广东省执信中学高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

2013-2014学年度第二学期高二级英语科期中考试试卷本试卷分听力、选择题和非选择题三部分，共15页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2b铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。 2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。 3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。第一部分 听力 (共16分)角色扮演（共8小题；每题2分，满分16分）情景介绍角色： 你是学生。任务：1） 在电视节目中向牛津大学的国际部主任提问； 2） 根据访谈内容回答另一个同学的提问。生词： oxford 牛津 independent college 独立学院 scholarship 奖学金对话部分 先听下面一段对话，在空白处记录所听到内容的重点信息，以便为下面的五答部分作准备。该段对话只读一遍。三问部分 下面请你用英语提出3个问题，并记录稍后回答中所给的信息。每段回答读两遍。1. 你们拥有多少国际学生呢？_2. 去牛津学习是不是几乎不可能呢？_3. 学费是多少呢？_五答部分 请根据所听到的内容回答下面5个问题。每个问题读两遍。1. _2. _3. _4. _5. _请把答案转填至答卷的相应位置第二部分 选择题(共85分)语言知识及应用 (共两节, 满分45分)第一节 语法单选 (共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)1. when the suns rays hit the earth, a lot of heat is _ back into space.a. abandoned b. reflected c. affected d. abolished2. the hospital _ well, where many wounded _ every day. a. is operated; operation b. operates; are operated c. operates; are operated on d. operates; operates on3. the school should spend some time training students to _ in any emergency, especially with all in the buildings. a. help out b. bring outc. make out d. test out4. _ to such a big party can be a great honor for an ordinary person like me. a. taken b. being taken c. having been taken d. taking5. it _ long before we _ the result of the experiment. a. is; will know b. is; know c. will not be; will know d. will not be; know6. john and i _ friends for eight years. we first got to know each other at a christmas party. but we _ each other a couple of times before that. a. had been; have seen b. have been; have seen c. have been; had seen d. had been; had seen7. i _ you not to move my dictionary. now i cant find it. a. had asked b. ask c. was asking d. asked8. a housing bubble is an economic situation _ occurs when house prices rise much too fast. a. where b. whichc. what d. why9. _ for many years, the bike needs repairing. a. usingb. being used c. having usedd. having been used 10. _ is reported in the newspaper, talks between the two countries are making progress.a. it b. asc. that d. what11. _ is worth doing well. a. whatever is worth doingb. what is worth to be done c. what is worth doing d. whatever is worth doing it12. being a parent is not always easy, and being the parent of a child with special needs often carries with _ extra stress. a. themb. itc. himd. one13. could you tell me the way to _ johnsons, please? sorry, we dont have _ johnson here in the village. a. the; theb. the; /c. the; ad. /; the14. _ there, he found a great deal to interest him. a. having never been beforeb. never having been before c. this being his first time to visitd. this being his first visit15. _ she had time to realize what was happening, she was hit on the head. a. sinceb. before c. whend. until第二节 完形填空 (共15题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16 - 30各题所给的a、b、c和d选项中，选择最佳答案。across the world, students are sweating as they prepare for all kinds of exams. many teenagers complain that while they do well in their homework, they dont get 16 marks in exams. they are wondering why. in a new study this month, u.s. psychologists think they have found the answer. researchers report that heavy exam 17 is actually more likely to affect the performance of very good students than average ones. worried about 18 others, these students can lose their most 19 intellectual weapon: short-term or working memory. this is their ability to 20 numbers and ideas, while focusing on the problem at hand. according to the study, when 21 pressure is put on people with good skills, their performance drops off. people with strong working memory skills 22 to do well in intellectual ability tests. their analytical skills and creative 23 depend on their short-term-focused processor.in the study, researchers 24 the working memory of 93 students. they were divided into two groups, with a high and a low 25 memory. the students then took two maths tests each under 26 conditions. one was called a practice test. in the other, the students were told they were part of a team that was depending on them to 27 their score in order to win a reward. the results were 28 : the group with high working memory scored about 10 percent higher than the others on the low-pressure practice test. but the two groups 29 were about equal when the pressure was on to perform. the study shows how memory performance is 30 by fear of failure and the ticking clock, according to the scientists.16. a. highb. lowc. manyd. poor17 a. contentsb. loadc. atmosphered. pressure18. a. pleasingb. disturbingc. amazingd. falling19. a. worthlessb. uselessc. valuabled. expensive20. a. rememberb. recallc. remindd. preserve21. a. extrab. ordinaryc. littled. unusual22. a. continueb. havec. determined. tend23. a. laborb. experiencec. thinkingd. method24. a. testedb. checkedc. researchedd. examined25. a. storingb. workingc. changingd. speaking26. a. unhealthyb. favorablec. hardd. different27. a. addb. increasec. raised. improve28. a. expectedb. strikingc. ordinaryd. disappointing29. a. scoresb. performancesc. reportsd. clocks30. a. preventedb. improvedc. affectedd. prepared 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。athere was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. to water his flowers, he used two buckets. one was a shiny and new bucket. the other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best. every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. the new bucket was very proud of itself. it could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出). the old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked (escaped) along the path. sometimes the new bucket would say, “see how capable i am! how good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! i dont know why he still bothers with you. what a waste of space you are!” and all that the old bucket could say was, “i know im not very useful, but i can only do my best. im happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.” one day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. after watering the flowers as usual, he said, “you both have done your work very well. now i am going to carry you back. i want you to look carefully along the path.” then the two buckets did so. all along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare (光秃秃的) earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden. 31. what does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean? a. dirty. b. dark. c. worn-out. d. plain-looking.32. what was the old bucket ashamed of? a. his past. b. his aging. c. his manner. d. his leaking. 33. the new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to _.a. laugh at the old oneb. take pity on the old onec. show off its beautiful looksd. praise the gardeners kindness34. why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener? a. because it was used to keep a balance. b. because it stayed in its best condition.c. because it was taken as a treasure. d. because it had its own function.35. which of the following best describes the old buckets character?a. proud. b. modest. c. honest. d. selfish.bthere is much discussion today about whether economic growth is desirable. at an earlier period, our desire for material wealth may have been justified. now, however, this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems. even though we have good intentions, we may be producing too much, too fast.those who criticize economic growth argue that we must slow down. they believe that society is approaching certain limits on growth. these include the fixed supply of natural resources, the possible negative effects of industry on the natural environment, and the continuing increase in the worlds population. as society reaches these limits, economic growth can no longer continue, and the quality of life will decrease.people who want more economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present growth rate there are still many poor people in the world. these proponents of economic growth believe that only more growth can create the capital needed to improve the quality of life in the world. furthermore, they argue that only continued growth can provide the financial resources required to protect our natural surroundings from industrialization.this debate over the desirability of continued economic growth is of vital importance to business and industry. if those who argue against economic growth are correct, the problems they mention cannot be ignored. to find a solution, economists and business community must pay attention to these problems and discuss them with one another.36. according to those who argue against economic growth we must slow down for the following reasons except that _.a. our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industryb. the fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which economic growth cannot continuec. the world population is ever increasingd. more efforts should be made to improve the quality of our material life37. those who want more economic growth believe that continued economic growth _.a. is essential to the well-being of society as a wholeb. can provide the solution to many of our social problems today c. can protect our environment from being polluted by industryd. can provide us with more natural resources for industrialization38. the word “proponents” (in paragraph 3) probably means _.a. arguments in support of something b. disagreements with other peoplec. people who argue for somethingd. people who argue against something39. the passage is mainly about _.a. the conflict between economists and the industrial businessb. the present debate on economic growthc. the advantages and disadvantages of economic growthd. the importance of the debate on economic growth40. we may infer from the passage that _.a. the author describes the case as it isb. the author is for economic growthc. the author is against continued economic growthd. the author is very much worried about the problems of continued economic growthc franz kafka wrote that “a book must be the ax (斧子) for the frozen sea inside us.” i once shared this sentence with a class of seventh graders, and it didnt seem to require any explanation. wed just finished john steinbecks novel of mice and men. when we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did i. “are you crying?” one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. “i am,” i told her, “and the funny thing is ive read it many times.” but they understood. when george shoots lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen. in my 14 years of teaching in a new york city public middle school, ive taught kids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents themselves; kids who are homeless; kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods. they understand, more than i ever will, the novels terrible logic the giving way of dreams to fate (命运). for the last seven years, i have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight. i originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred (转学) out of a selective high school one that often attracts the literary-minded children of manhattans upper classes into a less competitive setting. the daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates. i thought additional “cultural capital” could help students like her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the first time, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned ph. d.s. along with of mice and men, my groups read: sounder, the red pony, lord of the flies, romeo and juliet and macbeth. the students didnt always read from the expected point of view. about the red pony, one student said, “its about being a man, its about manliness.” i had never before seen the parallels between scarface and macbeth, nor had i heard lady macbeths soliloquies (独白) read as raps, but both made sense; the interpretations (解释) were playful, but serious. once introduced to steinbecks writing, one boy went on to read the grapes of wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that “all these people hate each other, and theyre all white.” his historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. year after year former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes. year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. we are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for text complexity. yet, we cannot enrich the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. we are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse. we may succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.41. the underlined words in paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to _. a. realize our dreams b. give support to our life c. smooth away difficulties d. awake our emotions42. why were the students able to understand the novel of mice and men?a.because they spent much time reading it.b.because they had read the novel before.c. because they came from a public school. d. because they had similar life experiences.43. the girl left the selective high school possibly because _.a. she was a literary-minded girlb. her parents were immigrantsc. she couldnt fit in with her classd. her father was then in prison44. to the authors surprise, the students read the novels_.a. creatively b. passively c. repeatedlyd. carelessly45. the author writes the passage mainly to _.a. introduce classic works of literatureb. advocate teaching literature to touch the heartc. argue for equality among high school studentsd. defend the current testing system dan out-of-body experience? its just your brain playing tricks on you.some report feeling as if they are floating above their own bodies, while others find themselves drawn towards a blinding light. but out-of-body experiences are nothing more than a trick of the mind, scientists claim.they say that common spooky scenarios, such as floating above a hospital bed or walking towards the light at the end of a tunnel, can be explained by the brain trying to make sense of the process of death.scientists from the universities of edinburgh and cambridge reviewed studies into changes in the brain that cause certain strong feelings associated with near-death experiences.researcher caroline watt said one common vision that of people seeing a bright light which seems to be drawing them into the afterlife is probably produced by the death of the cells we use to process the light picked up by our eyes and turn it into pictures.“it is simply your brain trying to make sense of the unusual experiences you are having,” dr watt said.feelings of being out of the body can also be explained by the brains behavior, the journal trends in cognitive science reports.“if you put on a virtual (虚拟的) reality headset (耳机) showing an image of yourself three feet in front, you can trick your brain into thinking that is you over there, and get the sense you are outside your body,” dr watt added.the scientific evidence suggests that all aspects of the near-death experience have a biological basis.in another example, the hormone noradrenalin, which is released when we suffer from stress and injuries, could be behind the feelings of love and peace that many experience when they seem to be approaching death.however, other scientists say we should not be so quick to dismiss (stop considering) peoples accounts (descriptions).sam parnia, of the university of southampton, stressed that being able to trace something back to the brain does