江西省南昌三中高二英语下学期期中试题新人教版.doc

南昌三中20122013学年度下学期期中考试高二英语试卷第卷（选择题 共115分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小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. how did the man think the concert? a. it was wonderful. b. it was noisy. c. it was amazing.2. what are the two speakers going to do first? a. go on swimming. b. go to the changing room. c. have a drink.3. which language does the woman think is easier? a. spanish. b. english. c. french.4. what color does the man advise the woman to choose? a. grey. b. green. c. white.5. where is the man going? a. to the bus station. b. to changchun road. c. to a supermarket.第二节（共15小题; 每小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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，听完后，各个小题将给出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6-7题。6. what does the man dislike about the shirt? a. its style. b. its price. c. its color.7. which color does the man like to wear? a. white. b. blue. c. red.听第7段材料，回答第 8-9题。8. why did the man say he is not free? a. he has to work. b. he has to play basketball. c. he has to find a part-time job. 9. what can we learn about jim? a. he is the mans friend. b. he is the mans brother. c. he is the mans classmate. 听第8段材料，回答第 10-12题。10. what time did the man go to sleep last night? a. about 10:00 pm. b. about 11:00 pm. c. about 2:00 am.11. what was he doing at 10 pm yesterday? a. doing his homework. b. watching a football match. c. sleeping.12. where is the woman going? a. to the dining hall. b. to the food store. c. to the classroom.听第9段材料，回答第 13-16题。13. why cant the man talk to the driver? a. it is forbidden to talk to the driver when the bus is moving. b. the driver is far away from him. c. it is not easy to approach the driver.14.where is the man going? a. to south town. b. to the railway station. c. to a hospital.15. what does the woman probably do? a. she is a doctor. b. she is a conductor. c. she is a teacher.16. what time will the last bus go back? a. at about five oclock. b. at about six oclock.c. at about seven oclock.听第10段材料，回答第 17-20题。17. which company did the smartphone idea come from? a. htc. b. ibm. c. nokia.18. which phone was first called a “smartphone”? a. the nokia 9000. b. the gs88. c. the nokia 9210.19. where are most smartphones manufactured? a. in china. b. in america. c. in korea.20. who is the number one smartphone seller? a. nokia. b. samsung. c. apple.第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分,满分15分) 从a、b、c和d四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. wang hai, 22, from jinan, told china daily that he always check his sina weibo account whenever he the internet.a. attracts b. accesses c. admits d. admires22. when asked about their opinions about the schoolmaster, many teachers would prefer to see him step aside younger men.a. in terms of b. in need of c. in favour of d. in praise of23. remember that there is still one point we must make clear at the conference tomorrow.a. where b. why c. when d. that 24. he didnt feel a bit nervous when . no. he had a lot of time for it after all.a. interviewing; to prepare b. interviewing; preparing c. being interviewed; preparing d. interviewed; to prepare25. as the light turned green, i stood for a moment, not , and asked myself what i was going to do.a. moved b. moving c. to move d. being moved26.he spends a lot of time on his research basketball and chess. a. as well as play b. as well as playing c. as well as to play d. as well as played 27.its the second time i to shanghai. what great changes! its ten years since i it last time. a. have been; left b. had been; left c. am; had left d. come; had left28. plastic parts can metal ones in many machines. but they dont last long.a. substitute with b. be replaced with c. take the place of d. in place of 29. they the negotiation out for three months. a. pulled b. drew c. delayed d. dragged30. the public of the environmental problem will make the government take it seriously.a. existence b. revolution c. awareness d. evidence31. gone are the days when great literary masters themselves in a rich spiritual world even though they tolerated poverty.a. devoted b. absorbed c. applied d. occupied32. it is universally that dogs have an acute sense of smell .a. regarded b. replied c. acknowledged d. answered33. topics for textbooks should be to the experiences and interests of students.a. concentrated b. relevant c. useful d. based34.the sense of is the most basic factor in achieving personal pleasure. a man can only sense the delight of life when he feels safe and safeguarded.a. security b. direction cachievement dresponsibility35.how about party? cool! it was really great fun! pity you werent there.a. the; b. a; a c. the; a d. a; 第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 much meaning can be conveyed with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.do you have such kind of 36 ? in a bus you may look at a 37 , but not too long. and if he is 38 that he is being stared at, he may feel 39 .the same is true in 40 life. if you are looked at for more than 41 ,you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is 42 wrong with you. if nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward others 43 at you that way.looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and 44 . but things are different when it 45 to stare at the opposite sex. if a man glances at a woman for more than ten seconds and 46 to avert (移开) his gaze, his intentions are 47 , that is , he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is 48 her.49 , the normal eye contact for two people 50 in a conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener 51 , in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking about, to tell him that he is attentive. if a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, 52 he tries to dominate(控制) you, you will feel embarrassing.in fact, continuous eye contact is confined to 53 only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that 54 cannot express.evidently, eye contact should be done according to relationship between two people and the specific 55 .36. a. experience37. a. conductor38. a. looking39. a. interested40. a. social41. a. friendly42. a. anything43. a. interest44. a. attentive45. a. comes46. a. starts47. a. dirty48. a. admiring49. a. therefore50. a. engaged51. a. all the time52. a. in case53. a. mothers54. a. looks55. a. situationb. thoughtb. driverb. sensingb. stupidb. dailyb. reliableb. somewhereb. stareb. positiveb. hopesb. refusesb. unhealthyb. enjoyingb. otherwiseb. attractedb. from time to timeb. as ifb. childrenb. eyesb. circumstancec. feelingc. touristc. tellingc. uncomfortablec. familyc. specialc. nothingc. appreciationc. aggressivec. triesc. managesc. obviousc. cheatingc. altogetherc. trappedc. all the wayc. even thoughc. loversc. smilesc. environmentd. attituded. strangerd. decidingd. angryd. schoold. necessaryd. anywhered. noticed. actived. seemsd. aimsd. unfaird. selectingd. howeverd. invitedd. back and forthd. so thatd. teachersd. wordsd. condition第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题；每题2分,满分40分) 阅读下列短文,从a、b、c和d四个选项中,选出最佳选项。apeople travel for a lot of reasons. some people go to see battlefields（战场） or other historic remains(遗迹) . others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their own pictures taken in front of famous places. most european tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on. northern europeans are willing to pay a lot of money for sunshine because they have so little of it. people of the cities like london, copenhagen and amsterdam spend much of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year is in the rain. this is the reason why the mediterranean area has always attracted them. every summer many people travel to mediterranean resorts( 游览胜地) and beaches for their vacation. they all come for the same reason：sunshine! the huge crowds mean lots of money for economies of mediterranean countries. italys 30 000 hotels are booked without a break every summer. and 13 million people camp out on french beaches, parks, and roadsides. spains long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit there yearly. but there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can deal with. the mediterranean sea is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. it is very obvious that many tourists dont go there for clean water. they allow traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. they dont even mind the pollution. no matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. and as long as there is sunshine, its still better to stay there than to sit in the cold rain in berlin. london, or oslo.56. the best title for this passage might be “ _ ”. a. historic remains b. polluted beaches c. travel for sunshine d. journey to europe57. why did so many northern europeans spend so much traveling for sunshine? a. because they experience little sunshine in their lives. b. because they are willing to spend money on travel. c. because their favourites are traveling to the world. d. because they love to experience sunshine on the holidays.58. though the mediterranean area is polluted seriously, why does it attract so many tourists from europe such as london, copenhagen and amsterdam? a. because there are plenty of beautiful beaches and hillsides. b. because europeans have so much money to travel there. c. because there are plenty of sunshine in the resorts and beaches. d. because the long coastline attracts so many tourists to come.59. where do you find there is lots of rain according to the passage? a. london, copenhagen and amsterdam. b. mediterranean resorts and beaches. c. italy, spain, berlin, london, or oslo. d. french , spains coastal areas, and berlin.60. the underlined word there in paragraph 3 refers to _ a. french beaches b. italy s hotels c. spains long sandy coastline d. mediterranean areabwhen josephine cooper was growing up, she learned the importance of charity from her parents. although they made a modest living for their family of 10, they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate. half a century later, mrs. cooper became a beloved volunteer at the san diego food bank, where she devoted herself to helping others. she organized and ran a distribution center from a church, helping it become the organizations largest emergency food distribution center in san diego. she was one of 25 outstanding senior volunteers in the nation selected and invited washington d. c. to receive the award.she was the main person who helped us make that program grow, said mike doody, former director of the food bank. she had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard. she was determined and stubborn, but in a good way. she had a good heart. people knew her as grandma because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families. she reminded people of their grandma. doody said. as a widow with a young child in 1979, mrs. cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the food bank provided her with groceries. she devoted her life to giving back, said her daughter, monica cooper. it wasnt unusual for a local church to call mrs. cooper to ask her to aid a needy family. “she would give people food out of her cupboard. sometimes we would cook a meal for a family living out of their car,” cooper said. although mrs. cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work, she said being able to help others was her reward. she died of liver disease and kidney failure, aged 9361. the underlined word charity in paragraph 1 refers to _ a. offering help b. donating money c. providing services d. showing sympathy62. the san diego food bank is meant to _. a. distribute food in case of emergency b. help hungry children and families c. give basic first-aid treatment d. train some senior volunteers .63. which of the following is true of mrs. cooper? a. she died at an early age. b. she refused the national award. c. she was kind and devoted. d. she was not easy to get along with. 64. from what monica cooper said, we know that _ a. she is in financial trouble b. she was finally rewardedc. she once misunderstood her mother d. she thinks highly of her mother65. mrs. coopers story suggests that . a. everyone needs a grandma nearby b. children are what their parents arec. a sound mind is in a sound body d. a mother s love never changescthere is a wealth of books not written for academic circles, but for anyone curious enough to crack the spine（书脊）. here are the top eight books that helped change the world, chosen after a vote by more than 4,000 famous scientists and writers.on the origin of species by charles darwin(1859)penguin group9.99/us13 darwins hugely influential book, which introduced what richard dawkins called, “arguably the most important idea ever”, was selected by more than 90 percent of voters.a brief history of time by stephen hawking(1988)bantam8.99/us18 perhaps the worlds best known book on cosmology（宇宙学）by its best known physicistthis modern classic tackles the big questions of the universe.the selfish gene by richard dawkins(1976)oxford university press8.99/us19.95 taking evolutionary theory to a new level, dawkins argues that individual organisms are “survival machines” for the genes that they carry. the book also introduces a now familiar cultural idea: the meme(文化基因).the double helix by james watson(1968)orion8.99an account of the discovery of dnas double helix（双螺旋）structure by one of the nobel winners behind the breakthrough.silent spring by rachel carson(1962)penguin group/houghton mifflin8.99/us14.95 fifty years on, carsons expose of the impact of chemical pesticides（农药）continues to have a profound impact.the naked ape by desmond morris(1967)vintage7.99one of the first books to portray humans as the animals that we are, the naked ape caused quite a stir（轰动）when it was first released.chaos by james gleick(1987)vintage10.99this finalist for the pulitzer prize（普利策奖）was the first popular science book to tackle the emerging field of chaos theory, and helped kick-start the subject across many fields.gaia by james lovelock(1979)oxford university press8.99/us19.99 lovelocks book introduces the gaia hypothesisthat everything on and of the earth is an interconnected, evolving and selfregulating system.66. what does the author mean by saying“crack the spine” in the first paragraph?a.fail to value the book.b.open the book and read it a lot.c.have difficulty understanding the book.d.unable to afford the book.67. what does the “penguin group” probably refer to?a.the name of a writer. b.the name of a city.c.the name of a publisher. d.the name of a book.68. who has pushed evolutionary theory to a new level?a.charles darwin. b.james lovelock.c.stephen hawking. d.richard dawkins.69. what do we know about the top eight books mentioned in the text?a.the meme idea can be found in charles darwins on the origin of species.b.silent spring tells the story of the links between people and animals.c.the naked ape was the earliest book to portray humans as animals.d.most people think highly of on the origin of species.70. which book should we buy if we want to know about environmental issues?a. silent spring b. the naked ape c. the double helix d. on the origin of speciesdsome 40 percent of students in the us are failing to graduate from college in six years. a study calls for higher-quality college prep(大学预科), with more advanced maths, advanced placement classes (大学预修课), and better advice. about 4 out of 10 students at four-year colleges fail to earn a degree within six yearsand timely completion rates at two-year schools are even lower. but what if high schools had a better way of preparing their students to stay in college? the national school boards association (nsba) released a study on thursday afternoon highlighting some plans: more advanced maths courses, challenging courses s