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铅山致远中学2015—2016学年下学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
第I卷
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题；每小题l.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l0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. When does the first bus leave for the school on Saturdays?
A. At 6:10 a.m. B. At 6:30 a.m. C. At 6:40 a.m.
2. What did the man plan to do?
A. He intended to give his workers some holidays.
B. He wanted to ask for leave because of tiredness.
C. He planned to discuss the new project with his workers.
3. What does the woman do?
A. She’s a reporter. B. She’s a writer. C. She’s a scientist.
4. How long is the library open a day?
A. For nine hours. B. For ten hours. C. For eleven hours.
5. How will the woman probably go to New York?
A. By car. B. By air. C. By train.
第二节 (共15小题; 每小题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，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出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 are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. The weather. B. The storm. C. The rain.
7. Why did the woman go shopping without her umbrella?
A. Because she didn’t think it would rain. B. Because she left her umbrella at home.
C. Because she didn’t have one.
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the man usually do in the morning?
A. Meet some friends. B. Go shopping. C. Do housework.
9. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Reporter and Writer. B. Employer and Employee. C. Interviewer and Interviewee.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12 题。
10. Why does the man never chat online?
A. Because the man is too busy to do that.
B. Because most software is not available for his computer.
C. Because the woman has borrowed the software from him.
11. How many mp3 files does the woman usually download a day?
A. About 13. B. About 17. C. At least 30.
12. What will the woman do for the man?
A. She will burn a CD for him.
B. She will take him to chat online.
C. She will help him to repair the computer.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. When did the man begin to take the medicine?
A. Three days ago. B. Yesterday. C. This morning.
14. Where does the conversation probably happen?
A. In a clinic. B. Near a hospital. C. At the man’s home.
15. What is the woman’s suggestion?
A. The man should take more enough medicine.
B. The man should give up his job immediately.
C. The man should have more rest and less stress.
16. What did the man do recently?
A. He left work and stayed at home. B. He busied himself with a project.
C. He stayed in hospital for several days.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How much does Billy earn a year only by doing this part-time job?
A. About $700. B. About $840. C. About $1010.
18. What can be inferred about the boy?
A. He has more than seventy customers. B. He should have earned much more money.
C. The customers are satisfied with the boy’s job.
19. Why does Billy save some of the money?
A. To have a trip to Europe. B. To afford his further education.
C. To buy some records and a new bicycle.
20. How does Billy probably deliver the newspapers?
A. By skateboard. B. On foot. C. By bike.
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和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
When you’re returning to Australia, be careful that you don’t bring in pests and diseases. Some items you might bring back from overseas can be pests and diseases that Australia doesn’t have. When you return, declare(申报)all food, meat, fruits, plants, seeds, wooden souvenirs, animal or plant materials.
Australia has strict quarantine(检疫)laws and tough on-the-spot fines. Every piece of luggage is now screened or X-rayed. If you fail to declare any quarantine items, or if you make a false declaration, you will get caught. In addition to on-the-spot fines, you could be accused and fined more than $60, 000 and you may risk 10 years in prison. All international mail is also screened.
Some products may require treatment to make them safe. Items that are restricted because of the risk of pests and diseases will be seized and destroyed by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service(AQIS).
In many cases, the goods you declare will be returned to you after inspection. However, any item that presents a quarantine risk will be withheld(扣留). You will be given a range of options for each item depending on the quarantine risk: ·
·Treating the item to make it safe*;
·Holding the item until an import permit is presented*; ·
·Re-exporting the item*；·
·Destroying the item.
Those treatments with the sign “*” are subject to fees.
Further information:
For more detailed information about bringing in food, animals, plants, animal or plant materials, call the AQIS at 1800-020-504.
21. Which of the following don’t you need to declare when returning to Australia?
A. Tea. B. Wooden combs. C. A pair of glasses. D. Some bread.
22. If you make a false declaration, you would _______ .
A. be forbidden to return to Australia B. be fined a lot of money
C. have to declare your items again D. make yourself screened
23. Where can we most probably find this passage?
A. In an advertisement. B. In a hospital.
C. At the police station. D. In a traveling guidebook.
24. We can learn from the passage that _______ .
A. you can keep the item before an import permit is presented
B. all products must be treated according to the AQIS
C. not all treatments for your declared items are free
D. travelers can sell their declared items
B
Do you know how children in other countries spend their schooldays and what kind of games they always play?
Children in Brazil
School
The school year runs from February to December. Children attend (上学) school for about four hours in the morning or the afternoon. About a quarter of children in Brazil do not attend school at all.
Play
Football is the most popular sport. Brazil’s beautiful beaches also make swimming and volleyball popular.
Family
Brazilian families are often large. Nearly a third of the population is under eighteen！
Children in France
School
The schoolday begins from 8∶00 am to 4∶00 pm, with a two- hour lunch break. Schools close on Wednesday and Sunday, and are closed for a half day on Saturday.
Play
Football, bicycling and tennis are favorite sports in France. In some areas, pelote, a traditional ball game, is also very popular.
Family
Most French mothers work; the majority of preschool (幼儿园) children attend day care centres known as crèches.
France has laws about naming children and all names have to be chosen from an official list.
Children in Japan
School
Schools in Japan are very competitive (竞争的). Even preschoolers may attend
“cramming (填鸭式教学的) schools” to prepare for exams. There is a summer break about six weeks, but the children have homework during this time.
Play
Comic books have been popular in Japan since the 1700s. Comics now account for about 40% of all published material in Japan. Kite flying is enjoyed by people of every age.
Family
Homes in Japan are small, on average. The typical family of four lives in five small rooms. Most fathers in Japan work long hours. As a result, some children only see their fathers on weekends or holidays.
25. What kind of sport is very popular in France?
①Kite flying. ②Bicycling. ③Football. ④Pelote.
A．①②③ B．①④ C．②③④ D．①②③④
26. What is a crèche in France?
A．Places with beautiful beaches.
B．A day care centre for preschool children.
C．The name of the place where French mothers work.
D．Cramming schools to improve children’s exam results.
27. Compared to children in Brazil and France, children in Japan may feel ________ at school.
A．happy B．lonely C．bored D．stressed
C
To see the world is one thing；to have someone to share it with is another. Indeed，travel becomes more interesting when you have a travel partner. A travel partner can be a close friend, a family member, a pal you’ve met online, or a business friend.
You can have someone to talk to
Traveling alone is fun，but wouldn’t you feel lonely？Having a travel partner can remove the feeling of loneliness. This is especially true if you can get a travel companion who is very familiar with the place you’re traveling to. You don’t have to ask any information from the locals, and you can increase the time you spend in the country.
__________________________
One of the major headaches in traveling is the costs involved. You can’t simply ignore the rising price of hotels or plane tickets. You should also think about your daily needs, such as your food. Of course, you can’t simply go back without bringing any souvenirs (纪念品) to your friends and family. All these can ruin your budget. However, when you have a travel friend，you can have someone to share the expenses with.
You can meet a good friend
Having a travel mate is a good way of meeting a new friend or even a lifelong partner. You can never count the number of couples who actually found their way into each other’s heart while traveling together in another country.
You can have someone to watch out for you
When you’re in a foreign land, you’ll never be really safe. You don’t know the rules as well as the culture of the people. A travel mate will be perfect to remind you of your duties in the country and to watch your back just in case you get lost. So why don’t you find a travel companion now?
Let’s find out how...
28. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A．To introduce a travel company.
B．To encourage us to have a travel partner.
C．To explain how to be a perfect travel partner.
D．To tell an interesting experience with a travel partner.
29. What’s the best title for the 3rd paragraph?
A．You can save money by bargaining together.
B．You can know the local culture well.
C．You can enjoy food with your partner.
D．You can have someone to share the expenses with.
30. Which of the following statements agrees with the author’s opinion?
A．Traveling alone is not fun. B．Buying souvenirs isn’t necessary.
C．Many people fall in love when traveling. D．It’s better to choose a stranger as a travel partner.
31. The following paragraph will probably talk about________.
A．how to get along with a travel partner B．how travel can benefit people
C．what we can learn from travel D．how to find a travel partner
D
For a while, my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers（慢跑者）．They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evenings．There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “You’ll feel great.”
Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could．So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more．Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army, I’m not alone in my opinion．
First of all, jogging is very hard on the body．Your legs and feet take a real pounding（追击）running down a road for two or three miles．I developed foot, leg, and back problems．Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about．Jogging doesn’t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.
Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging．Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn’t my idea of fun．Jogging is also a lonely pastime．Some joggers say, “I love being out there with just my thoughts.” Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn’t just the first week; it was practically every day for two months．I never got past the pain level, and pain isn’t fun．What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?
I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will．I’m walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good．I bicycle to work when the weather is good．I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time．I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape．
32. From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood ______．
A. people jogged only during the daytime B. jogging provided a chance to get together
C. Alex organized an army of joggers D. jogging became very popular
33. The underlined word “them”（Paragraph 3） most probably refers to _____．
A. back problems B. heart attack C. physical weaknesses D. famous joggers
34. What was the writer’s attitude towards jogging in the beginning?
A. He was very fond of it. B. He felt it was worth a try.
C. He was strongly against it. D. He thought it must be painful.
35. From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that .
A. nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit
B. he is the only person who hates jogging
C. jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport
D. not everyone enjoys jogging
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。选项中有两项多余。
Things You Should Tell Yourself Every Day in The Morning
Today is a new day.
36 However, today is a new day. It’s another day to make progress and change whatever I want to change. It is another day to be whoever I want to be. So I must do my best today because is a brand new day for me.
I am the best version of me.
All of us have shortcomings. Either we think so, or someone else think so. 37 But I must bear in mind that among all these imperfections, I am the best version of me.
Failures are okay.
Everyone fails. 38 Nothing can defeat me as long as I can learn from failures and have the courage to move on.
Life goes on.
No matter whether good or bad things happen, life continues. 39 So even though things might be amazing or awful, life goes on and I must move on. I have to improve, become better, and become who I want to be.
40
Nothing controls my happiness. Nothing makes me sad. Nothing beats me. Nothing makes me unhappy. Some things or people might make us happy, but they can’t control it. My happiness is in my hands only.
A. Nothing lasts forever.
B. No one except me can control my happiness.
C. I deserve the best of everything I get.
D. The bottom line is no one is ever perfect.
E. Yesterday was a bad day and maybe so was the previous week.
F. The important part is to get up from failures and start over.
G. I can achieve all my dreams no matter how strange or unrealistic they seem to others.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节： 完型填空（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选项。
Tears clouded-my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett's jeans and full of burn holes;
Tired and defeated, I 41 to the floor．The clothes were just one more thing Brett had 42 ．He often got almost everything in the house out of 43 . Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking 44 to steal money when he chose to live on the street．Yet none of this could compare to the emotional 45 Brett had done to our once quiet home．
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old．During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as 46 as possible, but inside I was shouting．"I don't want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can't 47 him!"Having wiped my tears, I continued 48 him as before．
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所）．After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping 49 teens． At the 50 ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had 51 the roost to him or her．Brett spoke 52 to his parents and then spoke to me, "You did so much．You were always there, no matter 53 ．My mom and dad, I was their kid．But you, 54 troubled enough by me, always 55 me such love．And I want you to know I love you for it．" 56 ．I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me 57 ．
At that moment, tears 58 in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for 59 ．Although I had struggled with silent 60 toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions．Love is action．We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them．
41．A．sat B．sank C．bent D．dropped
42．A．ruined B．lost C．torn D．broken
43．A．danger B．place C．trouble D．order
44．A．off B．in C．up D．away
45．A．pain B．injury C．damage D．harm
46．A．patiently B．willingly C．strictly D．rudely
47．A．forgive B．educate C．stand D．control
48．A．parenting B．pardoning C．comforting D．feeding
49．A．lazy B．troublesome C．disappointing D．careless
50．A．opening B．official C．victory D．graduation
51．A．afforded B．meant C．supplied D．changed
52．A．lovingly B．sadly C．proudly D．nervously
53．A．where B．how C．what D．who
54．A．unless B．although C．because D．when
55．A．cost B．lent C．taught D．showed
56．A．Astonished B．Puzzled C．Encouraged D．Interested
57．A．surely B．roughly C．tightly D．fiercely
58．A．fell B．flowed C．moved D．gathered
59．A．pity B．happiness C．luck D．success
60．A．love． B．anxiety C．anger D．care
第II卷
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A little boy, who had great faith in God, wanted to meet God himself. He packed his backpack with some cookies and some juice and started his journey. He 61 (go) about three blocks, when he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, just 62 (stare) at some fallen leaves on the lake. The boy sat down next to her and opened his backpack. He was about to take a drink from his juice 63 he noticed that the lady looked hungry, so he offered her some cookies. She 64 ( grateful ) accepted them and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see 65 again, so he offered her a bottle of juice. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was 66 ( delight ). They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said 67 word.
The boy’s mother was surprised by his joy when he returned home. She asked him, “ What was it 68 made you so happy?” He replied, “ I had lunch with God. You know what? She’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen!”
Meanwhile, the old woman’s son was stunned by the look of peace 69 her face and the mother said happily, “ I ate cookies in the park with God. You know, he’s much 70 ( young ) than I expected.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Mike,
Thank you for your e-mail. I’d like tell you something about the English Club of our school.
I am a member of the English Club, which is set up by the Student Union three years before. A lot of teachers and students who are interest in English will gather at the multimedia classroom in every Saturday afternoon. There we usually see English movie, learn to sing English songs but debate on hot topics. Through these activities, we can broaden us horizons and learn about west culture. What’s more, we have great fun be together. The English Club is of great help to me in many ways.
Li Hua
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华。你的英国笔友Bill来信询问你家乡自去年以来是否有雾霾天气，具体情况如何。请根据所提供的信息写一封电子邮件。
1.介绍情况（发生雾霾天气的次数；引起交通事故、疾病等）；
2.采取相应措施，减少其发生次数（保护环境、多种树等）。
注意：1. 词数100左右，电子邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 所写短文须包括已提供的所有信息；
3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
4. 参考词汇 雾霾 smog
Dear Bill,
I’m glad to receive your letter. Thank you for your caring for the weather in my hometown. Now I’d like to tell you something about the smog.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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学年下学期期中考试
高二英语答题卷
第二部分：阅读理解
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
36－40
第三部分：英语知识运用
第二节：语法填空（共10小题；第小题1.5分，满分15分）
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63 64
65 66
67 68
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第四部分：写作
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
Dear Mike,
Thank you for your e-mail. I’d like tell you something about the English Club of our school.
I am a member of the English Club, which is set up by the Student Union three years before. A lot of teachers and students who are interest in English will gather at the multimedia classroom in every Saturday afternoon. There we usually see English movie, learn to sing English songs but debate on hot topics. Through these activities, we can broaden us horizons and learn about west culture. What’s more, we have great fun be together. The English Club is of great help to me in many ways.
Li Hua
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
Dear Bill,
I’m glad to receive your letter. Thank you for your caring for the weather in my hometown. Now I’d like to tell you something about the smog.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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