河北省衡水中学2015-2016学年高二英语上学期二调考试试题

1、2015-2016学年度上学期高二年级二调考试英语试卷本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。第I卷（选择题共90分）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，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，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 many instruments does the mans brother play?A.1 B.2 C.32.What kind of fruits did

2、 the woman use to love most?A.BlueberriesB.Peaches C.Apples3.Where are the two speakers probably?A.In the store B. In a supermarket C. In the post office4.What do we know from the conversation?A. Andy will come to visit the two speakers tomorrowB. The two speakers are looking forward to Andys coming

3、C. Andy is not popular with other people5. What is the woman looking for?A. A book for her kid B. A book for herselfC. A book for her sister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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；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6/7题。6. Wha

4、t are the two speakers talking about?A. Plans for the coming summer vacation B. A trip to California during the summer vacationC. Some good ways to find jobs.7. What do we know about the man?A. He has been making money for yearsB. He needs to find a babysitter in the summerC. he wants to learn some

5、good work skills听第7段对话，回答第8 9题。8. What is the man?A. A hotel clerk B. A shop assistant C. A bank clerk9. How many will the woman pay for the bankbook?A. 50 dollars B. 15 dollars C. 5dollars听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What do we know about the woman?A. She is learning German after workB. She knows several l

6、anguagesC. She is very good at German11. What does the man usually do in his spare time?A. He studies B. He works C. He watches movies12. Why will the man call Henry?A. To ask him to teach him French B. To ask for adviceC. To borrow some books听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。13. Where was the man when he got the p

7、hone call?A. In a bus B. In his office C. At a bus stop14. What do we know about the old woman?A. Her hands were bleeding B. She got hurt on a busC. Her right leg was hurt15. How did the man probably feel when he was performing first aid?A. Calm B. Excited C. Nervous16. What did the man do yesterday

8、?A. He trained some first aid volunteers B. He received some training at the Red Cross.C. He signed up as a Red Cross first aid volunteer听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where did the speaker learn about the test?A. On the Internet B. In a newspaper C. In a school poster18. How did the speaker probably feel wh

9、en she was singing?A. Relaxed B. Nervous C. Happy19. What do we know about the speakers performance in the test?A. It was terrible B. It was impressive C. It was unique20. What is the speakers dream now?A. To be a Korean Pop star B. To go to Columbia UniversityC. To go to the best college in Korea第二

10、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）阅读下面短文，从每题给出的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。"Shark on the bait （诱饵） !" shouted Andre Harman, pointing to a spot a few yards behind the outboard motors His voice gave no indication of panic, but the crew suddenly became tense and fixed their eyes on the water Slowly, sm

11、oothly, Andre drew in the baitThe shark followed No one asked what kind of shark it was Everything about it, from its color to its shape, tells that it was a great white sharkAndre lifted the bait aboard Placing himself between the two motors, he dropped his right hand into the water just as the gre

12、at head reached the first motor“My goodness Andre!” I said His hand seized the big nose, moving it away from the tube of the motor, guiding the shark's head up as it rose out of the water Andre's hand held the nose, touching it gently No one spoke No one breathed The moment seemed endless In

13、 fact, it lasted less than five seconds before Andre pulled his hand backStill nobody spoke Then Andre smiled and said: "The first time was an accident I was just trying to move the shark away from the motor Sharks are attracted to motors by rheir electrical signals and have a habit of biting t

14、hem to see if they are eatable " Andre has worked with great white sharks for years "My hand landed on its nose, and it sort of paused, so I kept it there, and when I did let go, the shark bit and bit as if it was searching for whatever it was that had attracted it"Nearly every encoun

15、ter （遭遇） we had had with the great whites had been totally illogical The more we learned, the more we realized how little was really known about them in the past years Back then, it was generally accepted that great whites ate people by choice Now we know that almost every attack on a human is an ac

16、cident in which the shark mistakes a human for its normal food Back then, we thought that once a great white smelt blood, it would lead to death Now we know that nearly three-quarters of bite victims survive, perhaps because the shark recognizes that is has made a mistake and doesn't return for

17、a second biteThe author said, "My goodness! Andre ! " when AAndre was about to fall into the waterBAndre was about to touch the sharkCAndre was followed by the sharkDAndre was bitten by the sharkWhat does the author think of the encounters with great whitesA Exciting BEducational C Frighte

18、ning D Reasonable Most bite victims survive in shark attacks becauseAthey are taught how to fight off sharksBsharks discover they are no threatsCthey manage to swim to safetyDsharks stop attacking themThe latest fashion in kitchen is the food steamer All the stores are selling them; everyone wants o

19、ne Steaming is one of the simplest and healthiest ways of cooking foodHowever, that cooking time is usually longer than with other methods In case youre thinking of buying a steamer, I've done a survey about the steamers available on the market to help you decide which will suit you bestFolding

20、SteamerThe simplest and least expensive is the folding stainless-steel （不锈钢）versionAdvantages: This is a good, basic design which sits inside a variety of different shapes of pans with the water under it; a ring in the center allows for easy lifting and it's easy to cleanDisadvantages: It only h

21、olds small dishes Also, if you put too much water in the pan, it will boil up through the vegetables and they will be watery If you put too little water in and let it get dry, you will burn the pan and get strange-smelling vegetablesSteaming PanThis is a three-layered black Teflon-coated version wit

22、h a lid and two double-handled steamers, which sits on the oven ring The brand I bought is called Nutritious LivingAdvantages: This is an excellent steamer, lightweight, easy to clean, and of all the steamers I've tried, this cooks the fastest Fish and chicken can be cooked on the bottom with ri

23、ce or vegetables on the top It's easier to storeDisadvantages: Water can boil away until the pan is dry, but if you make sure you fill the pan up to the suggested level and do not overcook the food, this should not happenYou cannot see the food cooking from the top It doesn't supply a dish f

24、or cooking riceFor serious users of steamers, I recommend having one of each version If you just want to try it, get the folding stainless-steel typeWhy did the author carry out the surveyATo inform people of different steamersBTo run an advertisement for steamersCTo find out a suitable steamer to b

25、uyDTo learn how to cook with steamersWhat can we learn about the folding steamerAIt comes in different kinds of shapes and sizesBIt is designed for large familiesCIt is able to clean itselfDIt is easy to take out The Nutritious Liuing steamer Ais more difficult to storeBprovides a dish to cook rice

26、withCcooks different foods at the same timeDcooks fish and chicken faster than vegetablesAccording to the author, you should Ause steamers to save cooking timeBbuy a steamer with dishes suppliedCdo a survey before choosing a steamerDbuy a folding steamer if you want to tryHuman beings have used tool

27、s for a very long time. In some parts of the world you can still find tools that people used more than two million years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way, they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one side. Pe

28、ople used them for cutting meat and skin from dead animals, and also for making other tools out of wood. Human beings needed to use tools because they did not have sharp teeth like other meat eating animals, such as lions and tigers. Tools helped people to get food more easily. Working with tools al

29、so helped to develop human intelligence. The human brain grew bigger, and human beings began to invent more and more tools and machines. The stone chip was one of the first tools that people used, and perhaps it is the most important. Some scientists say that it was the key to success of mankind. Si

30、nce 1960 a new kind of tool has appeared. This is the silicon chip - a little chip of silicon crystal. It is smaller than a finger nail, but it can store more than a million "bits" of information. It is an electronic brain. Every year these chips get cleverer, but their size gets smaller,

31、and their cost gets less. They are used in watches, calculators and intelligent machines that we can use in many ways. In the future we will not need to work with tools in the old way. Machines will do everything for us. They will even talk and play games with us. People will have plenty of spare ti

32、me. But what will they do with it? Human beings used stone chips for more than two million years, but human life changed very little in that time. We have used silicon chips for only a few years, but life is changing faster every day. What will life be like twenty years from now? What will the world

33、 be like two million yearsfrom now? ，A. why early human beings cut skin from dead animals B. how early human beings discovered the toolsC. what early human beings used the tools forD. what food early human beings stored29. The stone chip is thought to be the most important tool because it _. A. was

34、very important to the development of mankindB. led to the invention of machines in the early timeC. developed cooking abilities of mankindD. was one of the first tools of mankind30. The silicon chip is mentioned in the passage to A. show the changes of tools B. introduce a new kind of toolC. give an

35、 example of using tools D. compare the effects of two kinds of tools31. At the end of the passage the author seems to suggest that life in future is _. A. Out of order B. Less colorful C. hard to predict D. full of meaningsDHigh school dropouts(辍学者)earn an average of 9000 less per year than graduate

36、sNow a new study dispels a common belief why they quitIts much more basic than flunking out(不及格)Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just cant cut itThey are lazy, and perhaps not too brightSo researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about w

37、hy they left“The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school, ” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher saidAbout 1 million teens leave school each yearOnly about half of African-American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)student will receive

38、 a diploma(证书), and actually all dropouts come to regret their decisionSo, if failing grades dont explain why these kids quit, what does?Again, John Bridgeland：“The most dependable finding was that they were bored”“They found classes uninteresting; they werent inspired or motivatedThey didnt see any

39、 direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations”The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quitIn the US, only one state, New M

40、exico, has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduateOnly four states：California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school ?attendance? until age 18, no exceptions, another researcher, says raising the compulsory(义务的)attendance age may be one

41、 way to keep more kids in school“As these dropouts look black, they realize theyve made a mistakeAnd anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and it through to the end, is probably helpful measure”New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to

42、 18But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the pointthe need for reformIts been called for to reinvent(彻底改造)high school education to make it more challenging and relevant(中肯的, 切题的), and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a d

43、iploma that actually means something32.Most high school students drop out of school because _Athey have failing gradesBthey take no interest in classesCthey are discriminated againstDthey are lazy and not intelligent33.According to the passage, which state has a law requiring school attendance until

44、 they graduate?ANew HampshireBUtahCNew MexicoDThe District of Columbia34.The underlined words “stick it out” probably mean “_”Acomplete schoolingBsolve the problemClove having classesDbelieve in themselves35.In the last paragraph, the writer is trying to _Aanalyze the reason why students quit school

45、Bsuggest raising the compulsory attendance ageCcall on to reform high school educationDwish to make laws to guarantee no education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最能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余的。In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting. It means that if owners of the house

46、are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away. In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van(房车) and travel all over the country. 36. _ So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they

47、 might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy. House sitters might have to care for pets. Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning. 37. _ I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city,

48、get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area. 38. _ There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home. There are some requirements to be a house s

49、itter. You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything. You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time. 39. _ You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have. Some house sitt

50、ing jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owner have a short holiday. Sometimes it is for much longer. We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe. 40. _ Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the impo

51、rtant things to get are references from the home owners where you have stayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well. You can show these letters to possible house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job. A. I have done house s

52、itting many times. B. Thousands of people do this all the time. C. It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries. D. Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job. E. You must take a little care over what your description says about you. F. This is an international ho

53、use sitting service for all city and country areas. G. You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.答案3640 BADGC第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分40分）第一节完形填空（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，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Make the Most of What You Have GotFor Nick Vujicic, life was going to be

54、 difficult from the day he was born. When Nick arrivedinto this world, he 41 everyone. He was not like the other babies and it was 42 obvious to his parents and to the doctors in the hospital.There was no 43 or answers for his condition. Nick was born without any limbsthat is he was born without any

55、 arms or legs. But despite being physically 44 , he was mentally 45 and the rest of his body was functioning fine.46 he had loving parents, Nick would find school hard as he would often be looked down upon by the other children and at the young age of 10, he considered 47 his life by drowning himsel

56、f in a bathtub. These dark thoughts were 48 by his negative attitude to being disabled and at the time, he thought that he would never be able to do 49 by himself, that he would never have a job and that he would always have to 50 on his parents for help.Nick was wrong.As an adult, Nick is a successful public speaker and is famous for his motivational 51 which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life worldwide. He 52 so many people with the story of his life, how he has 53 so many difficulties and mos