2015-2016学年度上学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
考试时间：120分钟 试卷分数150分 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，从题中给出的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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. At what time is the next train to London?
A. 11:35. B. 11:45. C. 12:00. 2. Where is the Natural History Museum?
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A. Next to a park. B. On the 42street. C. Beside the Central Bank.
3. How does the woman’s son want his steak served?
A. Medium. B. Well done. C. Slightly underdone. 4. What will the man do this weekend?
A. Help Nick move house. B. Go shopping. C. Hold a house-warming party. 5. What does the woman mean?
A. She has bought a present for Tommy. B. She wants to buy something on sale. C. She hasn’t decided what to buy.
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8题。
6. What are the speakers talking about in general? A. How to take a vacation. B. How to cut down expenses. C. How to get to a conference. 7. How is the woman going?
A. By air. B. By train. C. By taxi. 8. Why aren’t the speakers going together?
A. They travel in different ways. B. The man has to work overtime. C. The woman will go on vacation first. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Send the e-mails. B. Mail something for him. C. Pick up some packages. 10. Why does the man ask the woman for help?
A. He doesn’t have any time. B. He doesn’t have the address list. C. He doesn’t know how to find a messenger. 11. What will the woman probably do next?
A. Call the messenger service. B. Attend a meeting. C. Have some coffee. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. Where has the man been to?
A. Switzerland. B. Australia. C. Thailand. 13. What impressed the man most?
A. Feeding kangaroos. B. Walking through rain-forests. C. Visiting the Great Barrier Reef.
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14. How did the man get the cheap air ticket?
A. From his dad. B. From his dad’s friend. C. From his cousin. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Interviewer and interviewee. B. Manager and secretary. C. Clerk and guest. 16. What strong point does the woman think she has?
A. She travels a lot. B. She has good records at school. C. She is good at writing news reports.
17. How does the man most probably feel about the woman’s reply?
A. Calm. B. Surprised. C. Dissatisfied. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where is the speaker studying now?
A. In Mongolia. B. In Brazil. C. In the United States. 19. How did the speaker spend her childhood?
A. She moved from one place to another. B. She joined in her favorite school activities.
C. She just made friends with people from America. 20. What may make the speaker choose the major?
A. Her love for sharing her wide interests. B. Her love for being in touch with others.
C. Her love for traveling around the world. 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。
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Control of portable chargers strengthened on airplane
Portable chargers are popular among busy travelers, but the safety concern behind
the small, smart equipment has led the Civil Aviation Administration 民航管理局of China to tighten up the control on which devices each passenger is allowed to carry.
According to the notice on the administration's website earlier
today, portable batteries with a capacity(容量) of less than 100 watt-hours are allowed to carry on luggage. Each passenger is allowed to carry no more than two portable batteries with a capacity between 100-160 watt-hours, and those above 160 watt-hours are prohibited on the plane. If the capacity of a portable charger is not specially stated, it is also forbidden. Portable batteries are completely banned in checked luggage.
During the flight, portable chargers cannot be used and need to be switched off. The rules also apply to airline staff, according to the notice.
Last month, a sample inspection of portable chargers by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine showed that 100 percent of sampled products have safety risks, including the possibility of explosion due to a short circuit（短路）, potential damage to the charged equipment and over charging capacity, according to nandu.com last month.
According to the survey, portable chargers have great market potential; yet the manufacturing(制造)of portable chargers lacks national standards and inspection.
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21. Which of the following words can replace the underlined word in Paragraph Two? A. allowed B. forbidden C. tightened D. strengthened 22. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. The captain of the air staff can use portable chargers in flight. B. Portable batteries are also allowed to carry in checked luggage.
C. A person carrying more than two portable batteries with a capacity between 100-160 watt-hours is allowed.
D. A person carrying only two portable batteries with a capacity between 100-160 watt-hours is allowed.
23. The reason why portable chargers are controlled on the plane is that _____. A. Portable chargers have great market potential.
B. The manufacturing of portable chargers lacks national standards. C. Portable chargers have safety risks.
D. Portable chargers may cause potential damage to the charged equipment. 24. Where can you read this article?
A. Posters on line B. TV commercials on line
C. News on China-daily website D. Science on China-daily website
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One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem — inability to read.
In the library, I found my way into the “Children’s Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.
There on the book’s cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.
Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.
My mother’s call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them. I never told my mother about my “miraculous” (奇迹般地) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and
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fiction. The power of the words has held.
25. The author’s mother told him to borrow a book in order to_____. A. encourage him to do more walking B. let him spend a meaningful summer C. help cure him of his reading problem D. make him learn more about weapons
26. The book caught the author’s eye because_____. A. it contained pretty pictures of animals B. it reminded him of his own dog
C. he found its title easy to understand D. he liked children’s stories very much
27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. The author has had happy summers ever since. B. The author’s mother read the same book.
C. The author’s mother rewarded him with books. D. The author has become a successful writer.
28. Which one could be the best title of the passage?
A. The Charm of a Book B. Mum’s Strict Order C. Reunion with My Beagle D. My Passion for Reading
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Visitor Code
Arrive with nothing that can harm New Zealand
If you are arriving from overseas, bring no food, animal or plant material into the country. If in doubt declare it to Customs. Protect plants and animals
Never allow dogs or other pets to run freely in areas of nesting birds, other wildlife, or where signposted. Get rid of rubbish
Always get rid of your rubbish properly and recycle waste(e.g. glass, paper) where possible.
Be considerate with other waste
If using a portable toilet always throw away your toilet waste at a proper waste station. In the back country, bury your toilet waste in a shallow hole away from waterway.
Keep New Zealand’s water clean
Because soaps and other wastes can harm waterways, be careful your washing water doesn’t pollute the sea lakes and rivers. Take care with fires
Always observe district fire bans. Be careful if you smoke or have an outdoor fire or barbecue, make sure ashes are cold before leaving. Camp or picnic carefully
When camping or picnicking, use facilities provided. Keep to the track
Keep to the track, where one exists, so you lessen the chance of damaging fragile plants.
Be considerate
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When driving, minimize noise and observe no smoking signs.
29. According to Visitor Code, visitors could act_______.
A. with care and respect B. with relief and pleasure C. with caution and calmness D. with attention and observation 30. What are you encouraged to do when traveling in New Zealand? A. Take your own camping facilities. B. Bury glass far away from rivers. C. Follow the track for the sake of plants. D. Observe signs to approach nesting birds.
31.Which of the following is allowed to be taken into New Zealand?
A. a pet B. a woolen scarf C. rice seed D. beef sausages
D
The oddness of life in space never quite goes away. Here are some examples. First consider something as simple as sleep. Its position presents its own challenges. The main question is whether you want your arms inside or outside the sleeping bag. If you leave your arms out, they float free in zero gravity, often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny ballet （芭蕾）dancer. “I’m an inside guy,” Mike Hopkins says, who returned from a six-month tour on the International Space Station. “I like to be wrapped up.”
On the station, the ordinary becomes strange. The exercise bike for the American astronauts has no handlebars. It also has no seat. With no gravity, it’s just as easy to pedal violently. You can watch a movie while you pedal by floating a microcomputer anywhere you want. But station residents have to be careful about staying in one place too long. Without gravity to help circulate air, the carbon dioxide you exhale (呼气) has a tendency to form an invisible （隐形的）cloud around your head. You can end up with what astronauts call a carbon-dioxide headache. Leroy Chiao, 54, an American retired astronaut after four flights, describes what happens even before you float out of your seat, “Your inner ear thinks you’re falling. Meanwhile your eyes are telling you you’re standing straight. That can be annoying—that’s why some people feel sick.” Within a couple days —truly terrible days for some —astronauts’ brains learn to ignore the panicky signals from the inner ear, and space sickness disappears.
Space travel can be so delightful but at the same time invisibly dangerous. For instance, astronauts lose bone mass. That’s why exercise is considered so vital that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) puts it right on the workday schedule. The focus on fitness is as much about science and the future as it is about keeping any individual astronauts return home, and, more importantly, how to maintain strength and fitness for the two and a half years or more that it would take to make a round-trip to Mars.
32. What is the major challenge to astronauts when they sleep in space?
A. Choosing a comfortable sleeping bag B. Deciding on a proper sleep position C. Seeking a way to fall asleep quickly D. Finding a right time to go to sleep. 33. The astronauts will suffer from a carbon-dioxide headache when _____.
A. they circle around on their bikes B. they use microcomputers without a stop
C. they exercise in one place for a long time D. they watch a movie while pedaling 34. Some astronauts feel sick on the station during the first few days because _____.
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