江苏省扬大附中2013-2014学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案

本试卷分四部分。满分120分。考试时间120分钟。

第一卷（共85分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳答案，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. What day is it today?

A. Monday

B. Tuesday

C. Thursday

2. Which description do you guess is RIGHT possibly?

A. They are in the same class.

B. They don’t know each other.

C. They are both students.

3. How much did the woman pay in fact?

A. $47.

B. $51.

C. $49.

4. Which skirt did the woman pay in fact?

A. The new one.

B. The prettier one.

C. The cotton one.

5. What can we learn from the talk?

A. The man agrees with the woman.

B. The man is in good health.

C. The man seldom has pleasant dreams.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有时间阅读各小题，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6-8 小题。

6. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In the office.

B. At home.

C. In their neighbor’s house.

7. What is the telephone call about?

A. It is about the woman’s work.

B. It is concerned with the neighbors.

C. It could affect the speakers.

8. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Relax and forget the phone call.

B. Go out and do what she wanted to do.

C. Stay at home and wait for the phone call.

听第7段材料，回答第9-11题。

9. Who wants to book a room?

A. John Brook.

B. James Brook.

C. Jason Brook.

10. What kind of room does the man want to book?

A. A single room with bathroom and facing south.

B. A single room without bathroom and facing south.

C. A double room with bathroom and facing south.

11. What is the date when the man leaves the hotel?

A. The 12th June.

B. The 9th June.

C. The 11th June.

听第8段材料，回答第12-14题。

12. Why is the man asking about Professor Williams?

A. The man is going to take the professor’s course.

B. The man is going to discuss with the professor.

C. The man is going to work for the professor.

13. How old is Professor Williams?

A. In his sixties.

B. In his fifties.

C. In his forties.

14. What’s Professor Williams like?

A. Short and thin.

B. Tall and thin.

C. Old and untidy.

听第9段材料，回答第15-17题。

15. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Learn how to use the Internet.

B. Talk with people online.

C. Make friends in the discussion group.

16. What is the man most interested in?

A. Discussing problems.

B. Music.

C. Word processing.

17. What is the woman going to do?

A. Ask the man to teach her how to use the computer.

B. Go and buy a computer.

C. Learn by herself how to use the Internet.

听第10段材料，回答第18-20题。

18. How long have the movies about Mickey been popular with people according to the text?

A. 60 years.

B. 70 years

C. 80 years.

19. What did he do during the First World War?

A. He studied cartoon.

B. He worked for a company.

C. He went abroad.

20. Which of the following is TRUE about Walt Disney?

A. He was born in Chicago in 1910.

B. He made several films with an old camera.

C. He and his brother set up a company in 1932.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分）

从A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Of all the subjects, I like ______ physics best because it gives us ______ useful knowledge of things in science. And I'm desperate to turn ______ scientist in the future.

A. the ; a ; a

B. / ; an ; the

C./ ; a ; /

D. / ; the ; /

22. ____in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail

account.

A. What is required

B. As is required B. It is required D. It requires

23. In a room above the store, where a party , some workers were busy setting the

table.

A. will be held

B. has been held

C. is being held

D. was to be held

24. Many things such as going abroad and owning a car, ____ impossible in the past, are now very

common.

A. being considered

B. to be considered

C. considering

D. considered

25. I ____ toward the door to go outside when suddenly Jim opened it unexpectedly.

A. walked

B. was walking

C. had walked

D. had been walking

26. --- What can I do for you, Mum?

--- The sugar has _________. You’d better go to the shop to buy some.

A. run out of

B. used up

C. made use of

D. run out

27. One reason for her preference for city life is _________ she can have easy access to places like

shops and restaurants.

A. that

B. how

C. what

D. why

28. His accent is so strong that I can hardly __________ what he is talking about.

A. find out

B. figure out

C. look through

D. get through

29. --How about the performance?

--Wonderful! This performance is being held for the ______ of the disabled, hoping to raise _______ about their lives.

A. benefit; concern

B. prize; praise

C. profit; money

D. interest; level

30. ----When did you meet him?

---- It was two days ago _____ I was having a walk along the beach.

A when

B that

C where

D which

31. Mary is the only one of the students in the class that never ______ a mistake even when it is pointed out to her.

A. admit making

B. admits making

C. admit to make

D. admits to make

32. –I tried many times, but I still failed in the exam.

–Don’t be discouraged. _______ and the problem will be settled.

A. Having a little effort

B. A bit more effort

C. If you have a bit effort

D. There being a little effort

33. --Guess what, we’ve got our visas for a short-term visit to the USA this winter.

--How nice! You a different culture then.

A. will be experiencing

B. have experienced

C. have been experiencing

D. will have experienced

34. To save the drowning child, the boy jumped into the icy water without hesitation, ______ his

own safety.

A. despite of

B. regardless of

C. in terms of

D. because of

35. ----I’m afraid I can only make a small contribution this time.

----________. We really feel grateful for your assistance.

A. Every little helps

B. The more, the better

C. It’s better to give than to receive

D. The best things come in small packages

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“You will never walk again. You will have to use a wheelchair. ” I heard his36 fall heavily on my ears, numbing（使麻木）my soul. If I had never felt hopeless before, I felt hopeless then.

The car accident has left me unconscious. When 37 , I found both legs in casts（石膏）. While I had other serious injuries, my 38 were my first concern. Working as a special needs teacher and busy and active by nature, I couldn’t imagine being 39 in a wheelchair.

Lying in my bed, I wondered how I 40 give my ten-year-old son hope that mom would

41 . He’d been cheerful on every visit, but I saw 42 in his eyes. He needed the ray of hope that I would not be in a wheelchair forever.

Just maybe, I thought, I could use this experience to teach him what to do when misfortune

43 .

It didn’t take me long to become44 with my limited movements and even with the pace the doctors were willing to go with me. I was determined to learn everything they showed me.

Every night in my private room, as soon as I knew I wouldn’t be 45 or discovered, I would move myself from the bed to the floor, 46 on to the bed rail（床栏杆）for dear life, and slowly putting my weight 47 my feet. After several weeks of such difficult 48 , my strength and confidence continued to 49 .

It came the time to share my accomplishments with the person most 50 to me. One night, when I heard my son greet the nurses at the station, I 51 myself up. As he opened the door, I took a few small steps. 52 , he could only watch as I turned and started back to bed. All of the pain, the fear, and the struggle 53 as I heard the words I had longed to hear, “Mommy, you can walk!”

I am now able to walk alone, sometimes using a stick. I am able to take public transportation to shop and visit friends. My life has been blessed with many 54 of which I am proud. But none has ever brought me the satisfaction and joy 55 by those four little words of my son.

36. A. report B. words C. explanations D. decision

37. A. awakened B. hit C. asked D. discovered

38. A. legs B. parents C. activities D. surroundings

39. A. placed B. caught C. stuck D. carried

40. A. might B. should C. could D. must

41. A. change B. succeed C. adjust D. recover

42. A. curiosity B. surprise C. fear D. puzzle

43. A. passes B. happens C. continues D. remains

44. A. familiar B. strict C. discouraged D. impatient

45. A. punished B. interrupted C. accepted D. protected

46. A. falling B. setting C. holding D. getting

47. A. in B. through C. at D. on

48. A. efforts B. lessons C. acts D. hours

49. A. appear B. survive C. build D. add

50. A. useful B. important C. popular D. pleasant

51. A. dragged B. dressed C. woke D. opened

52. A. Disappointed B. Embarrassed C. Frightened D. Shocked

53. A. faded B. spread C. backed D. sank

54. A. expectations B. challenges C. achievements D. supports

55. A. proved B. offered C. taught D. suggested

第三部分：阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

When the population of the port town began to suffer from poisoning, the police came to find the cause of poisoning. They thought someone was poisoning the people on purpose, but no

one knew how it was possible. Soon people held the view that the pork was poisoned. It was a popular food everyone ate and it could have possibly made everyone sick. Anyone who had possession of pork would throw it out. Even the poorest of the poor wouldn’t eat pork. Signs were posted on poles and letters were sent to everyone to warn people of the pork. Shortly afterwards, even policemen in high positions were also getting sick.

Soon it became political and popular. Politicians rushed to the town to talk about politics and promised how they would find the solution if they were elected. Everyone was so sick that they didn’t care about politics. Everyone was in a position where he or she didn’t know what to do anymore. They went to the post office to mail posts out asking for help. The poor town didn’t know how to deal with the situation.

One day, a well-known scientist from New York came to the town with a huge box containing many instruments and his possessions. He went to pools and the port and made measurements. He was quiet and polite. Then one day he made a speech at a newspaper meeting-room to announce his findings.

“I am sorry to say your water supply is so heavily polluted; it is poisoned. I know who has been poisoning you all for such a long time. It is you who have been poisoning yourselves with pollution. A great deal of rubbish has been thrown into the water day after day. No one here has taken good care of the environment. It is no wonder all of you have been sick.” Shocked at the news, the people present were lost in thought.

56.The first paragraph is mainly about ______.

A. the opinion that the pork should be thrown out

B. the fact that people suffer from poisoning

C. the fact that pork was a popular food everyone ate

D. the news that policemen were getting sick

57.The underlined word “it”in Paragraph 1 refers to “______”.

A. the population of the port town began to suffer from poisoning

B. the cause of poisoning

C. the pork is poisoned

D. someone was poisoning the people on purpose

58. Which is the real cause of the poison?

A. The pork was poisoned.

B. Someone was poisoning the people on purpose.

C. The water supply was polluted.

D. People didn’t care about politics.

59. Which of the following statements is WRONG?

A. Politicians would like to find the s olution because they cared about people’s lives.

B. A well-known scientist from New York found the cause of poisoning.

C. It was people who had been poisoning themselves with pollution.

D. Even some police officers were getting ill.

B

This is an open letter to the three people who stole my handbag from the department store where I am employed as a shop assistant.

When you took my bag, I don't know what you thought you were going to get. With my wages, there's not much left on a Tuesday. I hope the￡5 was useful to you. I have informed the social security office so you won't be able to cash the child benefit next week. I hope that won't leave you too short. But if you really need a couple of pounds, I suppose you could always cash one of the two checks left in my check book. Of course, I phoned the bank right away and the check-casing card is no longer valid, so it won’t be much use to you.

Actually I don't mind about the money too much. We single parents who work to support our families understand only too well what it means to be short of cash. However, I don’t suppose it went very far among the three of you. Sorry about that!

I wish you had left the bag behind and just taken the wallet and check book. There were all kinds of papers in it, and notes and things that I really need. I really think that was very inconsiderate of you. I mean, how would you like something like that to happen to you?

Well, perhaps the bag will turn up. It wasn't even an expensive one, just a plain, old brown leather shoulder bag. You probably dumped it in the nearest rubbish bin or threw it into the bushes. We've looked around, of course, but no one saw which way you went after you left the shop.

I'm not really angry with you. I know how the pressures of modern living can affect us, but I am sad at the loss of my personal things. I feel violated and helpless. The police were very icy, and they just shrugged（耸）their shoulders. "It happens all the time," they told me. Some small comfort, I suppose. But I've lost just a little more faith in human nature. And as my young son said when I told him what had happened, "Why? Mummy, why us?" I couldn't answer that question. I wonder if you can.

60. In writing Paragraph 2, the writer wants to ．

A. describe the contents of the bag in detail

B. tell the thieves hardly any money was

available

C. give some suggestions to the three thieves

D. state the fact that she was careless with the

money

61. Which of the following is the most valuable to the writer?

A. The cash in her bag

B. The handbag itself

C. The papers and notes in the bag

D. The check books in the bag

62. What can we conclude about the police?

A. They have doubts about human nature

B. They think the case quite common

C. They show sympathy for the woman

D. They are unable to find the thieves

63. Why does the author write the letter?

A. To give the thieves a serious warning

B. To call people’s attention to their

belongings

C. To complain about the fall of morality

D. To express her affection for her valuable bag

C

A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant（移植）.

Brenda Jensen said the operation was a great success which had saved her life. Thirteen days after the surgery she said her first words: "Good morning, I want to go home. "It is the first time a voice box and windpipe（气管）have been transplanted at the same time and only the second time a voice box has ever been transplanted.

Ms. Jensen, 52, had been unable to speak on her own since her voice box was damaged during surgery in 1999. Since then, she has been unable to taste or smell food, could breathe only through a hole in her windpipe and could talk only with the help of an electronic voice box.

In October, surgeons at the University of California Davis Medical Centre removed the voice box and 6cm of the windpipe from a donor body. In an 18-hour operation, this was transplanted

into Ms. Jensen's throat and the team connected it to her blood supply and nerves（神经）.

Professor Martin Birchall from University College London, who was part of the surgery team, said: "We've learned that we can repair nerves to make even very complex organs function again. It'll open the door to better facial transplants and will be extremely important as tissue engineering develops. "

A voice box transplant might be life changing, but it is not life saving. Everyone who receives a transplant must take drugs to control the immune system（免疫系统）for the rest of their lives. These drugs can reduce life expectancy, so they are normally set aside for life saving procedures.

One of the reasons Ms. Jensen was a suitable person for this transplant was that she was already taking immune controlling drugs after a kidney-pancreas transplant four years ago. Professor Peter Belafsky, part of the surgical team, said: " Brenda was an exceptional candidate for the transplant because she was highly motivated. Anyone who's met Brenda knows that she is a strong and determined person with a great outlook on life in spite of the many physical challenges she's faced over her lifetime.

64. Ms. Jensen was a suitable person for this transplant because she was ____.

A. determined and realistic

B. experienced and brave

C. seriously ill and motivated

D. strong-willed and prepared

65. Which of the following is the right time order of the event?

a. Ms. Jensen received a voice box transplant operation.

b. Ms. Jensen began to take immune controlling drugs.

c. Doctors removed the voice box from a donor body.

d. Ms. Jensen had a kidney-pancreas transplant operation.

A. acdb

B. cabd

C. bdca

D. dbca

66. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Tissue engineering

B. First Words from New Voice

C. Brenda’s sufferings

D. Courageous Woman Defeating Fears

D

A friend of mine, in response to a conversation we were having about the injustices of life, asked me the question, “Who said life was going to be fair, or that it was even meant to be fair?” Her question was a good one. It reminded me of something I was taught as a youngster: Life isn’t fair. It’s disappointing, but it’s absolutely true. One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should be fair, or that someday it will be. It’s not and it won’t.

One of the nice things about surrendering(屈从) to the fact that life isn’t fair is that it keeps us from feeling sorry for ourselves by encouraging us to do the very best we can with what we have. We know it’s not “life’s job” to make everything perfect, it’s our own challenge. Surrendering to this fact also keeps us from feeling sorry for others because we are reminded that everyone is dealt a different hand; everyone has unique strengths and problems in the process of growing up, facing the reality and making decisions; and everyone has those times that they feel victimized or unfairly treated.

The fact that life isn’t fair doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do everything in our power to improve our own lives or the world as a whole. To the contrary, it suggests that we should. When we don’t recognize or admit that life isn’t fair, we tend to feel pity for others and for ourselves. Pity, of course, is a self-defeating emotion that does nothing for anyone, except to make everyone feel

worse than they already do. When we do recognize that life isn’t fair, however, we feel compassion(热情) for others and for ourselves. And compassion is a heartfelt emotion that delivers loving-kindness to everyone it touches. The next time you find yourself thinking about the injustices of the world, try reminding yourself of this very basic fact. You may be surprised that it can persuade you out of self-pity and into helpful action.

67. The writer thought of his friend’ s question as a good one because _______.

A. like his friend, he also thought life was unfair

B. it made him recall something during his childhood

C. he also wanted to know who held such an opinion

D. he learned something from the question as a youngster

68. Surrendering to the fact that life isn’t fair will ________.

A. keep us from making everything perfect

B. make us know it’s our duty to perfect things

C. make us face unfair treatment bravely

D. keep us from doing everything in our power

69. The second paragraph of the passage mainly tells us that ________.

A. we should not surrender to the life

B. it’s nice to surrender to the life

C. it’s nice to accept the injustice of life

D. we should not feel sorry for everything

70. In the last paragraph, “this very basic fact” refers to the fact that _______.

A. you should not pity for others

B. pity is a self-defeating emotion

C. compassion is heartfelt emotion

D. life isn’t and won’t be fair

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

John Keats was born in 1765 in London, the first child born to a poor family. After leaving school, Keats went on to be an apprentice(学徒) for a surgeon. After his father died in a riding accident, and his mother died of tuberculosis(肺结核), John and his brothers moved to Hampstead where Keats met Charles Brown who would become a great friend.

Keats had his poems published in the magazines of the day with the encouragement of many friends. Despite the impolite responses towards his early poems, Keats’s literary gift prevailed. That same year Keats met Percy Bysshe Shelley who would also become a great friend. When Shelly invited the sick Keats to stay with him and his family in Italy, he refused politely.

In 1818, he traveled to the Lake District of England and on to Ireland and Scotland on a walking tour with Brown. While he was not aware of the seriousness of it, Keats was suffering from the first stage of tuberculosis. His brother Tom died of tuberculosis that year. After that Keats lived with Brown. Around this time Keats fell in love with, and became engaged(订婚) to eighteen-year-old Fanny Brawne. While their relationship led to much spiritual development for Keats, it also proved to be filled with the highs and lows of first love due to jealousy and stupidity. Many people once believed that Fanny was the cause of his illness, or that she used it as an excuse to try to keep herself away from him. For a while even Keats felt happy with the possibility that he was merely (仅仅) suffering from emotional anxieties—but after suffering a hemorrhage(吐血) he agreed to break their engagement.

At the beginning of 1820 Keats started to show more signs of tuberculosis. His poem Ode to a Nightingale records all the pain and suffering that Keats experienced during his short lifetime:

the death of his mother; the physical suffering he saw as a young apprentice caring for the sick and dying; the death of his brother; and finally his own physical and spiritual suffering in love and illness.

John Keats died on 23 February 1821 in Rome, Italy, and now rests near his friend Shelly. His epitaph(碑文)reads ‘Here lies one whose name was writ in water.’

Keats inspired numerous other authors, poets, and artists, and remains one of the most

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第二节： 单词拼写（满分5分）

81. When we moved to France, the children a_______________ to the change very well.

82. In fact, some officials not only “steal vegetables ” at work, but also a_____________ themselves by playing poker and mahjong.

83. The twin sisters look so much alike. I can hardly tell them ________________（分开）

84. Scientists are trying their best to find e__________ ways to prevent people from suffering from SARS.

85. We will have robots and computers to a____________ us with the things that are very boring.

86. The very genes that make crops ___________( 有抵抗力的)to pests and disease could be harmful to animals.

87. Sang Lan was rushed to a top hospital in New York and specialists from many parts of the world said that because of her severe i_________________, she would never walk again.

88. We believe that the efforts to protect the Yangtze River will be _______________（感激）for

years to come by future generations.

89. The waste the factories create goes into the _____________

（大气）and make us sick.

90. Some people consider that cloning human embryos with the

___________（意图）of destroying them shows no respect for

human life.

第三节书面表达（共20分）(见答题纸)

下图描述的是全球环境问题。请仔细观察这幅漫画，用英语写一篇短文，阐明漫画中所反映的问题，并提出解决此问题的方法(至少三点)。

注意：

1.仔细品味图中文字的韵味，可以适当发挥想象，不要做简单描述;

2.词数140个左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数;

3. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

From the picture, we can see that pollution is posing a threat to our earth, which comes in many ways.

扬大附中2013—2014学年度第一学期期中考试

高二英语答卷纸2013.11

1-70选择题请填涂在答题卡上。

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

71． 72．

73． 74．

75． 76．

77． 78．

79． 80．

第二节：单词拼写（满分5分）

81． 82．

83． 84．

85． 86．

87． 88．

89． 90．

第三节书面表达（共20分）(见答题纸)

下图描述的是全球环境问题。请仔细观察这幅漫画，用英语写一篇短文，阐明漫画中所

反映的问题，并提出解决此问题的方法(至少三点)。

From the picture, we can see that pollution is posing a threat to our earth, which comes in many ways.

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扬大附中2013—2014学年度第一学期期中考试

高二英语

Keys:

书面表达

One possible version:

From the picture, we can see that pollution is posing a threat to our earth, which comes in many ways. Millions of chimneys of the factories are pouring heavy smoke into air, which causes serious air pollution. A large amount of waste water from the factories pollutes water, making our rivers fishless and our water unfit to drink and swim in. Furthermore, a lot of tress have been cut down without proper plans, which contributes to the soil being washed away. It seems that we really have no clean place to live.

The pollution is so serious that we have to find effective solutions to it. As far as I am concerned, the government should pass laws to reduce polluted air. Some measures should be taken to purify the water before it is poured into the rivers or the seas. We should plant more trees to keep the soil in place. What’s more, people should be further educated to realize the importance of environmental protection. Thus, we will have a clean and tidy environment.