湖南省邵阳市邵东县第三中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

1、邵东三中 2015 年下期高二期中英语试卷总分：150分时量：120分钟注意事项： 答第一卷前， 考生务必将自己的姓名、 准考证号填写在本试卷和答题卡相对应的位置上。第一部分： 听力 （30分 ）第一节（共 5小题；每小题 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 does the man come here？a. by taxi.b. by car.c. by bus.2. where do you

2、think the conversation probably take place？a. at the grocer s.b. at the dentist . sc. at the teacher s.3. why is the man going to germany ？a. to open a factory there.b. to visit a factory there.c. to have a look at the country.4. what does the woman want to do？a. to go to the library. b. to go shopp

3、ing. c. to eat something.5. what are the speakers mainly talking about？a. how to look after ken.b. how to spend the vacation.c. how to deal with the woman scat.第二节（共 15小题；每小题 1. 5分，满分 22. 5分 ）每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6段材料，回答第6 、 7两个小题。6. why can tthe woman have the party on the twenty-ninth？a. she will see her

4、 doctor.b. she will travel to another city.c. she will attend a meeting.7. how long will the party run ？a. two hours.8. three hours.9. four hours.听第 7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. what are many children interested in？a. feeding cattle.b. collecting eggs.c. seeing farmyard animals.9. what does the woman think is im

5、portant to animals ？a. food.b. peace.c. freedom.听第 8段材料，回答第10 至 12题10. why does the woman prefer jogging ？a. it is quiet and relaxing.b. she can do it with her friends.c. she is fond of seeing the countryside.11. which two sports does the man like best？a. football and cycling.b. swimming and footbal

6、l.c. table tennis and swimming.12. when does the man usually play table tennis？a. in summer. b. in spring. c. in winter.听第 9段材料，回答第13 至 16题。13. what is the woman？a. a doctor. b. a professor. c. a nutritionist.14. what does the woman suggest the man eat？a. pork.b. processed food. c. fruits and vegeta

7、bles.15. where does the woman suggest the man eat？a. at the dining hall. b. at the restaurant. c. at the university hospital.16. how does the man probably feel after talking with the woman ？a. worried. b. relaxed. c. confused.听第 10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the name of the course？a. intercultural com

8、merce.b. interaction in communication.c. intercultural communication.18. what time does the class meet？a. 3: 05 pm to 4: 15 pm. b. 3: 15 pm to 4: 50 pm. c. 3: 50 pm to 4: 50pm.19. on average, how often will the class meet in the research lab during the last part of the course?a. once a month.b. twic

9、e a month. c. three times a month.20. which item was not mentioned as part of determining a student final grade in the class?a. participation. b. presence of the class. c. a research project.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a.when you are feeli

10、ng unhappy or forget how great you are, these are six ways t o make you feel good about yourself.1） look in the mirror and say to yourself, i am a special person and theres no one in the world like me. i can do anything ! it may not sound so good, but it really works !2） do something nice for someon

11、e. helping others always makes you feel good.3） smile! be friendly to people you meet. look for the good things in your friends andfamily.4） learn something new! have you always wanted to decorate your own room or learn how to swim ? go for it ! new challenges are fun and give you a sense of achieve

12、ment w hen you have finished.5） read and start a diary. turn off the tv and let your imagination fly ! write down your thoughts, dreams or anything you want! writing always helps to express your feelings.6） stay with your family. we all need our family time. talk with your mum or dad or maybe even y

13、our cousin.21. this passage may be taken from .a. a science bookb. a story bookc. a magazined. school rules22. which of the following should you say no to when you are unhappy?a. you should always look for the good things of others.b. stay alone at home as much as possible.c. learn something new and

14、 go for it!d. keep a diary to express your feelings.23. the best title（标题）for the passage is .a. do your bestc. its never too late to learnb. six ways to feel good about yourselfd. always smile to your lifefairemonthotelwilson bookstorefive waiters and ten waitressesaged under 22.at least high schoo

15、l graduates.good-looking men at least 1.72 metres tall d women at least 1.65accountant:aged between 25 and 40.those knowing foreign languages favoured.paid 1600-2200 dollars per month.with an experience of at least two years.anwith a degree and an accountant certificate.paid 3000-4000 dollars monthl

16、y.with a practical knowledge of computer.one secretary:aged under 30.computer salesclerk:aged 25 or less.females favoured.good at writing and skilled at computers.if interested, call 465-4768 or write tomr. jack hundrisroom 0825m fairemont hotelbasic education of 12 years or more.good at computer.pa

17、id 1800-2200 dollars monthly.tel: 447-4398fax: 3485269want to find a job ? now read the following advertisements.567 wood street, san marers, 78003fax: 695482824. which job of the four jobs will be paid best monthly from the passagea. computer salesclerkb. accountantc. secretaryd. not mentioned in t

18、he text25. if you don know how to use a computer, you can just apply for the position asa. a secretaryb. a waiter or waitressc. an accountantd. a salesclerk26. if you want to get the position of accountant in wilson bookstore, you have to satis fy the following conditions except .a. being a womanb.

19、knowing well how to use a computerc. having been an accountantd. having an accountant certificate27. if you want to try for a job in fairemont hotel, you .a. have to be a woman and know foreign languagesb. should be a university graduatec. have to be taller than 1.72 metersd. should be younger than

20、30 years of agec.whenever you buy something ， it is possible that someone has already worn ， eate n ， or tested it to make sure it is safe and do what it is supposed to do. but what if yo u wanted a special suit（ 套装 ） to keep a shark （ 鲨鱼 ） from hurting you ？ who wants t o test a product like it ？“

21、i do！ ” says jeremiah sullivan ， a scientist in california ， . “you have to believe in what you sell ， right ？ ”sullivan owns sharkarmor tech ， a company that makes a $4， 450 sharksuit that ev en a great white shark can t bite through. before sullivan could sell his sharksuits ， he n eeded to make s

22、ure his design would work. sullivan put on the sharksuit and jumped int o a shark feeding ground. “ i needed to know exactly what a human body could expect t o go through ， ” he says， . sharks moved all around him and then attacked his arm. sulliv an felt the bites but no teeth. “it was uncomfortabl

23、e at times ， but not painful. the suit worked ！ ”“i ve now been bitten thousands of times but never badly， ” says sullivan ， who now works with tv shows like wild kingdom and programs for the discovery channel s sha rk week.so， are you all set to buy a sharksuit ？ before you do， you should know that

24、 th e suit weighs 20 pounds and makes swimming almost impossible - not so practical for a day on the beach. and in fact ， sullivan wants only professionals （专业人士 ） ， such a s filmmakers ， scientists ， and divers ， to have sharksuits. why ？ because even if so meone is wearing a sharksuit ， they would

25、 get seriously hurt if they treat diving with a 4 ， 000-pound shark as a game.during sharksuit testing ， sharks have thrown sullivan to the bottom of reefs and trie d to take him off into the deepest part of the ocean. “but ， ” sullivan says，“you don tneed to be afraid of sharks ， it s actually pret

26、ty hard to get a shark to bite you. ” 28. the first paragraph is written to .a. start a discussion.b. introduce the topic of the textc. show the main points of the text.d. test readers knowledge on science29. why did sullivan get close to sharks ？a. to see if his sharksuit worksb. to study what shar

27、ks feed onc. to catch a special kind of white sharkd. to learn how to swim with sharks safely.30. what does the underlined part“ not so practical for a day on the beach” in paragraph 5 mean ？a. most people won t wear the sharksuit to the beach.b. people like going to the beach with the sharksuit.c.

28、the sharksuit makes a perfect day on the beach.d. the sharksuit can t be worn for a whole day.31. we can learn from the text that the sharksuit.a . works well for swimmers.b is light but uncomfortable.c keeps sharks away from humans.d is designed for special purpopses.d.as internet users become more

29、 dependent on the internet to store information ， are pe ople remember less？ if you know your computer will save information ， why store it in your own personal memory ， your brain？ experts are wondering if the internet is changi ng what we remember and how.in a recent study， professor betsy sparrow

30、 did some experiments. she and her tea m wanted to know the internet is changing memory. in the first experiment ， they gave p eople 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. the first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. the second group understood that the c

31、omp uter would not save it. later ， the second group remembered the information better. peopl e in the first group knew they could find the information again， so they did not try to r emember it.in another experiment ， the researchers gave people facts to remember ， and told t hem where to find the

32、information on the internet. the information was in a computer fol der （文件夹 ）. surprisingly ， people later remember the folder location （位置 ） better than t he facts. when people use the internet ， they do not remember the information. instead， they remember how to find it. this is called transactive

33、 memory （交互记忆）according to sparrow ， we are not becoming people with poor memories because of the internet. instead， computer users are developing stronger transactive memories； th at is， people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to find it later . this

34、 doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent ， but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.32. people dont have to remember all the information in mind because.a. the information is uselessb. people today are too busyc. computers could help people do the job d. they

35、can t get information easily.33. what can we learn about the first experiment ？a. sparrows team used 40 computers to do the experiment .b. the two groups both remembered the information very well.c. the first group did not try to remember the information.d. the second group did not try to remember t

36、he information.34. in transactive memory ， people .a. keep the information in mindb. change the quantity of informationc. remember how to find the information d. don t know how to organize informat ion.35. what is the effect of the internet according to sparrows research？a. we are becoming more inte

37、lligent.b. we are using memory differentlyc. we have poorer memories than before. d. we need a better way to get informat ion.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， 选项中有两项为多余选项。how can you improve your english？there are many things that you can do to improve your english._36_ here areso

38、me tips on how to improve your english.*take a classfirst ， decide whether you want to join in an english class. _37_ no matter where the class is offered ， it is best if it is taught by a person whose first language is english.*use learning tools_38_ if you can t afford to buy them， you might be ab

39、le to borrow them from yo ur local library or find free versions （版本 ） that you can download over the internet.*keep readingas you become more comfortable reading english ， be sure to read things other than i nstructional materials （教学材料） . 39choose those you are especially interested in. in that ca

40、se it will increase your motiva tion （动机 ） to read.*40if you want to improve your english vocabulary , it can be helpful to learn a few new words at a time . for example, you could learn one new word every few days and loo k for opportunities to use them in conversation.in a word , the more you prac

41、tice the language, the more likely you are to improve your english.a. one word at a timeb. use english in publicc. this kind of class is usually expensive.d. these classes are available in many parts of the world.e. for example, reading books and news in english every day.f. there are many products

42、that you can use to improve your english.g. one of the best things to do is to read, write and speak english as much as possible.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案some people are brave, some are not. are you a man or a mouse? when people

43、 ask this question they want to know 41 you think you are a 42 person or a coward （懦夫）.but you will never really know the answer to this question 43 you are tested i n real life. some people 44 they are brave but when they come face to face with real. 45 , they act like cowards. others think of them

44、selves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 46.lenny had always thought of himself as a 47 person. he got worried before exam inations. he worried about his job and health. all he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 48_, on january 15th,2002, a plane crashed into the potomac r

45、iver in washington. lenny went to the river to see what was happening. he saw a woman in the_4 9-water. lenny did not feel afraid. he kept very _50and did a very dangerous thing. h e jumped into the potomac,51 to the woman, and kept her head 52 the water. seventy-eight people died that day. thanks t

46、o lenny, it was not_53when you are in a very54 situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. the chemical is called adrenalin.55 adrenalin in theblood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 56 to fight or run awa y. however, when you are absolut

47、ely terrified , the body can produce too much adrenalin. when this 57 , the muscles become very hard and you find you 58 at all. y ou are then paralyzed (使无能为力)with fear. this is 59 when we are very frightened , we sometimes say we re petrified this .word comes from the greek word “ petros which41.4

48、1.59.60.means “ stonea. howa. bravea. whena. realizea. lifea. soldiersa. usefula. soa. fresha. nervousa. wenta. ina. an accidenta. dangerousa. witha. afraida. getsa. needn ta. wherea. sowe are 60 frightened that we become stonelike.b. neitherc. whetherd

49、. eitherb. realc. hardd. certainb. untilc. afterd. onceb.doubtc. thinkd. agreeb. questionc. moused. dangerb. horsesc. cowardsd. heroesb. bravec. nervousd. terribleb.thereforec.thend.actuallyb.poisonousc.warmd.ice-coldb.calmc.frightenedd.excitedb. helpedc. spoked. swamb. underc. aboved. fromb. a mist

50、akec. seventy-eight d . seventy-nineb. comfortable c. differentd. favorableb.withoutc.ford.likeb.readyc.unabled.anxiousb. disappearsc. happensd. goesb.can tc.mustn td.shouldntb.howc.becaused.whyb.veryc.suchd.really第一.节（共10小题;每小题1.防，满分1防）内单词的正确形式。圆玦卜曲徊科，仕至日处堪人适当阳内谷（1个单词）或括勺scientists have announced t

51、hat they have cloned the first human embryo. cloning is pro ducing an exact copy of a plant or an animal _61(use) its cells. the first mammal t o be cloned _62(successful) from an adult cell was dolly the sheep. she _63(born) in 1996 and died in early 2003, at a much younger age 64_ normal. at first

52、, many people were worried 65 cloning would lead to more diseases in 66 a nimal world. however, the scientists were praised for their progress.the scottish scientist ian wilmut ,_67 intention has never been to create copies of humans, was shocked that some scientist are now considering cloning human beings. he thinks research effor