高二英语上学期期末考试试题6.docx

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高二英语上学期期末考试试题6

2015～2016学年度第一学期期末考试试卷

高

二英语

注意事项：

1．请在答题纸上作答，在试卷上作答无效。

2．本试卷分第一卷和第二卷，共120分，考试时间100分钟。

第一卷

第一部分：

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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

SamuelOsmondisa19yearoldboystudentfromCornwall,England.Heneverstudiedthepiano.However,hecanplayverydifficultmusicalpiecesbymusicianssuchasChopinandBeethovenjustafewminutesafterhehearsthem.Helearnsapieceofmusicbylisteningtoitinpartsandthinkingaboutthenotesinhishead.

Amazedathisperfectperformance,histeacherssaySamuelisunbelievableandhisabilityisver

yrare.ButSamueldoesn’tevenrealizethatwhathecandoisspecial.Samuelwant

edtobecomealawyerasitwasthewishofhisparents,butmusicteacherstoldhimheshouldstudymusicinstead.Now,hestudieslawandmusic.

Samuelcan’tunderstandwhyeveryoneissosurprised.“Igrewupwithmusic.Mymotherplayedthepianoandmyfatherplayedtheguitar.Abouttwoyearsago,Isuddenlydecidedtostartplayingthepiano,withoutbeingabletoreadmusicandwithouthavinganylessons.Itcome

seasilytome—Ihearthenotesandcanbeartheminmind—eachandeverynote.”saysSamuel.

Recently,Samuelperformedapieceduringaspecialeventathiscollege.Thepiecehadmorethanathousandnotes.Theaudiencewasimpressedbyhisamazingperformance.Heisnowlearningapiecewhichissodifficultthatmanyprofessionalpianistscan’tplayit.Samuelsaysconfidently,“It’sallaboutsupermemory—IguessIhavethatgift.”

However,Samuel’sabilitytorememberthingsdoesn’tstopwithmusic.Hisfamilysaysthatevenwhenhewasayoungboy,Samuelheardsomeonereadastory,andthenhecouldretellthestorywordforword.

Samuelisstillonlyateenager.Hedoesn’tknowwhathewantstodointhefuture.Fornow，heisjusthappytoplaybeautifulmusicandcontinuehisstudies.

1.WhatisspecialaboutSamuelOsmond?

A.Hehasagiftforwritingmusic.

B.Hecanwritedownthenotehehears.

C.Heisatopstudentatthelawschool.

D.Hecanplaythemusicalpiecehehears.

2.WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph2?

A.Samuelchoselawagainstthewishofhisparents.

B.Samuelfollowsthewishesofhisparentsandteachers.

C.Samuelthinksofhimselfasamanofgreatmusicalability.

D.Samuelplannedtobealawyerratherthanamusician.

3.WhatcanweinferaboutSamuelinParagraph4?

A.Hebecamefamousduringaspecialeventathiscollege.

B.Heimpressedtheaudiencebyplayingallthemusicalpieces.

C.Heplaysthepianobetterthanmanyprofessionalpianists.

D.Heisproudofhisabilitytorememberthingscorrectly.

4.Thispassageismainlyabout________.

A.therelationshipbetweenmemoryandmusic

B.theimportanceofearlyeducation

C.thestoryofamusicaltalent

D.thequalitiesofamusician

B

LosAngeles:

LoveforMomisnecessary,butbuyingflowersonherbigdaymaynot

be.

AslumpinflowersalessincelatelastyearislikelytocontinuethroughMother’sDay,anotherexampleofAmericanscuttingbackonspendingduetorecessionfears,whichisaperiodofreducedtradeandbusinessactivity,andincreasingfoodandgasprices.

“IfyoulookatwhathashappenedonValentine’sDayandChristmas,themarketforflowershascooled,”saidEricBeder,ananalystatBreanMurray.“Growthhasslowedinthepasttwoquarters.Mother’sDaywillprobablybeaslowquarter,too.”

USflowersalesforMother’sDaywillfallthirteenpercentthisyearto$2billion,withconsumersspendinganaverageof$17.65,accordingtotheNationalFederation.

Mother’sDay,whichaccountsforaone-quarterofannualholidaypurchases,accordingtotheSocietyofAmericanFlorists,istraditionallythedaywhenflowersaredeliveredtothedoorstepsofmanymothers.Butthisyear,theshop-ownersareconcerned.GabrielSoto,whoownsaflowershopbeneathanofficehigh-riseintheLosfinancialdistrict,isexpectinglowersalesandhasordered30percentfewerflowersthannormalthisMother’sDay.Lastmonth,Soto,whoalsooperateswebsitedowntown-,closedanotherstoreinanearbybuildingthatwasheadquarterstoahugecompany.Afterworkerslosttheirjobsduetothehousingcrisis（危机）,ordersdecreased.

5.Theunderlinedword“slump”inPara.2probablymeans_______.

A.sharpdecreaseinpriceB.suddenfallbyalargeamount

C.globalworryofflowerstoresD.greatfearforlosingjobs

6.ThispassageinfersthatAmericanshave_______.

A.deliveredflowerstoeveryhouseformothers

B.nolongerboughtflowersformothers

C.metfinancialproblemsrecently

D.cutbackonspendingbecauseofunemployment

7.Whichwouldbethebesttitleforthispassage?

A.SorryMom,LoveYoubutNoFlowers

B.HolidayPurchasesHaveaHardTime

C.HardTimeComingNearer

D.Mother’sDayandCrisis

C

TheaimsoftheIllustrators（插图画家）Exhibition,stagedaspartoftheBolognaChildren’sBookFair,organizedbyBolognaFiereandheldfrom23to26December,aretobringillustratorsandpublisherstogetherandtopromoteillustratorsandtheirworksamongpublishers.

QUALIFICATIONS

*Individualillustratorsorgroupsofillustratorsofanynationality,iftheywerebornbefore31stDecember1996,whoseartworkisintendedforuseinchildren’sbooks,areq

ualifiedtoentertheExhibition,eitherdirectlyorthroughpublishinghousesorschools.

*PleasestateintheapplicationformwhetheryouareenteringworkfortheFictionorNon-FictionCategory.Illustratorsmayonlyenteronecategory.

*ArtworkpreviouslypresentedtotheExhibitionmaynotbere-entered.

*Theconfirmation（证明）formmustbefilledinwithaphotographattached,andthenpresentedtogetherwithillustrationsnolaterthan15October.

SHIPMENT

Entries（参赛作品）maybedeliveredbypost,expressdeliveryserviceorbyhand.Toavoiddelays,materialshouldnotbesentbynormalpost.Materialshouldbesent“carriage（运费）paid”,includinganycustomsanddeliverycosts.

AllpublishedworksmustbeaccompaniedbyadeclarationbearingtheISBNnumber,publisher’snameandaddress.

8.Accordingtothetext,theIllustratorsExhibitions_________.

A.linksillustratorswithpublishers

B.willlastatleastfivedaysinall

C.aimstopickoutworksforstory-books

D.isheldbytheBolognaChildren’sBookFair

9.TheillustratorsoftheIllustrators’Exhibitions_________.

A.shouldbenotmorethan18yearsold

B.cannotdelivertheentriesinperson

C.mayre-entertheirartworkafterreturned

D.shouldstatethecategoryoftheirartwork

10.Whichofthefollowingwillnotbeincludedinadeclaration?

A.TheISBNnumber.B.Thepublisher’sname.

C.Theillustrator’saddress.D.Thepublisher’saddress.

11.Whattypeofwritingisthistext?

A.Anexhibitionguide.B.Anannouncement.

C.Anartshowreview.D.Anofficialreport.

D

Manypeoplethinkthatthescienceofgeneticsandcloningisrecent.It’scertainlytruethatin1953,WatsonandCrick,twoscientistsatCambridgeUniversity,England,discoveredthestructureoftheacidDNA.Butinfact,itwasin1866thatMendelfirstunderstoodthatbothoftheparentplantshadinfluencedthegenetic（基因的）make-upofthenewplant.Thenin1973,biochemistsCohenandBoyerdiscoveredawaytounziptheDNA,tocutoutapieceofgenes,andfinallytoinsertthemintothehostcellandcombinewithitsDNA.

Atleasttwoteamsofscientistsaretryingtoclonehumans.Althoughcontroversial,therearemanyvalidreasonstodoso.

AnItaliandoctorwantstooffercloningasatreatmentforcoupleswhofinditdifficulttohavechildren.Butanyonewhowereacloneofoneoftheirparentswouldbeunderunknownps

ychologicalpressurethroughouttheirchildhood.

Anotherreasonistoreproducethetalentsofhumanbeings.ButanEinsteinclonemightchooseapathinlifewhichisquitecontradictorytotheonetheoriginalEinsteinchose.Hemayevenpossessnewvicesinsteadofexistingvirtues!

Afurtherreasonistoobtainasupplyofstemcells（干细胞）.Stemcellsareveryflexibleandcandevelopintoeveryothertypeofcellinthebody.Forexample,itcouldhelpsomeonerecoverfromadiseaseorrepairhumantissue.Thesestemcellswouldneedtocomefromanembryo（胚胎）takenfromthecloneofsomeone.Buttheembryowouldthenbewasted,whichmanypeoplefindunacceptable.Whatisclearisthatsomevoluntarypracticeamongscientistshastobeagreed.Ifnot,compulsorygovernmentregulationswillhavetocontrolcloning.

12.Thescienceofgeneticswasdiscoveredby_______.

A.CohenandBoyer

B.WatsonandCrick

C.Einstein

D.Mendel

13.Cloninghumansfromtheirparentshasthedisadvantagethat_______.

A.wecannotpredictthepsychologicaleffects

B.itcouldcreateanoutstandinghumanbeing

C.itisatreatmentforcoupleswhowantchildren

D.theclonemaynotleadthesamelife

14.Clonesoftalentsofhumanbeingswould_______.

A.beunderunknownpsychologypressure

B.havedifferentcharacteristicsfromtheoriginal

C.allowustobringEinsteinbacktolife

D.havedifferentexperiencesfromordinarypeople

15.Ifwecanbesurethattheembryowillnotbewasted,_______.

A.cloningwouldneedtobecontrolledbythegovernment

B.stemcellscoulddevelopintoothertypesofcellinthebody

C.cloningtoobtainstemcellswouldbemoreacceptable

D.cloningcanbeusedtocreatenewspeciesofanimalsandcrops

第2节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

ToBeConfident

Confidenceofsuccessisalmostsuccess.Here’showtobelieveinyourself.

Rememberthateveryonestruggleswithconfidence.Somepeoplearegoodat