扎兰屯一中2015-2016年度上学期高二期中考试
英语试卷
时间：100分钟 满分：130分
第一卷 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50） 第一节：（共20题，每小题2 分，满分40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。
A
Work is a part of living —my grandparents understood that . They lived and worked on a farm that has been in my family for 150 years . They raised chickens for eggs , pigs and cattle for meat . Cows were kept for milk and the cream , from which Grandma made butter and cheese . What little yard they had became a garden . The Depression（大萧条） , therefore , didn’t make much change in their lives . But it did bring an unending flow of men out of work , drifting from job to job , to the farm . The first to show up at the door of the kitchen was a man in rags . He took off his hat and quietly explained that he hadn’t eaten for a while . Grandpa stood watching him a bit , then said , “There’s a stack of firewood against the fence behind the barn (谷仓). I’ve been needing to get it moved to the other side of the fence . You have just about enough time to finish the job before lunch .” Grandma said a surprising thing happened . The man got a shine in his eyes and he hurried to the barn at once . She set another place at the table and made an apple pie . During lunch , the stranger didn’t say much , but when he left , his shoulders had straightened . “Nothing ruins a man like losing his self-respect,” Grandpa later told me .
Soon after , another man showed up asking for a meal . This one was dressed in a suit and carried a small old suitcase . Grandpa came out when he heard voices . He looked at the man and then offered a handshake .” There is a stack of firewood along the fence down behind the barn I’ve been meaning to get it moved . It’d sure be a help to me . And we’d be pleased to have you stay for lunch .” The fellow set his suitcase aside and neatly laid his coat on top . Then he set off to work .
Grandma says she doesn’t remember how many strangers they shared a meal with during those Depression days---or how many times that stack of wood got moved . 1．When he was asked to move a stack of firewood , the first man who asked for a meal got a shine in his eyes for he was glad that .
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A．he had found a good job
B．he would have something to eat
C．he would get what he wanted without losing his self-respect D．he would no longer suffer from the Depression
2．The writer’s grandfather asked those jobless men to move the stack of firewood because .
A．he didn’t want them to have a meal free of charge B．he wanted to help them in his own way C．he had been needing to get it moved
D．he wanted to show them his kindness and respect
3．The writer’s grandfather was all of the following but . A．kind B．thoughtful C．sympathetic D．wealthy 4．The best title for the story would be .
A．The Pleasure of Helping Others B．The Depression
C．No Pains , No Gains .D．Work-A Part of Living B London is the capital of the United Kingdom. It has about seven million people. The river Thames runs through London. People from all over the world visit London to see Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London. There are many museums, theatres and parks in London, as well as offices and factories. London began as a Roman settlement called Londinium. The plague(瘟疫) came to London in the 1600s, followed by the Great Fire of 1666. The city was badly bombed in World War II. London is very slowly sinking into its foundations and the level of the river Thames is slowly rising. As a result, extra-high tides could flood a large part of London. To prevent this happening, a great barrier（屏障）has been built across the Thames at Woolwich. If very high tides happen, the barrier can be raised and London will be safe.
5. London is the capital of _________, which began as a __________ settlement. A. England; Norman .B. Scotland; English C. UK; Frenchman D. UK; Roman
6. According to the passage, from 1600 to now, ________ great disasters have happened in London.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
7. The reason why a great barrier has been built across the Thames at Woolwich is that_________.
A. the level of the river Thames is slowly rising. B. London is very slowly sinking into its foundations.
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C. extra-high tides could flood a large part of London. D. all of the above.
C
We often think of future．We often wonder what the world would be like in a hundred years' time.
Think of space, perhaps a permanent(永久的) station on the moon will have been set up．Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as tourists．Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, permitting long journeys throughout the solar system(太阳系)．When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting other planets．Great progress will have been discovered for the most terrible of all diseases—cancer．Pollution is a problem we must solve．In a hundred years' time it will have been controlled.
All the world will have been developed—even Antarctica．There will be large cities in Antarctica．We already have supersonic(超音速的) flight, but in a hundred years' time we will have supersonic land travel as well. We will have used up most of earth's land to build our cities, so floating cities will have been built．The Japanese already have plans for cities of this kind．And there will be cities under the sea．The first of these will have been completed. 8.We will have developed __________ in a hundred years' time, permitting long
journeys all over the solar system.
A．a plane for space travel . B．cheap rockets for space travel C．a permanent spaceship D．a satellite for tourists .9.Man will also have supersonic land travel ____________．
A．in a year's time B．in the year 2050
C．about a century later D．about half a century later .10.The last paragraph mainly talks about _____________.
A．the building of cities under the sea B．the building of floating cities in Japan C．new ways of building cities
D．the danger which earth's land will face
.11.The best title for the passage is ______________.
A．Future Life B．Space Travel
C．Where to Live in the Future D. Travel in the Future
D
TV is an excellent resource for hearing and listening to English. The pictures help you understand what is being said and TV news is an ideal way to help improve your listening ability because within a short period of time the same news is often
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repeated. This means that you can watch basically the same news program several times within a day and that every succeeding program will help you to understand what is being said.
These preparatory steps are very important before your listening：
●Find out which news report you want to listen to, when and on what channel. CCTV 9 is a good choice because this is China's English channel and has regular news reports.
●Just watch the news reports for a few days first, before requiring yourself to understand the stories. Give yourself time to get familiar with the newsreaders and their accents. You should also get an idea of the structure of the entire report as well as the structure of a typical news story.
●Watch the news in Chinese first. This will tell you what the main news items are and help prepare you for understanding news reports in English.
While listening, you should pay attention to a few things that you may try to do： ●You can aim at just getting what a story is about. Give a one-to -two-sentence description after each story.
●Put forward a few questions to yourself about a story, and then seek to answer them from your listening. You can do this by stopping the tape as soon as the headline is read to you. ●Your may write a full transcript(抄本) of a story to practice intensive listening. This may bring to notice listening problems that have skipped your attention when you only concentrate on the content.
Even though the listening part is over, some follow-up activities will help you reinforce(加强) your learning. You may talk about the news with one or more friends. This provides an opportunity to produce a summary or express your thoughts in a brief article.
12．The underlined word “succeeding” most probably means ________. A．funny B. good C．next D．famous
13．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A．Getting ready for news listening.
B．Give a simple description after each story. C．Listening practice after the proposal.
D．Doing follow-up activities after listening.
14．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The pictures on TV are helpful to your written English and spoken English. B．You may get a general idea about a story by using one or two sentences. C．CCTV 9 is a good choice because there are all excellent foreign newsreaders. D．You may use the whole transcript of a story to practice your writing ability.
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15．The best title for this passage may probably be ________. A．How to Listen to TV News
B．How to Improve Your Listening C．How to Learn from Listening D．How to Listen Step by Step
E
I remember that I used to rebel（反抗）against many dos and don’ts my parents told me. For example, when I kept on listening to jazz on the record player, my father used to consider it noise and replace it with classical music, which I always felt dull. My mom and dad were also very particular about(挑剔) the friends I made with, and always quoted the well-known sentence—one rotten apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples. These were just a few examples of the things I thought my parents were unreasonable about.
Today, however, I am the father of a boy of 15, and I find that I am pressuring my son with a lot of rules and regulations that he seems to find hard to follow too. One day, I noticed that my son’s hair was too long, so I told him to go to the barber’s and get it cut short. Ordinarily, he will do what he is told to, but this time he put his foot down. “What’s wrong with my long hair?” he said. “Most of my friends have long hair. And besides, it’s my own hair, isn’t it? I don’t think you have the right to order me to cut it short, even if you’re my father!”
When I was a boy, if I had spoken to my father in that way, he would have taught me a lesson. But I suddenly realize that we are now living in a more liberal world, and my son’s insistence on wearing his hair long is merely an instance of the generation gap that exists between us. Finally, I agree to it, so he still wears his hair long.
16．Which is the best title for the passage?
A．Stories Between Father and Son B．The Generation Gap C．Dos and Don’ts for Teenagers D．A Thoughtful Father
17．The underlined phrase “put his foot down” in Paragraph 2 probably means that
the son .
A．obeyed his father’s order
B．refused firmly to do as his father wished him to C．put down his feet to relax himself D．ran away from home
.18．The writer used to rebel against his parents mainly because .
A．his parents were unreasonable
B．the writer was a rebellious teenager
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