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棠中高 2015 级高二学年度上期期中测试
英 语
注意事项：
1.本试卷分第 I 卷(选择题)、第 II 卷(非选择题)两部分。全卷共 150 分，考试时间为 120 分
钟。
2.本次考试使用网上阅卷，请同学们务必按规范要求在答题卡上填涂、填写答案。
3.考试结束，只交答题卡。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共 100 分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转
涂到答题卡上。
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. Why does the man like his new job more?
A. He can use what he learned. B. He can learn a lot from the new job. C. He has
more free time.
2. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. To buy her a dress. B. To tell her his address. C. To deliver her
dress.
3. Where is Sue now?
A. At home. B. At Bill’s home. C. At the office.
4. What does the woman think of herself?
A. Careless. B. Unfortunate. C. Hopeless.
5. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. A boss and an employee. B. A teacher and a student. C. A father and a son.
第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6~8 小题。
6. Why is Ken so early this morning?
A. He is on duty. B. He has to do his homework. C. He often does this.
7. What do we learn about Ken’s mother?
A. She is very strict with Ken.
B. She is very friendly.
C. She always makes Ken do a lot of homework.
8. Did Ken’s favorite team win last night?
A. Yes, it did. B. No, it didn’t. C. We don’t know.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 9~11 小题。
9. Where does the conversation probably happen?
A. At the doctor’s office. B. At the police station. C. In the street.
10. What is the man who asked the time like?
A. He is tall and thin. B. He is tall and fat. C. He is short and
thin.
11. How many people robbed the woman?
A. Two. B. Three. C. We don’t know.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 12~13 小题。
12. What do we know about Elizabeth?
A. She’s too busy to see a doctor.
B. The doctor ’s advice does her no good.
C. She hasn’t got well though she’s seen a doctor.
13. Who will see Elizabeth?
A. The man. B. The woman. C. Neither of them.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14~17 小题。
14. Where does this talk take place?
A. In a school. B. In a classroom. C. In an office.
15. How many computers do they h ave altogether?
A. 80. B.168. C.208.
16. What is the use of the computer in class?
A. It is used to help teachers teach. B. It is used to learn new words. C. It is used to save
time.
17. Why do they use the computer in class?
A. To make the work easier and save time. B. They have to. C. They like to use it.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18~20 小题。
18. What did the speaker want to tell the listeners about?
A. The kinds of things which will serve as money in the future.
B. The money used in the early days.
C. The fact that the Chinese people were the earliest users of money.
19. According to the speech, which of the following might have been used for money by early
Japanese?
A. Tea. B. Salt. C. Nuts.
20. What was the common character of the things used for money?
A. They were difficult to get.
B. They had some practical use.
C. They were considered valuable by all people.
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。
A
Wanted, Someone for a Kiss
We're looking for producers to join us on the sound of London Kiss 100 FM. You'll
work on the station's music programs. Music production experience in radio is necessary,
along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply in writi ng to Producer
Vacancies, Kiss 100.
Father Christmas
We're looking for a very special person, preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas
suit.
Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from
December 17 to December 24 except Sundays, 10:30-16:00.
Excellent pay
Please contact (联系) the Enterprise Shopping Centre, Station Parade, Eastbourne.
Acco untants Assistant
When you join the team in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing
assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general
duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position
is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience.
Wealden District Council
Software Trainer
If you are aged 24-25 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the
person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in
program writing. You will be allowed to make your own decisions, and to design courses as
well as present them pay up wards of £15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending
your CV(简历) to Mrs. R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.
21. Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?
A. Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100. B. Mrs. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.
C. The Enterprise Shopping Centre. D. Wealden District Council.
22. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who ____.
A. is aged between 24 and 40 B. may do some training work
C. should deal with general duties D. can work for about a month
23. Which position is open to recent school graduates?
A. Producer, London Kiss. B. Father Christmas.
C. Accountants Assistant. D. Software Trainer.
24. What kind of person would probably apply to Palmlace Limited?
A. One with GCSE grade C level. B. One with some office experience.
C. One having good computer knowledge. D. One trained in producing music
programs.
B
Being a Canadian living in China for more than 10 years, I feel fortunate to share the
joys of Western and Chinese festivals with my Chinese wife, friends and students.
With Christmas here and the New Year round the corner, I like to walk in the streets of
Chinese cities to observe the moods of the people and share their cheers and tears. I have
noticed a great change in Chinese people’s attitude toward Western festivals, especially
Christmas and New Year. It is not uncommon nowadays to see Chinese people celebrating
with foreigners, some of them neighbors, others friends.
Shopping malls and department stores rise to the occasion and decorate their stores
with Christmas trees complete with the customary hangings, and buntings and festoons.
Public places, such as parks and squares, get a festive look. And Chinese people rush to the
stores offering season discounts and sales.
Educational institutions allow foreign teachers and staff days off to celebrate the
festivals, and some even organize parties so that their students can enjoy the festivities.
When I was living in Canada, people put a great deal of emphasis on the celebration of
Christmas and New Year. Consequently, I started sharing their enthusiasm. No matter
where I went, I couldn’t escape the spirit of the holidays, although I’ve always preferred to
celebrate festivals with my family.
During my stay in China, I organized special classes to tell my students about how
people in the West celebrate festivals. I have also encouraged them to exchange gifts as a
symbol of love toward each other and organized parties in the school to enjoy the occasion
with colleagues and students.
Here’s wishing everybody, regardless of religious beliefs, a merry Christmas and a
happy and p rosperous New Year.
25. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the article?
A. Chinese celebrate Western festivals forgetting their own ones.
B. It’s unusual for Chinese to celebrate festivals with foreigners.
C. All the staff in schools can have days off during a western festival.
D. The author is enthusiastically spreading the foreign festival culture.
26. What’s the author’s feeling of Chinese people’s attitude towards western festivals?
A. Discomfort. B. Indifferent. C. Delighted. D. Negative.
27. What’s author’s job in China?
A. Teacher. B. Tourist. C. Writer. D. Reporter.
28. The passage is mainly concerned with _____.
A. Chinese people celebrate western festivals generally.
B. Joys of western and Chinese festivals.
C. Malls and stores are decorated with Christmas trees.
D. Schools organize parties to celebrate the festivals.
C
When Duke University refused to accept Siobhan O’Dell, 17, by sending her a rejection
letter(拒绝信), she refused to take it quietly.
The teenager, from North Carolina, had applied to the famous college in her home state,
but in March she was sent a letter telling her she had failed. Mirroring the standard format
of college rejection letters, she wrote back, “Dear Duke University, thank you for the
rejection letter of March 26, 2015. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I
am unable to accept your refusal to offer me admission into the fall 2015 freshman class at
Duke.”
Her conclusion reads, "Therefore I will be attending Duke University’s 2015 freshmen
class. I look forward to seeing you then."
Speaking to a newspaper about the letter, Siobhan said, “They sent me a typical college
rejection letter saying this year they had an outstanding pool of applicants... blah, blah, blah.
It made me realize how much power universities have over students. High School graduates
labor over applications, stress over waiting, and sometimes cry over the answer. Then that’s
it.”
“The college has all the power. But what if that wasn’t it? What if we got to treat the
college like they treated us? I wanted to give them a taste of their own medicine.”
Officials at Duke were unmoved by the teenager’s courage and obvious intelligence.
They did eventually respond to her letter, but didn’t appear to share the joke and her sense
of humor, instead telling her that “We don’t simply reopen and review the file” and “It’s
very rare that we learn something that leads us to change our decision.” While Miss O’Dell’s
letter didn’t earn her a place there, it seems to have got the attention of students on campus,
and is even set to feature in the college newspaper.
However, all’s well that ends well for Siobhan O’Dell, who has now been accepted by
the University of South Carolina. “I’m going to major in biology and I look forward to going
to USC this fall.”
29. Siobhan O’Dell wrote to Duke University officials to _____.
A. inform them she would attend Duke anyway B. express her feelings in a
humorous way
C. make fun of them for the mistake they made D. demand of them to change the
decision
30. What was Duke University’s response to her letter?
A. They are moved by her courage and intelligence. B. They wrote a letter turning her
down again.
C. They ran a story about her in newspaper. D. They promised her to review her
file.
31. We can infer from the passage that _____.
A. officials at Duke don’t know how to appreciate humor
B. high school graduates are under too much pressure
C. students have little power over admission decisions
D. universities should not reject students’ application
D
You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift
several times during the day without really thinking about it .But Lee Gray, PhD, of the
University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this ignored form of
public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.
“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette( 礼 仪 ) is sort of odd”
Gray told the BBC. “They are socially very interesting but often very awkward places”.
We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may
have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern
of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.
He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you
want--- it’s your own little box.
If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing across from each other to
create distance.
When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is
a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is
probably going to have to stand in the middle.
Newcomers to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and
then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple --- look down, or look at your
phone. Why are we so awkward in lifts?
“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologis t at
the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have
about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”
In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be
und erstood as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she
said.
32. The main purpose of the article is to _____.
A. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator
B. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette
C. sh are an interesting but awkward elevator ride
D. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator
33. Which of the following describes how people probably stand when there are 5 people in
an elevator?
A. ●●●● B. ● ● C. ● ● D. ● ●
● ●●● ●● ● ● ●
(door) (door) (door) (door)
34. The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. judge B. seize C. stand D. establish
35. According to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _____.
A. someone’s odd behaviors B. the lack of space
C. their unfamiliarity with one another D. their eye contact with one another
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。
School doesn’t have to be a prison. Whether you find school difficult, boring, or just
stressful, you can learn to make school easier and bring a lot more fun. Here are some ways
that can help you:
●Try a team sport. Some schools offer team sports that allow you to make friends with
your fellow students. Soccer, track and field, basketball and football, can all make school
have a little more fun. 36 If you don’t want to play sports, consider attending the
games and cheering for your team with your friends.
● 37 One of the most stressful parts of school can be making sure you have everything
you’re supposed to have. Where’s your English homework? Where’s that math assignment?
Is your pencil sharp? The less you have to worry about these little things, the more you’ll be
able to focus and enjoy school. 38
●Take it easy on your teachers. Teachers are like students: some are great, some are less
than great. But teachers are in charge of the classroom. So even if you’re feeling frustrated
or bored in class, you should be nice to your teachers. 39
●Ask for help if you are having trouble with homework. 40 Make it easy. Ask for help
at school by joining an after-school study group, if your school has one. Ask your teacher if
you can stay 10-15 minutes after school to ask a few questions about your homework, if
you’re embarrassed to ask during class. It’s always better to ask.
A. Stay organized.
B. Manage your homework better.
C. So you can choose one of them to take up.
D. Try to find kids you can talk to and play with.
E. As a result, they will possibly be friendly back to you.
F. Be prepared for class and everything will be easier .
G. If you’re struggling in school, don’t try to take it all on by yourself.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，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，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
处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the favorite team in the fourman canoe race was
the United States team. One member of that team was a young man by the name of Bill
Havens.
As the time for the Olympics 41 , it became clear that Bill's wife would give birth to
their first child about the time that the US team would be 42 in the Paris games. In
1924 there were no jet airliners from Paris to the United States, only 43 oceangoing
ships. And so Bill found himself in a 44 . Should he go to Paris and 45 not being at
his wife's side when their baby was born? Or should he 46 from the team and remain
with his family?
Bill's wife 47 that he should go to Paris. 48 , competing in the Olympics was
his lifelong 49 . But Bill felt 50 and, after much soulsearching, 51 to
withdraw from the competition and remain home, where he could 52 his wife when the
child arrived.
As it 53 ,the United States fourman canoe team won the gold medal in Paris. And
Bill's wife was 54 in giving birth to their child. She was so late, in fact, that Bill could
have competed in the event and returned home in time to be with her when she gave 55 .
People said, “What a shame.” But Bill said he had no 56 . For the rest of his life, he
believed he had made the 57 decision. Bill Havens knew what was most 58 to him.
Not everybody figures that out. And he acted on what he believed was best. Not everybody
has the 59 to say no to something he or she truly wants in order to say yes to something
that truly 60 . But for Bill, it was the only way to peace; the only way to no regrets.
41. A．neared B．started C．ended D．narrowed
42. A．practicing B．competing C．entering D．trying
43. A．expensive B．heavy C．large D．slow
44. A．hurry B．panic C．box D．fever
45. A．avoid B．risk C．bear D．miss
46. A．break B．keep C．wander D．withdraw
47. A．complained B．preferred C．insisted D．promised
48. A．After all B．Above all C．In all D．At all
49. A．purpose B．struggle C．opportunity D．dream
50. A．disappointed B．conflicted C．confused D．encouraged
51. A．expected B．continued C．decided D．stopped
52. A．support B．watch C．comfort D．appreciate
53. A．broke out B．pointed out C．ran out D．turned out
54. A．effortless B．sorry C．late D．hard
55. A．expression B．birth C．way D．break
56. A．pains B．sufferings C．defeats D．regrets
57. A．better B．bigger C．worse D．more
58. A．obvious B．true C．important D．close
59. A．responsibility B．love C．kindness D．strength
60. A．lasts B．matters C．works D．records
第 II 卷（满分 60 分）
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）
第二节（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。
The first selfie stick(自拍杆) was 61 (definite) invented by Hiroshi, 62 photographer
at a camera company. He made it due to being 63 (able) to take pictures of themselves
during a trip to Europe with his wife. When he asked a boy to take pictures of them, the boy
ran off with the camera. Frustrated, he invented something that would allow him 64
(take) a picture of himself.
Since the iPhone really had not been invented yet, a small camera 65 (attach) to one
end of the stick. 66 a small mirror in its front, users could see 67 they would look
in the photo. But the product proved a commercial 68 (fail). A research showed the
women back then were embarrassed by the idea of taking pictures of 69 (they). The
selfie stick was then reinvented by Wayne Fromm in 2000. Fromm believes he is the inventor
of today’s selfie sticks. When 70 (ask) about Hiroshi’s selfie sticks, he said they were
“Old-fashioned Art.”
第四节 短文改错（每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共
有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处。每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：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，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. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不
计分。
Attention, please, everyone. I have an announcement to make it. We will pay a visit for
the City Museum on December 1st. In the course of the visit, the guide will give us account of
the past or the development of the city. She will say something about the advanced workers,
included some teachers. We would see many pictures there. We are guar anteeing to learn a
lot. After the visit, we’ll have a discussion in group and each must write a composition about
which we learn. Buses are to start out as earlier as 8:00 am. That’s all, thanks.
第五节 书面表达（满分 25 分）
假如你是李夏，你的美国朋友 Peter 来信想要了解关于中国这几年流行的十一月网上
购物狂欢节。
请你给他回信介绍这个节日的情况，要点如下：
1. 庆祝时间及最初的意义。
2. 现在的活动（商家活动，顾客行为）
3. 你对这个节日的看法。
注意：
1. 提示词：打折 on sale，光棍节 Singles’ Day
2. 字数为 100 字左右；开头已给出，不计入词数。
3. 可适当增加情节使得行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
I’m surprised that the shopping carnival online even attracts you foreigners’ attention.
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51-55 CADCB 56-60 DACDB
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take
65. was attached 66. With 67. how
68. failure 69.themselves 70. asked
五、短文改错
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