雷山民中2015—2016学年度-高二第一学期半期考试英语卷.doc

雷山民中2015—2016学年度第一学期高二第二次月考试题
（英语试卷）
(满分:150分 考试时间: 2015年10月28日19:40-21:40)
第一部分： 英语知识运用（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30 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。
1. The Miao costumes（服饰） leave a deep _______on almost everyone _____comes to Leishan.
A. impression; which B. impressing; who C. impressive; that D. impression; who
2. Three students were accused ___ causing the accident on purpose and sentenced to three years in prison.
A. for B. with C. of D. as
3. Johnny was ____ interested in the game that he lost _____ sight of the time．
A. so; a B. such; / C. such; a D. so; /
4. Our school is _____with mountains and a river, so we like studying in such beautiful ______.
A. surrounding; surroundings B. surrounded; surrounding
C. surrounded; surroundings D. surrounding; surrounding
5. What a mess! Tom, I have told you over and over again not to leave everything _____.
A. in place B. in the place C. out of place D. out of the place
6. The road to Kaili was almost ____by the flood late this May, but __ our delight, it has come back to normal now.
A. destroying; on B. destroyed; to C. destroy; on D. destruction; to
7. Should children keep their parents _____of _____ they are any time of the day?
A. informed; where B. informing; where C. informed; what D. informing; when
8. was most important to her was her family.
A．It B．This C．What D．As
9. When ______English, we students shouldn’t ______ too much on our English teacher.
A. learn; concentrate B. learning; depend C. to learn; rely D. learned; fix
10. Never before______ a bigger flood in Leishan on May 27th this year.
A. we have seen B. had we seen C. have we seen D. we had seen
11. Only ______ solve this problem in our class.
A. can Tom B. Tom can C. in this way can Tom D. both B and C
12. No sooner had they arrived at home than it _______to rain.
A. begin B. begins C. began D. was beginning
13. Tom raised his hands _____ to say something, but he remained silent in the end.
A. even if B. as if C. so that D. now that
14. Down __________ and hurt his leg.
A. fell the boy B. fell he C. did he fall D. did the boy fell
15. _________, he knows a lot about space and satellite.
A. A child as he is B. As he is a child C. Child although he is D. Child though he is
16. ---Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?
---I don’t know, ___________.
A. nor don’t I care B. nor do I care C. I don’t care neither D. I don’t care also
17. —Shall I turn on the TV, Mom?
—No. You should be quiet _____ wake up your sleeping brother.
A.so not as to B. so as not to C. so as to not D. not so as to
18. His uncle was a soldier and was badly__________in the Civil war.
A. wounded B. hurt B. injured D. hurted
19. There are_________books in the bookstore to sell.
A. vary B. variety C. various D. varieties
20. ________ I have a word with you? It won’t take long.
A. Can B. Must C. Shall D. Should

第二部分： 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
It was Mother's Day morning last year and I was doing shopping at our local supermarket with my five­year­old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.
Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum, it's not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”
At the front of the supermarket, a charity(慈善) group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better，” he said. I was amazed that he'd come up with this sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it，” she replied. “I can't take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”
By now paramedics(急救人员) had arrived, and were attending to the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.
Instead I gave the flower to the woman's husband and told him, “My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”
At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother's Day to you.”
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

21．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Tenyson's idea of buying a flower gained his mother's support.
B．The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.
C．Tenyson's care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower seller.
D．The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson's gesture.
22．The underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph probably means “________”．
A．excited B．struck C．astonished D．frightened
23．What does the author intend to tell us?
A．One can never be too careful. B．A small act of kindness brings a great joy.
C．Love begins with a little smile. D．Actions speak louder than words.
24. What would be the best title for the passage?
A．An accidental injury B．Mother's Day
C．Flower power D．An embarrassing moment

B
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25. With help from a Mr H, you can________．
A．finish your homework on time B．remember your teachers' instructions
C．stop using batteries D．get your room tidied on your way home
26．A PENGO WATCH CONTROL can help you to ________．
A．repair your TV B．organize your homework
C．be a James Bond D．know what the weather is like
27．You can get your Mr H for________．
A．$499 B．$199 C．$299 D．$99
28．Where would you be most likely to find the two texts?
A．On a notice board. B．In a company brochure.
C．On a teenage website. D．In a college newspaper.

C
Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past．There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day. Most people read only the sports pages，the advice or the gossip columns，the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements．Most people don’t take the time to read the real news. Newspapers attempt to catch the reader’s interest with pictures and exciting headlines. These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper．The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. This is why editors always look for a good first page story and headline to make them stop and look．If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough or wild enough，perhaps they will go on to read the front page．However，they may just read the headlines，but that is all，then they turn to the sports page，or comics，or advertisements.
It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore. They say they get the news on the television now．More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper．What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper? Do you think it is easier to get the news from television? Or do you care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?
29．According to the passage，newspaper are                     ．
A．less popular today                   B．more popular today
C．as popular as before                     D．getting more and more popular
30．We can know from the passage that the newspaper editors think the important part of the newspaper is                 ．
A．the classified advertisements    B． the sports page
C．the headlines       D． the front page
31．According to the author，which of the following newspapers will most probably attract the reader’s attention?
A．The ones with classified ads on the front page．
B．The ones with sports news on the front page．
C．The ones with interesting pictures and exciting headlines on the front page．
D．The ones with gossip columns on the front page.

D
Dear Mr. Chen,
     Do you still remember me, a man from Holland? About one year ago, it was September 2013 while I was visiting your county—Congjiang, where I met you and a few of your students Tyler and Wuding.
     I happened to see your name on Linked In website. Welcome you to this portal of people from all over the world. How are you these days? Still working in the Congjiang No. 1 Middle School? Remember I was asking you for information about Tourist subjects in Guizhou province?    I did make some efforts in promotion activities for your province. But in the end, my principal was not enough convinced to invest in a Tourist campaign, because it is too difficult for traveling in small groups in rural areas in Guizhou province. Now we do have only the main destinations for Dutch(荷兰人的)tourists like the cities of Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Chengdu, Yunnan tourist trail and Hong Kong, but my interests are still in Miao and Dong villages in Guizhou province because of the traditional lives and the good natural scenery.
     So for this moment and by Linked In I do hope to hear more from you and if you like we can keep contact for future cooperation. Wish you good health and prosperity.
                             Cheers from Mr. Jos Neuteboom from Holland

32.    This email was probably written in ______.
A.    2012    B. 2013     C.2014    D. 2015
33.   Mr. Chen is a______.
A.    student    B. teacher     C. tourist    D. worker
34.   Why couldn’t Mr. Jos invest a Tourist campaign in rural areas because______.
A. He didn’t make some efforts in promotion activities
B. His principal was not enough convinced   
C. His interests are not in Miao and Dong villages  
D. It is too difficult for traveling in small groups in rural areas
35.  Who is from Holland according to this passage?
A. Mr. Chen    B. Tyler     C. Wuding    D. Mr. Jos Neuteboom

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。

Question: Why is it so hard for some people to apologize after they’ve done something wrong? I have made every effort to persuade my uncle to be nice to people that he knows he’s hurt. 36 How I wish things would be better if he’d just say he’s sorry and ask them to forgive him.
Answer: 37 It’s just easier for him to pretend nothing happened than to face the embarrassment (尴尬) of admitting he was wrong. You’ve probably done the same thing yourself at some time. In fact, most of us have. Furthermore, what if others won’t forgive him even if he apologizes?
38 Pride blinds us to our mistakes or faults. Or at least it makes us pay less attention to their seriousness.
Pride also makes us unwilling to admit to others that we were wrong. Perhaps we’re afraid they will look down on us if we admit it. 39
But others see through our pride. And things would be far better if we admitted our faults and asked for forgiveness. 40
Now you know why your uncle refuses to apologize, talk to him again. Help him to learn how to apologize and ask for forgiveness from others.

A. One reason your uncle finds it hard to apologize could be embarrassment.
B. We may even hope that they will overlook(忽略) it.
C. As a result, you would offend others and hurt their feelings.
D. There are a variety of reasons for your uncle’s refusal to apologize.
E. Otherwise our pride would only hurt us and cause conflict with others.
F. But he just refuses to do that.
G. But a deeper reason is pride.

第三部分 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。
People always say that if God closed a door in front of you, there must be a window opened for you. Yes, people always say that, but 41 is the window for me?
　　I am not disappointed, just a little worried 42 as my roommate said, “ Why are you angry with yourself once you 43 to do anything?” I have no idea. I just can’t 44 me if I can’t understand some easy things. Currently, I just feel__ 45 _with myself because I couldn’t finish the assignment on the lab, and what was even worse was 46 actually I did not understand what the 47 was! Fiona asked me why I didn’t 48 for help. The problem is that if I have to ask some silly questions, I will feel 49 .
　　Before I came here I was confident. But I have totally lost it. Sometimes I can’t__ 50 find the right words; sometimes I am too shy to 51 others. I have to admit that I am 52 .
　　The wisest people are always 53 who can take advantage of others’ wisdom. But I was so stupid as to close myself and 54 a lot of time soaking inside the workbook, 55 made me more confused. Why can’t I follow the sentence? I am 56 to get help the next time I have any questions. I can 57 I am not smart, but I shouldn’t hide it. I must 58 it as soon as possible. 59 I will have to waste much more time on it—just like tonight.
　 Difficulties always go with me. Go 60 ! I can make it.
41
A. where
B. what
C. which
D. why
42
A. but
B. and
C. or
D. while
43
A. want
B. decide
C. like
D. fail
44
A. believe
B. like
C. forgive
D. delight
45
A. satisfied
B. unsatisfied
C. happy
D. worried
46