吉林省延边市示范性中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题及答案

吉林省延边市示范性中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题注意事项：答案必须写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，本试卷满分120分。

考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共70分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分10分）第一节（共5小题；每小题0.5分，满分2.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有1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10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. When will the speakers take the train if they change tickets?A. At 3:00 p.m.B. At 6:45 p.m.C. At 7:15 p.m.2. What does the man think about the woman’s habit?A. It’s good for her health.B. It causes many problems.C. It’s hard to tell.3. Where did the woman just go?A. The cleane r’s.B. A restaurant.C. A shopping mall.4. What are the speakers talking about?A. China.B. A handbag.C. A box.5. Why was the man late?A. He was caught in the rain.B. He forgot what the woman said.C. He misunderstood the woman.第二节（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5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，各小题将给出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. When does the man have trouble with the bike?A. When he is getting on it.B. When he is riding it.C. When he is getting off it.7. What will the man do now?A. Keep riding his bike.B. Accept the woman’s offer.C. Lower the seat.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Who is the woman?A. The housing officer.B. A receptionist.C. A landlady.9. How soon will the room be available?A. In one week.B. In two weeks.C. In one month.10. What should the man bring with him?A. Blankets.B. A fridge.C. A TV set.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. How long has the woman been a resident DJ?A. For nine years.B. For seven years.C. For two years.12. Who gave the woman the land?A. Her father.B. Her husband.C. Her husb and’s father.13. What does the woman think of her present life?A. She is quite satisfied with it.B. She misses her family a lot.C. She will go back to Holland one day.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What was the weather like when the speaker woke up?A. Rainy.B. Windy.C. Snowy.15. What happened to the speaker’s car?A. A tree blocked the road so it had to stop.B. It broke down by the side of the road.C. It got a flat tire.16. Who helped the speaker get to the airport?A. A stranger on a motorcycle.B. A policeman driving a car.C. A young man driving a taxi.17. How did the speaker feel on the way to the airport?A. Excited.B. Anxious.C. Scared.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the best thing about being a chef according to the woman?A. Traveling around the world.B. Tasting different kinds of food.C. Making a lot of money.19. What does the woman think is the most difficult thing about being a chef?A. The busy schedule.B. The difficult complaints from customers.C. The stressful work environment.20. What is the man’s job?A. A chef.B. A reporter.C. A student.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AYour brain isn’t a muscle, but you can treat it like oneMany people focus on physical fitness, but few know that brain fitness is also something you can work on. In fact, you can exercise your brain as often as you do to your arms or legs-and the results can be positive and empowering.To improve your brain, you can’t simply repeat the same exercises over and over. Just as lifting a two-pound weight will stop challenging you, so will repetitive exercises such as crosswords or Sudoku. Once you master easy exercises, you must move on to harder ones in order to push your brain-like your muscles-to a new level.The science behind brain trainingScientists once believed that your mental abilities were fixed in adulthood. Since studies have shown just the opposite, millions of people around the world have adopted the new practice of brain training. The most popular of these brain training products is made by the San Francisco-based Lumosity. Lumosity’s scientists with an experienced team of game designers have developed a fun，effective online brain training program that measures, tracks, and adapts to your progress, so you’ll always be challenged.Promising studies on the effects of brain trainingIn a 2013 Stanford study, a treatment group of 21 breast cancer survivors used 12 weeks of Lumosity training to work on processing speed, mental flexibility, and working memory tasks. On average, those who trained improved on tests of these abilities, compared to a group that did not train with Lumosity.There is even some evidence suggesting that Lumosity may be beneficial to normal, healthy adults. In a 2011 study by Lumosity and San Francisco State University researchers. 13 people who trained over 5 weeks improved working memory scores by 10％and attention scores by 20％.Brain training is designed to meet real-life needsThe design of brain training is targeted at real-life benefits instead of improving game scores. Better attention, for example, can mean greater focus in the classroom or at an important business meeting. With improved processing speed, you might react and adapt faster to the demands of a busy life. And a better memory could mean stronger, longer relationships with the people closest to you.21. We can learn from the passage that _________.A. brain training speeds up the recovery of breast cancerB. your brain is like a muscle because it gives you powerC. people’s mental abilities can’t develop after they grow upD. Lumosity can measure, track and suit your level as you improve22. Which skill may brain training not improve?A. Better attention. C. Better writing skills.B. A better memory.D. Higher processing speed.23. What can we infer from the passage?A. People should care more about physical health instead of mental health.B. Brain training has been proved effective through scientific researches.C. A bad memory is the only reason for weak relationships with people.D. Playing online games is the best way of brain training.24. What’s the best title f or the passage?A. Brain Training Makes a Difference C. Lumosity, Your Best ChoiceB. Train Your Brain like a Muscle D. How to Train Your BrainBThe word I’m going to introduce to you today is-phubbing. Let’s see the definition of this term: phubbing n. the act of snubbing(冷落)someone in a social setting by looking at your cell phone instead of paying attentionAs you can probably guess, phubbing is a blend of phone and snubbing. The term was coined by a 23-year-old Melbourne resident Alex Haigh. Obviously, he got fed up with how people are always checking Facebook or Twitter on their phones when they are supposed to be interacting with someone face to face. He wanted to put an end to this social phenomenon, therefore he came up with this catchy term.And it did catch on. The word’s earliest media mention dates back to June 2012, and in a little over a year’s time, phubbing has already been picked up by almost all the mainstream media outlets one can think of.Here is a typical example from the British newspaper The Independent. In the article titled The Rise of Phubbing, which was published on August 5, 2013, Tom Chatfield writes, there’s an uncomfortable truth at the heart of phubbing: other people are easier to handle when seen on screen. They’re less likely to demand unreasonable efforts such as undivided attention or clean shirts.While the term phubbing has undoubtedly taken off, some people question why it is called phubbing instead of phnubbing. Alex Haigh has not personally addressed the issue, but word has it that phubbing sounds more crispy and thus easier to remember.Phubbing is indeed a universal problem that can no longer be ignored. So why do people keep phubbing each other if they know it’s rude? Is there anything we can do to stop it? Or m aybe we should just be more kind, because sometimes there are good excuses to phub.I think there is plenty we can do to try and stop phubbing. For starters, we can join Alex Haigh in his Stop Phubbing campaign. Remind our friends and family that phubbing is not appreciated. We can also make or download some anti-phubbing posters to spread the word in public places. And don’t forget that some phubbers simply do not realize the harmful effect their behavior has on others，so be brave enough to stop them, even if you are a total stranger.25. This passage is mainly talking about __________.A. the rise of phubbing in all the mainstream media outletsB. a new term “phubbing”and its problemC. the campaign of keeping phubbingD. different opinions on phubbing26. The author’s attitude towards the act of phubbing can be described as ___________.A. bearable[来源B. unacceptableC. reasonableD. understandable27. What can we infer from this passage?A. People are easier to handle when seen on screen.B. Alex Haigh doesn’t like the term “phnubbing”C. More and more people have become phubbers.D. We can phub if we have proper excuses.28. The writer suggests we should __________.A. stop phubbing in public placesB. not be afraid of the harmful effectC. be brave to support a stranger phubbingD. remind our friends of Stop Phubbing campaignCNot being the greatest fan in the world of live performance, I took a deep breath before I entered the building, the castle theatre, and prepared myself to be bored, expecting to find it more interesting to watch the audience than the show. Then I got the shock of my life.Wadaiko Inchiro are a group of ten young Japanese men and women using traditional drums with a history going back more than 1500 years. The drums were once used for festivals and religious ceremonies and also as a means of communication during wars. Today they give an ear-blasting performance which punches out rhythms with the power to wind you. They’re a welcome relief from the Scottish pipers.Unlike other performances, the best seats are at the back of the house. Not only will your ears be protected from full blast, but you will get a fantastic view of the whole set. On stage are some of the biggest drums you will ever see and a cast wearing red, white and black headscarf.There had been almost no publicity for the show, but the house was full of people desperate, one could only assume, for something a bit different from the unrelenting performances appearing at this world-famous festival. The solid 60-minutes show starts as it means to go on. The drums rumble into fever-pitch action as the ten-strong company strike their sticks with startling control. Their rhythmic frenzy almost immediately drugs you into submission. Trapped inside the beating of the drums, you carried swiftly through warrior war cries to emotional rhapsodies（狂想曲）. Not only is this display musically impressive, but the dance is strikingly beautiful. Moving between the enormity（巨大）of the drums, the slight Japanese characters have complete synchronicity（同步性）with the flying of their sticks, which they ceremonially cross and use to command.The biggest drum is played only by Inchiro, the leader of the group. When I ask why this is so, he refuses to admit that he is being precious about this monster of an instrument and says, “When someone else can play it as I do, I will happily move a side.” Dressed all in red, he stands before it as thought he is worshipping at an altar; as he raises his sticks to the drum, he touches it sometimes tenderly and sometimes murderously. Inchiro and his drum produce a range of sounds from thunder to the trickle of rain.29. The writer took a deep breath before entering the building because she__________ .A. was excited C. was nervousB. knew it would be hot in the theatre D. was preparing herself to be bored30. According to the writer, there were many people watching the performance because_________.A. the drummers are dressed in different colorsB. they wanted to see something unusualC. the people in the group are famousD. the show had been well advertised31. We can learn from the passage that .A. the drums have been linked with religion for a long timeB. the show was more exciting at the beginning than at the endC. the drummers make controlled movements with their drumsD. the best place to see the show is the seats nearest to the drummers32. Inchiro feels that____________.A. no one else should ever play the biggest drumB. he must always make loud noises on his biggest drumC. he is now the only one who can play the biggest drum well enoughD. it is very important for him to teach someone else to play the biggest drumDCalling all poets! TIME For Kids(TFK) has a challenge for you.WHO: The contest is open to students who are 8 to 13 years old.WHA T: Write a funny, rhyming poem and enter it in the TFK Poetry Contest. By entering, the entrant（参加竞赛者）should promise that the poem is an original one that does not copy another poet’s work, has not been published in any medium and has not won an award.HOW: Send your poem by e-mail to contest@. The subject line of your e-mail message should read “TFK POETRY CONTEST”. Be sure to include your first name only, your e-mail address and your parents’ e-mail address. Limit one entry per person or e-mail account. The sponsor（赞助者）is not responsible for lost, late or incomplete entries, or those not received for any reason.WHEN: This contest begins 12:01 a.m. on January 13,2013, and ends 11:59 p.m. on March 1,2013.JUDGING: All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following standards:creativity and originality (50%),use of language and rhyme (25%) and relatedness to contest theme(25%).Winner will be informed by e-mail and must respond within five days.WINNER’S LIST: For names of the winner and finalists, visit (after April 1,2013, you can get for a period of 10 days).PRIZE: Our judge will select four semifinalists(半决赛选手)from which one grand-prize winner and three finalists will be chosen. The one grand-prize winner will receive an online class visit from poet Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of one of his books of poetry. The poem of the grand-prize winner will be published on . The finalists will receive signed copies of one of Nesbitt’s books of poetry. The poems of finalists will be published on .33. Which may be a proper work for the TFK Poetry Contest?A. A war poem published in a book.B. A great poem which has won many prizes.C. A fine poem downloaded from the Internet.D. A love poem which has been kept secret from others.34. According to Paragraph 4, a student__________.A. can send more than one original poemB. must send the poem with his full name on itC. can ask a parent for help while writing the poemD. can’t use the name of the poem as the subject line35. Only the grand-prize winner can________.A. visit for freeB. have his poem published on C. receive an online class visit from poet Kenn NesbittD. obtain（获得）a signed copy of one of Nesbitt’s books of poetry.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。