江苏省南京师大附中2015-2016学年高二第一学期期中考试英语试题.doc

南京师大附中2015-2016学年度第1学期
高二年级期中考试英语试卷

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分59分）
第一节　单项选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
21. -- Why don't we save ourselves the trouble and use the stairs, Steven?
-- Come on! Man invented the lift so that we don’t have to act like cavemen.
-- Ok, Steven, if you ______ insist on being lazy.
A. can B. should C. shall D. must
22. ______ “killer robots” can help reduce battlefield deaths, they may also make countries more likely to go into battle, which will lead to more deaths.
A. Whether B. Where C. While D. What
23. Students living off campus ______ pay a little less for housing than students living in college dormitories, but their cost of transportation is higher.
A. in general B. in addition C. in demand D. in need
24. It is required that food makers remove trans fats from products, since trans fats are not widely ______ as safe.
A. adopted B. harvested C. recognized D. operated
25. Desertification, the name for ______ happens when land ______ can be used to grow crops turns into desert, is a growing world problem.
A. which; that B. what; how C. what; that D. how; which
26. The Three-Body Problem has quickly become the best-selling Asian work of literature on A, ______ that China also has a successful science fiction scene.
A. proving B. to prove C. to be proved D. will prove
27. As Alan Turing believed, a computer would deserve ______ intelligent if it could fool a human into believing that it was human.
A. called B. to be called
C. having been called D. calls
28. During the heated discussion, I ______ that blogs are better than books for their convenience, lower price, and larger range of writing.
A. picked out B. worked out C. ran out D. pointed out
29. The university is saving $300,000 per year by its energy ______ efforts, aimed to build a more energy-efficient university.
A. consumption B. conservation C. consideration D. correction
30. These measures include better administration of areas that are likely to turn into desert, and ______ people in how to use water without wasting it.
A. train B. to train C. training D. trained
31. -- Good day, Bell Electronics. This is Jane speaking. How may I help you today?
-- Oh… uh, I ______ Myers Icecream Company. Sorry about that.
A. looked for B. am looking for
C. was looking for D. have been looking for
32. ______ with what may be his most impossible mission yet, Hunt gets together his team and joins forces with Ilsa Faust, a female former British secret agent.
A. Facing B. Having faced C. Faced D. To face
33. He doesn’t own an NBA championship ring, ______ in the face with champagne(香槟) after the NBA finals.
A. he has neither been sprayed B. nor has he been sprayed
C. either has he been sprayed D. so he has been sprayed
34. Considering the fact that the relationship between neighbors in rural area is closer than ______ in cities, I prefer to live in the countryside.
A. that B. the one C. those D. them
35. In Alice Munro’s novel, Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, ______, decides to flee.
A. her unhappiness built into desperation
B. her unhappiness has built into desperation
C. her unhappiness building into desperation
D. her unhappiness builds into desperation
第二节　完型填空 (共20小题；每题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D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。
With their visas in hand and their bags packed, students may feel prepared for their study abroad experiences. __36__ once they set foot in foreign lands, some students realize that they don’t have the skills to communicate their thoughts and feelings in their __37__ culture.
Guo Yichen, a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, observed a(an) __38__ of poor communication during her time abroad.
When Guo first got to the US, she stayed in the house of a 63-year-old lady, with another Chinese girl. Guo and her housemate were __39__ to take turns tidying up the bathroom. But the housemate never __40__, because she didn’t know how. Her mother had always cleaned the bathroom for her back home. And when the landlord asked about it, the housemate __41__ replied, “I never needed to do housework back home, and I won’t do it here __42__.”
“I was shocked by how __43__ her answer was,” said Guo. “She could have explained it in a better way.” It was __44__ surprise that the girl was asked to move out almost immediately.
In fact, “difficulty in __45__” is among the three major psychological problems that ZMN Education, an agency on overseas education, __46__ among Chinese students studying abroad, the other two being “fear of class discussion” and “fear of homework based on critical thinking”.
A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, once told the agency that many of his Chinese students only came to see him when they got __47__ scores. They should have talked to him after each class to get a better grade __48__, he said.
According to the agency, studying abroad itself may trigger(引发) certain mental problems because it is a “__49__ and stressful shift to new environments and __50__”. It has been found that students are 23 times more likely to __51__ a mental health condition than business travelers headed abroad.
And during this period of major life transitions(过渡), __52__ better communication skills is particularly vital. It helps you get assistance and solve problems.
Students need to understand the value of empathy – the effective awareness of the emotions of others–as well as __53__ themselves clearly, especially in cross-cultural communications. It would be better if students participate in a(an) __54__ abroad program during vacations before trying year-long overseas study. That way, they could have __55__ coping with a strange world independently.

36. A. And B. Therefore C. But D. Otherwise
37. A. unique B. host C. national D. superb
38. A. conflict B. trial C. debate D. case
39. A. appreciated B. represented C. fueled D. supposed
40. A. bought her story B. did her part
C. kept her word D. followed her heart
41. A. actually B. eventually C. pleasantly D. simply
42. A. either B. rather C. too D. neither
43. A. sensitive B. serious C. straightforward D. stubborn
44. A. great B. no C. major D. exact
45. A. communication B. explanation C. opposition D. indication
46. A. impressed B. ignored C. identified D. inspired
47. A. unfortunate B. unsatisfactory C. unwelcome D. unequal
48. A. in the first place B. in other words C. in this case D. in the end
49. A. similar B. superb C. sudden D. sensitive
50. A. influences B. routines C. manners D. policies
51. A. result from B. benefit from C. suffer from D. flee from
52. A. tolerating B. simplifying C. requesting D. developing
53. A. expressing B. blaming C. committing D. advancing
54. A. affordable B. long-distance C. short-term D. trustworthy
55. A. difficulty B. experience C. leadership D. survival
第三节：阅读理解 (共16小题；每小题1.5分，满分24分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
When it comes to romance, no one does it better than the French. This is believed to be true of their movies, too. Unlike the Hollywood blockbusters(大片) you may be used to, French films are “usually a more artistic statement about being in the world”, noted The Guardian.
From Oct 8 to Oct 29, in cooperation with the French embassy(大使馆) in China, the China Film Archive and China National Film Museum are presenting classic and critically acclaimed(备受赞誉的) French movies, including Le Havre (2011), Mia et le Migou (2008), and Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902).
Sha Dan, curator(策展人) of the China Film Archive, explained to the media what to expect from the film series, and revealed how first-time viewers can best appreciate French movies.
Q: Why should I watch French movies?
A: French films have a lot of virtues. For one thing, they use dialogue and plot, instead of visual effects, to drive the story. For another, they stress diversity(多元). While Hollywood movies are often about universal values, French movies have French culture or regional cultures deeply rooted in them. You have to understand them in their cultural context. That’s what sometimes makes French movies difficult to understand.
Q: How can a Chinese audience appreciate French movies?
A: You need to get used to their way of filming. When shooting two people talking to each other, the traditional way is to film each person face-forward as they take turns speaking. However, French movies are filmed in more experimental ways, like switching from a close shot to a long shot.
Also, you should search for background information. The movie’s title and its director can reflect its ideas and storyline. For example, Les Enfants du Paradis (1945), also known as Children of Paradise, tells the story of beautiful Garance and the four men who love her in their own ways. Garance meets these men in a theater, and the “Paradis” in the movie title is an informal French name for a theater’s gallery.

56. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?
A. To recommend some classic French movies.
B. To help readers to better appreciate French movies.
C. To compare French movies with Hollywood blockbusters.
D. To describe the development and features of French movies in great detail.
57. Which of the following is a characteristic of French movies?
A. They are often about universal values.
B. They usually have really good visual effects.
C. They attach a lot of importance to French culture and French regional cultures.
D. They are sometimes hard to understand because of their complex plots.
58. Which of the following is TRUE about French movies according to the text?
A. They are mostly romances and are usually artistic.
B. They often involve more close shots than long shots.
C. They prefer to use the traditional way of shooting two people talking to each other.
D. Their titles and directors can help viewers learn background information.
B
Many of us remember being in awe(敬畏) when we saw cloned dinosaurs running wild in the film Jurassic Park. And the idea of using technology to revive(恢复) extinct species has long fascinated not only writers and directors, but scientists as well.
According to The Telegraph, woolly mammoths(长毛猛犸象), which featured in the popular Ice Age animated movie series, “may walk the earth once more” now that scientists have taken another step toward realizing a long-held dream—recreating their DNA.
Mammoths became extinct around 10,000 years ago. However, since the discovery of near-perfect preserved remains in Arctic permafrost(北极冻土带) in May 2013, a variety of research studies have been carried out since.
Geneticists from Harvard University analyzed DNA from the remains, looking for genes which separated mammoths from elephants, such as hairiness and ear size. They then used the results to reproduce exact copies of 14 mammoth genes. “It is the first time that mammoth genes have been alive—although so far it has only been done in the lab,” George Church, lead researcher of the project, told the Sunday Times.
Church then used a new technique which allows scientists to edit DNA carefully, replacing sections of elephant DNA with the mammoth genes. So “we now have functioning elephant cells with mammoth DNA in them,” he said.
However, Church ruled out the possibility of bringing the mammoths back to life via cloning from frozen remains. He said he “preferred to focus on rebuilding the full mammoth genome(基因组) by analyzing DNA from preserved remains and putting it into the cells of its closest living relative – the Asian elephant,” reported The Telegraph.
Church argued that the return of the woolly mammoth—or rather, the return of something very similar—could help bring back fragile(脆弱的) ecosystems. However, some scientists believe that bringing back the mammoth would be unethical.
Professor Alex Greenwood, an expert on ancient DNA, said: “We may face the extinction of African and Asian elephants. Why bring back another elephant from extinction when we cannot even keep the ones that are not extinct around?” he told the Sunday Times. “What is the message? We can be as irresponsible with the environment as we want. Then we’ll just clone things back?”
“Money would be better spent focusing on conserving what we do have than spending it on an animal that has been extinct for thousands of years,” he said.

59. We can learn from the article that ______.
A. cloned mammoths followed cloned dinosaurs to get revived
B. the technology to revive mammoth genes is already mature
C. George Church and his colleagues tried to reproduce mammoth DNA
D. Church and his team managed to list all the genes that separate mammoths from elephants
60. According to Church, what is the significance of his study?
A. It could help prevent the extinction of the Asian elephant.
B. It could help people better tell elephant DNA from mammoth genes.
C. It could help bring back some extinct species and save fragile ecosystems.
D. It could help bring mammoths back to life via cloning from frozen remains.
61. The underlined word “unethical” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. unacceptable B. misled C. impractical D. illegal
62. According to the article, Professor Alex Greenwood believes that _______.
A. there is no need to worry about the extinction of African and Asian elephants at present
B. it’s necessary to bring back species that are beneficial to human beings from extinction
C. the return of the woolly mammoth would help to balance ecosystems
D. it’s more important to protect present species than to bring back extinct ones
C
Each year, 500 million people from 164 countries celebrate World Environment Day on 5 June. It may seem like there is not much that an individual can do to save the world, but there is. One of the first steps is to understand the problems and their solutions.
Try to learn about your ecosystem, endangered animals and pollution. If you are well-informed, you can make better decisions about how to save energy and produce less waste. You can also learn how to be a better consumer and not buy products made from endangered animals or which have too much packaging. Also share your concerns with others and find ways to promote environmental education. Help educate people in your community about ways in which they can help protect the environment. The Earth is our only home. We should take good care of it.
Recycle
Make a list of all the things you can recycle at home and at school and start recycling. In some cases, you can sell the things you recycle. In others, you can turn unwanted items into something useful for another purpose, such as using old plastic bottles for growing plants. Most bottles and jars contain at least 25