广东省兴宁市第一中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题2015.11

兴宁一中高二年级中段英语试题2015.11.13本试卷共10面满分：150分考试用时：120分钟1. Q1. 您头疼多长时间了？____________________________________________________A1: Listen to answer 1.2. Q2. 您以前有过这样的头疼吗？____________________________________________________A2: Listen to answer 2.3. Q3. 您一直在吃什么药？______________________________________________________A3: Listen to answer 3.Please get ready to answer five questions in English.4. Answer to question 1:____________________________________.5. Answer to question 2:____________________________________.6. Answer to question 3:____________________________________.7. Answer to question 4:____________________________________.8. Answer to question 5:____________________________________第二节故事复述。

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A Pair of EyesThere was a girl who hated herself because she was blind. She (9) _______________ except her boyfriend, for he was always ready to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, “If I could see the world, I would marry you.”One day, someone (10) ___________ a pair of eyes to the girl. When she(11)________ __________ the operation, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend, for the first time. He asked her, “ Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was (12)_________ _________ to see that he was blind. She had never expected that. She didn’t want to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life, so she (13)__________ _________ marry him. Her boyfriend left (14) _______ ______, and a few days later, he wrote a letter to her that read, “My dear, (15) _______ ______ ______ _______ your eyes. Before they were yours, they were mine.”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（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，把正确答案填涂在标号为16-30的答题卡上。

AAmerican scientists have developed the first material that repairs itself. The material is a kind of plastic that has been engineered to fill breaks（断裂）in its surface.Plastics are used today in everything from airplane wings(机翼) to hundreds of objects found at home. Scientists wanted to find a way to make objects made of plastic last longer. The researchers hope their new discovery can be used to make objects that are difficult or impossible to replace.The surface of plastic objects breaks over time. Very small breaks develop every time a plastic object is used. The researchers wanted to find out how to stop plastic from developing small breaks that weaken and destroy it. They found the answer in the chemical structure of plastic itself.Plastic is made of monomers（单体）. These monomers link together to form polymers（聚合物）. Polymers give plastic its ability to be shaped and its strength. The research team found a way to make plastic that contains very small balloons filled with monomer liquid. When the new plastic cracks, the monomer liquid is let out and flows into the crack. Thus the break is repaired. The repaired plastic has seventy-five percent of the strength of undamaged plastic.The new self-repairing plastic is not yet ready for production. But it has several possible uses. One could be in space vehicles where parts cannot be repaired or replaced. Another possible use might be in bridges. And it could be used in people, to replace bone joints that have become broken or damaged.16. We know from the passage that the repair is done as________.A. the cracked plastic parts are changedB. the plastic is madeC. the liquid is put into the plastic cracksD. the plastic cracks17. The scientists are planning to use the new material in space vehicles, bridges andpeople because________.A. the plastic parts in them are required to last longerB. the plastic parts in them are easily broken or damagedC. the new material cannot be used elsewhereD. they want to experiment in these places first18. What can we know about the new material talked about in the passage?A. It is a kind of liquid that is commonly used.B. It is more difficult to make than common plastics.C. Its surface does not crack so easily as other ones.D. It makes it difficult or impossible to replace plastic objects.BIt was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers(祖先) had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing(免费的). There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them.Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.19. From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.A. worked very hard for centuriesB. dreamed of having a better lifeC. were poor but somewhat contentD. lived a different life from their forefathers /ancestors20. What does the underlined word “catch” in paragraph 2 mean?A. getB. holdC. carryD. the frogs caught by children21. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?A. the crops di dn’t do wellB. there were too many insectsC. the visitors brought in diseasesD. the pesticides were overused22. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the countryB. Health is more important than moneyC. The harmony between man and nature is importantD. good old day will never be forgottenCWhen Chinese people are spending the Spring Festival, westerners wonder which is the symbol of the year of yang. Is it the Year of the Goat or the Year of the Sheep? But the word for goats and sheep in Chinese is “yang”.When westerners want to translate a children’s TV show into English. Is it translated as Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf or Pleasant Sheep and Big Big Wolf ?So what’s the d ifference between a sheep and a goat? For westerners, sheep are seen as harmless while goats aren’t easy to control.There is a similar problem when the Year of the Rat/Mouse comes. Westerners think that mice are generally seen as cute animals, while rats are seen as dirty ones.Dragons and pigs also cause the same confusion(困惑). In westerners’ opinion,dragons are harmful to humans, but in China, they are usually symbols of good luck, so are pigs. However, in the west, pigs are dirty and fat.Westerners are still trying to work out exactly what year they’re celebrating. Whic h represents the Year of yang, Sheep or Goat? A Chinese word could translate to both. And the same things also take place on other animals, such as dragon, snake and monkey. Some Net users pointed out that this is not the only animal on the Chinese lunar calendar（农历）. “It seems like westerners could be confused every year. What should they call the Year of niu, the Ox, Cow or Bull?” a Net user said.23. What do westerners think of sheep?A. Dirty and fatB. HarmlessC. HarmfulD. Cute24. What are Chinese people’s opinion about pigs?A. Symbol of good luckB. Difficult to controlC. Dirty and fatD. Clever25. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. westerners like dragonsB. westerners like ratsC. westerners like miceD. westerners know how to call the Year of niu26. What is the passage mainly about?A. The different hobbies between China and western countriesB. The different animals between China and western countriesC. The different festivals between China and western countriesD. The different culture between China and western countriesDEdward Wilson is America’s, if not the world’s, leading naturalist. In The Future of Life, he takes us on a tour of the world’s natural r esources. How are they used? What has been lost? What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use? Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity(生物多样性)of our earth.Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment protection, Henry David Thoreau(亨利·戴维·梭罗). He compares today’s Walden Pond（瓦尔登湖）with that of Thoreau’s day. Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book. The problem is clear: man has done great damage to his home over the years. Can the earth, with human help, be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?Biodiversity, Wilson argues, is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today. Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it. A mere hundred species(物种) are the basis of our food supply, of which but twenty carry the load.Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of, which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.At the end of the book, Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment. If you are to continue to live on the earth, you may well read and act on the ideas in this book.27. We learn from the text that Wilson cares most about ______.A. the environment for plantsB. the biodiversity of our earthC. the wastes of natural resourcesD. the importance of human values28. How many species are most important to our present food supply?A. TwentyB. EightyC. One hundredD. Ten thousand29. Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to _______.A. learn how to farm scientificallyB. build homes for some dying speciesC. make it clear what to eatD. use more species for food30. We can infer that the text is _______.A. a description of natural resourcesB. a research reportC. a book reviewD. an introduction to a scientist.第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的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。