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广东省广州市实验中学高二英语上学期期中试题
广东实验中学2015—2016学年（上）高二级模块五测试
英语
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共10页。
本试卷满分150分；考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、考号等相关信息填写在答题卡指定区域内。
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不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卡和答题卷一并交上。
第I卷（满分80分，其中答题卡75分，答题卷5分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节听力理解（共15小题；每小题1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。
听第一段对话，回答第1-3题。
1.WheredoesBob’sfatherdescribesportsevents?
A.Inanewspapercolumn.B.Ontelevision.C.Ontheradio.
2.Whatwouldthewomanliketostudyattheuniversity?
A.English.B.Internationalrelations.C.Shehasn’tdecided.
3.WhydoesthewomanspeakEnglishwell?
A.Becauseit’seasyforher.
B.Becauseshe’sworkedhard.
C.Becauseshe’salmostanative.
听第二段对话，回答第4-7题。
4.Whoisthespeakerprobablyspeakingto?
A.Newstudents.B.Foreignstudents.C.Residentstudents.
5.Whichtypeofhousinghasnomoreroomsforstudents?
A.Theinternationalhouses.B.Thestudentdorms.C.TheSpanishhouse.
6.Whatdoyoulearnaboutthestudentdormsfromthepassage?
A.Alltheroomshavetwobeds,twoclosetsandtwodesks.
B.Studentscannotcookinthedorms.
C.Thereisacafeteriaonthefirstfloor.
7.Whatwilltheaudienceprobablydonext?
A.Filloutapplicationforms.
B.Gotothecafeteria.
C.Moveintothehouse.
听第三段对话，回答第8-9题。
8.Whenwillthevisitorscome?
A.InMarch.B.InApril.C.InMay.
9.Whatwillthevisitorsdoonthefinalday?
A.Attendalecture.B.Visitschools.C.Gotothecoast.
听第四段对话，回答第10-12题。
10.WhydoesthemanlikeTheTimes?
A.Ithas20pageseveryday.B.Itcarriesalotofsportsnews.C.Ithasnobaseballresults.
11.InwhatwayisthejobssectiononTheTimesusefultothelocalpeople?
A.Itcarriesjobadsfromthelocalbusiness.
B.Itistheplacewherelocalbusinesseshirepeople.
C.Itprovidesmuchinformationaboutlocaleconomy.
12.WhatdoesthewomanthinkwillhappentojobadsifTheTimesclosesdown?
A.Theothertwonewspaperswillopenalocaljobsnewspaper.
B.Thelocaleconomywillbemuchaffectedbutnotdestroyed.
C.Thejobadswillbecarriedineitheroftheothertwonewspapers.
听第五段对话，回答第13-15题。
13.Whichfactorcanmostseriouslyendangerairplanesaccordingtothispassage?
A.Crowdedairtraffic.
B.Thelargesizeofairplanes.
C.Mistakesmadebyairtrafficcontrollers.
14.Whathappenedtothetwolargejets?
A.Theybumpedintoeachotheroveraswimmingpool.
B.Theyavoidedeachbyturningindifferentdirections.
C.Theynarrowlyescapedcrashingintoeachother.
15.Whywerethetwolargejetsspeciallymentioned?
A.Toshowthekeyroleplayedbyairtrafficcontrollers.
B.Toshowthegreatresponsibilityshoulderedbythepilots.
C.Togiveanexampleofairdisasters.
第二节听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面一段对话，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16～20的空格中。
听录音前，你将有20秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。
你将有60秒钟的作答时间。
THEJOBOFFERED
Reasonstoleavepresentjob
Toworkinalargercompanythatoffers（16）________forgrowth.
Workinghours
From（17）________withaone-hourlunchbreakatnoon.
Salary
$（18）________ayear.
Vacation
Tendaysoffperyearforthefirsttwoyears;（19）_______peryearafterthat.
Sickleave
Onedayofsickleavepermonth.
Companybenefits
Excellentbenefits,including（20）________,aretirementprogramandasavingsplan.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
第一节篇章阅读（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。
A
AlbertEinsteinwasborninGermanyin1879.Hewasaquietchildwhospentmuchofhistimealone.Hewasslowtotalkandhaddifficultylearningtoread.WhenAlbertwasfiveyearsold,hisfathergavehimacompass.Thechildwasfilledwithwonderwhenhediscoveredthatthecompassneedlealwayspointedinthesamedirection—tothenorth.Heaskedhisfatherandhisunclewhatcausedtheneedletomove.
Albertdidnotlikeschool.TheGermanschoolsofthattimewerenotpleasant.Studentscouldnotaskquestions.Albertsaidhefeltasifhewereinprison.
In1905,AlbertEinsteinpublishedsomeimportantpapersinaGermanscientificmagazine.Theyincludedoneofthemostimportantscientificdocumentsinhistory.Itexplainedwhatcametobecalledhis“SpecialTheoryofRelativity”.Tenyearslater,heexpandedittoa“GeneralTheoryofRelativity”.
In1921,hewontheNobelPrizeinPhysics.Itwasgiventohimnotforhistheoriesofrelativity,butforhisdiscoveryofthelawofthephotoelectriceffect.
AlbertEinsteinleftGermanywhenAdolphHitlercametopowerin1933.HemovedtotheUnitedStatestocontinuehisresearch.EinsteinbecameacitizenoftheUnitedStatesin1940.
Einsteinwasafamousman,butyouwouldnothaveknownthatbylookingathim.Hiswhitehairwaslongandwild.Heworeoldclothes.Heshowedaninnerjoywhenhewasplayinghisviolinortalkingabouthiswork.Studentsandfriendssaidhehadawayofexplainingdifficultideasusingimagesthatwereeasytounderstand.
Einsteinspentthelasttwenty-fiveyearsofhislifeworkingonwhathecalleda“unifiedfieldtheory”.Hehopedtofindacommonmathematicalstatementthatcouldtietogetherallthedifferentpartsofphysics.Hedidnotsucceed.
AlbertEinsteindiedin1955attheageofseventy-six.
21.WhatcanwelearnaboutAlbertEinsteininhischildhoodaccordingtothepassage?
A.Hewasquitecleverandsmart.B.Hewascuriousaboutnewthings.
C.Hehatedtalkingwithothers.D.Hewasgoodatinventingthings.
22.What’stherightorderofthefollowingeventsaboutAlbertEinstein?
a.HewontheNobelPrizeinPhysics.
b.HebecameacitizenoftheUnitedStates.
c.HeleftGermanyfortheUnitedStates.
d.Heputforwardhis“GeneralTheoryofRelativity”.
e.Heworkedona“unifiedfieldtheory”.
A.d,e,a,c,bB.a,b,d,e,cC.d,c,b,a,eD.d,a,c,b,e
23.What’sthebesttitleofthepassage?
A.ThediscoveriesofAlbertEinstein.
B.AlbertEinsteinandhistheories.
C.ThelifestoryofAlbertEinstein.
D.HowAlbertEinsteinwonsuccess.
B
Initsearlyhistory,Chicagohadfloodsfrequently,especiallyinthespring,makingthestreetssomuddythatpeople,horses,andcartsgotstuck.Anoldjokethatwaspopularatthetimewentsomethinglikethis:
AmanisstuckuptohiswaistinamuddyChicagostreet.Askedifheneedshelp,hereplies,“No,thanks.I’vegotagoodhorseunderme.”
Thecityplannersdecidedtobuildanundergrounddrainagesystem,buttheresimplywasn’tenoughdifferencebetweentheheightofthegroundlevelandthewaterlevel.TheonlytwooptionsweretolowertheChicagoRiverorraisethecity.
AnengineernamedEllisChesbroughconvincedthecitythatithadnochoicebuttobuildthepipesabovegroundandthencoverthemwithdirt.Thisraisedthelevelofthecity’sstreetsbyasmuchas12feet.
Thisofcoursecreatedanewproblem:
dirtpracticallyburiedthefirstfloorsofeverybuildinginChicago.Buildingownerswerefacedwithachoice:
eitherchangethefirstfloorsoftheirbuildingsintobasements,andthesecondstoriesintomainfloors,orhoisttheentirebuildingstomeetthenewstreetlevel.Smallwood-framebuildingscouldbeliftedfairlyeasily.Butwhataboutlarge,heavystructuresliketheTremontHotel,whichwasasix-storybrickbuilding?
That’swhereGeorgePullmancamein.Hehaddevelopedsomehouse-movingskillssuccessfully.ToliftabigstructureliketheTremontHotel,Pullmanwouldplacethousandsofjackscrewsbeneaththebuildings’foundation.Onemanwasassignedtooperateeachsectionofroughly10jackscrews.AtPullman’ssignaleachmanturnedhisjackscrewthesameamountatthesametime,therebyraisingthebuildingslowlyandevenly.Astonishingly,theTremontHotelstayedopenduringtheentireoperation,andmanyofitsguestsdidn’tevennoticeanythingwashappening.
Somepeopleliketosaythateveryproblemhasasolution.ButinChicago’searlyhistory,everyengineeringsolutionseemedtocreateanewproblem.NowthatChicago’swastewaterwasdrainingefficientlyintotheChicagoRiver,thecity’snextstepwastocleanthepollutedriver.
24.Theauthormentionsthejoketoshow_______.
A.horseswerefairlyusefulinChicago
B.theChicagopeoplewereveryhumorous
C.Chicagowasverydangerousinthespring
D.Chicago’sstreetswereextremelymuddy
25.Theunderlinedword“hoist”inParagraph4means“_______”.
A.liftB.changeC.repairD.decorate
26.WhatcanweconcludeaboutthemovingoperationoftheTremontHotel?
A.Itinterruptedthebusinessofthehotel.
B.Itseparatedthebuildingfromitsfoundation.
C.Itwentonsmoothlyasintended.
D.ItinvolvedPullmanturningtenjackscrews.
27.ThepassageismainlyaboutearlyChicago’s_______.
A.successfulengineersandtheirachievements
B.engineeringproblemsandtheirsolutions
C.environmentaldisastersandtheircauses
D.popularlifestylesandtheirinfluences
C
Oh,batteries.Can’tlivewiththem,can’tlivewiththem.Itsoundslikeapowerballad,butit’sthestoryofourlivesaroundhere.We’vebeendealingwithlofty（崇高的）promisesandbatteriesthatkickthebucketfartooearly,foryearsnow.Andthefactthatwe’restilldealingwithlead-acidbatteriesissortofapuzzlingthingtowrapone’smindaround.Butallofthatjustmightbechanging.Wewon’tgetourhopestoohighuntilfuelcellsbecometheviable（可行的）alternativethatwehavebeentoldthattheyare,butwestrangelyhavemorefaithinavegetablethanasciencelabtorevolutionizethebattery.
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