2015-2016学年高二第一学期期末考试 ·英语试卷

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（选择题，共90分）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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l0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 does the man like about the play?

A. The story. B. The ending. C. The actor.

2. Which place are the speakers trying to find?

A. A hotel. B. A bank. C. A restaurant.

3. At what time will the two speakers meet?

A. 5:20. B. 5:10. C.4:40.

4. What will the man do ?

A. Change the plan. B. Wait for a phone call. C. Sort things out.

5. What does the woman want to do ?

A. See a film with the man.

B. Offer the man some help.

C. Listen to some great music.

第二节 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15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、7题。

6. Where is Ben？A. In the kitchen. B. At school. C. In the park.

7. What will the children do in the afternoon?A. Help set the table. B. Have a party. C. Do their homework.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What are the two speakers talking about?A. A Family holiday. B. A business trip. C. A travel plan.

9. Where did Rachel go?A. Spain. B. Italy. C. China.

听第8段材料，回答第10至l2题。

10. How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke?A. From young smokers.B. From a newspaper article.C. From some smoking parents.

11. Why does the man say that he should keep away from babies?A. He has just become a father.B. He wears dirty clothes.C. He is a smoker.

12. What does the woman suggest smoking parents should do ?A. Stop smoking altogether.B. Smoke only outside their houses.C. Reduce dangerous matter in cigarettes.

听第9段材料，回答第13至l6题。

13. Where does Michelle Ray come from?A. A middle-sized city. B. A small town. C. A big city.

14. Which place would Michelle Ray take her visitors to for shopping?A. The Zen Garden. B. The Highlands. C. The Red River area.

15. What does Michelle Ray do for complete quiet?A. Go camping. B. Study in a library. C. Read at home.

16. What are the speakers talking about in general?A. Late-night shopping. B. Asian food. C. Louisville.

听第l0段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why do some people say they never have dreams according to Dr Garfield ?

A. They forget about their dreams.B. They don't want to tell the truth.C. They have no bad experiences.

18. Why did Davis stop having dreams?A. He got a serious heart attack.B. He was too sad about his brother's death.C. He was frightened by a terrible dream.

19. What is Dr Garfield s opinion about dreaming?A. It is very useful. B. It makes things worse. C. It prevents the mind from working.

20. Why do some people turn off their dreams completely?A. To sleep better. B. To recover from illnesses. C. To stay away from their problems.

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中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Have you heard about Post Office Cats in Britain? They are mouse hunters. The post office has actually employed cats since 1868. They are not employed to sort or deliver mail, of course, but to protect the mail and keep the population of mice under control. They make sure your morning post arrives free from damages caused by rats and mice.

London post offices were the first to try out the experiment. Within a few months the population of mice had shrunk sharply. Other post offices all over the country were soon using cats in the war against rats and mice as well. Within ten years the pay of the cats was improved from one and a half old pence a day to six or nine pence a day. Now the average rate of pay is about a few pounds a month.

Some of the hard-working cats have become quite famous. In 1980, a cat named Lucky stopped an attempted robbery in a Worcestershire post office on her own. As the two burglars made their way in through the window, Lucky started an attack and they fled empty-handed. Another excellent cat was Jerry, of Earls Court post office in London. He served the building for 16 years and was on duty for 24 hours every day. He drove all the mice away.

However, there are fewer cats employed by the post office than at any time in the past. With the faster movement of the mail and better surroundings, post office cats are not always needed. But many post offices still employ them and they become great friends with the postmen. According to the post office, there is no plan for their services to be discontinued in the foreseeable future.

21. Cats were introduced to British post offices to ________.

A. help sort and deliver mails and papers

B. guard the building against thieves

C. keep mails and papers undamaged

D. search for certain dangers in mails

22. The underlined word “shrunk” in the second paragraph probably means “________”.

A. decreased B. increased C. narrowed D. expanded

23. The cat named Lucky became famous because________.

A. She served the post office for 16 years around the clock.

B. She alone drove two burglars away from the post office.

C. She protected mails from being bitten by mice.

D. She was employed to sort and deliver mail.

24. We may learn from the last paragraph that________.

A. the duty of the cats has been replaced by machines

B. all the post offices are now completely mice free

C. cats are now considered of little use in post offices

D. cats will still be seen in service for quite a long time

B

When did you last go outside for sports? Some students might need a while to remember. But for students in Yangzhou University it is easy to remember as they need to run in the morning at least three times a week during their two terms. The university even uses fingerprint punch-in clocks(指纹签到机) to manage students’ records. However, some students still try to skip(不参加) morning running. To them, sports are just not important enough.

Now colleges are seeing a change in the student lifestyle from outdoor enthusiasts to indoor couch potatoes and Internet addicts. The Internet and various on-campus services, from food delivery to laundry, are leading to a student culture of staying in dormitories. A student can have every need met without leaving the dormitory.

In the past two years Zhang Yi, 20, a junior majoring in law at Yangzhou University, has never been outside for sports except during physical education class. “I don’t think there is anything wrong with sleeping late in the morning and wanting to stay in the dormitory in my spare time. I have more fun doing things on my computer than playing on the sports ground in wet clothes.” said Zhang.

“With social networking sites, online games and micro-blogging added to already tight schedules, sports are often the last thing to be considered.” said Cheng Jie, 21, a senior majoring in civil engineering at the Southeast University in Nanjing.

But Jin Yinghua, a professor at Beijing Sports University, said that sports are not only for keeping fit, but also an irreplaceable(不能替代的) “education” for students. Sports are not only a way for students to train their body, but also an important way to learn responsibility, teamwork and devotion.

25. The first paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A. the fingerprint punch-in clocks are widely used

B. some college students have poor memories

C. students cannot skip morning running any more

D. the problem of students skipping sports is serious

26. According to Cheng Jie, college students ________.

A. love sports more than anything else

B. prefer Internet games to sports

C. enjoy sleeping late in the morning

D. are too busy with study to do any sports

27. Professor Jin thinks that _______________.

A. sports play an important role in students’ over-round development

B. the most important goal for students to do sports is to keep healthy

C. universities should take tough measures in student management

D. the spirit of responsibility can be developed in more than one way

28. The best title of the passage would be________.

A. Morning running at colleges B. A new college life

C. Sports losing attraction D. P.E. class at colleges

C

What are the two different things that make human different from other animals? One is language, and the other is music. It is true that some animals can sing. However, the songs of animals are very simple. It is also true that humans, not animals, have developed musical instruments.

Music is clearly different from language. However, people can use music to communicate with others, especially their emotions. When music is combined with speech, it’s a very powerful form of communication.

If music is truly different from speech, then we should process music and language in different parts of the brain. The scientific studies have proved that it is true. For example, Vissarion Shebalin, a Russian composer, had a stroke(中风) in1953. It injured the left side of his brain. He couldn’t speak or understand speech. However, he still could compose music until his death. On the other hand, sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical ability, but they can still speak and understand speech.

Why does music have a strong effect on us physically and emotionally? That’s a hard question to answer. Geoffrey Miller, a researcher at a university, thinks that music and love have a strong connection. Music requires a special talent, practice and physical ability. For example, playing a musical instrument requires fine, muscular control. You also need good memory to remember the notes. And playing those notes correctly suggests that your hearing is in excellent condition. Finally, when a man sings to the woman he loves, it may be a way of showing off.

However, Miller’s theory still doesn’t explain why certain combinations of sounds influence our emotions so deeply. For scientists, this is clearly an area that needs further research.

29. We can learn from the first p