哈尔滨市第六中学校2015-2016学年度高二上学期期中考试
英 语 试 题
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第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节:
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. What did the woman like doing during the holiday?
A. Sunbathing. B. Visiting museums. C. Going shopping.
2. Where is David now?
A. In his office. B. In a repair shop. C. In a stadium.
3. What is the man going to do after school on Monday?
A. Have a swimming class. B. Paint a picture. C. Learn to cook.
4. What food is the woman going to bring to the party?
A. Pizza. B. A cake. C. Salad.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A shop. B. A friend. C. A postcard.
第二节:
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，回答第6、7题。
6. What has the man been doing?
A. Having a holiday. B. Traveling on business. C. Shopping in a sports shop.
7. How does the man feel now?
A. Worried. B. Excited. C. Tired.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why does the woman make the call?
A. To change a flight. B. To book an air ticket. C. To check her flight.
9. When will the woman arrive at the airport?
A. By 6:00 a.m. B. By 7:00 a.m. C. By 9:00 a.m.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why didn’t the woman attend the party?
A. She looked after her grandfather. B. She went to see a doctor. C. She had a headache.
11. How long did the party last?
A. About 3 hours. B. About 3.5 hours. C. About 4.5 hours.
12. What impressed the man most in the party?
A. The atmosphere. B. The food. C. The music.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man say about his driving lessons?
A. He made many mistakes at the beginning. B. He has passed the driving test.
C. He had difficulty parking.
14. What does the woman think about driving?
A. It is unfit for her young age. B. It is expensive. C. It is useless.
15. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Interviewer and interviewee. B. Classmates. C. Brother and sister.
16. What do the man’s parents offer to do?
A. Buy him a car. B. Drive him to school. C. Help him practice driving.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How did Juan Cabello earn his living?
A. By teaching the whistling language. B. By giving performances in Silbo.
C. By operating a restaurant.
18. What did farmers use the strong whistle to do in the past?
A. Talk to their families. B. Tell stories to their kids. C. Send messages to others.
19. What is being done to prevent Silbo dying out?
A. Making the school children study this language. B. Asking local people to use mobile phones less.
C. Encouraging more people to use it.
20. What can we learn from the talk?
A. People can hear Silbo more than 5 miles away. B. It is said Africans brought Silbo to Spain.
C. About 2,500 people could use Silbo.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
A
My son has poliomyelitis(小儿麻痹症) and he suffered from it a lot. When he was young, my wife and I took him to see so many doctors and got different kinds of treatments. But still, he couldn’t walk like a normal kid.
So he was laughed at by his peers for his walking style. His tears burnt our eyes like sulphuric acid(硫酸). Then, he became afraid of going to school. He wouldn’t go anymore.
One night, my wife had a breakdown and shouted at him, “I tell you, my kid, you might be like this forever. You are a freak in other people’s eyes, and perhaps it would never change. But in my eyes, in your dad’s eyes, you are not a freak! You are not! Even if you are, we love you and we will love you forever!” My son spoke nothing for two days. He didn’t eat or sleep. We could read he was hurt. We hoped something wonderful would fall in our family. On the third morning, he struggled to walk to my car, with his school bag in his hand of course. He raised his head high and hugged me, saying “I want to go to school. Nothing will beat me.”
You know, from then on, he was never afraid of being mocked or despised anymore.
If he couldn’t avoid these looks, he chose to look at them in the eyes. Later, something nice really happened and my son went to MIT. When he was asked how he managed to bear the pressure, he said, “Because of my parents.”
My dear fellows, if you care too much about how other people look at you or what their opinions are, you will never become what you want to be.
21. The author’s son was laughed at by his peers, because__________.
A. he didn’t do well in his lessons B. he walked in a strange way
C. he was from a poor family D. he often burst into tears
22. After hearing what the mother said, the son__________.
A. quarreled with his mother and left home angrily
B. went to school unwillingly without speaking anything
C. burst out crying complaining about his bad experience
D. didn’t say anything without eating or sleeping for two days.
23. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage?
A. The boy was brave to face any difficulty after being encouraged by his mother.
B. The boy achieved success and was admitted to a famous university.
C. The boy finally could walk like a normal child after some treatments.
D. The boy owed his success to his parents and was grateful to them.
24. From the passage we can say the boy is__________.
A. confident and outgoing B. brave and hard-working
C. wise and easy-going D. determined and brave
B.
Journey to America
By Hemang Dave
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I, Hemang Dave went to America for a vacation, but it turned into an extraordinary quest. I met an orphan looking for his parents. I thought, I will help him find his parents. He agreed and we begun our adventure. What an adventure! I am proud to share my adventures with you. Have fun reading..
Noah’s Ark: Encounters
By Harry Dayle
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 75,430 . Language: British English. Published: August 7, 2014.
Two months after the world ended, is there finally some hope for the three thousand survivors aboard cruise ship spirit of Arcadia? A strange signal on the radar suggests more survivors. It might even explain the mysterious finds the cruise ship has made on her journey south. Or could it be something altogether more sinister ? Encounters is the third novel in the thrilling Noah’s Ark series.
Heal your Mind
By Gerald N. Ogonyo
Price: $ 3.99 USD . Words :22,420. Language: English. Published: August 7, 2014.
This book has been written to guide you to achieve success, mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. The author was inspired to write this book after his own life was changed by the key points discussed in the book. Read , enjoy and hopefully it will change your life for the better too.
My Childhood Christmas
By Rootie Simms
Price: $4.95 USD. Words: 47,700. Language: English. Published: July 27, 2014
Santa pins, cigarette-smoking toys, school plays, bus stop battles and sledding
wars---this is the Christmas of 1959! A hysterical Christmas, a sled ride back to the place where your fondest memories still live. Welcome to My Childhood Christmas!
25.The author of Journey to America impresses us as being__________.
A . brave and intelligent B. honest and easy-going
C. wealthy and generous D. helpful and warm-hearted
26. What’s the authors purpose in writing My Childhood Christmas?
A. To share happy childhood memories. B. To recall the hard days in the 1950s
C. To discourage us from cigarette-smoking. D. To tell about the social problems of the 1950s.
27. If you aim for career success, you’d better read the book by_______.
A. Hemang Dave B. Harry Dayle C. Gerald N. Ogonyo D. Rootie Simms
C.
British engineer at a company called Reaction Engines, have successfully tested a whole new kind of jet engine, named Sabre, Financial Times is reporting; so much so that the time of long-distance flight could be halved, or even quartered Britain’s Orange News says jets with the new engine could fly from London to Sydney in four hours, instead of the usual twelve to sixteen and Mail Online adds that new engine not only allows for faster travel but pollutes less and the fuel for it costs less as well.
The secret to the new engine is patented and this new technology very quickly changes air from normal temperature to super-cold temperature .This means the engine can run faster without breaking apart due to overheating , which keeps most modern jets from traveling faster. The engine is air-breathing and uses hydrogen as its fuel source. In addition to flying faster, a jet with the new engine would also fly much higher, allowing for an event faster flight in the very thin air. Because of the very high speed produced by the engine and the high altitude, a jet with Sabre in it would not have any windows.
This is the biggest breakthrough in jet technology since the invention of the jet engine, and they expect new aircraft with the new engine to be traveling in the sky in just ten years. They also note that tests of the engine were overseen by the European Space Agency which has now wholly supported the new engine and has event begun talking about booking flight time with future jets that could be used to deliver satellites into orbit around the Earth.
This technology is not something that happens overnight. Instead, it is the result of many years’ hard work by thousands of engineers from over seventeen countries. Research has suggested that , with advances in jet plane technology to match the engine, flights could eventually reach speeds of nearly 20,000 miles per hour, making travel to distant parts of the globe as quick and simple as driving across town.
28. Which advantage of jets with the new engine is NOT mentioned?
A. Traveling faster B. Polluting less C. costing less D. Flying more safely
29. The modern jets without the new engine can’t travel faster mainly because____.
A. their engines can’t stay cool a high speeds B. they use a normal fuel source
C. they just fly at very high altitudes. D. their engines can’t allow jets to fly in the thin air
30.We learn from the text that jets with the new engine______.
A. can fly at high altitudes B. has some small windows
C. will fly in the sky in about twenty years. D. is designed by engineers from 17 countries
31. The European Space Agency hoped to________
A. be in charge of testing the technology B. play the leading role in jet technology
C. use jets with the new engine to launch satellites D. buy all the products made be Reaction Engines
D.
We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it.
Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity（机会）and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. The standards may be changed-no examination is perfect-but to have no external( 外部的 )tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in external examinations or in any controls in schools or on teachers. This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency（实力）,the ideal and the purpose of each teacher.
Without external examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them - a form of favoritism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates（证书）to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of a certificate shows the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected school. This defence of excellence and opportunity would disappear if external examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school's fame（名誉）,unable to compete for employment with the child from the favoured school.
The opponents（对手）of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.
These people are not just against school organisation, but are at war with the whole idea of modem competitive society and they are using children in schools for their destructive（破坏性的）purposes. There is no reason why we should allow such people to determine the way our schools are organised when it is to the obvious disadvantage of the pupils, of the schools and of our society as a whole.
32. In the writer's opinion, what would happen if external examinations were taken away?
A. There would be no more opportunities and no more excellence.
B. Children from poor families would not be able to change schools.
C. Going to a favoured school should be the only way to get a good job.
D. Schools for bright children would lose their fame.
33. The situation at the moment is that ________.
A. many children who are suitable for a job have no proof of their suitability
B. a school's fame is not important, as long as a child has a certificate.
C. children attending well - respected schools need not get certificates.
D. a bright child doesn't need a certificate a t all to get a good job.
34. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. Most students from poor families can't get a good job.
B. Some people are using students to destroy our society.
C. The writer thinks it a good way to choose a job by computer.
D. The opponents of the examination want to reorganize schools.
35. The opponents would agree that _________.
A. computers should be selected to take over many jobs
B. particular people should not be chosen for particular jobs
C. well - respected schools should be got rid of as soon as possible
D. the students are not equally treated if they take external examinations
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。
Hydroponics (水栽法) is the only way that in the future we will be able to grow crops and food and at the same time sustain (维持) the Earth. Then what is the way of hydroponics? 36
These days we are losing land at such a rapid rate that it is only a matter of time before we will run out of land to develop. If we continue to grow at such a rate, finally the only land left to be developed will be farmland. If we use farmland to put up more apartments, then we will have no land to grow crops to survive. This is becoming a serious possibility. 37
The great thing about hydroponics growing is that anyone can do it. 38 This means that individuals that live in downtown areas and have no yard space for a garden can grow vegetables and fruits which will free them from going to the grocery store every day.
The equipment to grow plants using a hydroponics system is easy to obtain and can be easily picked up at a local store or over the Internet. 39 All you have to do is to follow the instructions. You will soon be on your way to free groceries.
With a hydroponics system, your plants will all grow faster. This is especially good if you grow and sell them. 40 You can save a lot of money by using them for cooking all year round. You can also expect to have a fresh supply of high quality vegetables and green leaves on a regular basis.
A. You can expect a higher production and they grow quickly.
B. The equipment is fairly priced and easy to use.
C. It is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, without soil.
D. In the near future, the method will be used by more and more farmers.
E. This is why scientists have developed another way to grow food and plants without using land.
F. If you have the knowledge and the right equipment, you can do it yourself at your home.
G. People will not get enough food by using this system, so they still need land to grow crops.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45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，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On a bright and cold November morning, Killy Kilford stood on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, watching pedestrians (行人) cross the street quickly. As a
woman reached his side of the street, Kilford stopped her __41__ and asked, “What do you think of that street __42__?”
She __43__ and smiled. “I like it.” It’s really nice,” she said. The sign, which at first __44__ looks like any other city street sign, bears an __45__ message: “Listen to your heart.”
A few weeks earlier, Kilford and a group of nearly fifty __46__ installed 200 “happy street signs” in high-traffic areas around New York City. Kilford __47__ the signs to look like official street signs but each __48__ an inspiring message. After posting the signs, the group began surveying pedestrians for their __49__.
“The goal is to __50__ people’s days through ‘little moments of joy’,” Kilford __51__. “In our daily lives, we are looking at our mobile phones or going to meetings, but I think sometimes people just need a little sign here and there to __52__ them that they are great, that they can have a great day and that they are loved. That’s what the message is.”
But in some way, signs are ways governments __53__ with citizens, and today, much of that communication is prohibitive (禁止性的) : “No Parking.” “No Standing.” Kilford believes __54__ the tone of that conversation to include some positive information could make a __55__. “if you see a sign that says something different or unexpected, __56__ ‘Rubbish less, love more’, that will be better,” he explains.
So far, Kilford is very encouraged by the feedback (反馈) he has __57__. Not everyone likes the idea, of course. One man who was __58__ unaware that these signs were completely created by Kilford and his volunteers, called the signs a “waste of taxpayer money”. But Kilford said they had surveyed more than 600 pedestrians, and that the majority were completely __59__.
What’s more, the project catches the __60__ of celebrities like Perez Hilton, who is an American blogger and television personality.
41. A. nervously B. suddenly C. amazingly D. politely
42. A. sign B. tree C. light D. traffic
43. A. looked around B. looked out C. looked up D. looked back
44. A. thought B. glance C. attempt D. arrival
45. A. unwanted B. unconveyed C. unprepared D. unexpected
46. A. volunteers B. citizens C. taxpayers D. cleaners
47. A. produced B. designed C. chose D. purchased
48. A. makes B. arranges C. features D. suggests
49. A. expressions B. hobbies C. comments D. reactions
50. A. pass B. celebrate C. brighten D. improve
51. A. explains B. admits C. responds D. recalls
52. A. inform B. remind C. advise D. persuade
53. A. agree B. compete C. communicate D. argue
54. A. cancelling B. changing C. adopting D. advocating
55. A. discovery B. decision C. prediction D. difference
56. A. for example B. in fact C. as a result D. or rather
57. A. accepted B. received C. sent D. offered
58. A. apparently B. doubtfully C. disappointedly D. luckily
59. A. indifferent B. negative C. supportive D. doubtful
60. A. target B. curiosity C. signature D. attention
第 II 卷
注意：将答案写在答题卷上。写在本试卷上无效。
第一节（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或括号内单词的正确形式。
Crying marriage? 61 (surprise), isn’t it? Factually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and 62 (remain) in fashion 63 the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it 64 a necessity to marriage procedure.
It is very much 65 same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. 66 , the bride’s neighbors would look down upon 67 as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 68 which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a way by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. ___69___, in the 70 (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
第二节：单词词组（每个1分，共15分）
单词拼写：
71. 与众不同的 adj. ________________ 72. 必不可少的,绝对重要的 adj. ________________
73. 与…相似 vt. ________________ 74. 具体的；特定的 adj. ________________
75. 灭绝；绝种 n. ________________ 76. 监测 vt. ________________
77. 缺乏,不存在 n. ________________ 78. 谨慎的，慎重的adj. ________________
79. 积累，积聚 v. ________________ 80. 达到，得到 v. ________________
词组
81. 关心某事，担心某事________________
82. 省去，删去________________
83. 知道________________
84. 对某人有吸引力，引起某人的兴趣________________
85. 瞥见________________
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）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
One night, Mr. Green went to a store to buy the shirt. The salesgirl showed him several shirts to choose. He had no idea which one would suit him. At last, he had made up his minds to buy an expensive shirt, thinking that it might go well with his new trousers. On his way home, he was very exciting. However, when he got up the next day, tried the shirt in and looked at it this way and that, his excitement was gone. He found it was not so nice to look at home than it is in the store. Knowing that he couldn’t possible change it, he thought he had better put it away and used it in the future.
第二节: 书面表达 (20分)
假如你是李华，是哈尔滨市第六中学的学生会主席，根据双方约定，你们打算今年夏天去伦敦EalingSchool进行四个星期的学习和旅游。请根据下面的表格内容写信给伦敦Ealing School，告诉他们你们的基本活动内容，请他们作好安排。
参加活动人数
共30人，男18人，女10人，另有2名女老师
活动内容
上午上英语课，下午市内旅游或一些体育活动，晚上自汕活动星期六、星期日去参观其他城市
要求
尽早把正式邀请函寄来，以便办理有关手续
住宿
最好住在英国人家里，以便提高口语能力
注意：
1．词数：100—120
2．参考词汇：办理手续go through all the procedures
3．文章的开头已给出。
Dear Sir,
I'm Li Hua, Chairman of the Students' Union of Harbin NO. 6 Middle School.__________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
2015高二期中考试英语试题参考答案
听力部分: 1-5 ACABC 6-10BCCBA 11-15CBCAB 16-20ABCAB
阅读理解：21-24 BDCD 25-27D A C 28-31 D A A C 32—35 ABDD 36-40 CEFBA
完型填空： 41-45DACBD 46-50ABCDC 51-55ABCBD 56-60ABACD
语法填空：
61. Surprising 62.remained 63. until/till 64. as 65. the
66. Otherwise 67. her 68. in 69. However 70. arranged
单词词组：71 distinctive 72essential 73resemble 74 specific 75 extinction 76monitor 77 absence 78cautious 79 accumulate 80 attain 81 be concerned about 82 leave out 83 be aware of 84 appeal to sb 85 catch a glimpse of
短文改错：
One night, Mr. Green went to a store to buy the(a) shirt. The salesgirl showed him several shirts to choose(+from). He had no idea which one would suit him. At last, he had(去掉) made up his minds（mind） to buy an expensive shirt, thinking that it might go well with his new trousers. On his way home, he was very exciting(excited). However, when he got up the next day, tried the shirt in (on)and looked at it this way and that, his excitement was gone. He found it was not so nice to look at home than（as） it is（was） in the store. Knowing that he couldn’t possible(possibly)change it, he thought he had better put it away and used(use) it in the future.
书面表达答案：Dear Sir,
I'm Li Hua, Chairman of the Students' Union of Harbin NO. 6 Middle School. According to the agreement, we plan to send 30 students and teachers to have a study tour in your school for four weeks this summer. Now I'd like to tell you something about our group and something we'd like you to arrange for us.
Our group is made up of two women teachers and 28 students, of whom 18 are boys. It is better for us to live in host families so that we can have chances to practise our oral English. As for the activities, it is suggested that we have English classes in the morning, do some sightseeing or take part in some sports in the afternoon. In the evening we want to be free. On Sundays and Saturdays we'd like to visit some near-by towns or cities.
Please send us your formal invitation as soon as possible so that we can go through all the procedures.
Best wishes !
Yours,
Li Hua
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