1、沙市中学2015-2016学年高二下学期第五次半月考英语试题第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. What does the woman plan to do？A. Stay at school. B. Visit her family. C. Go camping.2. Whats the topic of the conversation？A.
2、A ship. B. A movie. C. A joke.3. Why cant the speakers go on the trip？A. The mans uncle died.B. The man got sick.C. The woman has to attend a meeting.4. What does the man mean？A. Benjamin is very honest.B. Benjamin often breaks his words.C. Benjamin is serious about his work.5. What is the relations
3、hip between the speakers？A. Classmates. B. Colleagues. C. Teacher and student.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至7题。6. What is wrong with Kathy？A. She cant get on well with her
4、 father.B. She is worried about her classmate Don.C. She is upset because she failed the exam.7. What are the speakers mainly talking about？A. Mid-term exam. B. School education. C. Pressure from parents.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Where did the man grow up？A. In a city. B. In a small town. C. In the countrys
5、ide.9. What do the speakers see in the street？A. Kids playing ball. B. Nice shops. C. A lot of trash.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the woman hesitate at first？A. Because modern art is new to her.B. Because she is busy with her final paper.C. Because the exhibit is different from studying.11. Which c
6、ity will the art exhibit go to next？A. New York. B. Chicago. C. San Francisco.12. What will they probably do after going to the modern art museum？A. Go back home.B. Visit another museum.C. Have something to eat.听第9段对话，回答第13至16题。13. What kind of food does the man want to eat？A. Thai. B. Italian. C. I
7、ndian.14. What does the woman suggest first？A. Going to a big city to find the right spices.B. Looking around the local market.C. The man should learn how to cook the food himself.15. Where do the speakers live？A. In Australia. B. In America. C. In England.16. Who may the woman ask for help？A. The m
8、ans brother. B. The mans uncle. C. Her mother.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When did the train leave Glasgow last Thursday？A. At 8: 14 am. B. At 9: 20 am. C. At 8: 40 am.18. What happened to the speaker？A. He lost his luggage. B. He missed his flight. C. He was badly injured.19. What does the speaker mainly
9、 complain about？A. The trains delay, poor service and no apology.B. The rude manners of the crew and the high price of the ticket.C. The delay of the train and poor-quality food of the restaurant.20. What is the purpose of the tape-talk？A. To comment on the restaurant on the train.B. To give the rea
10、son why he missed his flight.C. To urge the company to make up for his loss.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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AA Guide to the Librarys FacilitiesTo use or reserve the facilities of the library, follow the procedures given at the circu
11、lation desk.Group Study Rooms (2F)Students and teaching staff can use these rooms for group study. Students are advised to use unlocked rooms (3 rooms for 2 people, 2 rooms for 4 people) available for free. When you use locked rooms (2 rooms for 4 people, 1 room for 10 people), you need to go throug
12、h reservation procedures at the circulation desk. These rooms are available for group discussion.Individual Reading Rooms (1-3F)There are 4 single rooms available for use by teaching staff and visiting scholars. Each room is equipped with a computer together 1 printer and 6 scanners. Reservation of
13、these rooms is available for a period up to seven days on end.Meeting Rooms and Seminar Rooms (1-3F)Only teaching staff and graduate students can apply to use these rooms and reserve them one day in advance. The total number of seats is 40. They are availablefor workshops and small seminars.Computer
14、 Rooms (4F)These rooms are available for classes or seminars and so on. The total number of seats is 88. Only teaching staff can apply to use the computer rooms and reserve them one day in advance.21. How many locked rooms can students and teaching staff use? A. One B. ThreeC. Four D. Ten22. If teac
15、hers want to print, they can go to _. A. a seminar room B. a computer room C. an individual reading roomD. a group study room 23. Who can apply to use the computer rooms? A.Visiting scholarsB. Teachers C. Graduate students D. Teachers and students BHe may not have an S across his chest but this dog
16、is most certainly a hero. Harley, who was rescued from a puppy mill(磨坊，工厂) four years ago, was named the American Humane Associations 2015 American Hero Dog. Harley, who is missing an eye and has other medical issues from his time at the mill, is now a spokes-dog against puppy mills. He serves as th
17、e adorable furry face of the “Harley to the Rescue campaign, which raises funds for the National Dog Mill Rescue, according to a press release. The pup was rescued back in 2011 and adopted by Rudi and her husband, Dan. It was just four years ago that he was pulled from the cage in the puppy mill and
18、 left to die, Harleys owner, Rudi, said during the awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles this past weekend, according to Today. com. We never would have ever thought he would live this long and make such a difference for so many puppies. The dog was one of eight finalists up for the
19、 American Hero Dog and was chosen as the winner through public votes. The finalists all won $ 1,500 to be donated to one of American Humane Association s charity partners, with Harley receiving another $ 5 ,000 to go toward his charity partner, New Leash On Life. According to the release, Harley spe
20、nt 10 years at the puppy mill, and endured roughtreatment there, which led to his many medical issues. He lost his eye as a result of his cage being power-washed with him inside. The dog isnt just the face of his campaign, he also goes on rescue missions and makes public appearances at events and sc
21、hools to raise awareness for puppy mills. This incredible work is all due to the dog s fighting spirit. That spirit is allowing him now to be the voice for dogs who cannot speak for themselves and give everybody hope that tomorrows going to be a better day.24. How did the Harley to the Rescue campai
22、gn function? A. By saving dogs from a puppy mill. B. By operating the American Humane Association. C. By collecting money for the National Dog Mill Rescue. D. By giving endangered dogs-enough medical treatment.25. What was the author s attitude to the puppy mill according to the text? A. Unsatisfied
23、. B. Sympathetic. C. Doubtful. D. Tolerant.26. Why was Harley blind in one eye? A. She was born with it. B.Her owner hit her once roughly . C. It was caused by a medical issue. D. She was washed heavily in a cage.27. What can we infer about the dog from the text? A. It would be given to New Leash On
24、 Life. B. It was kept by Rudis family. C. It would be taken away by its puppy mill. D. It returned to the National Dog Mill Rescue.CWhat did you eat for lunch today? Did you choose this dish because it was healthy，cheap or because it was just very tasty? Are you a particular eater or an adventurous
25、diner?I love exploring trends in foodFusion(融合) cuisine is not for everybodyMy Italian grandmother would turn her nose up in disgust at the thought of tandoori pizza with mango topping but this marriage of tastes is perfectly fine in the 21st centuryChef and food writer Ching-He Huang，who presented
26、a series of Chinese Food for the BBC，is a fan of the movementShe says：“Fusion has been happening for centuries，for as long as people have travelled，but with the Internet，and global travel，the exchange of ideas makes the process much faster”Wolfgang Puck is seen by many as one of the chefs who madefu
27、sionelegantHe got his experience in this aspect in his native Vienna and made a name for himself when he opened his own restaurant in Los Angeles in the 1970sThis European dug into Asian cuisine and became one of the first in a long line of distinguished chefsHe said in an interview with the Wall St
28、reet Journal that initially he got negative responses from traditional AmericanChinese restaurant owners but he is not bitter“I believe authenticity is about evolution，not repeating your grandmothers recipe”he explains“Cooking is like painting or writing a songJust as there are only so many notes or
29、 coloursthere are only so many flavoursits how you combine them that sets you apart”My grannys cup of tea would be the Slow Food MovementFounded by her countryman Carlo Petrini in the 1980s and still going strong，it seeks to preserve regional cuisine and the use of ingredients that are grown locally
30、Petrini wants to see farmers connected more directly with consumersAll these trends give us food for thoughtWe might be wasting an exciting opportunity to wake up our taste buds when we swallow a sandwich at our desksTomorrow，why not find an exotic restaurant and enjoy a feast? You dress trendy so e
31、at trendy!28Fusion cuisine is_ Aa BBC cooking programme Ba balanced diet rich in nutrition Ca new trend of global travelling Da combination of different cooking styles29What do we learn about Wolfgang Puck? AHe knew little about Asian cuisine BHe owed his success to his love for painting CHe was wel
32、l received by EuropeansDHe was in favor of creation in cooking30The Slow Food Movement_ Aaims to keep alive local cuisine Bis favoured by old people Cpromotes local farming Dis founded by Granny31What can be a suitable title for the text? AHungry for new BGreedy for tasty CLove for cooking DFood for
33、 thought DThe elevator of the future may be just over the horizon thanks to German companyThyssenKruppThe firm has invented a cable-free elevator (called MULTI) that can go up and down like traditional lifts but the magnetic motors allow it to go side-to-side tooThe designers predict that this techn
34、ology could increase the carrying capacity of existing architecture by as much as 50Plus it looks really neatThyssenKrupp plans to use light-weight materials to build its elevator ears of the future and the lack of a cable winch(钢缆绞车)will reduce weight as wellThe ears wouldnt just move up and down a
35、s they do now but would instead go in a circle that allows more cars to slip in fight behind the nextThe result is that you might only have to wait 10 seconds for the next one to arrive rather than wait for the one you just missed to come back downThe technology backing ThyssenKrupps MULTI elevator
36、is very similar to magneticlevitation(磁悬浮)systems used in high-speed trainsEach car has two magnetic motorsone for vertical movement and another for horizontalThis system can also deliver power to the cars internal lighting and electronics without using wiresA traditional cable driven elevator has m
37、echanical components that can hold the car in place in the event of a power-offThyssenKrupp didnt go into detail about safety measures in its announcement but its safe to say the magnetic levitation elevator will have some sort of system to hold it in place if the lights go outThyssenKrupp is workin
38、g on a test tower that will be used to develop the MULTI into a real elevator technologyThis should be up and running by 2016 but it will probably take at least a few more years before you get to climb inside a magnetic elevator car32What does the underlined phrase “over the horizon”mean? AAbove sea
39、 level BOn the rise C. On the way DOut of sight33MULTI is designed to_ Asave energy Bcarry more passengers Crun much faster Dbe neat and comfortable34The key technology about MULTI is its_. Amagnetic motor Bcable winch Cwireless electronics Dlighting material35What can be learned from the last parag
40、raph? AMULTI will sell well BMULTI has to work on a tower CMULTI will be put into use in 2016 DMULTI has a safety system in case of power-off 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。Imagine what you could do with a machine that could make things disappear. 36 In the books of J.
41、R.R. Tolkein, Bilbo Baggins finds a ring that can make him disappear. Of course, theres also poor Harry Potter, who used his invisibility cloak (隐形斗篷)to hide from danger.Now that youve got some ideas, its time for the hard part: building the cloak. 37 An invisibility cloak has to cheat anything or a
42、nyone who might be watching. In order to understand how something can be seen, its important to understand how we see.Human beings can only see objects that reflect light waves. These waves enter the eyes and are then processed by the brain. However, if an object doesnt reflect light, then the waves
43、 dont enter the eyes, and the brain doesnt process. 38 Cummer was part of a team of scientists from Duke University, including David Smith and David Schurig, who built the worlds first version of an invisibility cloak. 39 He in May said that an invisibility cloak was possible and Pendry was not the
44、only one thinking about a disappearing act. At the same time, a Scottish physicist, Ulf Leonhardt published a paper on building invisibility equipment.“It wasnt easy,” says Cummer. “As often happens in science and research, it didnt work very well the first time. That first cloak didnt work like Har
45、ry Potters 40 So the research is still under way.” A. Would you like an invisibility cloak that works just like the one Harry Potter got from his father? B. The scientists didnt actually see anything disappear. C. So building an invisibility cloak is building something that doesnt reflect light. D.
46、Researchers in England and the USA have found the materials to build such a cloak. E. They had been inspired by the work of a British physicist, John Pendry. F. For inspiration, you could read some books. G. To do that, you have to give up science fiction and turn to real science.笫三部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分4
47、5分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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Some adults spend a lot of time trying to stop children playing. They are usually people who think of play as being the 41 of work and therefore a waste of time. For humans, work is a way of getting food to eat, and like humans, 4
48、2 must spend time doing the 43 things. Regardless of this, children 44 playing, and so do other young animals. It is quite 45 to keep both a small child and a young cat 46 for hours with a piece of paper.Hunting may be the most obvious skill 47 in play, but it is far from being the only one. Lambs a
49、nd goat kids play 48 , although they will never 49 anything other than some grass. But for these young animals too, 50 is an important part of learning. Sheep and goats are 51 hill and mountain animals. Running and skipping exercise young legs and develop a strong sense of 52 that will keep them saf
50、e on the steepest rocks. 53 animals play, childrens play is not so different. 54 trees and catching flies are not the most obvious training for the adult world, but the flexibility 55 in these activities is similar to that required of a bus driver or businessman.What we know about animals shows us t
51、hat playing is a very good way of 56 , so maybe one of the best ways for 57 to learn is also by playing. Children find playing is fun, but 58 notice that they are also learning at the same time. Most people continue to play games long after they have become 59 , and perhaps that is because we rely s
52、o much on our 60 to learn.41. A. rewardB. oppositeC. basisD. nature42. A. animalsB. childrenC. parentsD. ancestors43. A. sameB. ordinaryC. dullD. chief44. A. delayB. regretC. enjoyD. ignore45. A. possibleB. necessaryC. reasonableD. adorable46. A. annoyedB. alarmedC. amazedD. amused47. A. castB. prac
53、ticedC. testedD. required48. A. endlesslyB. clumsilyC. crazilyD. aggressively49. A. huntB. plantC. learnD. strike50. A. jumpB. workC. playD. walk51. A. strangelyB. initiallyC. naturallyD. equally52. A. directionB. spaceC. distanceD. balance53. A. Based onB. Compared withC. Inspired byD. Developed fo
54、rm54. A. ClimbingB. GrowingC. WateringD. Cutting55. A. reducedB. allowedC. damagedD. needed56. A. learningB. exercisingC. improvingD. growing57. A. adultsB. creaturesC. humansD. students58. A. generallyB. hardlyC. morallyD. truly59. A. matureB. complicatedC. athleticD. strong60. A. flexibilityB. lib
55、ertyC. responsibilityD. curiosity第二节 课本落实（共10小题；每小题1分，不超过三个单词，满分10分）61. He _(积累) a large fortune over the past ten years. 62. It is known that students _ (禁止)to smoke at school. 63. In a courtroom it is sometimes difficult _(辨别) who is innocent and who is guilty. 64. It was sometime last week, But I
56、 cant remember the _ （确切的）time.65. If you want to apply for a credit card, you must provide _(有效的) identification66. All attempts to rescue the boy with cancer were _(白费了)67. Not until I began to work_realize how much time I had wasted.68. The scientists are_ (caution) about using enzyme therapy on
57、humans.69. Diversity in a group means having animals with their genes _ (arrange) in different ways. 70. We apologize for the delay and regret any _ (convenient) it may have caused.第三节 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。Yaxi, a tiny village with 71 population of just 20,000
58、 in Jiangsu Province, has been given the title of “slow city” by the global organization, Cittaslow, which carries out researches on life in places that have resisted the fast-moving world.Cittaslow, 72(establish) in Italy in 1999, categorizes(分类) places where there is 73 “slow and healthy successio
59、n of seasons” or “purity of products and good food”. Cities that qualify for this classification should also be rich in “fascinating craft traditions of art” and “respect of traditions through the joy of slow, quiet living”.“Slow city? That sounds like us,” says 81-year-old Mei Weibing, 74 shoe shop
60、 in Old Street has been around for more than 50 years. Mei does not believe in mass production, and his three sons and their wives help out in the family business, 75 (learn) the disappearing trade. Everyshoe is hand-made, and Mei 76 (pride) declares, “I spend three days making one perfect pair of s
61、hoes.”“Angelo Vassallo, vice-president of Cittaslow, was deeply impressed by this village because of its rich natural and cultural resources and he said 77 perfectly fitted the requirements for a slow city. That was 78Yaxi became connected with Cittaslow” , said Zuo Niansheng, a local official.The a
62、ward is a confirmation of the effort to preserve a country-like village where 79 (grow) is limited, chain stores 80(discourage) and urban life revolves around.笫四部分 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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（），并在
63、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每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Life is a mystery and we will never know that what is waiting for usBut one thing is for sure：problems are unavoidableFor us，its the process of solving problems that help us growMake a speech used to be a
64、 big problem for meWith a strong accent and terribly pronunciation，I failed in speech competition many times，but I didnt hold backIn the contrary，I considered a good chance for me to improve myselfI recorded my speech，listening to it and corrected my pronunciationNow Im confident enough to give my b
65、est speech to yourself allMy dear friends，dont be afraid of problems，but take advantage of it to be the best of ourselves!笫二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是沙市中学的高中毕业生李华，母校将为高一新生举办主题为“What to learn in senior high school？”的英语沙龙活动，特邀请你结合自身经历谈谈自己的体会。请根据以下提纲准备一份英语发言稿。1学会学习：方法、习惯等；2学会做人：真诚、友善等；3其他方面：考生自拟。注意：1. 词数120左右； 2. 发言稿开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Good morning, everyone! It is my honor to be here to share with you my opinions on what to learn in senior high school._ _