2013～2014学年度下学期 期中联考

高二英语试题

命题人：王金莉 (龙泉中学) 审题人：李 辉 (襄阳四中)

本试题卷共8页，81题。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。

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第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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. What are they talking about?

A. A matchbox. B. A fire. C. A building.

2. Where does the man usually go on weekend nights?

A. To the cinema. B. To a restaurant. C. To a bar.

3. What is wrong with the printer?

A. It runs out of ink. B. It's broken. C. It's jammed.

4. What are the two speakers doing?

A. Chatting. B. Discussing. C. Bargaining.

5. Why did the man go to the Fragrant Hills last weekend?

A. To see red leaves.

B. To do morning exercise.

C. To get together with friends.

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. Why is the woman so worried about her daughter?

A. She met an outlaw.

B. She didn't show up at school.

C. She ran away from home.

7. What did the man say to comfort the woman?

A. He is not angry with her.

B. The girl can look after herself.

C. She shouldn't feel shame so much.

8. What does the man suggest doing?

A. Calling the police.

B. Contacting her classmates.

C. Turning to the neighbors.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What does the professor think of the few unserious teachers?

A. Irresponsible. B. Shameless. C. Unfair.

10. What can we learn about the professor's students?

A. They always cheat. B. They seldom cheat. C. They never cheat.

11. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. How to pass the exams.

B. How strict a teacher should be.

C. Why the students cheat in exams.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. When do the speakers usually meet?

A. On Mondays. B. On Tuesdays. C. On Wednesdays.

13. What does the man think of Professor Grayson?

A. Nice. B. Boring. C. Humorous.

14. What is the man's major?

A. Maths. B. Economics. C. English literature.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Why does Elizabeth look worried today?

A. She needs money baldy.

B. She didn't get the visa.

C. She lost her wallet.

16. What does she plan to do?

A. Go to the police station.

B. Leave the country soon.

C. Go to China Daily.

17. What will the man do for her?

A. Call his uncle.

B. Put an advertisement.

C. Treat the woman to breakfast.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What did Michelle Obama ask ITV to do?

A. Advance the release date of the drama.

B. Send some DVDs with the latest story.

C. Change the sad ending of the play.

19. How did the ITV feel when the first lady's office got in touch with them?

A. Overexcited. B. Embarrassed. C. Surprised.

20. What did the ITV hope the Obamas to do?

A. Invite the stars to dinner.

B. Keep a secret.

C. Enjoy the drama.

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

21. Though willing to help those in need, many Chinese now hesitate to help a fallen elderly person, because not all such kindnesses are received with___________.

A. ambition B. appreciation C. sympathy D. qualification

22. Many senior high school students' weekend ______ includes sleeping late, surfing the Internet and having a get-together with friends.

A. drill B. draft C. regulation D. routine

23. Nowadays sending text messages or writing micro-blogs allows us to exchange thoughts, but bits and pieces of online connection can't ______ for a face-to-face conversation.

A. adjust B. exchange C. substitute D. witness

24. Under the great pressure of the public, Zhang Yimou, the director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers, had to _______ on Sunday that he has two sons and a daughter with his second wife, Chen Ting.

A. acknowledge B. adapt C. adjust D. adopt

25. However _____ certain natural resources may be, they are bound to run out one day if not well taken care of.

A. abundant B. absurd C. autonomous D. available

26. If Wen Zhang is only interested in the beautiful appearance of Yao Di, that shows what a______ person he is, who is not worth cherishing at all.

A. fellow B. shadow C. narrow D. shallow

27. As with holding sand in the hand, the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too _____, and the best way to keep it is to give it wings.

A. remotely B. loosely C. tightly D. narrowly

28. The sales of the cell phone Nubiaz5mini have increased _____ online recently because the first lady of China Peng Liyuan used one of the same style to take photos of the footballers in Germany.

A. slightly B. sharply C. approximately D. annually

29. Don't expect to pass the driving test at your first attempt. ______, you have been learning to drive for only a couple of days.

A. After all B. Or rather C. On the contrary D. In other words

30. Global warming is an increasingly huge concern for the world, which has led to many rivers and lakes

______ these years.

A. drying up B. drying out C. putting out D. putting up

第二节：完型填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

As a teenager, are you getting along well with your parents? I had been going through a tough time 31 with the problems of growing up and communicating with my mother. Whenever I got angry, we would end up in 32 with each other, unwilling to share our real feelings.

Several days ago, I ran away from home to 33 the anger and pain bottled up 34 me. I stayed away for many hours, well into the night, before I finally decided to 35 home. Walking through the front door, I saw all the pain and anger on my mother's face. For days after that, we said the 36 . Everything we did was filled with tension, so we 37 needed a talk and agreed to have breakfast together in a local café the next morning. It turned out to be a 38 point of our relationship.

On our way to the table I 39 my mother holding two notebooks, “ 40 are they for?” I asked. “Sometimes it is easier to 41 down our feelings than to talk about them,” She explained. She then 42 me a notebook and kept one for herself. The “ 43 ” were that she would pick a topic, and we would write down our 44 about it, however long or short. Our first 45 was: “Why I am so angry?” I wrote a half page, and Mum 46 up nearly three pages. Tears streamed down her face when she wrote.

After finishing writing we 47 our notebooks and read what the other had written. 48 reading mum's words, I began to cry and so did she. Amazingly enough, when we finished discussing them, all the anger inside me was 49 .

I gained a special gift that day. Mum and I continue to use our notebooks as a(n) 50 to expressing our different ideas. No matter how we feel, our notebooks are a safe place to express it.

31. A. conducting B. doing C. dealing D. putting

32. A. companion B. conflict C. connection D. conservation

33. A. absorb B. release C. abolish D. prevent

34. A. inside B. without C. beside D. beyond

35. A. stay B. leave C. return D. move

36. A. most B. worst C. least D. best

37. A. desperately B. narrowly C. hopefully D. importantly

38. A. starting B. falling C. freezing D. turning

39. A. noticed B. felt C. scanned D. glanced

40. A. Where B. What C. When D. Why

41. A. set B. hand C. express D. discuss

42. A. asked B. left C. handed D. opened

43. A. lessons B. orders C. rules D. reasons

44. A. advice B. decision C. worries D. feelings

45. A. test B. letter C. topic D. game

46. A. filled B. hurried C. made D. stayed

47. A. mentioned B. trusted C. exchanged D. combined

48. A. Apart B. In C. On D. With

49. A. recycled B. relaxed C. recognized D. removed

50. A. approach B. means C. method D. way

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（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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The gentle giants of our oceans are whale sharks. It's the biggest shark and can reach as long as 41.5 feet, and these amazing creatures are also the biggest fish of any kind.

Whale sharks have a lifespan of 70 years on average, and they spend their days gently swimming in the warm and tropical oceans.

Their teeth are the size of match heads, and while their jaws could be powerful, they have never tended to attack humans. Their teeth play no role in eating, as plankton (浮游生物) does not need to be chewed. They are to be found in numbers in the warmer oceans and they prefer the deep waters of the open oceans.

Several times a year they gather together in certain spots where plankton is plentiful. Those areas are all within a 30°north or south latitude(纬度)from equator. Sadly, whale sharks are targeted by commercial fisheries at those spots.

How easy it is for the fishermen to catch those beautiful creatures who can only swim at 3.5 miles per hour! Whale sharks have suffered so great a loss that they are now listed as one of the endangered species. Measures have been taken to protect the whale shark from extinction. The Philippines and India have banned the fishing, selling, importing and exporting