1、顺德一中2015学年度第一学期高二年级期中考试英 语 试 卷本试卷有选择题和非选择题两种形式，共9页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。在答题卡上，选择题答案用2B铅笔填涂，非选择题答案用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔书写。第一部分：听力(共两节, 满分20分)第一节：听力理解（共6小题，每小题2分，满分12分）材料及问题播放两遍。每段后有两个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听下面一段对话, 回答第12题。1. What does the woman most probably do?
2、A. A teacher B. A bookstore keeper C.A hotel clerk.2. When did David want to meet the two speakers?A. At 2:30 B. At 2:45 C. At 3:00听下面一段对话，回答第3-4题。3. Where is Janice from?A. America B. South Africa C. Mexico.4. What does the man want to do after graduation?A. Move to New York. B. Run a hotel C. Work
3、 as a lawyer.听下面一段对话，回答第5-6题。5. Why did the man fall asleep in the library?A. It was too quiet there.B. He was tired of studying.C. He had no idea what he was studying.6. What does the woman think her classmate should have done?A. She should have come down to earth.B. She should have given fewer lec
4、tures in class.C. She should have let Professor Rivers save face.第二节：回答问题（共4小题，每小题2分，满分8分） 听下面一段短文，然后回答问题。短文和问题读两遍。7._8._9._10._ 来源:学+科+网第二部分 阅读（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列两篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A The following is a list of some of Tokyos most popular spots for cherry
5、 blossom（樱花）, including the typical (典型的) time for best views in the year of 2012. Shinjuku Gyoen Shinjuku Gyoen has more than one thousand cherry trees of over a dozen kinds, including many early and late flowering trees. There are giant lawn (草坪) areas, and the atmosphere is calm and peaceful. Tha
6、nks to the early and late blooming trees, Shinjuku Gyoen is a good place for those who miss the main season for a week or two. 10 minutes walk from Shinjuku Station, 200 yen, April, from 9:00 to 16:30 Ueno Park As one of Japans most crowded, noisy and popular spots for cherry blossom parties, Ueno P
7、ark has more than 1,000 trees along the street leading towards the National Museum. Ueno Parks blossoms typically open 1-3 days ahead of the blossoms in other spots in the city. A few steps from Ueno Station, admission free, March 27 to April 15, from 17:30 to 20:00 Sumida Park The park covers a few
8、 hundred meters along both sides of Sumida River. Some food stands (摊位) are available. Cherry blossom views can also be enjoyed from rented boats. There are several picnic spots under the cherry trees. Trees are lit up in the evenings, which is different from other spots. A few steps from Asakusa St
9、ation, admission free, March 31 to April 8, from 8:00 to 21:30Inokashira Park There are a few hundreds of cherry trees in this giant, public city park, which has a central pond. Boats can be rented in order to view the blossoms from the water. South of Kichijoji Station, admission free, April, from
10、9:00 to 16:30 11. If you miss the main season of cherry blossom for one week, you can go to _. A. Inokashira Park B. Ueno Park C. Shinjuku Gyoen D. Sumida Park12. According to Paragraph 3, we can infer that _. . A. we cant be allowed to enter Ueno Park at 21:00 B. Ueno Parks blossoms open later than
11、 other spots C. we must pay admission fees to go into Ueno Park D. we can enjoy a giant lawn in Ueno Park13. Why is Sumida Park special from other spots?A. Because it has a central pond. B. Because it is free for every visitor. C. Because it has hundreds of cherry trees.D. Because its trees are lit
12、up in the evenings.14. Sumida Park and Inokashira Park are different from the others in _. . A. offering boat tours B. early opening time C. free admission D. hundreds of treesB Last month, Justin Valdez, a college student, was shot in a subway station in San Francisco. The surveillance video(监控录像)
13、showed that before Justin was killed, the killer pulled out his gun several times, and even wiped his nose with it. However, nobody noticed the killer. The surrounding passengers all focused on their cell phones. We may see the same scene everywhere in our life: in subway stations, restaurants, elev
14、ators and so on, people are watching their cell phones. From a family reunion (get-together) to a date with a friend, people couldnt stop checking their twitter and facebook on the cell phones and ignoring ( pay no attention) the persons in front completely, Phubbing(低头症) not only involves young peo
15、ple, but also the elderly and kids. “Phubbing” is a new term which comes from the words “phone and “snub(冷落)”. It describes the habit of snubbing someone in favor of a cell phone. The word “phubbing” was included in the Australian National Dictionary in 2012. Obviously, the indifference冷漠) and ruden
16、ess of the information age are spreading globally. A Stop Phubbing campaign website has been set up. You can find the slogan of the website as follows: “stop twittering, stop posting photosenjoy your food, enjoy the music and respect others.” Phubbing appears harmless. However, it does influence our
17、 life. Jimmy, an epicure(美食家), wrote in his blog: “I can no longer focus on what I am eating since I started twittering. My skill of food photography has improved very fast, while my interest in food drops as a result.”Let us put down our cell phones and re-enjoy the real taste of our food and the w
18、armth of interpersonal communication.15.The case of Justin Valdez is given in the first paragraph to show . A. gun violence happens easily in the US B. phubbing may lead to terrible disasters C. the killer didnt mean to kill him D. the killer had made a careful plan16.Jimmys words suggest that . A.
19、phubbing is actually harmless B. phubbing stops people enjoying their life C. phubbing affects peoples eating habits the most D. phubbing helps people improve their photographic skills17.What is the text mainly about? A. How the word “phubbing” came into being. B. The popular campaign of stop phubbi
20、ng. C. The meaning of the word “phubbing”. D. The great harm of phubbingCIn China, if you want to read news on the Web, you just log on to a news website and glance through the Web pages. Online news is free of charge; many take that for granted. But things have been changing abroad.A few foreign me
21、dia have decided to charge readers for full access to their websites. The New York Times is the latest one to move in that direction to find ways to survive on the Web, as print subscriptions (订阅) and advertising sales fall.Starting in January 2011, a visitor to NYTtimes. com will be allowed to view
22、 only a certain number of articles free each month. To read more, the reader must pay a fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the print newspaper will receive full access to the site without any additional charge.The move is at the heart of a debate within the publishing business - whether to con
23、tinue giving away valuable news on the Web, or start charging at the risk of losing readers. The debate has been out there for years. It has been growing more urgent over the past two years as newspaper ad revenues (收入) have fallen sharply.The economic crisis has made things worse. Many newspapers h
24、ave been shut down. The New York Times is also hit hard. It faces a sharp fall in ad revenue. It also faces competition from a growing number of news sites on the Web. Its online advertising hasnt grown enough to make up for the fall in print ads. It has laid off some of its journalists to cut costs
25、.The major question is whether attempts to charge drive away online readers used to getting the news for free. Websites attract advertisers by showing that they have large numbers of visitors. Only a few US newspapers charge for access to articles on its website. But WSJ.com, the website of the Wall
26、 Street Journal, is the only successful one thanks to its unique content and good service. Chinese media are beginning to follow suit. The E - version of the Peoples Daily has begun to charge users in January this year. Some experts say whether you like it or not, paid online news will be a trend in
27、 the future. 18. The underlined phrase laid off in Para. 5 most probably means_.A. employedB. firedC. blamedD. punished19. We can learn that news media charging online readers will _.A. become a trend in the future B. lead to sales fall in print subscriptionC. attract more readers and gain popularit
28、yD. help earn more money to promote business20. All the factors contributing to New York Times paid online news EXCEPT_.A. a sharp fall in advertising revenueB. a heated debate within the publishing businessC. the world economic crisis D. fierce competition from new sites on the Web21. The authors a
29、ttitude towards charging on -line readers is_. ,A. approval B. neutral （中立的） C. disapproval D. praiseD A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to
30、be worse. The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003. Survey respondents (受访者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfacti
31、on on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions. The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated（惯性地高估） their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however,
32、 were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period. “We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a bet
33、ter future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their futur
34、e may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (预防措施),” the authors wrote. Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low i
35、ncomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability. The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatme
36、nt and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.22. Accord
37、ing to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction? A. Optimistic adults.B. Middle-aged adults. C. Adults in poor health. D. Adults of lower income.23.Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people _. A. to fully enjoy their present life B. to e
38、stimate their contribution accurately C. to take measures against potential risks D. to value health more highly than wealth24.How do people of higher income see their future? A. They will earn less money. B. They will become pessimistic. C. They will suffer mental illness. D. They will have less ti
39、me to enjoy life.25. What is the clear conclusion of the study? A. Pessimism guarantees chances of survival. B. Good financial condition leads to good health. C. Medical treatment determines health outcomes. D. Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age. 第二节 七选五填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短
40、文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。（其中E涂AB,F涂CD,G涂BC）。What is a big dream? 26 Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow. The Se
41、lf.Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative selftalk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego（自我）. Its there for protecting and should be listened to. _27 Most people are influenced by the inside voice. Thats why only a handful of peop
42、le make their dreams come true._ 28_ Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love , so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams wont come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left
43、behind. The World. If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. 29 In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at. The way to realize a big dream is
44、 with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well. 30 _A. Family and Friends.B. How big Dreams Die.C. Does a big dream s
45、how ones future?D. They simply fail until they succeed.E. It is the last and the most terrible barrier.FSometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong.G. And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.第三部分 语言知识及应用（共30小题，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，掌握其大意，然后从3150各题所给的四个选项
46、（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。If we want to make friends, lets put ourselves out to do things for other people - things that require time, energy, unselfishness, and thoughtfulness. When the Duke of Windsor was the Prince of Wales, he was 31 to tour South America, and before he 32 on that tour he spent months s
47、tudying Spanish so that he could make public talks in the language of the country; and the South Americans 33 him for it.For years I considered it important to find out the 34 of my friends. How? Although I dont have faith in astrology (占星术), I began by asking my friends whether he or she 35 the dat
48、e of ones birth has anything to do with 36 .I then asked him or her to tell me the month and day of birth. 37 he or she said, “November 24,”for example, I kept 38 to myself, “November 24, November 24.”The minute my friends back was 39 I wrote down the name and birthday and 40 would transfer it to a
49、birthday book. At the beginning of each year, I had these birthday dates scheduled in my calendar pad so that they came to my 41 automatically. When the birthday 42 , there was my letter or telegram. What a big 43 it was! I was frequently the only person on earth who 44 If we want to make friends, l
50、ets 45 people with enthusiasm. When somebody calls you on the telephone, say “Hello” in tones that suggest how _46 you are to have the person call. Many companies train their telephone operators to greet all callers in a tone that shows interest and 47 .The callers feel the company is 48 about them.
51、 Lets remember that when we answer the telephone tomorrow.Showing a true _49 in others not only wins friends for you, but may 50 in its customers a loyalty to your company.31A. plannedB. forcedC. permittedD. scheduled32A. carried outB. worked outC. set outD. turned out33A. enviedB. criticizedC. love
52、dD. expected34A. plans B. birthdaysC. worriesD. secrets35A. noticedB. believedC. caredD. imagined36A. characterB. talentC. habitsD. beliefs37A. If B. SinceC. WhileD. Unless38A. countingB. provingC. explainingD. repeating39A. hiddenB. covered C. turned D. examined40A. insteadB. laterC. againD. still4
53、1A. attentionB. controlC. touchD. support42A. arrivedB. appearedC. lastedD. passed43A. recordB. challengeC. embarrassment D. surprise44A. expectedB. promisedC. discoveredD. remembered45A. praiseB. greetC. helpD. encourage46A. peacefulB. worriedC. pleased D. nervous47A. surprise B. enthusiasmC. shock
54、 D. imagination48A. worried B. curious C. carefulD. concerned49A. faithB. prideC. interest D.understanding50A. developB. prepareC. involveD. share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，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为5160的相应位置上。Johnny Carson began his career in television 5
55、1 his twenties. First he worked at local stations in Nebraska. Several years later, he moved to LosAngeles, California. It was “The Tonight Show” 52 made Johnny Carson famous for thirty years. He became 53 most popular star of American television. He 54 (call）“the king of late night.” Critics said A
56、mericans from all parts of the country liked him and 55 （feel）they knew him. He did not take his fame 56 （serious）.For example, when 57 (ask) how he became a “ star”, he answered, “I started in a gaseous (气体的) state and I cooled.” Carsons special skill was his sense of humor. Audiences laughed at hi
57、s jokes 58 he made at the beginning of his show. However, sometimes they laughed even 59 （hard）at the jokes that failed. He was the most powerful performer on television. Many comedians and 60 (sing) became successful after appearing on “The Tonight Show”.第四部分 词汇句型与写作（共三节，满分45分）第一节 词汇基础（每空1.5分，满分15分
58、）根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。请在答案卷上写出完整的单词。61. You are m . John is not the man from the British Embassy. 62. He has a d which prevents him from walking.63. A people like to exercise and are good at sports.64. They q_ with each other about money yesterday, and now they even dont talk to each ot
59、her.65. Only on Christmas Day do Joans parents allow her to _ (参加) in someactivities. 66. Companies need people who are _（灵活的）, but not stubborn. 67. Understanding its meaning is not enough. You must try to g_（理解，领会） its spirit.68. He had an _（争论）with the waiter about the bill.69. Every child has a
60、_ (渴望) to go to college.70. There have been questions about his _ (资格) to lead the company.第二节：单句改错（每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下列句子，修改句子中的错误。每个句子中有1处错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：把缺词处加个学习漏字符号（），并在句子右边的横线上写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在句子右边的横线上写出修改后的词。注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。71.Losinginthought,heforgotthetimeforlunc
61、h. 72.Toourgreatsurprised,theboysucceededin theexamagain.73.Theproblemshereferredtorequiringcarefuldiscussion.74.Hehadgreatproblemsmadehimselfunderstood.75.Maryworkedveryhardandputagoodexampletohersister.76.Doyouholdtheviewthatwhetherhecantsolvetheproblem?77.Hepromisedthathewouldcomeherenextday.78.-
62、Look,herehecomes!-Itmustntbehim,becausehetelephonedmeyesterdayandtoldmethathewouldstayinAmericaforaweek.79.Aretherenoairorwater,therewouldbenolifeintheworld.80.Whenhesawhissonagain,hecouldnthelpcryloudly.第三节 写作 （20分）假设你是李华，你从报纸上读到STUDENT POST的招聘广告，你对reporter for local events 感兴趣，根据以下提示写一封求职信：个人情况（年龄）求职理由（心中梦想；想借此了解当地城市,）自身优势 （有做志愿者的经验，喜欢读书和写作等；）注意： 1.词数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。3.信的开头已为你写好，但不计入总词数；提示词语：资质(n) qualification 申请（n）application Dear Mr Jiang, I am writing to apply for a position Looking forward to your reply. Yours sincerely Li Hua
