河南洛阳高中2014-2015学年新课标高二上学期英语备考期末考试模拟题

1、2014-2015学年新课标高二上学期英语备考期末考试模拟题阅读理解AThis is a true story from GuyanaOne day, a boy took a piece of paper from a boxHe made a paper ball and pushed it into his noseHe couldnt get it outHe ran crying to his motherHis mother couldnt get the paper out, eitherA week later, the paper was still in the boys

2、noseHis nose began to have a bad smellSo his mother took the boy to a hospitalThe doctor looked up at the childs nose, but she couldnt get the paper outShe said she had to cut the boys nose to get the paper outThe boys mother came home looking sadShe didnt want her child to have his nose cutThe next

3、 day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called MayMay wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose“Yes, I can see it,” May said“It will be out soon”As she spoke, she shook some black pepper （胡椒粉）on the childs noseThe child gave a mighty snee

4、ze and the paper flew outHis mother was surprisedMay told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smellSo the lucky boy didnt have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut21After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, _ Ahe

5、 took it out Bhis mother took it out Che tried to take it out but failed Dhe did nothing but cry22Which of the following is TRUE? AThe doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boys nose BThe boy had to have his nose cut at last CThe boys mother found some black pepper to solve the problem DMa

6、y succeeded in taking the paper out 23The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because _ Ahe needed to learn to swim. Bthe sea water would wash out the paper ball Cthe sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose Dhe needed a rest.BSome say college is wasted on the young. So many of us lo

7、ok back at our own college years and realize what we could have done differently to make the most of them. While we cant go back, we certainly can offer our sons and daughters our best advice to help them make the right choices in college. Hopefully, they will have fewer regrets than we do. Followin

8、g are five guidelines parents can share with their college-bound kids to put the whole experience in perspective.EDUCATION IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITYAs soon as you arrive on campus, there will be competing interests. Feel free to check them out but always remember that you are there first and foremost f

9、or your education. Go to class prepared and on time. Be engaged during class. Make sure your professor knows you and realizes that you care.BE RESPONSIBLEThere are many layers of responsibility. Do what you say you will do and, if you cant, confess it early and communicate clearly. But being respons

10、ible isnt just about meeting your commitments; it is also about taking care of you, your body, and your friends. For example, more than 1800 college students die annually from alcohol-related injuries. Look out for yourself and other people. Make moderate, sensible decisions so you arent reeling fro

11、m(受影响) the consequences later.TAKE THE OPPORTUNITYIncredible opportunities will present themselves: studying abroad, interning at a unique place, trying new things. Dont let fear prevent you from taking advantage of them. There may never be so much time or as many resources devoted to your bettermen

12、t again in your life. Say yes to opportunities that will help you grow.FIND AND BE A MENTORSome of the best lessons available to us can come outside of the classroom in the form of a mentor(良师益友). One of the most powerful growth opportunities is being a mentor. Early on, find someone on campus who y

13、ou feel can help you grow and develop a relationship with him or her. Also find someone for you to mentor. You will reinforce and enrich your own learning experience by teaching someone else.GET THE JOB DONEIt is natural to occasionally feel you want to quit, when it makes more sense to you to go fi

14、nd a full-time job. Resist that urge. As Jocelyn Negron-Rios, a mother of two, who is currently completing her degree, advises, “No matter how difficult it seems, keep at it because however insurmountable（不可克服的） it feels now multiply that by 10,000 and that is how it feels when you are in your thirt

15、ies with a full-time job and a family and are trying to pursue a degree.”24. According to the passage, the most important thing for college students is _.A. taking part in different activities B. working hard to get a degreeC. seizing every chance to try new things D. improving themselves by learnin

16、g from the others25.Which of the following about college life is true? A. Passing on what youve learned in college can help you enrich your learning experience.B. Make sure that you are responsible for yourself rather than others. C. Professors will not assess your performances in class but the grad

17、es you get in exams.D. You can make full use of the opportunity whenever you want. 26.What can we infer from the words said by Jocelyn in the last paragraph?A. Persistence is the key to success when you meet with difficulties in your learning process.B. It is better if you gain more working experien

18、ce before you finish your education.C. As long as you work hard, you can gain a degree even when you are in your thirties.D. Youth is the best time to learn since you have less burden.27.What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To give some rules for the college students.B. To call on the students

19、 to make full use of college years.C. To summarize some tips for parents to share with their children.D. To analyze the benefits and difficulties of college life.CMove Earthits no science fictionLONDONScientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler sp

20、ot. All you have to do is send a few comets（彗星）in the direction of Earth, and its orbit will be changed. Our world will then be sent spinning into a safer, colder part of the solar system.This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US National Aeronautics and Space Administration（NASA）

21、 engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planeteffectively doubling its working life.The plan put forward by Dr Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams is designed to carefully direct a comet or aste

22、roid（小行星） so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy to Earth.“Earths orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the Sun,” Laughlin said.Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter or Sat

23、urn. The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to global warming, although the team was actually concerned with a much greater danger. The sun is ce

24、rtain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere（生物圈）by cooking us. Thats why the group decided to try to save Earth.The plan has one or two worrying aspects, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their astero

25、id or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation（误算）in orbit could fire it straight at Earthwith deadly consequences.There is also the question of the Moon. As the current issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its current position, it is “most likely the

26、Moon would be stripped(剥去) away from Earth,” it states. This would greatly change our planets climate.28. What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?A. A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth.B. Earths working life is coming to an end soon.C. Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep

27、 alive.D. The moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth.29. If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of _ years.A.12 billionB.6 billionC.18 billionD.24 billion30. What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?A. The comet might hit Earth and man might

28、lose the moon.B. Earth might be moved too far away and man might be frozen to death.C. The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth.D. Earths working life might be greatly shortened.31. What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?A. provideB. benefit C. share D. EndangerDEven

29、when youre extremely busy, you arent using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyones schedule where they arent doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time when you arent working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.Why aren

30、t you completely efficient? Its because time isnt the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate (拖延) and slow

31、down on tasks throughout the day.The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when youre tired, you can have enough time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, be

32、cause even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices（牺牲）. But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancell

33、ing anything. The reason why its hard to “find time” isnt a lack of time. Its because you dont have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.I first suspected time wasnt the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was extremely

34、busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, because of illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was very light. Despite this free ti

35、me, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this strange experience? I believe you have known it. 32If someone cant work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is _.A. a schedule without

36、 gaps B. breaks and distractions学&科&C. the limited time D. the limited energy33According to Paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can _.A. work without any rest B. focus on many things at a timeC. find some more time in a day D. do some exercise regularly34The writer gi

37、ves the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to _.A. prove what the real limiting factor isB. show us how busily he needs to workC. explain how important a healthy body isD. tell us what a strange experience he has35What is the best title of the passage?A. Do You Really Lack Time? B. Ho

38、w Can You Work Efficiently?C. What Makes Your Energy Limited? D. When Should You Do Exercise?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。选项中的两项为多途选项。When was the last time you had great fun with your family? 36 So stand up and plan to have fun with your familyGoing to the zoo is definitely a number-one pick for fa

39、mily activitiesOther than visiting animals, most zoos nowadays have rides that you can enjoy with your familyMeals are served in the zoo 37 To add some fun, ask to be the photographer for the day and you might be surprised by how creative you can be 38 Even though you might not be really keen on out

40、door activities, you can still enjoy your time by playing together after having your lunchVisiting the nation's capital would be your choice if you want to go on a trip with your familyLearn more about the history by visiting historical sites 39 A treasure hunt is a popular activity, so going hu

41、nting with your family is a nice choiceYou can train yourself by asking to be the person in charge who can hold the treasure map and make decisionsCreate a video clip with your familyMake your family the characters in the clipYou may talk about your family life in the clip, about your interests or e

42、ven create a drama 40 Plant flowers and mow（修剪） the lawnAfter a day of hard work, you can all sit back and enjoy a barbecue at your beautifully cleaned backyardAHistory creates topics for you and your familyBFamily is always the most valuable thing in life CAt bedtime read to your young kids and rea

43、d with your elder kidsDBring your own snacks if you want to save some moneyEHere are two examplesFHaving a picnic at the park is also a good activity for your familyGDoing some yard work together can also be a fun quality time for your family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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C

44、, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to _41_ and the subway system almost came to a stop. Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were _42_ to go home. S

45、ome battled to _43_ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the _44_ bravely, walking miles to get to work.I _45_ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most _46_ had stopped. After making my way _47_ crowds of people,

46、I finally found a subway line that was _48_. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to _49_ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the _50_. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like a

47、n forever, the train _51_ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was _52_ through, exhausted and _53_.My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my co

48、mputer _54_ I received an email from Garth, my Director:I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and _ 55_ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their _56_ to their jobs. Thank you.Garths email was short, but I learned more f

49、rom that _57_ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of _58_ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic _59_ had made me tired and upset. But Garths words immediately_60_ me and put a smile back on my face. 41. A. breakB. floodC. sinkD. crash42. A

50、. forcedB. refusedC. adjustedD. gathered43. A. orderB. payC. callD. search44. A. weather B. scenery C. storm D. burden45. A. usedB. promisedC. deserved D. happened46. A. practiceB.demandC. process D. service47. A. toB. throughC. overD. for48. A. operatingB. cyclingC. turningD. rushing49. A. checkB.

51、carryC. findD. board50. A. streetB. groundC. floorD. platform51. A. pausedB. crossedC. reachedD. parked52. A. wetB. weakC. sickD. hurt53. A. ashamedB. discouragedC. surprisedD. puzzled54. A. whileB. whenC. whereD. after55. A. hardlyB. casually C. absolutelyD. finally56. A. devotion B. reactionC. inv

52、estigationD. relation57. A. accurateB. vital C. brief D. humorous58. A. promise B. appreciationC. advice D. guidance59. A. troublesB. signals C. rules D. signs60. A. correctedB. supportedC. amazed D.refreshed阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或者用括号中词语的正确形式填空。（每题1分）Two things I did may

53、have caused people 61 (think) that something is wrong with me. The first was when my wife asked me to have the sitting room clock 62 (repair). I drove into the market place of our little town and, clock under arm, entered a shop. Only it was the meat shop, 63 my thoughts far away, I stood staring in

54、to the shopkeeper's eyes. I 64 (be) his customer for a long time and the good man smiled at me. This went on for several very long seconds before I realized where I was. There is no doubt that I should have calmly bought a pound of meat, 65 I merely nodded briefly and left. The other man in my t

55、own who probably thinks I am mad is Mr. Smith. Some years ago he was manager of Mead's Shop, and he and I knew each other quite well. One day he 66 (stand) in the doorway of his shop when I passed.My brain was on some distant problem and my eyes stared into space. “Hello, Mr. Herriot.” I heard his voice. I turned