广东省增城市新塘中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

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广东省增城市新塘中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

广东省增城市新塘中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

本试卷分四部分，共10页，满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

I听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节听力理解（4段共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

每段播放两遍。

各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。

请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听下面一段对话，回答第1~2题。

1.Wheredoesthetalktakeplace?

A.Asupermarket.B.Arestaurant.C.Afruitshop.

2.Whatdoweknowaboutthewoman?

A.Shedoesn’teatmeat.B.Shedoesn’tlikesweetthings.C.Shedoesn’tlikepineapplejuice.

听下面一段对话，回答第3~4题。

3.Whenwillthemanseethedoctor?

A.Morning.B.Afternoon.C.Evening.

4.Whatistheman’sphonenumber?

A.0428122213.B.0248122231.C.0428122312.

听下面一段独白，回答第5~7题。

5.Whatisthepurposeofthistalk?

A.Toreviewanewmoviethatwillbeshown.B.Tointroducetheevening’sprogram.

C.Towelcomeafamousmoviedirector.

6.Whathappensinthemovie?

A.Apoorwomangoestolivewithherrichsister.B.Arichwomanlosesallofhermoney.

C.Twosistersareveryunfriendlytoeachother.

7.Whichofthefollowingistrueabouttheparty?

A.Thedirectorwillattend.B.Guestsmustshowtheirticketstoenter.

C.Thefoodanddrinkstherearefree.

第二节听取信息（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为11~15的空格中。

听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。

录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。

Universitylibrarytournotes

Section

Location

Feature

Computerlab

1stfloor

-150computers

-Studentscanusethesemachinesto11；

surfthenet；

searchforbooksandothermaterials.

Foreignlanguages

3rdfloor

-Hasover12booksin20languagesincludingChinese,French,13andSpanish.

Science

4thfloor

-Thousandsoftextbooksandpapers.

-Foursmalllabs–studentscandoexperiments.

14

5thfloor

-Oneofthelargestcollectionsinthecountry.

Open8amto9pmeverydayexcept15.

II语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Somesayonlinelearningwillreplaceuniversityeducation,butdegreesstillhaveavalue.Perhapsthereis16forboth.

"Universitywasn'tforme,"saysRachelStiles."Iwasn't17foritatthetime,Iwasn’tmatureenough."Stiles18hercourseandfoundajobinstead.Butsherealisedthatauniversitydegreewouldbe19forherdreamcareerinmedicine.Withher20inmind,shekeptherjobandbeganadistancelearningdegreeinmedicalscience.

Shesays:

"Ireallyenjoyedbeingableto21aliving,whilealsostudyingtofurthermyfuturejob.IenjoyedbeingabletocomehomeintheeveningsandhavingsomethingelsetofocusonthatIwasreally22in."

Italsoseemslikeemployersareputtingmoreemphasison23andpersonalcharacteristicsthantheyareonyouractualdegree."Ifyoucanshowtoemployerthatyou'veworkedandalsostudiedfora24atthesametime,itprovesyouarehardworking,"saysJulie."Ifanybodyofanyagewantstofurtherthemselves,ortolearnsomething,it'ssucha/an

25wayofdoingit."

JudyWivell,aseniorlecturerinsocialscienceinNewZealand,wasinherearly60swhenshebecamea26again,takingapostgraduatecourseatDerbyUniversity.

Shesays:

"Iwantedasupervisionqualificationtosupportmywork,whereI277supervise（监督，监管）students,"shesays.

Today,onlinedegreecoursescanoffer28experiencestotraditionaluniversities,buttheycannot29theroleofuniversities.Theycanserveanotherpurposethough:

theycanhelpyoutakeyourcareertothenext30.

16.A.spaceB.problemC.timeD.class

17.A.goodB.readyC.sorryD.lucky

18.A.tookB.wonC.quitD.studied

19.A.difficultB.uselessC.importantD.successful

20.A.rulesB.storiesC.goalsD.changes

21.A.findB.makeC.getD.follow

22.A.keptB.lockedC.caughtD.interested

23.A.educationB.moneyC.appearanceD.experience

24.A.surpriseB.degreeC.chanceD.prize

25.A.challengingB.expensiveC.easyD.long

26.A.scientistB.workerC.teacherD.student

27.A.nearlyB.regularlyC.hardlyD.rarely

28.A.similarB.cheaperC.largerD.formal

29.A.takeoffB.takeoverC.takeoutD.takeon

30.A.levelB.placeC.employerD.year

第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l~40的相应位置上。

MynameisAnastasiyaandmynativelanguageisRussian.31theageofsix,IstartedlearningFrench,32becamemysecondlanguage.Withgreateffort,Ibecameveryfluentandpassedalltheimportantlanguagetests.33myFrenchandRussianwereoflittleusewhenIvisitedtheUKforthefirsttimeatten.Icouldn’tsayanything,exceptfor“hello”，whichmademenervous，butatthesametimeI34（impress）bytheBritishcultureandpeoplehere.35Ireturnedhome,IstartedlearningEnglish,whichwasn'teasyastherewasno36（possible）ofstudyingitatmyschool.Istartedteachingmyselfby37（watch）theHarryPottermoviesandtrying38（repeat）thedialogue.Also,Ikeptaskingmymomtobuyme39EnglishdictionarysoIcouldcheckanynewwords.Inthetenyearssince,IhavebecomefluentinEnglishandamnowstudyinginLondon.BecauseIhavenoaccentatall,myfriendsandclassmatesdon’tbelieveitwhenItell40I’mnotreallyaBritatall.TheyallthinkIsoundlikeHarryPotter!

III阅读理解（共一节，20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Today,everywhereyoulookpeoplewalkaroundwithearphonescomingoutoftheirears.Askthem“Who’sonyourplaylist?

”andtheyinstantlyreeloffalonglistofmusicians,someofwhomyoumayhaveneverheardof.MP3playersandiPodshavereallybecomerequiredtechnologyforadultsandchildreneverywhere.ButwhilemanyteacherstrytolimittheuseofMP3playersinschool,moreandmoreschoolsarealsorecognizingtheusefulnessoftheselittlegadgetsforeducation.

Onesuchschool,JamestownElementarySchoolinArlington,Virginia,hasreceivedagreatdealofpublicityinrecentyearsfortheircreativeuseofthetechnology.TeachersandchildrenatJamestownElementaryaretakingonlineeducationtothenextlevelbyproducingpodcastsoftheirexperiences.PodcastsarebriefradioshowsthataresimplyaudiofilesthatcanbedownloadedfromthewebandlistenedtoonaMP3playerorcomputer.

AtJamestownElementary,andagrowingnumberofschoolsacrossthecountry,teachersworkwiththestudentstocreatepodcastsoftheirpoetry,reports,interviews,discussionsonclassroomtopics,andmore.Thepodcastscanbeusedtostoreinformationforlaterreview,asanalternativeplatformforaclassroompresentation,orasawaytosharestudents’learningexperienceswithparents.Becausepodcastsinvolvevariousskillssuchaswriting,editing,oralpresentation,andtechnicalwork,theyaddressdifferentlearningstylesofstudents.

Oneofthegreatestbenefitsofpodcastsinschoolsisthelevelofexcitementitcreatesamongstudents.Thetrendytechnologyandthechanceofcommunicatingwiththousandsofpeopleencouragemanystudentstotakepart.AsstatedbyTimTyson,principalatJamestownElementary,“Ifkidsdon’tlearnthewayweteach,maybeweshouldteachthewaytheylearn”.

41.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Howtoimprovestudents’learningability.

B.Howtomakeapodcastinschools.

C.Thewaystechnologyisbeingusedineducation.

D.WhyschoolsopposetheuseofMP3playersinclass.

42.Theunderlinedword“gadgets”（paragraph1）mostprobablymeans________.

A.usefulequipmentB.musicalinstruments

C.creativeideasD.computers

43.Asmentionedinthepassage,inJamestownElementarySchool,podcastsareusedto______.

A.recordstudents’worksB.commentonstudents’works

C.getparents’responsesD.raisemoneyfortheschool

44.Whatisabenefitofpodcastsinschools,accordingtothepassage?

A.Theyallowstudentstostudymorematerialsintheclassroom.

B.Theycanhelptosavealotofmoneyinlearning.

C.Theygivelearnersinterestingandexcitingexperiences.

D.Theycangeteveryonetodothesamethingtogether.

B

Koalascouldsuffera"hugereduction"innumbersunlessAustraliachangesitslandmanagementpracticestohelpreducetheimpactofclimatechange,astudyhasfound.Buttheresearchalsoshowedthatkoalasareatgreaterriskofheatstress,lossofbodywaterandeventualdeathifthebiggertreeskoalasusedforshelterdisappear.

Theresearch,ledbytheUniversityofSydney,involvedthefollowingof40koalasusingGPSoverthreeyearsonfarmlandinnorth-westNewSouthWales.Thestudyfoundthatthekoalasmovedbetweenvarioustreestofeedonleavesduringthenight.Theninthedaytimetheymovedtobiggertreestogetshadeandprotectionfromtherisingtemperature.

Butthesebiggertreesandthereforethekoalasthemselvesareindangerbecauseofthepredictedincreaseinheatwaves（long,unbrokenperiodsofveryhightemperatures）duetoclimatechange.In2009,aheatwaveintheAustralianstateofNewSouthWalesledtothelossofhundredsofthesetreesandasaresultaquarterofthekoalasinthatstatedied.

Koalasrestfor20hoursadayanddomostoftheirfeedingatnight,movingbetweenanumberoftreestomeettheirneeds.Theyneedthatmixtureoftreestosurvive.Ifenoughbigtreesarenotavailable,koalaswilldieinlargenumbersifheatwavesincrease.“Koalascan'tdigundergroundorflyawaytoescapefromtheheat.Wecouldseeahugereductionintheirnumbersiftheenvironmentisnotkeptproperly,"warnedJohnCrowther,theresearchleader.

Intheshortterm,thebiggestproblemfacedbykoalasisthelossoftreesduetothembeingcutdownbyhumans.Butin