韦高二半期英语.doc

仁怀四中2014—2015学年度第二学期高二英语期中测试
出题人：韦维 审题人：邬永品
第一部分 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，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。
A
I sat at my seat waiting for the school paper to be passed around. I waited anxiously, knowing that once I received it I would know how good a writer I really am.
When the paper arrived at my classroom, I nearly knocked down five of my classmates to get to the first paper. With the school paper in my hands, I returned to my seat. About a month earlier, I had handed in one of, what I believed to be, my best stories. I named it Symbol of Success. The head of the English Department at my school, Professor Cullen, had said that she would include some reviews (评论) of students' stories in the latest school paper. Professor Cullen was known for her rough criticism. Impressing her was very hard but I wanted to be the first to do so.
I sat at the edge of my seat as I read through the other story reviews. There wasn't one story that got more than three stars. I became calm and wasn't anxious to know my review. It was long after that I heard someone shout out “Five stars？！ Seriously！” from behind me. I turned around and saw the shocked expression of Gene's face, “Peter, your story got five stars！” I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I turned my attention back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review that I had not read yet. I looked through the review written by Professor Cullen. She wrote that I had a gift for story writing.
I was proud that I achieved what I thought was impossible. For so long I believed I wasn't as good as I thought I was and that my talent was not enough to cover up my lack of writing skills. But this review proved that I was truly a good writer and that there was a future ahead of me in the field of fiction writing. The review and the five stars meant the world to me. Those five stars became the symbol of my success.
1．How did the writer get the school paper?
A. His teacher gave it to him first.
B. The publisher sent it to him first.
C. His friend helped him get the first one.
D. He rushed ahead to get the first one by himself.
2．What can we learn about Professor Cullen?
A. She was very gentle to everyone.
B. She seldom praised her students.
C. She was very cold to her students.
D. She was hated by her students.
3．What did Professor Cullen think of Peter's story?
A. She thought highly of it.
B. She thought it was just so­so.
C. She thought it was extremely bad.
D. She doubted if it was written by him.

B
It was a cold spring morning in early April. I rushed around the house getting ready for work. I asked my two little kids to get up so I could bring them to day care center. Still comfortable and warm in bed, they didn’t open their eyes. I had to pull them out of bed. I dressed them in their winter coats and carefully locked them in the car. I offered Lauren her bottle to calm her in the seat. Phillip, 5 years old and used to the routine, climbed into his seat as if preprogrammed like a little robot.
As I sped up and reached the top of a hill, I saw a black outline of one of these obstacles(障碍) in my path. I tried to avoid hitting the obstacle. However, I suddenly found either side of the road had a pond.
“Oh, my God!” I cried out. I could feel the force of my car drag against the water as the vehicle began to float down the pond, deeper, deeper, and deeper. My fear of water and inability to swim caused me to panic（惊慌）. Powered by self-preservation, my instinct (本能) for survival took over. I regained my senses.
“Oh, don’t. Don’t be afraid, my babies!” I shouted as my children cried in fear. I reached back and unbuckled (解开) the kids from their car seats. I gathered them up into my arms as the water rose higher and higher in the vehicle and I had no choice but to try to escape.
I didn’t remember details of anything else that happened until I found my son sitting on the edge of the road in front of me and my baby in my arms. Crying and getting a shock of what had just happened, I carried them both in my arms all the way to a farm house one mile down the road. Later, I called my husband to pick us up. Thankful to find us all safe, we stood embracing each other in that stranger’s kitchen.
That Monday morning was unlike any other one. I experienced a miracle （奇迹）that strengthened my faith, beliefs, and values about life and how precious it is. To all those willing to listen, believe in miracles, hold tight to your children, cherish your loved ones and value your time: you never know what each day brings.
4. What really happened to the author and her children that early morning?
A. Their car broke down. B. They were stuck in the snow.
C. They fell into water. D. Their car hit a tree.
5. How did the author feel when the accident happened?
A. Fearful. B. Regretful. C. Doubtful. D. Shameful.
6. Where did all the family members gather together after the miracle?
A. In their own house. B. In a stranger’s house.
C. In the local hospital. D. On the bank of the pond.
7. Apart from firm belief, what was the author likely to express in the last paragraph?
A. Life is not always a bed of roses. B. All good things come to an end.
C. There is no time like the present. D. The morning sun never lasts a day.

C
Volcan de Lodo El Totumo, Colombia
If in Colombia at the end of February, you should make Cartagena part of your journey — here between December and March every year is the opportunity to get dirty. Bathing in mud from the Volcan de Lodo El Totumo can be best described as a primal (原始的) experience. The volcano is small, looking more like a little hill. If you reach the very top, you’ll discover gray mud. It’s believed that the mud has a curing effect in cleaning your skin.
La Tomatina, Spain
It’s possibly the most famous food fight in the world. So if you think tomatoes are only for salads, you are on a wrong track. In a small Spanish village named Bunol, on the last Wednesday of August every year, trucks dump (倾倒) about 120 tons of tomatoes in the streets of the town and tomato juice flows from there.
El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Mexico
In early November each year Mexicans gather in cemeteries (墓地) to hold a celebration. That’s a celebration of the dead. People smoke cigars and eat festive foods to show life goes on as they honor those who have died. The idea is based on the belief that the spirits of the dead pay their families a visit on October 31 and stay until November 2.
World Ice Golf Championship, Greenland
For more than 10 years the World Ice Golf Championship has been regarded as the most extreme golf tournament in the world. There golfers take extreme temperatures as their first task to deal with. Then it will take players time and patience to be accustomed (习惯) to orange balls to play with. Determined by weather conditions, the tournament is scheduled for March each year in Greenland.
8. The text is mainly about .
A. interesting holiday centers for travelers
B. some unusual festivals and events
C. strange customs around the world
D. special sports events in Europe
9. Which of the following lasts the longest?
A. Volcan de Lodo El Totumo. B. World Ice Golf Championship.
C. El Dia de los Muertos. D. La Tomatina.[来源:学科网]
10. The most challenging thing for golfers in the World Ice Golf Championship is .
A. to reach Greenland in March
B. to walk on the ice instead of grass
C. to make themselves used to the weather
D. to find the orange balls in the snow
11. El Dia de los Muertos is held in order to .
A. pass their belief to the next generation
B. visit the dead in a special way
C. celebrate the death of others
D. honor their ancestors

D
Four million children are caught up in the war in Syria. Thirteen-year-old Rabia is one of them. Tall and thin, she sits shaking in a yellow T-shirt at the Al Marj settlement, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Home for Rabia was once a two-story house near Damascus. Now it is a tent shared with her nine family members.
Rabia’s face is covered with dirt, and she is tired and cold. She has just finished work, picking up potatoes that fell from a truck. Her typical day starts at 4 a.m., and she works a double shift that lasts about 16 hours, putting potatoes into bags. The only choice for her is that she can choose the first eight hours or the second eight hours. For this, she gets paid about $8 a day.
Working means Rabia misses school. Back in her village, she was the best in her class and good at everything. Her favorite subjects were Arabic literature and math. But, like many children now living in the settlements—there are no official refugee（难民）camps in Lebanon —that was Rabia’s old life. Life before war, before her family moved five times to escape the bombs, before leaving behind her bedroom, her toys and her friends without packing a bag, before “half the people I know” were dead.
The old life was full of laughter with her sister, Wala. But Wala, 14, got married two days ago to an 18-year-old Lebanese. Rabia is happy for her sister. Life in the settlement is tough— the children have nowhere to play, the bathing is poor and sexual abuse is out of control. You can’t blame parents —often confused, illiterate （不识字的）and poor—who want to marry off their daughters. They fear for their safety.
Increasing numbers of Rabia’s girlfriends are getting married. Once in rural Syria, a girl got married at 16. According to UNICEF, the age is now dropping to 12 or 13. It is no secret that Lebanese men want to marry Syrian refugee girls, who work hard and don’t ask for anything.
12. Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?
A. A news report. B. A book review.
C. A history book. D. A travel magazine.
13. The underlined word “shift” in Para. 3 probably refers to _____.
A. the extra task B. the low pay C. the potato factory. D. the working period
14. The writer's purpose for writing Para. 4 is to ________.
A. present the dream of Rabia B. show the damage of the war
C. predict the future of Syrian girls D. compare the life before war and now
15. Why are so many young Syrian girls getting married?
A. They have no good friends to play with.
B. They want money from the husband family.
C. Their parents are worried about their safety.
D. Their parents are confused，illiterate and poor.

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。
Most of life is regular. You do the same things you did yesterday, the day before and every day for the last month. Habits, good or bad, make you who you are. 16 If you know how to change your habits, then even a small effort can create big changes. Here are some tips to get you started:
One habit for 30 days. You focus on one change for thirty days. 17 I’ve used this as the basis for most of my habit changes. It certainly works to form the automatic (自动的) programs that run in the background of your mind.
Replace lost needs. If you switch on your computer and start removing hardware (硬件), what will happen? 18 Similarly, you can’t just pull out habits without replacing the needs they meet. Giving up television might mean you need to find a new way to relax or get information.
One habit at a time. A month may seem like a long time to focus on only one change, but I’ve found trying to change more than a few habits at a time to be unwise. 19 Multitasking (多任务处理) between three or four often means none become habits.
20 Your change should involve one or two rules, not a dozen. Exercising once each day for at least thirty minutes is easier to follow than exercising on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays by doing yoga the first day and mountain biking the third day. Simple rules create habits while complex rules create headaches.
A. Keep it simple.
B. The key is how to control them.
C. Chances are that your computer will not work.
D. After that time it will surely become a habit.
E. You can’t know whether a different habit will work until you try it.
F. With just one habit change, you can focus on making it really stick.
G. If your change brings you more pain than joy, you’d better give it up.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可
以填入空白处的最佳选项。
As waiters, we deal with customers every day and when something goes wrong, somehow we have the ability to keep on going. It's our responsibility to __21__ the customer.
I remember my first __22__ job was at a fine restaurant. One afternoon, the manager informed all the cooks and waiters that a VIP __23__ were coming for lunch. The group were __24_ VIPs in the city's fashion industry.
After the group arrived and got __25_ comfortably, drinks were __26__. Normally, the head waiter would be in charge of wine service. __27_， the manager asked me to serve that afternoon. I had __28 done wine service, nor had I ever served a group of twelve.
I arranged 12 wine glasses on the tray and went to the table. As I __29__ one of the glasses in front of the first customer, somehow I had __30__ my grip (抓，握) and six glasses fell on top of a young woman, and then to the floor and __31__ in pieces. I felt frightened and my face turned red. I apologized many times to the __32_ and to the rest of the group.
Quickly, the manager __33__ my aid and helped in the clean­up, and sent out their drinks right away. I didn't understand why, but the group were forgiving me and the young woman __34_ informed me it was OK.
My manager pulled me to the side and said, “If you know why an accident happened, __35__ from it and move on. You still have a table to serve and you can't show your __36__ or your disappointment. Mistakes and accidents do happen. Keep your __37__ up and be confident. The glasses are replaceable.”
I understood why he was truly a well __38_ restaurant manager within the neighborhood. His __39 relationship with the group made the situation __40__ and the group forgave me for that.
21．A. welcome　　　　　　　 B. feed
C. invite D. please
22．A. waiter B. cook
C. servant D. director
23．A. group B. number
C. family D. class
24．A. taken up with B. made up of
C. added up to D. recognized as
25．A. introduced B. satisfied
C. seated D. dressed
26．A. bought B. sold
C. ordered D. got
27．A. Therefore B. However
C. Besides D. Though
28．A. often B. once
C. never D. little
29．A. set B. broke
C. cleaned D. shook
30．A. got B. caught
C. forgot D. lost
31．A. stood B. lay
C. kept D. stayed
32．A. manager B. guest
C. man D. woman
33．A. took over B. came to