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江苏省南京市建邺高级中学2013-2014学年高二英语上学期期中试题 新人教版 第一部分：听力（共 2节，满分15分）‎ 第一节 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. What do we know about the woman?‎ A. She is unsatisfied with the bedroom.‎ B. She can’t find her earrings in the bedroom.‎ C. She forgets where she put her earrings.‎ ‎2. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? ‎ A. Salesgirl and customer. ‎ ‎ B. Wife and husband. ‎ C. Waitress and customer.‎ ‎3. What does the woman want to buy?‎ ‎ A. Some paintings. B. Some sculptures. C. Some books.‎ ‎4. When will the speakers meet?‎ ‎ A. At 7:00. B. At 7:05. C. At 7:15.‎ ‎5. Where did the man put the soap?‎ ‎ A. In the bedroom drawer. B. On the kitchen table. ‎ C. In the bathroom cupboard.‎ 第二节 听下面4段对话。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7题。‎ ‎6. How long has the woman been Mr. Big’s secretary?‎ ‎ A. About three years. B. About five years. C. About seven years.‎ ‎7. What do we know about the woman’s boss?‎ ‎ A. He never drinks coffee. ‎ ‎ B. He always forgets his appointments. ‎ C. He never remembers to make the tea.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What did the woman spend an hour trying to do this morning?‎ ‎ A. Book a flight ticket. B. Book a hotel room. C. Book a train ticket.‎ ‎9. What was the travel agent doing while talking with the woman?‎ ‎ A. Chatting with another person. ‎ ‎ B. Repairing the computer. ‎ C. Eating something.‎ ‎10. How did the travel agent feel about the half-price offer?‎ ‎ A. Surprised. B. Upset. C. Angry.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. What will the man do with Paul and Steve?‎ ‎ A. Have lunch. B. Have a walk. C. Go shopping.‎ ‎12. What do we know about Kate and Jill?‎ ‎ A. They are sleeping. ‎ ‎ B. They are in the playroom. ‎ C. They are always very quiet.‎ ‎13. What is Simon doing now?‎ ‎ A. Painting. B. Playing the guitar. C. Talking on the phone.‎ 听第9段材料， 回答第14至15题。‎ ‎14. What does the speaker think of the life in London?‎ ‎ A. It is stressful. B. It is simple. C. It is convenient.‎ ‎15. What do we know about the speaker’s parents?‎ ‎ A. They are tired of life. ‎ ‎ B. They live in the country. ‎ ‎ C. They get used to the noise and pollution.‎ 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ ‎16. She was reading a book in her chair ______ first time I saw ______ old lady.‎ A. a; an B. the；the C. 不填；the D. 不填；an ‎ ‎17. ---John, how did your English exam go?‎ ‎ ---I thought I ______, but in fact I came in the top 10% in the class.‎ A. should have failed B. couldn’ t have failed C. might have failed D. mustn’t have failed ‎18. --- My cousin would like to risk _____the weight-loss pills rather than _____ in a gym．‎ ‎ --- Really? She must be mad．‎ A. to take；work out B. to take；working out C. taking；working out D. taking；work out ‎19. Mother told Jim to watch the milk until it boiled and then ______ off the gas. ‎ A. turn B. turning C. turned D. having turned ‎20. --- Did you know any French before you arrived in Paris？‎ ‎ --- Never ______ it, actually.‎ A. I learned B. have I learned C. had I learned D. was I learned ‎21. It was the fact ______ Dolly, the sheep, seemed to develop normally _____ encouraged the scientists.‎ A. that; that B. that; which C. of which; that D. that; /‎ ‎22. The strong earthquake lasted over ten minutes. ______, most of the buildings ‎ ‎ in the city fell down. ‎ ‎ A. As a result B. On the other hand ‎ C. As a matter of fact D. On the contrary ‎23. What the young man can’ t _____ is that his mum always treats him like a baby.‎ A. support B. undertake C. hold D. stand ‎24. The pond has been _____ a terrible smell for a month but nothing has been done.‎ A. giving away B. giving up C. giving off D. giving in ‎25. On Christmas Eve, we put up some balloons to ______ the festival atmosphere.‎ A. make for B. add up C. add to D. join in ‎26. The former football champion is ______ of selling heroin(海洛因) to a number of drug users.‎ A. criticized B. accused C. blamed D. charged ‎27. The shy girl felt ______ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher’s questions. ‎ A. amazed B. awkward C. curious D. amused ‎ ‎28. The boy wanted to play football in the street, but his parents told him ______.‎ A. not to B not to do C. not do it D. do not to ‎29. When I opened the door, I found my father sitting in his chair, completely ______ in a magazine.‎ ‎ A. concentrated B. gathered C. losing D. absorbed ‎ ‎30. What the teacher said in class is_______.‎ A. of great importance B. great importance C. of great important D. great important 第一节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）‎ ‎ On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a terrible downpour. The rain caused the streets to __31__ and the subway system almost came to a stop. ‎ ‎ Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were __32__ to go home. Some battled to __33__ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the __34__ bravely, walking miles to get to work.‎ ‎ I __35__ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most of the __36__ had stopped. After making my way __37__ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was _38__. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __39__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the platform(站台). So I took the train going in the __40__ direction, and then hurried back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like a forever journey, the train __41__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was __42__ through, exhausted and __43__.‎ ‎ My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __44__ I received an email from Garth, my boss:‎ ‎ I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ 45__ came to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their __46__ to their jobs. Thank you.‎ Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that __47__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __48__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __49__ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately __50__ me and put a smile back on my face. ‎ ‎31. A. break B. flood C. sink D. crash ‎32. A. forced B. refused C. arranged D. gathered ‎33. A. drive B. pay C. call D. search ‎34. A. climate B. scenery C. storm D. burden ‎35. A. used B. promised C. deserved D. happened ‎36. A. practice B. buses C. process D. lines ‎37. A. to B. through C. over D. for ‎38. A. operating B. riding C. turning D. rushing ‎39. A. check B. carry C. find D. board ‎40. A. same B. east C. west D. opposite ‎41. A. arrived B. crossed C. reached D. parked ‎42. A. wet B. weak C. sick D. hurt ‎43. A. ashamed B. upset C. surprised D. puzzled ‎44. A. while B. when C. where D. after ‎45. A. hardly B. usually C. lately D. eventually ‎46. A. devotion B. donation C. connection D. education ‎47. A. exact B. immediate C. brief D. humorous ‎48. A. promise B. appreciation C. advice D. proposal ‎49. A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs ‎50. A. corrected B. supported C. amazed D. cheered 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ A ‎ Apartment turns into nightmare ARLES‎, FRANCE---Andre Raffay has a problem. He needs a nice, large apartment in the city of Arles, but he doesn’t have enough money to buy one. Every morning Andre sits in his neighborhood cafe and reads the apartment ads in the newspaper. He draws a circle around each ad for an apartment that looks good. Then he goes to the telephone to call the owner.‎ ‎“Hello. I’m interested in the apartment near the park that is in today’s paper,” he says. “How much is it?” when he hears the answer, he says, “oh, my goodness! That’s too much!” The same thing happens every day.‎ One morning Andre sees a friend in the cafe. He tells him about his problem. “I have a good idea, Andre. I know a 90-year-old woman who has a beautiful apartment. You can pay her something every month until she dies. Then you can move into the apartment. It will be yours!”‎ Andre is excited. He thinks to himself, “How much longer can such an old lady live? We can probably have the apartment in a couple of years.” He and his wife, Marie, go to visit Mrs. Calment. The apartment is just what they want. It is large and sunny, and it is near the center of town. It even has a view of the park.‎ More than thirty years go by. Jeanne Calment is still alive. She is 121 years old, the oldest person in the world. Poor Andre isn’t alive anymore, but his widow still sends Mrs. Calment $500 every month. Their dream apartment is a nightmare.‎ ‎51. It is difficult to find an apartment because ______.‎ ‎ A. Andre has no enough money B. Andre doesn’t really need a house ‎ C. Andre wants to buy an expensive house ‎ D. there are few apartments in the city ‎52. They have paid the old woman ______ dollars since they first met her.‎ ‎ A. only $500 B. more than $‎45,000 C. over $120,000 D. about $180,000‎ ‎53. From the passage we can learn ______.‎ ‎ A. Mr. Raffay didn’t think the old lady would live so long ‎ B. Mr. Raffay’s friend fooled him with the old lady ‎ C. Mr. Raffay thought Marie would live longer than he ‎ ‎ D. Mr. Raffay read ads in the newspaper all his life B NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they remember these experiences in nightmares.‎ Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase(抹去),the effect of painful memories.‎ In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.‎ The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.‎ Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.‎ ‎“Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry(精神病学) at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve a lot of that suffering.”‎ But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories make us our true self. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.‎ ‎“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out,” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist(伦理学家).‎ ‎54. The drug tested on people can ______. ‎ ‎ A. cause the brain to keep memories more clearly ‎ B. stop people remembering bad experience ‎ C. prevent body producing certain chemicals ‎ D. erase people’s past bad memories ‎55. We can learn from the passage that ______. ‎ ‎ A. people doubt the necessity of the pills ‎ B. the pill will stop people’s physical effects of bad experiences ‎ C. taking the pill will do harm to people’s health ‎ D. the pill has been very popular around the world ‎56. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?‎ ‎ A. Some memories can ruin people’s lives.‎ ‎ B. People want to get rid of bad memories.‎ ‎ C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.‎ ‎ D. The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.‎ C Japanese people, who never miss a chance to be photographed, were lining up to get their pictures on a postage stamp. Vanity stamps(个人自费发行的邮票) with personal photographs went on sale for the first time in Japan as part of an international postage stamp exhibition. The customer’s photo is taken with a digital camera and then printed on stamp sheets, a process that takes about five minutes. Sold in a sheet of 10 stamps for $ 8.80, little more than the cost of lunch in Tokyo, each stamp printed a different scene from a traditional painting along with the photo.‎ The stamps can be used normally to mail a letter, and postal officials hope they will help encourage interest in letter-writing in the Internet age. “Certainly e-mail is a useful method of communication, but letters are fun in a different way.” said Hatsumi Shimizu, an official in the Post Ministry. “We want to show young people that letters can be fun, too.”‎ While similar stamp sheets appeared in Australia in 1999 and are now sold in some 12 nations and areas, Japan’s fondness for commemorative(纪念的) photos is likely to make them especially popular here. Indeed, officials had prepared 1,000 sheets but they were sold out in less than 30 minutes. Although the stamps are currently only available as a special service during the exhibition, postal officials said they may start selling them on a regular basis in the future.‎ ‎57．The best title of this passage might be ______.‎ ‎ A．Never Miss a Chance to Be Photographed ‎ B．Your Own Face on a Postage Stamp ‎ C．First Japanese Postage Stamps with a Photo ‎ D．Letters are as Fun as E-mails ‎58．The purpose of this activity is ______.‎ ‎ A．to make the international postage stamp exhibition more interesting ‎ ‎ B．to make more stamps for normal use ‎ C．to draw interest in writing letters in the Internet age ‎ D．to satisfy Japan's fondness of commemorative photos ‎ ‎59．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ ‎ A．Japanese people like collecting stamps.‎ ‎ B．This kind of stamps must be used to mail letters.‎ ‎ C．Japanese people can get this kind of stamps easily after the stamp exhibition.‎ ‎ D．This service might be more popular in Japan than in other places.‎ ‎60. We can infer from the passage that ______.‎ ‎ A. people now can only get the vanity stamps as a special service ‎ B. both e-mail and letters are fun in a similar way in the postal officials’ opinion ‎ C. nowadays Japanese young people are not very interested in writing letters ‎ D. Japanese are fond of commemorative photos D About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn’t help overhearing(无意中听到) parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked: “So, how have you been?” And the boy—who could not have been more than seven or eight years old—replied. “Honestly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed recently.”‎ ‎　　This incident stuck in my mind because it proved my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.‎ ‎　　The change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.‎ ‎　　Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists, Why?‎ ‎　　Human development is based not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of way to social knowledge. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.‎ ‎　　In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been used in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information, and indiscriminately (不加区分地), to all viewers alike, children or adults. Because of the attraction of vivid moving pictures, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging.‎ ‎　　Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information. Reading and writing involve a complex(复杂的) material that must be memorized and practiced. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.‎ ‎61. According to the author, feeling depressed is ______.‎ ‎ A. a sure sign of a psychological problem in a child ‎ B. something hardly to be expected in a young child ‎ C. an unavoidable stage of children’s mental development ‎ D. a mental disease present in all humans, including children ‎62. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world ______.‎ ‎ A. through contact with society B. gradually and under the guidance of adults ‎ C. naturally and by biological instinct(本能)‎ ‎ D. through his access to social information ‎63. According to the author, today’s children seem adult-like, because of ______.‎ ‎　 A. the widespread influence of television ‎ B. the poor arrangement of teaching content ‎ C. the fast speed of human mental development ‎ D. the constantly rising standard of living ‎ ‎64. Why does the author support communication through print?‎ ‎ A. It enables children to gain more social information.‎ ‎ B. It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.‎ ‎ C. It helps children to memorize and practice more.‎ ‎ D. It can control what children are to learn.‎ ‎65. What does the author think of the change in today’s children?‎ ‎ A. He feels amused by their behaviour.‎ ‎ B. He thinks it is worthy of people’s attention.‎ ‎ C. He considers it a development.‎ ‎ D. He seems to be pleased about it.‎ 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共4 0分）‎ I．根据所给首字母或中文注释完成句子：（每题1分，共10分）‎ ‎66. Afterwards, I p to be cheerful, but Hannah sensed something was wrong. ‎ ‎67. They think of greedy businessman hiding from their r to the environment and only worrying about money.‎ ‎68. Scientists have announced that they have c the first human embryo.‎ ‎69. On a personal note, cloning would totally t my life.‎ ‎70. What I am here to say is that having worked with many e consultants, ‎ ‎ I know that a healthy environment and development should be possible at the same time.‎ ‎71. China has (成功)in producing clones of cows and goats, and continues to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.‎ ‎72. He could not keep (速度；步伐)with the game, and as a result of his careless playing we lost.‎ ‎73. We have been best friends since （童年，幼年） and play together in the school football team.‎ ‎74.The people （经营）the factories are deeply concerned about the environment.‎ ‎75. If we toy with nature, we will have to deal with the （后果）.‎ II.任务型阅读 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。‎ 注意：每空格只填一个单词。（每题1分，共10分）‎ ‎ In the past 100 years, Asian Americans have become the fastest-growing U.S.‎ minority. As their children began moving up through the nation's schools, it became clear that a new class of academic achievers was forming. Their achievements are reflected in the nation's best universities, where mathematics, science and engineering departments have taken on an Asian character. This special liking for mathematics and science is partly explained by the fact that Asian-American students who began their education abroad arrived in the U.S.‎ with a solid grounding in mathematics but little or no knowledge of English. They are also influenced by the promise of a good job after college. Asians feel there will be less unfair treatment in areas like mathematics and science because they will be judged more objectively. And the return on the investment in education is more immediate in something like engineering than with an arts degree.‎ ‎ Most Asian-American students owe their success to the influence of parents who are determined that their children take full advantage of what the American educational system has to offer. An effective measure of parental attention is ‎ homework. Asian parents spend more time with their children than American parents do, and it helps. Many researchers also believe there is something in Asian culture that promotes success, such as ideals that stress family values and emphasize education.‎ ‎ Both explanations for academic success worry Asian Americans because of fears that they form a typical racial image. Many can remember when Chinese, Japanese and Filipino immigrants were the victims of social separation. Indeed, it was not until 1952 that laws were laid down giving all Asian immigrants the right to citizenship.‎ Topic In the past 76._________, Asian Americans have made great academic achievements, making them the fastest-growing U.S.‎ minority.‎ Reflection of achievements Asian Americans 77.__________ more easily in mathematics, science and engineering.‎ ‎78.________for achievements Asian-American students prefer mathematics and science.‎ Having a solid foundation in mathematics.‎ Expecting a good job after 79._________‎ Receiving fairer treatment resulting from more objective 80.______________‎ Realizing investment more 81._________‎ Asian-American students achieve success, 82.____ by parents and Asian culture.‎ They are encouraged to make full 83._____ of American educational system by parents.‎ They perform well especially in homework with the 84.________ of parents.‎ The ideals promoting their success are deeply 85._________ in Asian culture.‎ Concern They are worried that the history may repeat itself as Asian immigrants were separated from American mainstream society.‎ III.句子转换（根据上一句的意思，完成下一个句子，每空一词，每空0.5分，共5分）‎ ‎86. We must do something to protect our earth from being polluted.‎ ‎ We must ______ ______ to prevent our earth from being polluted.‎ ‎87. He was punished by his teacher, because he did not finish his homework.‎ ‎ _____ _______ ________ his homework, he was punished by his teacher.‎ ‎88. The football match was put off as a result of the heavy fog.‎ ‎ The heavy fog ________ ______ the putting off of the football match.‎ ‎89. We suggest that some laws should be passed to protect the environment.‎ ‎ Our ________ _____ that some laws _____ passed to protect the environment.‎ IV. 书面表达 （15分） ‎ 以 “The Importance of Water” 为题，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文，要点如下： ‎ 1．没有水便没有生命。 ‎ 2．随着现代工农业的迅速发展，越来越需要更多的水。现在许多地方的水已经变得越来越缺乏。 ‎ 3．许多河流和湖泊开始被工厂排出的污水所污染。 ‎ 4．为了保护水资源，防止水污染，我们必须采取措施，与各种污染作斗争。‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ go on without water. ‎