1、晋州市一中20132014学年度高二下学期期中综合能力评估英语试题(本试卷满分150分，时间120分钟) 第I卷 选择题 (满分100分)第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. How does the woman feel now?A. Excited. B. Shocked. C. Depressed2. Why wont the woman go ton movie tonight?A. Th
2、ere is a good TV show on.B. There is no good movie on.C. It is very cold outside.3. What do we know about the man?A. He wants to buy some flowers.B. He is a newcomer to the city.C. He is looking for someone on the street.4. What might prevent the woman from buying table?A. The quality. B. The price.
3、 C. he design.5. When will the man probably meet Dr. Brown?A. On Monday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday.第二节 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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。听下面一段对话，回答第6至7题。6. Who is Jenny? A. The man a colleague.
4、B. The mans wife. C. The mans landlady. 7. What is the man worried about probably?A. The money he will spend on having a baby.B. The money he will spend on buying a house.C. The money he will upend on looking after his father.听下面一段对话, 回答第8至9题。8. How many nights will the man stay in the hotel?A. Too.
5、 B. Three. C. Four.9. What will the man have to do to cancel the reservation?A. Inform the hotel 24 hours in advance.B. Inform the hotel two days in advance.C. Inform the hotel 12 hors in advance.听下面一段对话, 回答第10至12题。10. What is the man probably doing?A. Watching TV. B. Reading a newspaper: C. Listeni
6、ng to the radio.11. What is the mans problemA. He has heart trouble.B. He ha a hard time getting sleep.C. He breathes roughly and noisily when steeping.12. What will the man do this afternoon?A. Play football. B. Watch a match. C. See a doctor.听下面一段对话, 回答第13至16题。13. When was John Nash first admitted
7、 to the hospital? A. 1. 1959. B. In 1960. C. In 1970.14. How many prizes did John Nash win according to the conversation? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.15. What does the woman want to do? A. Watch A Beautiful Mind. B. Write her own biography. C. Learn more about John Nash.16. What can we know about John
8、 Nash from the conversation? A. He started in A Beautiful Mind. B. He Is a great African mathematician. C. There was something wrong with his mind.听下面一段独白, 回答第17至20题。17. Which of the following is open all day?A. The outdoor tennis courts.B. The Olympic-sized swimming pool.C. The gym for playing bask
9、etball.18. When can people do Fitness training?A. Between 9pm and 11:30pm.B. Between 1pm and 5pm.C. Between 5pM and 7:30 pm19. What does the shop in the sports center sell?A. Nook. B. Clothes. C. Sports equipment.20. What will listeners do next?A. Take a training courses. B. Have snacks in the cafe.
10、 C. Have a look around the center.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）阅读下面四篇文章，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。APeople believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, youre wr
11、ong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms. Here, people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet. How do people climb the wall? To climb, you need special shoes and a harness(保护带) around your chest to hold
12、 you. There are ropes tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you dont fall. A beginners wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes its easy to see the new piece of meta
13、l. Sometimes, its not. The most difficult is to control your fear. Its normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so its difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harness and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.Climbing
14、attracts people because its good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stronger.21What can we infer from the passage?A. People are fairly interested
15、in climbing nowadays.B. It is impossible to build up ones body by climbing.C. People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.D. It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.22The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is _.A. to tie ropes to your harness B. to control your fearC. t
16、o move away from the wall D. to climb straight up23The word“workout”underlined in the last paragraph most probably means _.A. settlement B. exercise C. excitement D. tiredness24Why does the author write this passage?A. To tell people where to find gyms. B. To prove the basic need for climbingC. To e
17、ncourage people to climb mountains. D. To introduce the sport of wall climbing25Where do you suppose this text comes from?A. science book B. A sports magazine C. A research report D. A sports history book BHave you ever made contact with the creative spirit, that certain something hard to describe,
18、but full of goodand sometimes greatideas? It is more than an occasional great thought. When we feel the moving of the creative spirit, it brings to life a style of being: a lifetime filled with the desire to invent, to explore new ways of doing things, and to turn dreams into reality.That flash of i
19、nspiration is the final moment of a process marked by unique stagesthe basic steps in creative problem-solving. The first stage is preparation, when you look for any information that might be important. Its when you let your imagination run free.But one barrier is the inside voice of judgment that l
20、ocks up our creative spirit within the limits of what we think acceptable. Its the voice that whispers to you, Theyll think Im foolish, or That will never work. But we can learn to recognize this voice of judgment and have the courage to discount its unhelpful advice.Once you have thought about all
21、the relevant(相关的) pieces and pushed your mind to the limits, you can let the problem remain and take in all you have gathered. Its a stage when much of what goes on occurs outside your focused awareness. As the saying goes, You sleep on it.We are more open to creative thoughts from the unknowing min
22、d when we are not really thinking of anything. That is why daydreams are so useful in the search for creativity. Anytime you can just daydream and relax is useful in the creative process: a shower, long drives, a quiet walk, etc. With luck, daydreaming will lead to a light turning on above your head
23、, when all of a sudden the answer will come to you as if from nowhere. This is the popular stagethe one that usually gets all the glory and attention, the moment that people sweat and long for, the feeling This is it! But the thought alone is still not a creative act. The final stage is translation,
24、 when you take your creative thought and transform it into action; it becomes useful to you and others.26In Paragraph 1, “the moving of the creative spirit” probably means _.A. preparation B. explorationC. problem-solvingD. inspiration27According to the article, what keeps us from creativity?A. Havi
25、ng less information to form a good idea.B. Relying on others during the creative process.C. Caring about other peoples opinions about us.D. Thinking about too many ideas at the same time.28What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?A. The unknowing mind is very difficult for us to understand.B. Crea
26、tivity arrives when we arent focused on any one thing.C. Daydreaming is useless and has nothing to do with creativity.D. Showers, long drives and quiet walk are good for our bodies.29When does creativity become useful to us and others?A. When thought is turned into action. B. When people understand
27、our ideas.C. When the popular stage is reached. D. When we think “This is it!”.30Which of the following would the author probably support?A. The creative spirit means an occasional great thought.B. Others voice of judgment allows us to ignore barriers.C. Creative problem-solving calls for barrier-fr
28、ee imagination.D. Daydreaming is sure to bring a sudden answer to a problem. C“ Dining out”, or “ eating out ”,is a phrase people use in Britain when they eat in a restaurant or a pub. Eating out is more popular in Britain today than ever before.However, eating out can be expensive. Restaurants are
29、normally more expensive than pubs, though many pubs serve very good，simple food. As British people dont dine out every night of the week, eating in a restaurant is often seen as a special occasion. When going for the first date， or if celebrating an anniversary or a birthday, many people like to go
30、to a restaurant. People often eat in a restaurant before going to the cinema or the theatre.As in all cultures, there are many rules of etiquette (礼节)surrounding food and eating, and nowhere is this more pronounced than when eating in a smart restaurant. People are almost always expected to eat with
31、 a knife and fork and these should be held in the correct hand and used in the correct way. It is also impolite to have your elbows on the dining table when you are eating.Therere many such “unspoken” rules they are normally only important when eating in a very elegant and expensive restaurant, and
32、vary slightly from restaurant to restaurant and place to place. A recent nationwide survey showed that there was a divide in manners between the north and south of Britain -the “worst” manners were in Scotland and the northeast, and the “best” in Wales and the southeast! However, this survey was alm
33、ost certainly conducted by someone in the southeast, so it may not be entirely fair.Naturally, restaurants vary greatly in quality and price. However, almost all British cities have a vast range of food and cooking styles to choose from as well as traditional British food, from the very cheap to the
34、 very expensive French, Italian, Indian, Greek, Thai, Japanese and many more. In fact, when asked what their favorite food is, many British people say an Indian curry (咖喱菜)rather than any other dish!As well as dining in a restaurant，when people are too tired to cook after work they often get a “take
35、away”. This means they order from a takeaway or takeout restaurant by phone, then go to collect it and take it home to eat. Many takeout restaurants also deliver to your house. While you can normally find a takeout restaurant for almost any cuisine, the most popular are Italian, Indian and Chinese a
36、nd all you have to do is to open the door, pay and eat!31. What can be concluded from the first two paragraphs?A. The British spend more eating out than cooking at home.B. The British pay great attention to eating in a restaurant.C. The British often dine out when celebrating festivals.D. People ten
37、d to eat in a restaurant after watching a movie.32. The underlined word “pronounced in Paragraph 3 probably means “_A.polite B. expensive C. strange D. obvious33. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. There exist great differences of rules in different restaurants.B.
38、 People from Wales and southeast Britain are the most polite.C. Your order in a takeout restaurant can be sent to your home.D. Traditional British food is seldom served in British restaurants.34. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Restaurant culture in Britain. B. Table manners in Britain.C.
39、 Different restaurants in Britain. D. Traditional and foreign foods in Britain.35. What is the best title of the passage?A. British restaurant culture B. British table mannersC. Best restaurants in Britain D. Best food in Britain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。温馨提示：请将答案
40、填涂在答题卡71-75位置，填涂在其他位置无效。The sea has always interested man. From it he can get food, minerals, and treasure. 36 But he could not go far beneath its surface. 37 However, he is not a fish. He must breathe air, so he cant stay under the waters surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, man f
41、aces even more dangers and problems. A diver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases. 38 He can carry a tank of air on his back and breathe through a nose and a mouthpiece. Water weighs 800 times as much as air. Tons of water pushes ag
42、ainst a diver deep in the sea. 39When a diver is under great pressure, his blood takes in some of the gases he breathes. As he rises to surface, the water pressure becomes less. If the diver rises too quickly, the gases in his blood form bubbles(气泡). The diver is then suffering from the bends(潜水夫病).
43、 The bends can cause a diver to double up in pain. 40 .A. His body is under great pressure. B. Scientists are trying to find more about the sea. C. For thousands of years, he could sail on it. D. They can even kill him. E. He can wear a diving suit and have air pumped to him from above. F. The water
44、 pressure can cause a diver to breathe with difficulty. G. Man wants to explore deep into the sea. 第三部分 : 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41-60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I 41 across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. Th
45、ese letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and 42 with dust. 43 to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois(伊利诺斯州) home. They agreed.As I carefully opened each letter, all of them 44 with age, I discovered a new page 45 unknown to me in this private chap
46、ter of my parents lives. My father used to 46 in the army. So his letters were full of frontline 47 of the things about the war. Each of my mothers letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick(唇膏) kiss. I was 48 by these letters like a magnet（磁铁）.Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy
47、 became very 49 and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a 50 kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the 51 . He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had 52 to him when he had been so far from home.It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From th
48、e 53 letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my fathers bedside.At his bedside, I joked with him, saying 54 , Today is Valentines Day, dont you want to send Mother a present? He became more 55 when I handed him the old 56 . He carefully opened it and took out the
49、 card, and when he 57 it, his eyes were filled with tears.My father, in a 58 tight with emotion read the loving 59 hed sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And this time, he could read it to her in 60 .41. A. cameB. hit C. drewD. fell42. A. hiddenB. covered C. buriedD. filled43. A. Pretending
50、B. Suggesting C. Preferring D. Deciding 44. A. delicate B. tasty C. useful D. tender45. A. recentlyB. usually C. previouslyD. occasionally46. A. workB. study C. serveD. report47. A. accountsB. documents C. introductionsD. recognitions48. A. devotedB. addicted C. thrownD. attracted 49. A. sadB. dead
51、C. dangerousD. ill50. A. typicalB. traditional C. differentD. familiar51. A. warsB. illnesses C. lettersD. hospitals52. A. meantB. intended C. plannedD. said53. A. dividedB. sorted C. separatedD. updated54. A. sadlyB. angrily C. softlyD. loudly55. A. curiousB. enthusiastic C. fantasticD. positive56.
52、 A. cardB. envelope C. basketD. lipstick57. A. foundB. wrote C. recognizedD. missed58. A. sound B. noise C. whisperD. voice59. A. story B. message C. speech D. motto60. A. person B. private C. dangerD. peace第二卷（满分50分）第四部分：写作（共三节，满分50分）第一节：语法填空(共10小题；每小题l.5分满分l5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，在空格处填入一个适当
53、的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Joyce: What do you think of the lead teachers speech?Caroline: I think it was 61 (interest).Joyce: 62 do I. I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year.Caroline: Yes, his teacher says so. He 63 (work) hard at his lessons every evening for months. He wants to
54、go to Oxford University next year.Joyce: I hope he will realize his goal.Caroline: I hope so. 64 I think he works too hard. I hope hell go out and enjoy 65 for a change. How about your son Carl?Joyce: Dont mention him. Carl never starts studying.Caroline : Youre joking. I heard that Carl 66 (win) th
55、e composition prize.Joyce: You have made 67 mistake. That is White Carl. My son is Brown Carl. The whites live in the same community 68 we do. White Carl has always been so hard working. He wants to be a 69 (write). My son likes going to the concert. He only likes singing.Caroline: 70 he practices s
56、inging, he will become a singer in the future.Joyce: Not all people can become a singer. I dont think he has the talent.晋州市一中20132014学年度高二下学期期中英语答案页第一节：语法填空61. _ 62. _ 63. _ 64. _ 65. _66. _ 67. _ 68. _ 69. _ 70. _第二节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）备注：格式错误不得分）One Saturday morning, Dad and I was eating break
57、fast while we heard a knock on the door. I rushed to open the door. In front of the door was our neighbor Miss Lydia, who draws picture for childrens books. “Good morning, Min!” Miss Lydia said, looking happily to see me. “Hello, Miss Lydia. Would you please come in?” I said, remembering my best man
58、ners. Miss Lydia came in, joined in us at the breakfast table, but said to my dad that he would like both of us be her models in one of her books. How great news! I would finally get to be in a book! I jumped off my chair and run to give Miss Lydia a big hug.第三节：书面表达（25分）如今，外出旅游已成为时尚。下面的部分物品可能是你旅游时必备的。请你选择至少最重要的五种物品，并说出理由。字数100字左右。DocumentsID card, passportClothessweater, coat, walking, shoes Articlesmedicine, umbrella, vacuum bottle（热水瓶）Equipmentmobile phone, compassBooksguidebook, map, magazineOther thingscamera, CD player, Mp3_