高三英语期中试题及答案.doc

2014-2015高二英语期中考试试题

Ⅱ．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分37.5分）
第一节 完型填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited 21 for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. After that, he became angry . When he saw a photograph booth（照相亭）nearby, he had 22 . He wore the most unhappy expression he could manage, which was not 23 in the situation. In a few moments, he was holding four small prints that 24 even him.
He wrote his wife’s name on the back of the photos and handed them to a 25 behind the desk in the booth. “If you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously 26 someone, would you please give her this?” he said. He then returned to his office in Morrison Building, 27 that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good 28 ! He sat down with a smile.
His wife 29 those pictures. She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married.
How are you with 30 ? One person calls it “wait training.” It seems that there is always something we are 31 . We wait on traffic and we wait in lines. We wait to hear about a new job. We wait to complete school. We wait for someone to change his or her mind.
Patience is an important quality of a happy and rewarding life. 32 ,some things are worth waiting for. Every day presents opportunities for wait training.
We can hate waiting, 33 it or even get good at it ! But one thing is 34 ——we cannot avoid it. How is your 35 coming along?
（ ）21．A．proudly B．respectfully C．patiently D．curiously
（ ）22．A．a question B．a reason C．an opinion D．an idea
）23．A．serious B．difficult C．regular D．convenient
（ ）24．A．hurt B．encouraged C．attracted D．shocked
（ ）25．A．clerk B．secretary C．passer-by D．friend
（ ）26．A．looking for B．working for C．sending for D．paying for
（ ）27．A．worried B．disappointed C．satisfied D．surprised
（ ）28．A．description B．preparation C．excuse D．lecture
（ ）29．A．tore B．saved C．developed D．destroyed
（ ）30．A．your wife B．your family C．patience D．determination
（ ）31．A．hoping for B．waiting for C．ready for D．fit for
（ ）32．A．For example B．After all C．Right now D．So far
（ ）33．A．accept B．control C．change D．improve
（ ）34．A．certain B．interesting C．precious D．easy
（ ）35．A．photo taking B．job hunting C．decision making D．wait training
第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填在答题卡上标号为36-45的相应位置。
Thirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese 36 (kill) right below their windows. She was 37 neighbor. Yet 38 of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police.
John Barley and Bib Fatane went beyond the headlines to research into the 39 why people didn’t act. They found that a person has to go through two steps 40 he can help. First he has to notice that it is 41 emergency（紧急情况）. Is the smoke coming into the room 42 a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “steam pipes”? Or is it really smoke from a fire? It’s not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and 43 important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally 44 (responsibility). He must feel that he must help, 45 the person won’t get the help he needs.

Ⅲ．阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
（A）
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I believe it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often irritate (激怒) their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in music and entertainers. This is not their motive. They feel isolated from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles annoy their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the loser; you cannot win but at least you keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents’ control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.
If you intend to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will offer you the authority to do what you want to do.
（ ）46．What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
A．The misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents.
B．The dominance of the parents over their children.
C．The teenagers’ criticism of their parents.
D．The teenagers’ ability to deal with crises
（ ）47．Why do teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles?
A．Because they have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste.
B．Because they want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own.
C．Because they have no other way to enjoy themselves better.
D．Because they want to make their parents angry.
（ ）48．Teenagers don’t want their parents to approve of whatever they do because
A．they have already been accepted into the adult world
B．they feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults
C．they are not likely to be superior to the adults
D．they have a desire to be self-independent
（ ）49．In order to improve parent-child relationships , teenagers are advised to be .
A．cooperative B．responsible C．obedient D．creative
（ ）50．The author is primarily talking to .
A．parents of teenagers B．teenagers
C．teachers of teenagers D．newspaper readers
（B）
Time and how we experience it have always confused us. Physicists have created fascinating theories, but their time is measured by a pendulum（摆脱）and is not psychological time, which leaps with little regard to the clock or calendar. As someone who understood the distinction observed, “When you sit with a pretty girl for two hours, it seems like a minute. but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like two hours.”
Psychologists have long noticed that larger units of time, such as months and years, fly on swifter wings as we age.
They also indicate that the more time is structured with schedules and appointments, the more quickly it seems to pass. For instance, a day at the office flies compared with a day at the beach. Since most of us spend fewer days at the beach and more at the office as we age, an increase in structured time could well be to blame for why time seems to speed up as we grow older.
Expectation and familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly. Almost all of us have had the experience of driving somewhere we’ve never been before. Surrounded by unfamiliar scenery, with no real notion of when we’ll arrive, we experience the trip as lasting a long time. But the return trip, although exactly as long, seems to take far less time. The novelty of the outward journey has become routine. Thus taking a different route on occasions can often help slow the clock.
When days become as identical as beads on s string, they blend together, and even months become a single day. To count his , try to find ways to interrupt the structure of your day－to stop time, so to speak.
Learning something new is another way to slow the passage of time. One of the reasons the days of our youth seen so full and long is that these are the days learning and discovery.
（ ）51．When people live an identical and routine life, time seems to .
A．stop B．slow down C．speed up D．be in a psychological sense
（ ）52．The quotation in the first paragraph is used to show .
A．the difference between physical time and psychological time
B．that time should not be measured by a clock.
C．that physical theory has nothing to do with the true sense of time.
D．that with little regard of a clock or calendar, psychological time is quite puzzling
（ ）53．Which of the following examples does not make time seem to pass more rapidly
A．A trip to a familiar place.
B．Office work with schedules and appointments.
C．Life of a businessman filled with appointments.
D．The learning of something difficult and interesting.
（ ）54．The word “novelty”(Line 4, Para.4) could be best replaced by .
A．excitement B．entertainment C．unfamiliarity D．amusement
（ ）55．What is the man idea of this passage?
A．It states the principles of time.
B．It explains why time flies and how to slow it down.
C．It describes various views about time.
D．It shows the different ideas of physicists and psychologists on time.
（C）
Americans are reputed to be friendly people. Their friendships, however, tend to be shorter and more casual than friendships among people from other cultures. It is not uncommon for Americans to have only one close friend during their lifetime, and consider other “friends” to be just social acquaintances. This attitude probably has something to do with American mobility and the fact that Americans dislike to be dependent on other people. They incline to “compartmentalize”（划分）friendships, having “friends at work”, “friends on the softball team.” “family friends ” and so forth.
Because the United States is a highly active society, full of movement and change, people always seem to be on the go. In this highly charged atmosphere, Americans can sometimes seem abrupt or impatient. They want to get to know you as quickly as possible and then move on to something else. Sometimes, early on, they will ask you questions that you may feel are very personal. No insult is intended; the questions usually grow out of their genuine interest or curiosity, and their impatience to get to the heart of the matter. And the same goes for you. If you don’t understand certain American behavior or you want to know more about them, do not hesitate to ask them questions about themselves. Americans are usually eager to explain all about their country or anything “American” in which you may be interested. So much so in fact that you may become weary of listening. It doesn’t matter because Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence during a conversation. They would rather talk about the weather or the latest sports scores, for instance, than deal with silence.
On the other hand, don’t expect Americans to be knowledgeable about international geography or world affairs, unless those subject directly involve the United Stated. Because the United States is geographically distant from many other nations, some Americans tend not to be aware of what goes on in other parts of the world.
（ ）56．According to the passage, Americans’ attitude towards friendship is .
A．unusual to have only one intimate friend
B．more informal than that in other countries
C．to regard all friends as only social acquaintances
D．to divide friends into several grades
（ ）57．The phrase “highly charged ” (Line2, Para.2) most probably means .
A．extremely expensive B．much cheerful
C．highly responsible D．full of mobility and change
（ ）58．What can we learn from the passage?
A．Americans know a lot about international affairs.
B．Friendships among Americans tend to be more formal.
C．Americans always seem to be on the move.
D．Americans like to cooperate with other people.
（ ）59．It can be inferred from the passage that .
A．Americans want to take part in all kinds of activities
B．curiosity is the major characteristic of Americans
C．Americans do not know how to deal with silence
D．Americans’ characters are influenced by their social and geographical
environments.
（ ）60．Why do Americans tend to ignore the rest of the world?
A．Because they are not interested in other countries.
B．Because their country doesn’t have many neighboring nations.
C．Because they are too proud of themselves.
D．Because they are too busy to learn about other countries.
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先，请阅读下列的应用文：
a．Needed: Full time secretary position available. Applicants should have at least 2 years experience and be able to type 60 words a minute. No computer skills required. Apply in person at United Business Ltd.. 17 Browning Street.
b．Are you looking for a part time job? We require 3 part time shop assistants to work during the
evening. No experience required. Applicants should be between 18 and 26. Call 366-76564
for more information.
c．Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computers? Would you
like a full time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us
a call at 457-896754
d．Teacher Needed: Tommy’s Kindergarten needs 2 teachers/trainers to help with classes from 9
a.m to 3 p.m. Applicants should have appropriate licenses. For more information visit Tommy’s Kindergarten in Leicester Square No.56.
e．Part Time work available: We are looking for retired adults who would like to work part time at the weekend. Responsibilities include answering the telephone and giving customers information. For more information contact us by calling 345-674132
f．University positions open: The University of Cumberland is looking for 4 teaching assistants to help with homework correction. Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Political Science, Religion, Economics or History. Please contact the University of Cumberland for more information.
请阅读以下职位申请者的信息，然后匹配申请者和他/她拟要申请的职位：
Jack Anderson. Jack graduated form the University of Trent with a degree in Economics two years ago. He would like an academic position.
Margaret Lillian. Margaret is 21 years old and would like a part time position to help her pay her university expenses She can only work in the evenings.
Alice Fingelhamm. Alice was trained as a secretary and has six years of experience. She is an excellent typist but does not know how to use a computer. She is looking for a full time position.
Peter Florian. Peter went to business school and studied computer a