成都七中高二年级期中考试题

 成都七中2015-2016学年度上期半期考试

高二年级英语试卷

考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分

第一卷

第一部分听力（共20小题; 每小题1分, 满分20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三个选项中选出很佳选项, 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 want to do?

A. Find a place. B.Buy a map. C. Get anaddress.

2. What will the man do for the woman?

A. Repair her car. B.Give her a ride. C. Pick upher aunt.

3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?

A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A companydirector.

4. What does the man think of the book?

A. Quite difficult. B.Very interesting. C. Toosimple.

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Weather. B.Clothes. C. News.

第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A, B, C三个选项中选出很佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前, 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。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。

6. Why is Harry unwilling to join thewoman?

A. He has a pain in his knee. B.He wants to watch TV. C. He is toolazy.

7. What will the woman probably do next?

A. Stay at home. B.Take Harry to hospital. C. Do someexercise.

听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。

8. When will the man be home from work?

A. At 5:45. B.At 6:15. C. At6:50.

9. Where will the speakers go?

A. The Green House Cinema. B.The New State Cinema. C. The UMECinema.

听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。

10. How will the speakers go to New York?

A. By air. B.By taxi. C. Bybus.

11. Why are the speakers making the trip?

A. For business. B.For shopping. C. Forholiday.

12. What is the probable relationshipbetween the speakers?

A. Driver and passenger. B.Husband and wife. C. Fellowworkers.

听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。

13. Where does this conversation probablytake place?

A. In a restaurant. B.In an office. C. In aclassroom.

14. What does John do now?

A. He’s a trainer. B.He’s a tour guide. C. He’s acollege student.

15. How much can a new person earn for thefirst year?

A. $10,500. B.$12,000. C.$15,000.

16. How many people will the woman hire?

A. Four. B.Three. C. Two.

听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。

17. How long has the speaker lived in a bigcity?

A. One year. B. Ten years. C.Eighteen years.

18. What is the speaker’s opinion on publictransport?

A. It’s comfortable. B.It’s time-saving. C. It’scheap.

19. What is good about living in a smalltown?

A. It’s safer. B.It’s healthier. C. It’smore convenient.

20. What kind of life does the speaker seemto like most?

A. Busy. B.Colorful. C. Quiet.

第二部分英语知识运用

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很佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

My grandmotherdied when my mother Alice, was five years old. The year was 1925, and life washard. My mother told me that her family was too 21 to even afford to give her a doll.

In December1982, I had a job at a bank. One afternoon, we were 22 the tree in the hall, getting ready for theChristmas. One of my customers came in with beautiful handmade dolls. He was 23 Christmas dolls. I decided to get one for mydaughter. I asked my customer if he could make me a 24 doll for my mother — one with grayhair and glasses. The doll maker felt that this idea was certainly 25 and took it on as a creative 26 .He said “Yes”. So I placed my Christmas 27 :two dolls for Christmas morning! I asked if he could 28 Santa Clause to make a visit on Christmasmorning to our home. He 29 happily.

Christmas Dayarrived and at the 30 time, so did Santa Claus. I had prepared thegifts for Santa to 31 . My daughter was surprised and 32 that Santa had come to see her.

My mother wasenjoying watching her granddaughter’s 33 to the visit from this special guest. As Santaasked who Alice was, my mother was taken back by her name being 34 , and said that she was. Santa handed hera doll with a 35 that read:

For Alice:

I was cleaning out my sleigh(雪橇) before mytrip this year and 36 thispackage that was supposed to be sent on December 25, 1925. The present insidehas 37 , but I felt that you might still wish tohave it. Many 38 for the lateness of the gift.

Love,

SantaClaus

My mother wasdeeply 39 bythe words in the card. She couldn’t speak but hold the doll as tears of 40 ran down her cheeks. That gift made my motherthe happiest “child” in the world.

21. A. ashamed B. helpless C.skeptical D. poor

22. A. planting B. cutting C.decorating D. climbing

23. A. selling B. checking C.repairing D. collecting

24. A. special B. common C.beautiful D. strange

25. A. amusing B. unique C.doubtful D. satisfying

26. A. decision B. record C.question D. challenge

27. A. service B. idea C.order D. wish

28. A. tell B.play C. advise D. invite

29. A. performed B. jumped C.agreed D. sang

30. A. planned B. limited C.given D. written

31. A. receive B. deliver C.buy D. select

32. A. aware B. convinced C.confident D. excited

33. A. contribution B. reaction C.reply D. introduction

34. A. answered B. used C.called D. left

35. A. sign B.report C. notice D. message

36. A. picked up B. brought back C.came across D. learnt about

37. A. changed B. arrived C.disappeared D. aged

38. A. apologies B. solutions C.reasons D. thanks

39. A. confused B. upset C.moved D. shocked

40. A. desire B. joy C.regret D. pity

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 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, 选出很佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。用答题卷的考生, 请把很佳选项标在答题卷的相应位置。

A

Welcome to join us to enjoy the Golden Triangle Tour provided by Journey 2 India.

Golden Triangle Tour

Note: * Price Starts with $ 215 with:

• Daily breakfast and soft beverages and packaged drinking water.

• Government approved and experienced English-speaking local guideservices.

• Elephant ride at the Amber Fort.

• Sunset or sunrise visit to Taj the Mahal.

• All entrance fee to the monuments and train tickets.

C

Here’s a newwarning from health experts: Sitting is deadly.

Scientists areincreasingly warning that sitting for long periods — even if you alsoexercise regularly — could be bad for your health. And itdoesn’t matter where the sitting takes place — at the office, at school,in the car or before a computer or TV — just the overall number ofhours it occurs. Several studies suggest people who spend most of theirdays sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.

In an editorialpublished this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine,Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and HealthSciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define physicalactivity to highlight the dangers of sitting. While health officials haveissued guidelines recommending minimum (很少的) amounts of physical activity, they haven’t suggested peopletry to limit how much time they spend in a seated position.

“After fourhours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals,” Ekblom-Baksaid. She explained that genes regulating (调节) the amount ofglucose (葡萄糖) andfat in the body start to shut down. Even for people who exercise, spending longperiods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, aphysical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people whoexercise every day — but still spend a lot of time sitting — mightget more benefit if that exercise was spread across the day, rather than justdoing once.

Still, in astudy published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about adozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk,whether or not they exercised. “We don’t have enough evidence yet to say howmuch sitting is bad,” said Peter Katzmarzyk ofthe Pennington Biomedical Research Center in BatonRouge, who led the Canadian study. ”But it seems the more you can get upand interrupt this sedentary (坐着的) behavior, the better.” Figures from a U.S. survey in2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from workingat their desks to sitting in cars．

Experts saidmore research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, andwhat might be possible to offset those effects. “People shouldkeep exercising because that has a lot of benefits,” Ekblom-Bak said. “Butwhen they’re in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often aspossible too,” she said.

49. What is the best title for thetext?

A. SittingToo Much Could Be Deadly

B. How toAvoid Sitting Too Much

C. NotSitting Too Much While Working

D. More andMore People Sit Too Much

50. According to theresearch, ________.

A. the moretime you spend in exercising at a time, the healthier you will be

B. thosewho often sit too much are sure to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack

C. you hadbetter not sit for more than four hours at a time in case you get fat

D. regularexercise is effective to get rid of the side effect of sitting too much

51. The underlinedword “offset” in paragraph 9 probably means ________.

A. improve B. achieve C. ignore D. avoid

52. In the opinion of Ekblom- Bak, you’dbetter have a rest in the office by ________.

A.having a walk around your office

B.reading a magazine or newspaper

C.chatting online or playing computer games

D.listening to music with your head on the desk

D

Philo Farnsworthwas a man who made it possible for one of the most important communicationdevices — televisionto be created. Philo was born on August 19th, 1906, near Indian Creek in thewestern state of Utah. He attended a very small school near his family’s farm.He did very well in school. He asked his teacher for special help in science.The teacher began helping Philo learn a great deal more than most youngstudents could understand.

One night, Philoread a magazine story about the idea of sending pictures and sound through theair. Anyone with a device that could receive this electronic information couldwatch the pictures and hear the sound. The magazine story said some of theworld’s best scientists were using special machines to try to make a kind ofdevice to send pictures.

14-year-oldPhilo decided these famous scientists were wrong and that mechanical deviceswould never work. He decided that such a device would have to be electronic.Philo knew electrons(电子) could be made to move extremely fast. All he would have to do wasto find a way to make electrons do the work. Very quickly Philo had an idea forsuch a receiver. It would trap light in a container and send the light on aline of electrons. Philo called it “light in a bottle”. Several dayslater, Philo told his teacher about a device that could capture(捕获) pictures. He drew a plan for it,which he gave his teacher. Philo’s drawing seemed very simple, but it clearlyshowed the information needed to build a television. In fact, all televisionequipment today still uses Philo’s early idea. Philo Farnsworth was only 14years old then. He knew no one would listen to a child. Experts say thatprobably only ten scientists in the world at that time could have understoodhis idea.

On September7th, 1927, Philo turned on a device that was the first working televisionreceiver. In another room was the first television camera. Philo had inventedthe special camera tube earlier that year. The image produced on thereceiver was not very clear, but the device worked. In 1930, the United Statesgovernment gave Philo patent documents(专利). These would protect his invention from being copied by others.

53. Before he was 14 years old, ________.

A. Philo had had a very strong interest in science

B. Philo had learned a great deal in science from his father

C. Philo had helped his parents on their family’s farm

D. Philo had formed the idea of sending pictures and sound throughthe air

54. The underlined word “it” in the fourthparagraph refers to ________.

A. a container sending pictures and sound through the air

B. a receiver that held light and sent it on a line of electrons

C. a light box with a line of electrons in a bottle

D. a way to make electrons send pictures

55. We can infer from the text that Philo’sidea ________.

A. was not recognized at first

B. was only understood by his teacher

C. was turned into a television receiver immediately

D. was widely used in all television equipment in 1927

第二节 根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的很佳选项, 选项中有两项为多余选项。请将答案写在答题卷上。 (每小题2分, 满分10分)

第二卷

注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

第一节 短文填空（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。

Even at school there had been anunhealthy competition 1 George and Richard.

“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!”Richard used to boast.

“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” Georgewould reply, “because I’ll be the 2 (good) lawyer in town!”

George never did become 3 lawyer and Richard never made any money. 4 ,both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It washard to make money from books, 5 made the competition worse.

Now with only one bookshop intown, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, oldkitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, 6 (think) about his former competitor. Perhaps he missed him?

George was very 7 (interest) in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first 8 (edit). When the parcel arrived, the book wasin perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he 9 (have) lunch, George glanced at the photo inthe newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered 10 unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.

“Bookends have bought ten bookstores fromtheir rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, isnow the largest bookseller in Australia.”

第二节 单词填空（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）

根据下列汉语提示或首字母提示,用单词的正确形式填空, 一空一词。

11. It isgenerally believed that play is an e__________ part of a child’s development.

12. Whenyou apply for a job, you need to prove that you are q_________ for the job.

13.Sorry, the book you want is not a_________ right now. You can come and get iton Friday.

14. Jackwas thinking deeply when the telephone rang suddenly, which made him jump with f________.

15. Insome countries, women are f_________ to go out without a veil(面纱)—they will be against the law if they do so.

16. Atthe start, they had great difficulty __________ (建立)the organization.

17. Afterthat experience, she started to have a p___________ (积极的) attitude towards life.

18.Healthy people with ________(紧张的)jobs who work long hours but get little satisfaction do have the risk of dyingfrom heart disease.

19. A set of textbooks designed to help highschool students learn about _________ (传统的) Chinese culture is to be published soon,Beijing Times reported on Monday.

20. Hiswriting is so __________(难懂的)that nobody knows for sure what he is trying to express.

第三节 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, 每句中很多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(), 并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线, 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.允许修改10处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A young man calledLow-­Carbon Brother becomea hit on the Internet in 2011. He suggests living a low ­carbon life, whichmeans using less energy in our daily life so that we can help reducing carbon dioxide in the air. For example, she always picks up some waste paper on the street or uses the blank side towrite something. While he is watching TV, he always turns up the screen brightness to the minimum andturns off the light. Therefore,he goes to work by bike instead of driving. Some people think what he is doingis just a show. No one can live such a simply life with so many modern invention around us. As far as I am concerned, I am strongly in favor his idea andhis behavior. Although what he is doing has no huge effect on global warming,but he at least can enjoy a healthy life.

第四节 书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是李华，刚从美国回来，可你发现自己的英语词典遗忘在了寄宿家庭Mr. Brown的家里。因此你给他写信, 请他帮助寄回词典。信的要点如下：

1.感谢曾经的帮助；

2.请求寄回字典；

3.这本字典的特殊意义；

4.字典遗落的位置；

5.邮资自付。

注意：

　　1. 词数100左右;信的开头和结尾不计入词数；

　　2. 参考词汇：邮资 postage

Dear Mr. Brown,

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua