湖北省航天高中、安陸二中、黃香高中、應(yīng)城二中、孝昌二中2015-2016學年高二英語上學期期中聯(lián)考試題

1、20142015學年度上學期孝感市五校教學聯(lián)盟期中聯(lián)合考試高 二 英 語 試 卷注意事項：1答題前，考生務(wù)必將自己的班級、姓名、考號填寫在試題卷和答題卷指定的位置，并用2B鉛筆將考號填涂在答題卡上，從頂格開始由左至右涂寫，不空格。2選擇題的作答：每小題選出答案后，用統(tǒng)一提供的2B鉛筆把答題卡上對應(yīng)題目的答案標號涂黑。如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其它答案標號。答在試題卷、草稿紙上無效。3語法填空，短文改錯和短文寫作題的作答：用統(tǒng)一提供的簽字筆直接答在答題卡上對應(yīng)的答題區(qū)域內(nèi)。答在試題卷、草稿紙上無效。4考生必須保持答題卡的整潔?？荚嚱Y(jié)束后，請將本試題卷和答題卡一并上交。第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)

2、，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分） 聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置，聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題，每段對話僅讀一遍。1. Why doesnt the man open the door?A. He hasnt got the key. B. He has got a wrong key.C. The key doesnt work.2. What relation is the woman to Tom? A. His colleague. B. His

3、girlfriend. C. His manager.3. What are the speakers mainly doing? A. Having a party. B. Shopping. C. Cooking.4. What does the woman advise the man to do in the end? A. Wait for her in a park.B. Wait until she finishes a letter. C. Take a walk alone.5. What is the woman going to do? A. Go to a party.

4、 B. See a doctor. C. Look after her children. 第二節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分） 聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題。從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間，每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，回答第6至7題.6. What is the woman thinking about? A. The English class. B. The exams. C. The coming holiday

5、.7. What makes the man change his mind?A. He thinks hiking is tiring.B. He wants to be with the woman. C. He wants to keep away from the cold weather. 聽第7段材料，回答第8至10題。8. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Club members. B. Classmates. C. Workmates.9. Why didnt the woman receive the man

6、s e-mail? A. She changed her e-mail address. B. There was a computer problem. C. He sent it to someone else by mistake. 10. What did the woman do last Saturday? A. She attended a party. B. She went on a bike trip.C. She took part in a meeting.聽第8段材料，回答第11至13題.11. When does the conversation take plac

7、e? A. In the evening. B. In the morning. C. In the afternoon. 12. What did Peter think of poems?A. They are boring to read and hard to write. B. They are fun to read but difficult to write. C. They are fun to read and easy to write.13. What did the woman do when Peter was little? A. She asked him to

8、 recite poems. B. She taught him how to read poems. C. She read nursery rhymes to him.聽第9段材料，回答第14至16題.14. What does the man think of the Science Club? A. It is not enjoyable. B. It is attractive. C. It is funny.15. Why do so many students like joining the Drama Club? A. To perform another person. B

9、. To be outstanding on campus. C. To develop their talent in drama.16. What do we know about the man? A. He hates drama. B. He is a drama star. C. He is handsome. 聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題.17. Where do children play games after school? A. At home. B. On the street corner. C. At school18. What do old people

10、do after breakfast? A. Go to car races. B. Read newspapers. C. Watch TV at home.19. How do young people go on outings at the weekends? A. By bike. B. By train. C. By car.20. What does the speaker mainly talk about? A. Living in Australia. B. Australians live a busy life. C. Different ways of enjoyme

11、nt for Australians. 第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AMany tourists visiting the USA on vacation enjoy shopping for bargains. You can find many bargains in the US if you know where to shop and how to take advantage of the competitive sales.Depa

12、rtment stores offer good quality and high fashionMacys department stores offer a wide selection of merchandise(商品), including fashion clothing, luggage and jewelry. They normally offer good quality merchandise, well known brands and the latest fashions, but not low quality products at bargain prices

13、. They frequently have seasonal sales with attractive discounts. At such times, you can get high quality or fashion merchandise at bargain prices. General merchandise stores offer affordable qualitySears and JCPenny are two large national chains with stores across the US. They are similar to departm

14、ent stores but they do not offer high fashion merchandise or luxury(奢侈的) brands. Instead, they feature good quality merchandise at affordable prices. They are particularly known for their selection of children's clothing and domestic goods. Sears is famous for its selection of tools and garden p

15、roducts.Discount stores sell at low pricesDiscount stores sell some good quality merchandise at affordable prices and some lower quality merchandise at very low prices. If you are not looking for the latest fashions, famous brands, or the best quality, you can find some very inexpensive merchandise

16、at a discount store. Some national discount chains with stores across the US are K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Target and Caldor.Outlet stores are a bargain hunter's wonderlandOutlet stores or factory outlets sell high quality merchandise and well-known brands at discounted prices. They usually offer mercha

17、ndise with slight flaws(瑕疵) and remainders from the last season or the previous year. They do not have end-of-season sales like the department stores, as their merchandise is always discounted 20% to 40% below department store prices.21. If you want to buy a new dress that is fashionable, you should

18、 go to _.A. Sears B. Wal-Mart C. JCPenny D. Macys22. What is a feature of general merchandise stores?A. They normally offer the best quality merchandise.B. They offer well-known brands and the latest fashions.C. They offer goods at acceptable prices.D. They can offer a special discount.23. Which of

19、the following is NOT true about outlet stores?A. You can purchase goods with excellent quality and reasonable prices.B. They can offer goods from last year.C. You will get goods with serious quality problems.D. Their merchandise is always discounted below department store prices.BI was 16 when my fa

20、ther finally decided he would send me to wilderness camp for several months. He had threatened to do it many times before, but my mother had always managed to prevent him from doing so. This time he insisted on doing it.The latest incident was the last straw. Impulsively(沖動地), I had pushed Mr. Ford,

21、 my math teacher, down a flight of steps at school. He broke his arm in two places. Anyway, he had agreed not to accuse me as a favor to my dad, who was in the middle of a tight race for sheriff(執(zhí)法官) in our town. But my reckless behavior had my dads closest advisor talking.“John, hes your son and he

22、s a kid, but he is dragging you down,” I heard Jake Hutch tell my dad through his closed office door the night after I pushed Mr. Ford. “If you cant make your son obey the rules, how can you make the law obeyed in this town?”So, off to Pisgah National Forest I went. I imagined hours of untold abuse

23、at the hands of some strong sergeants(軍士). I was determined no to be broken. I was who I was.Nearly every day for six months, a small group of other troubled teens and I carried our 30-pound backpacks on a difficult journey covering about 10 miles. We hiked in a rough wilderness that seemed untouche

24、d by civilization.Our sergeants were firm but kind, not frightening as I had imagined. We learned how to make a fire without matches and create a shelter with branches and grass. We learned which plants were safe to eat out in the wild. I felt myself change. I was calm and often reflective. My old,

25、impulsive self was gone.One morning, six months later, my dad came to pick me up. I ran to hug him and saw relief and love in his eyes.“So whats it like being sheriff?” I asked on the ride home.“I lost the race, Danny,” he said.“Im sorry, Dad.” I knew my behavior probably had a lot to do with the de

26、feat.Dad squeezed my shoulder and brought me close. “As long as I dont ever lose you, Im okay.”24. The author was finally sent to wilderness because _.A. he could learn how to survive in the wildB. his teacher insisted on giving him a lessonC. he pushed his math teacher down the stairsD. his mother

27、feared that he would be accused25. The underlined word “reckless” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. selfishB. carelessC. rudeD. reasonable26. What can we learn about the author from the passage?A. He changed a lot after the camp.B. He was not satisfied with his life in the camp.C. He was still what

28、 he used to be after the camp.D. He made enemies with other troubled teens at the camp.27. How did the authors father feel at the end of the story?A. Grateful.B. Annoyed. C. DisappointedD. RelievedCYou may have experienced the annoyance of being fined because of parking illegally or finding your car

29、 towed away(拖走)after leaving it parked somewhere for a couple of minutesBut now a high-tech car sticker thats designed to be stuck to a cars windscreen could help motorists avoid such a situationThe TowStop sticker sends a text message to a driver when touched by a traffic policeman，to allow motoris

30、ts to send a reply and give them time to move their cars immediatelyFrankfurt-based IT consultant，Daniel Kalliontzis，came up with the idea and is raising money to put his 43 sticker into productionCar owners can put the sticker inside their cars windscreen，having set it up with key information，such

31、as their phone numberThe slim design will include a sensor(傳感器)that，when touched by a traffic policeman，will send a text message warning a driver of a possible fineThe driver could then type a reply for the policeman using a smartphone，which will appear on the stickers screenThe smart sticker system

32、 will rely on the good will of traffic policemen and in a way，a German lawThe law states：an officer has to choose the most efficient and inexpensive way for the car owner to remove the vehicleIt could be cheaper for the government to call the driver than to tow his carMail Online asked the Departmen

33、t of Transport whether the sticker could be used in the UK in a similar wayA spokesman said，“In England there is no legal duty to warn the motorist before issuing the ticketHowever，a policeman does have the discretion not to issue a ticket if he doesnt think the situation is that bad or he just want

34、s to issue a warning”So far，MrKalliontzis has raised just over2,362 of his39,381 goalIf he manages to raise the money，the stickers will be shipped in June 2015But it appears that car owners using the smart system could get some unnecessary warning messages，because anyone could touch the smart sticke

35、r28. The author wrote the third paragraph to _A. explain how a smart car sticker worksB. advise drivers to buy a car stickerC. show the importance of a sensorD. tell drivers how to park a car29. We may infer from the text that in Britain _A. car owners dont have to worry about a parking ticketB. sma

36、rt car stickers wouldnt work as well as in GermanyC. traffic policemen prefer to call a driver rather than tow his carD. the Department of Transport thinks highly of smart car stickers30.The underlined word “discretion” in Paragraph 5 can best be replaced by“_”A. trouble B. pressure C. freedom D. op

37、portunity31. What would be the best title for the text?A. Daniel Kalliontzis a great inventor B. Environment-friendly car stickersC. Parking systems in Europe D. End of the parking ticket?DWith the development of science and technology, new inventions, especially new electronic products, have made p

38、eoples lives easy and convenient. But as the saying puts: A coin has two sides.One day, I was walking in the park with a friend and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day andI became invisible, absent from the conversation.

39、0;  The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With email and in

40、stant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine. As almost every contact we can imagine between hum

41、an beings gets automated, the alienation(疏遠) index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.Pumping petrol at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe(刷)your credit

42、 card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a teller who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into ATM?Pretty soon you wont have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery shop. Some supermarket chains ar

43、e using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those check-out people who look at you and ask how you are doing.I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wisethey're a great help to us.

44、 It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.  More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up a call because I didn't really have time to talk. The communications industry devoted to

45、 helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier. So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging, with people who live near me，no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.32. Which of the following would be the best title

46、of the passage?    A. The Advance of Communications TechnologyB. The Consequences of Modern TechnologyC. The Process of Communications RevolutionD. The Automation of Modern Communications33. Paragraphs 5 to 7 are listed as examples, which show that the use of modern communications is

47、_.A. encouraging B. disappointing C. satisfying D. embarrassing34. The passage implies that _.A. modern technology is bridging the peopleB. modern technology is separating the peopleC. modern technology is developing too rapidlyD. modern technology is interrupting our lives35. What does the writer t

48、hink to do with the modern technology?A. We may use them no matter what others are doing.B. We can throw them away and return to the ancient.C. We can be far away from them forever.D. We can use them less and communicate with the people around us.第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項

49、中有兩項為多余選項。 Some animals can be trained to help humans. For example, specially trained dogs help blind people walk around the town safely. Some kinds of monkeys can be taught things too. 36 The monkeys pick up the phone when it rings, carry shopping bags and do housework.In the wild, animals and huma

50、ns are not usually friends. 37 In Africa, the honey- guide bird works with humans to find food. The bird likes to eat the grubs (幼蟲) a type of insect that lives inside a beehive (蜂巢). It knows how to find beehives but it cant open them and get the grubs. People like to eat honey, but they arent very

51、 good at finding beehives. 38 The bird flies to a beehive and people follow it. When the people open the beehive and take the honey, they give the grubs to the bird.In Laguna in the south of Brazil, fishermen and dolphins work as a team. The ocean isnt very clean, so the fishermen cant see the fish.

52、 39 When the dolphins find a large group of fish, they make a noise to tell the fishermen. Then the dolphins push the fish to the beach. The fishermen wait in the water near the beach and catch a lot of fish in their nets. The fishermens nets make it easier for the dolphins to catch fish too. In Lag

53、una, fishermen and dolphins have been working together for many years. 40 Meanwhile, the dolphins must be happy to help because they teach their babies how to work with the humans!A. They attack each other for food or something else.B. So the bird and the people help each other. C. They can learn ho

54、w to help people who cant use their arms or legs.D. In fact, they usually help to get enough food for their babies. E. The fishermen teach their children how to work with the dolphins.F. However, there are a few interesting examples where they can work together.G. However, dolphins can find them eas

55、ily by using sounds.第三部分 英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 One day a farmers donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried 41 for hours as the farmer tried to figure out 42 to do. Finally he decided the animal was 43 and the wel

56、l needed to be 44 up anyway, so it just wasnt 45 to save the donkey.He invited all his 46 to come over and help him. They all grabbed (握起) a shovel (鐵鏟) and began to shovel 47 into the well. At first, the donkey 48 what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyones 49 , he was quiet.A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked 50 the well and was 51 at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that 52 his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.