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大田一中2015—2016学年第一学期期中质量检测高二英语试题命题人：郑香兰审核人：施生会（考试时间：2015年11月17日下午3：00-5：00 满分：150分）满分：150分时间：120分钟准考证号：2014×××（班级）××（号数）I.听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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选项。

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.How did the man get the tie ?A. He bought it himself .B. He got it from the woman.C. He got it as a birthday present.2. How many people died in the accident ?A. Four .B. Two.C. None .3. Where does the conversation take place ?A. At a restaurant.B. At a gas station .C. At a garage .4. What are the woman ask the man to do ?A. Wash his hands .B. Give her the fork .C. Have dinner together .5. What does the man mean ?A. He didn’t see the paintings.B. He didn’t understand the paintings .C. He didn’t show his paintings at the exhibition..第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。

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.What happened to the woman ?A. Her arm is broken .B. Her feet hurt a lot .C. Her knee is bleeding.7. What will the man do ?A. Give the woman first aid.B. Find a doctor for the woman.C. Take the woman to the hospital..听第7段材料，回答第8 ~ 9题。

8. How does the man feel about living in Ecuador ?A. Bored .B. Satisfied..C. Unhappy..9. What did the man miss most about England ?A. His family.B. The food .C. His friends.听第8段材料，回答第10~ 12题。

10.What is the man doing now ?A. Repairing his keyboard .B. Answering an e-mail.C. Checking his appointment.11. What is the man going to give the woman ?A. A birthday cake.B. A flowered dress .C. An e-mail birthday card .12. What did the speakers usually do together in the past ?A. They hiked in the mountains .B. They rode their motorbikes .C. They surfed the Internet.听第9段材料，回答第13~ 16题。

13.Why will the boy quit the football team ?A.He wants to try something new.B. He had to have too much practice.C. He didn’t do well in it .14.What does the girl want to do ?A. Play a sport.B. Practice music often.C. Have more time to relax.15. Why does the boy think that the dance group is not suitable for him ?A. It is for girls only.B. Dancing is useless.C. He is not a good dancer.16. What club will the boy join ?A. The music club .B. The cooking club.C. The dance group.听第10段材料，回答第17 ~ 20题。

17.Why was Stan Laurel chosen to act together with Hardy ?A. He had a funny look .B. He was thinner than Hardy.C. He was a famous writer.18. How old was Stan Laurel when he began to work in show business ?A. 6 years old .B. 20 years old.C. 26 years old.19. When did Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy gain the academy award ?A. In 1920.B. In 1926.C. In 1932.20. What do we know about Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel ?A. They are Americans.B. They once worked with Charlie Chaplin.C. They worked together at the Hal Roach studios.II. 完形填空(30分)In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The 21 is that countries around the world have growing mountains of 22 because people arethrowing out more rubbish than ever before.How did we 23 a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to 24 an object than to spend time and money to repair it. 25 modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and 26 .Another cause is our 27 of disposable (一次性的) products. As 28 people, we are always looking for 29 to save time and make our lives easier. Companies 30 thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.Our appetite for new products also 31 to the problem. We are 32 buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that 33 is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we 34 useful possessions to make room for new ones.All around the world, we can see the 35 of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To 36 the amount of rubbish and to protect the 37 , more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. 38 , this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions 39 throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about 40 . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.21. A. key B. reason C. project D. problem22. A. gifts B. rubbish C. debt D. products23. A. face B. become C. observe D. change24. A. hide B. control C. replace D. withdraw25. A. Thanks to B. As to C. Except for D. Regardless of26. A. safe B. funny C. cheap D. powerful27. A. love B. lack C. prevention D. division28. A. sensitive B. kind C. brave D. busy29. A. ways B. places C. jobs D. friends30. A. donate B. receive C. produce D. preserve31. A. adapts B. returns C. responds D. contributes32 A. tired of B. addicted to C. worried about D. ashamed for33. A. newer B. stronger C. higher D. larger34. A. pick up B. pay for C. hold onto D. throw away35. A. advantages B. purposes C. functions D. consequences36. A. show B. record C. decrease D. measure37. A. technology B. environment C. consumers D. brands38. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile39. A. by B. in favour of C. after D. instead of40. A. spending B. collecting C. repairing D. advertisingIII. 阅读理解（40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）ADo you remember the man who contributed a lot to the understanding of British and American English? Noah Webster, born on October 16, 1758, is known for The American Dictionary of the English Language. He has been called the “Father of American Scholarship and Education”. His “Blue-Backed Speller” books were used to teach spelling and reading to five generations of American children. But how much do you know about him beyond that?At the age of 16, Noah Webster began attending Yale College. Unfortunately, he spent his four years at Yale during the American Revolutionary War, and, because of food shortages, many of his college classes were held in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Later, he served in the army.Having graduated from Yale in 1778, Webster wanted to continue his education in order to earn his law degree. He had to teach school in order to pay for his education. He set up many small schools that didn't survive, but he was a good teacher because instead of forcing his students to learn, like most teachers did, he rewarded them.He earned his law degree in 1781, but did not practice law until 1789. Once he started he found the law was not to his liking. Webster did not have much money.In 1793, Alexander Hamilton lent him $1500 to move to New York City to edit a newspaper. In December, he founded New York 's first daily newspaper, American Minerva, and edited it for four years. For decades, he published textbooks, political essays, a report on some diseases, and newspaper articles for his party, He wrote so much that a modern list of his published works required 655 pages .Noah Webster died on May 28, 1843 and was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery.41. What's the main idea of Paragraph l?A. Webster's college education.B. Webster's famous dictionary.C. Webster's daily routines.D. Webster's main achievements.42. Which of the following best describes Webster's life at Yale?A. Tiring.B. Tough.C. Smooth.D. Normal.43. What did Noah want to be after graduation from Yale?A. A scholar.B. A teacher.C. A lawyer.D. A headmaster.44. Why was Webster a good teacher?A. Because he often rewarded his students.B. Because he set up many small schools.C. Because he graduated from Yale College.D. Because he forced his students to learn.BSpending as little as $ 5 a day on someone else could significantly（较大地）boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia found.Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others—even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn，” said Elizabeth Dunn，a psychologist at the University of British Columbia. They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness，report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.“No matter how much income each person made，those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not，” Dunn said in a statement.Dunn's team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit sharing bonus（红利）of between $ 3,000 and $ 8,000. “Employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself，” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science.They gave their volunteers $ 5 or $ 20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.“These findings suggest that very minor changes in spending allocations—as little as $ 5—may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day，” Dunn said.45. What is the general idea of the passage?A．The more you earn, the greater happiness you will get.B．Spending more money on yourself will make you happier.C．If you spend money on someone else, you will feel happier.D．You can spend only $ 5 a day on someone else to get happiness.46. The underlined word “boost” in the first paragraph probably means________.A．help to find B．help to bring C．help to increase D．help to get47. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A．Those who spend more money on others can get much more bonus.B．People usually think spending money on themselves will make them happier.C．Very small changes in spending your money may be enough to gain happiness.D．Researchers think that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn.48. Dunn is ________.A．an employee in a company B．a psychologist at a universityC．a reporter in a journal D．a volunteer in the experimentCFor many students, the joy of graduating from college is quickly replaced by the pressure of trying to find a job. Many new graduates think they lack the skills required in companies because they lack working experience.Students don't think about what skills they developed during their college years over and above what's on their transcripts(成绩单)．Colleges also provide “soft skills” that many employers require.Students have the ability at 2 am to write a paper while messaging their friends and watching TV. And that's a skill which can make employees manage tight schedules effectively. The ability to function on four or five hours of sleep and work late to complete a project is particularly useful in industries like consulting, banking, law and technology. In the consulting world，you're going to travel a lot, and it's different from a nine to five job. The fact that applicants are OK with that is very helpful.Recent students also tend to have more knowledge on technology than general people，so it takes less time for them to learn to use technological equipment. A survey found 30% people of 18－21 years old agreed that they tried to keep up with the latest styles and trended for electronic products, compared with 18% of 45－54 years old and 15% of 55 years old and older.Students also frequently work on group projects in school, learning skills like teamwork and conflict resolution in the process. Living in schools can help prepare graduates to work with people of different genders, races and nationalities. Students have much broader vision than many working professionals.These skills and experiences come so naturally to students that many of them forget to bring them up in job interviews. The recruiters(招聘者) may not know you have these experiences and abilities. Sharing them frankly will help set you apart from others who are being interviewed. 49. Which of the following is NOT included in “soft skills”？A．Managing tight schedules effectively.B．Learning how to use technological equipment faster than general people.C．Having much broader vision than many working professionals.D．Having more working experience than other employees.50. If you can manage your tight schedules effectively，you can work as a________.A．lawyer B．worker C．doctor D．cook51. Why do many graduates think they lack the skills required in companies?A．Because they haven't been trained in college.B．Because they have no chance to learn these skills in college.C．Because their skills come so naturally that they don't realize their value.D．Because they don't know what skills the companies require.52. The writer writes this passage to encourage students to be________in job interviews.A．patient B．careful C．confident D．honestDParents who help their children with homework may actually be bringing down their school grades. Other forms of parental involvement, including volunteering at school and observing a child's class, also fail to help, according to the most recent study on the topic.The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting(养育子女) where schools except them to act as partners in their children's education. Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time, fed, dressed and ready to learn.Kaith Robinson, the author of the study, said, "I really don't know if the public is ready for this but there are some ways parents can be involved in their kids' education that leads to declines in their academic performance. One of the things that was consistently negative was parents' help with homework." Robinson suggested that may be because parents themselves struggle to understand the task." They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now, or in some cases never learnt it themselves, but they're still offering advice."Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks. In general, about 20% of parental involvement was positive, about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because "children with good academic success do have involved parents ", admitted Robinson. But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success. " A big surprise was that Asian-American parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved. They took a more reasonable approach, conveying to their children how success at school could improve their lives."53. The underlined expression "parental involvement " in Paragraph 1 probably means __________.A. parents' expectation on children's healthB. parents' participation in children's educationC. parents' control over children's lifeD. parents' plan for children's future54. What is the major finding of Robinson's study ?A. Modern parents raise children in a more scientific way.B. Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.C. Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected.D. Parents are not able to help with children’s homework.55. The example of Asian-American parents implies that parents should __________.A. help children realize the importance of schoolingB. set a specific life goal for their childrenC. spend more time improving their own livesD. take a more active part in school management第二节七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）“Three Apples” changed the world. The first one seduced (引诱) Eve. The second one awakened Newton. 56 Here are some famous words from Steve Jobs to share.On CharacterI’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. 57On good designThat’s been one of my mottoes — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex —You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.On his outlook58 Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.On your working lifeYour work is to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. 59 If you haven’t found it, keep looking. Don’t settle.On the importance of deathNo one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.60 No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s chang e agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.A.It’s very character-building.B.The third one was in the hands of Steve Jobs.C.This is not a one-man show.D.And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.E.And yet death is the destination we all share.F.It’s really hard to design products by focusing on groups.G.Being the richest man in the cemetery (墓地) doesn’t matter to me.IV. 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）It’s important for us to have good health. It can enable us to enjoy our life and achieve__61 __ we hope for in our career and 62 __ the contrary, poor health leads to nothing, __63__ if we want to keep good health, we must do the following.Firstly, it is very important for us to have some fruit and vegetables 64 ___ they can provide vitamins, and we have to keep a 65 ____ (balance) diet. We should avoid eating food __ 66 high sugar and fat. Secondly, we’d better do s ome exercises every day 67 _ _ (make) our body strong and also we have to avoid too much work 68 ____ (press). Finally, we have to get rid of those bad habits 69 _____damage our health, such as drinking and smoking.In 70 _______ (conclude), if we stick to the advice given above and keep a good mood, we will keep in good health.V. 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。