facebook profiles. Living in San Francisco, Lyft is my primary method of transportation, and though I was able

21、 to ask them to keep my account without Facebook, I no longer had a picture in my profile and drivers looked at me strangely when I got into their cars. I can no longer use Getaroundmy primary way of getting out of the city- because you cant use it at all without Facebook. 25. What can we infer from

22、 Paragraph 2 ? A. Facebook is a good place to read news. B. Its a good idea to contact friends on Facebook. C. Facebook is a dangerous place to share opinions. D. Some information on Facebook is useless to the author. 26 . According to Paragraph 3, the author thinks that _. A. Facebook isnt the best

23、 social network B. many people are too addicted to Facebook C. Facebook isnt really that important in peoples lives D. not using Facebook influences peoples emotional health. 27. Hearing the author had quit Facebook, her mother felt _. A. sad and depressed B. excited and cheerful C. surprised and co

24、ncerned D. sympathetic and nervous. 28. The examples given in the last paragraph mainly show that Facebook_. A. provides many helpful apps. B. runs really deep in peoples lives C. makes transportation much safer D. is really popular around the world. （ C ）Good morning. Today Id like to present the f

25、indings on wildlife found in gardens throughout our city. First of all, how did we choose our topic? Well, there are four of us in the group and one day while we were discussing a possible focus, two of the group mentioned that they had seen yet more sparrow-hawks in their own city centre gardens an

26、d wondered why they were turning up in these gardens in great numbers. We were all occupied by the idea of why wild animals would choose to inhabit ( 生活在 ) a city garden. Why is it so popular with wildlife when the countryside itself is becoming less so ?The first thing we did was to establish what

27、percent of the urban land is taken up by private gardens. We found that it was about one fifth. Our own informal discussions with neighbors and friends led us to believe that many garden owners had interesting experiences to tell us about wild animal sighting so we decided to survey once every two w

28、eeks for twelve monthslisting species they had seen and adding the names. Meanwhile, we were doing our own observations in selected gardens throughout the city. We chose smaller ones because they were the most typical in the city on purpose. The whole point of the project was to look at the rule not

29、 the exception. Alongside this primary research on urban gardens, we were studying a lot of books about the decrease of wild animals in the countryside and thinking of possible causes for this. So what did we find ? Well, so much that I just wont have time to tell you about it here. If youre interes

30、ted in reading our more comprehensive findings , weve produced detailed presentations on the college website.29. The purpose of the group is to _. A. have a discussion on a possible focus B. care about the decrease of one species C. carry out a research on an unusual sight D. show interest in the ef

31、fects of city growth30. The group made their observations in gardens_. A. which they considered to be representative B. which had a large number of animal species C. which had stable population of rare animals D. whose owners supported the project very much.31. What would be the best title for the p

32、assage ? A. The Common Findings B. Findings in City Gardens C. Wildlife in the Countryside D. The Protection of Wildlife （ D ） Planted for their pleasant smell and beauty, roses historically have been the center of much praise and are one of the most universal symbols of love and life. As the phrase

33、 goes, sometimes you do have to “stop and smell the roses”.Although you may think that this is just a fancy way of saying taking some time to enjoy life, perhaps we have ignored roses for too long. Seriously, you should pay more attention to those roses. They could greatly improve your life. That is

34、, if you are one of the millions of people in the US who suffer from arthritis（关节炎）diseases.Result from two different arthritis studies have proved that an active ingredient of rose hips has been shown to protect and possibly rebuild joint tissue broken down by arthritis. The latest results, present

35、ed at the World Conference in Rome showed that protein GOPO(R) found in rose hips can protect vulnerable cartilage（软骨）. GOPO(R) has also been shown to improve mood, increase energy and sleep quality of those affected by arthritis. Marked by stiffness, swelling, loss of flexibly and pain, arthritis c

36、an significantly stop one from a normal life.“We have little doubt that certain rose hip preparations, and GOPO(R) in particular, have had an important role to play in reducing the pain and disability caused by arthritis,” said Winther. With the aid of this new research, those affected by joint pain

37、 caused by arthritis could choose an alternative treatment than pain killers. “We suspect that more people will be turning to the power of rose-hip for joint pain relief,” said Winther.Sorry Shakespeare, but in this case, no other rose could smell as sweet.32. The author asks us to pay more attentio

38、n to roses because_.A. roses can represent love and life B. roses have some unknown usesC. we are so busy as to ignore roses D. roses are very sweet33. Protein GOPO(R) found in rose hips can do all the following EXCEPT_.Z-x-x-k.ComA. improving sleep quality of normal people B. improving moodC. prote

39、cting vulnerable cartilage D. improving the life of those affected by arthritis34. The last paragraph of the passage is used to _.A. doubt Shakespeare B. laugh at ShakespeareC. stress the importance of roses D. further explain the smell of roses35. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Ro

40、ses, Symbol of Love and Life B. Roses, the Center of PraiseC. In Pain? Stop and Smell the Roses D.Sorry Shakespeare, No Other Rose Could Smell as Sweet 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。Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would a

41、dmit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student, they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” 36 I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English. First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limite

42、d vocabulary. 37 However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if you choose a positive attitude. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know. 38 Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that in speak

43、ing, your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across, talking to someone in English, as quickly and well as you can.Even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesnt matter. 39 The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but tw

44、o ears! All the hearing is necessary for you to start speaking.Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive(主动的) language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and won

45、der why their English always remains poor. 40 A. Second, they are afraid of making mistakes.B. They may try to avoid making similar mistakes next time.C. However, their spoken English does not have to remain “poor”!D. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary.E. The second reason lie

46、s in the reluctance （勉强）of using what has just been learned.F. If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go.G. The person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears.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15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. - Jonathan Swift I walked into a wild third-grade classroom. Music was playing 41 , children were