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江苏省启东中学2015—2016 学年度第二学期期中考试
高二英语试题 命题人：汤小健
第一卷 （选择题 共85分）
第一部分 听力 （共2节；每小题1分， 满分20分）
第一节 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，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 does the man want to be?
A. A singer B. A writer C. A doctor
2. How does the man advise the woman to get to the hotel?
A. By taxi B. By bus C. By subway
3. What does the woman suggest?
A. Repairing the telephone.
B. Surfing the Internet.
C. Cooking at home.
4. What is the man’s favorite sport?
A. Soccer B. Tennis C. Volleyball
5. What pet does the man want?
A. A parrot B. A dog C. A rabbit
第二节 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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题
6. What does the woman want to drink?
A. Coke B. Champagne C. Red wine
7. What will the woman do next?
A. Visit the new house B. Find her jacket C. Greet Simon
听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题
8. How much did the blue coat cost?
A. $80 B. $100 C. $120
9. What prevented the woman from buying the red coat?
A. Its color B. Its size C. Its price
听下面一段对话，回答第10、11、12题
10. What does the man like most about the university?
A. The school gym B. The swimming pool C. The playground
11. Where is the man’s father now?
A. In Toronto B. In Sydney C. In Canberra
12. What is the woman’s major?
A. Business B. Law C. Math
听下面一段对话，回答第13、14、15、16题
13. What class does the woman have at 10 am on Tuesday?
A. Culture Studies B. Social Change C. Language Development
14. When doesn’t the woman have classes?
A. On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
B. On Monday and Friday afternoons.
C. On Wednesday and Friday mornings.
15. When is the class Education on Mondays?
A. At 2 pm B. At 10 am C. At 9:40 am
16. How often does the woman have Communication Studies?
A. Once a week B. Twice a week C. Three times a week
听下面一段对话，回答第17、18、19、20题
17. Who is older than the speaker’s father?
A. John B. Keith C. Arthur
18. What relation is Alison to the speaker?
A. His sister B. His wife C. His niece
19. Where does Kate live?
A. In America B. In India C. In England
20. How many cousins does the speaker have?
A. Four B. Five C. Six
第二部分 英语知识运用（共2节，满分35分）
第一节 单项选择 （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. Shooting, as ____ means of survival originally, developed into _____ sport only in the late 19th century.
A. a; a B. the; the C. a; the D. the; a
22. — If I don’t get some money from my parents by Friday, could I borrow some from you?
— ________. But can I know why?
A. Never mind         B. Not at all        C. By no means      D. By all means
23. Jack could have avoided that terrible car accident, but he ________ careful enough.
A. is not                 B. was not        C. hasn’t been        D. hadn’t been
24. The sport then was a little different from ________ we currently know as gymnastics.
A. that             B. what         C. which         D. where
25. Isn’t it time you ______ down to _____ the papers?
A. get; mark B. get; be marked C. got; being marked D. got; marking
26. Until we have discussed all the details, no decision _______ about any new operations.
A. will be made         B. is made       C. is being made    D. has been made
27. _______ to supporting the growing number of students seeking odd jobs, we will provide them with the information they need.
A. Committing B. Committed C. Being committed D. Having committed
28. Those who continuously acquire new knowledge that they can ________ their work are
more likely to succeed.
A. contribute to            B. correspond to        C. subscribe to      D. apply to     
29. So involved in his business _______ that he can hardly accompany his wife and child at
weekends.
A. the manager has become B. becomes the manager
C. has become the manager D. has the manager become
30. ----Have you completed the project?
----I’m sorry to tell you that we ______ it when we found how much it _____.
A. have abandoned, costs B. abandoned, cost
C. had abandoned, cost D. abandoned, would cost
31. If only the committee _____ the new environmental regulations and put them into effect
as soon as possible!
A. should approve B. will approve C. would approve D. would have approved
32. Educators claim that children ____ to English- speaking environment will learn the language more quickly.
A. being exposed B. to be exposed C. having exposed D. exposed
33. Sometimes, _______ we show our gratitude for a person is reflected in the kind of food
we serve him or her.
A. when             B. whether                  C. why                  D. how
34. The spokesman was seated in front of all the journalists at the press conference, _______
to answer all kinds of questions.
A. prepared                    B. preparing             C. to be prepared    D. having prepared
35. The police began to investigate after receiving reports from residents in Ninghai county, Zhejiang province, _________ people were purchasing used oil from local restaurants. 
A. / B. that C. which D. where
第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not.
I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to   36   the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the   37   turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very   uncertain   38  .
The weeks ahead weren’t   39  . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities,   40   I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a   41   dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same   42   as I was before.
You know that feeling when you wake up in   43  ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting   44  . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any   45  .
So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to   46  . Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me   47  . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you   48  !
I put my   49   into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who   50   to give up his dream.
And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and determination — I was offered a   51   contract (合同) for my first book! After that, things slowly began to fall into   52  . I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was   53   shortly after.
Don’t give up. Even if things look   54   now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often times our dreams lie in wait just a little further upstream ... all we need is the   55   to push beyond the river.
36. A. attend                     B. hold                    C. prepare                D. enjoy
37. A. environment            B. economy                C. opportunity            D. climate
38. A. choice                     B. danger                 C. desire                  D. future
39. A. quiet                      B. busy                  C. easy                     D. long
40. A. so                         B. but                   C. for                     D. or
41. A. day                       B. week                   C. month                    D. year
42. A. town                      B. direction               C. situation                 D. habit
43. A. surprise                  B. fear                    C. delight                 D. peace
44. A. glory                     B. complaint               C. love                       D. pain
45. A. appointment             B. progress                 C. commitment           D. decision
46. A. read                      B. think              C. write                     D. paint
47. A. hope                      B. wisdom             C. pleasure                 D. inspiration
48. A. lack                      B. find               C. bury                      D. need
49. A. disapproval              B. disagreement       C. dissatisfaction         D. disadvantage
50. A. refused                   B. managed            C. failed                    D. decided
51. A. writing                  B. translating        C. publishing             D. reviewing
52. A. ruin                      B. place             C. pieces                  D. despair
53. A. rewarded                  B. paid               C. fired                   D. hired
54. A. different                 B. unimportant        C. strange                 D. tough
55. A. courage                   B. chance             C. time                    D. dream

第三部分 阅读理解 （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
You probably laugh at something you find funny, but how much do you really know about jokes and humor? Reader’s Digest (RD) questioned several experts to give us some facts about them.
RD: What’s the oldest joke in the world?
“We can’t know the oldest joke in the world because it would have existed earlier than writing.” says Christie Davies, professor of sociology at the University of Reading in the UK. The oldest joke book that’s been found so far is the Greek Philogelos. It dates from the 4th century AD, although the jokes date from an earlier time. According to psychologist Steve Wilson, director of National Humor Month (April in the US), it contains 265 jokes.
RD: Do some people fail to develop a sense of humor?
Rod Martin, professor of psychology at the Western University in Canada, believes that while everyone is born without a sense of humor, as we develop, humor and laughter begin to appear. “Of course, some children are more serious, quiet, and less likely to laugh frequently, but this doesn’t mean they don’t have a sense of humor.” And according to Steve Wilson, there are no adults who don’t have a sense of humor. “Almost everyone is able to develop a sense of humor, and I teach people how.” he says.
RD: Do people share a sense of humor unique to their own nation?
Sense of humor does differ a lot by country, according to an author named Scott Weems. British humor is thought to be absurd in nature, while American humor has an aggressive quality. According to a study, Germans are found to find everything funny.
56. What do we know about the oldest joke book?
A. It remains unknown.
B. It was written in Greek.
C. It was found in the UK.
D. It contains the oldest joke.
57. What does Rod Martin agree with about people’s sense of humor?
A. Nobody is born with a sense of humor.
B. Some adults lose it when they grow up.
C. Childhood is the best time to develop such ability.
D. Children have a poorer sense of humor than adults.
58. What kind of humor has an aggressive feature?
A. British humor B. German humor C. Canadian humor D. American humor

B
Life is comprised emotion and sense. When we were babies we reached the pinnacle(顶峰) of emotion. At that time we asked for everything that we wanted, cried as we were uncomfortable, laughed as we were happy and released our emotions day and night. When we grow up we find that if we want to live in a cozier environment we must be sensible enough to deal with our emotions and relationships. Our world is based on sense and beautified by emotion.
Sense is the base of life; it builds up the structure of life, and helps us see the real world. And emotion is the invaluable element of life. It adds colorful paint to our life. Lacking sense we may lose the guiding light and lacking emotion we may lose the value of life.
We admire Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, we are attracted by Michelangelo’s The Creation of Man, and we are carried away by Monet’s Lotus. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet may bring us tears, Victor Hugo’s poems can make a maid’s love revive, and Jane Austin’s stories arouse our dream of holding a party of ladies and gentlemen as an England beauty in the countryside. All of them are people who deserve our respect and showed us sentimental emotion: love, hatred, betrayal, loyalty and so on. They made their works full of emotion, shocked our nerves, and evoked our passions. Somebody may have found their destiny in these works, and surely they influence people time after time. But in fact, though these people or their works have the power to control our mental world, we don’t choose them to be our President or Prime Minister. We cannot deny the fact that our world is based on sense and ration. Mark Twin once said that the passion of friendship is so sweet, steady and royal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime if neither of the two friends asks the other to lend money.
Emotion is our nature and sense gives us an eye to live in reality. Only sense makes Jack a dull boy; emotional moments give us vigor and enthusiasm to live and color our life.
59. We can learn from the second paragraph that__________________.
A. sense is no more important than emotion
B. sense is as important as emotion to human life
C. sense deserves less c