1、1汇璟中学 20132014 学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试卷第一卷 选择题一.最佳选择1The young man acted strangely during the interview.He made a bad_on the employer.Aimpression Bexpression Cexperience Dopinion2He didnt believe it was true until he_her offer of a job.Aswept up Bsped up Cpicked up Dtook up3,_to train his daughter in Engli
2、sh，he put an ad like this in the paper “_，an English teacher for a ten-year-old girl”ADetermined ；Wanted BDetermined；WantingCDetermine；Wanted DDetermining ；Wanting4Although she has a lot of problems，she manages to remain _.Aoptimistic Bcautious Cconcerned Danxious5The girl，almost_ to death at the si
3、ght of the snake，shut her eyes and dared not have a second look at it.Afrightening Bwas frightenedCfrightened Dhaving frightened6What the doctor warned us is that the _ sleep may cause anger，poor memory and poor concentration.Awant in Bplenty of Clack in Dlack of7The children ran away_all directions
4、 the moment they caught sight of their teacher coming near.Ain Bto Cfrom Doff8 As we all know_life is hard for any of us. If we want to live_happy life，we must work harder.A/；/ B/；a Ca；/ Da；a9Those trucks，filled with all kinds of relief supplies，are_to the earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan.Aspeed
5、ing up Bkeeping up Cholding up Dsweeping up10As we all know，it is impolite to read others_letters without their permission.Aselfish Bpublished Cprivate Dpublic11.The audience_before TV sets are listening to Yi Zhongtians stories with their eyes_upon him.Aseating ；fixing Bseated；fixing Cseated；fixed
6、Dseating；fixed12Her parents quarreling with each other_is the main cause for leading to her familys breaking up.Astrictly Bconstantly Chardly Doccasionally13Talking of Project Hope is always_all of us of the big-eyed girl called Su Mingjuan.Arecalling Bremembering Creminding Dreferring14 The student
7、_in the games on the MP4 during class didnt notice his teacher behind him.Aabsorbing Bto absorb Cbe absorbed Dabsorbed15 The student_in the games on the MP4 during class didnt notice his teacher behind him.2Aabsorbing Bto absorb Cbe absorbed Dabsorbed.II.语言知识及应用(共两节，满分 45 分)第一节 完形填空(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，
8、满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 115 各题所给的 A、B 、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die.But people now live _1_ than they used to.Yet, all living things still show the _2_ of aging, which will eventually _3_ in death.Aging is not a disease, but as a
9、person passes maturity (成熟期), the cells of the body and the _4_they form do not function as well as they did in childhood and teenage years.The body provides less _5_ against disease and is more _6_ to have accidents.A number of related causes may _7_ to aging.Some cells of the body have a fairly lo
10、ng life, but they are not _8_ when they die.As a person _9_， the number of brain cells and muscle cells decreases.Other body cells die and are replaced by new cells.In an aging person the _10_ cells may not be as workable or as capable of growth as those of a young person.Another _11_ in aging may b
11、e changes within the cells _12_.Some of the protein chemicals in cells are known to change with age and become less elastic (有弹性的)This is why the skin of old people wrinkles (起皱) and hangs _13_.This is also the reason why old people_14_ in height.There may be other more important chemical changes in
12、 the cells.Some complex cell chemicals, such as DNA and RNA, store and pass on information that the cells need.Aging may affect this _15_and change the information-carrying molecules so that they do not transmit the information as well.1A.shorter Blonger Chappilier Dharder2A.function Beffect Caffect
13、 Dsign3A.lead Bgive Crun Dresult 4A.hands Bfeet Cheart Dorgans5A.energy Bprotection Cvigor Dpower6A.likely Bprobable Cpossible Dalike7A.attend Bcontribute Cadd Ddevote 8A.replaced Breborn Crecovered Dsurrendered9A.grows Bgets Cages Dtimes10A.old Bleft Cnew Dright11A.factor Beffect Creason Delement 1
14、2A.owe Bown C. themselves Dthem13A.loose Btight Csmooth Dwet14A.increase Bshrink Clengthen Ddecrease15A.improvement Bprocession Capproach Dprocess 阅读(共两节，满分 50 分)第一节 阅读理解(共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。AThe printed word is just about the most important way we have of commu
15、nication with one another.Look around you at the books in school, at the newspapers at home, at the posters on walls and the stamps you stick on envelopes before posting them.Consider, too, the importance of being able to understand the instructions printed on packages of food and medicine sold in s
16、hops.3In these and in many other ways, the printed word has become so important that it is difficult to imagine how life could go on without it.In everyday life there are hundreds of situations in which people need to communicate with one another, and the printed word is nearly always the best metho
17、d of communication where large numbers of people are involved.As you may know, communication intended to reach a large number of people is called mass communication.The main present-day forms of mass communication using the printed word are newspapers, ma-gazines and books.In the case of a modern na
18、tional newspaper, thousands of copies of each issue (期) may be printed and read in a single day.The best known forms of modern mass communication which do not use the printed word are television and radio.Television or radio broadcasts may also reach millions of people at a time.Printing is so impor
19、tant nowadays that it is difficult to imagine how people could manage without it.In fact, though, it was many centuries before man even had a language.Early cave men communicated with one another by sign language or by drawing on the walls of their caves.26We use the printed word mainly to _.Acommun
20、icate with each otherBread books and newspapersCstudy knowledgeDwrite articles27The printed word has become very important because _.Ait is almost the best method of communicationBit is difficult to imagine how life could go on without itCit is the best way for large numbers of people to communicate
21、 with each otherDthere are hundreds of situations in which two people need to talk with each other28The best known printed forms of mass communication are _.Aletters and advertisements Bnewspapers, magazines and booksCpackages of food and medicine Dtelevision and radio29The passage means to tell us
22、_.Ahow people communicate with each other Bhow people use the printed wordCthat mass communication is very important to us Dthat the printed word is very important to us30Which of the following statements is NOT true?AYou can understand the instructions on packages of food with the words printed on
23、them.BYou need to communicate with others in many situations every day.CA modern national newspaper may reach more people than TV or radio broadcasts at a time.DIt took human being many years to have a language.BWhat will man be like in the futurein 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only m
24、ake guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.Let us take an obvious example.Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today.Now, on average, men are about three inches taller.Five hundred years is a
25、 relatively short period of time, so we may 4assume that man will continue to grow taller.Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal.Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brains capacity.As time goes on, how-ever, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventu
26、ally we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular the forehead, which will grow larger.Nowadays our eyes are in constant use.In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses.But over a very long perio
27、d of time it is likely that mans eyes will grow stronger.On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs.These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker.At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.But what about hai
28、r? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer.In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may wel
29、l be true.All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us.He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.31The passage mainly tells us that _.Amans life will be different in the futureBfuture man will look quite different
30、 from usCman is growing taller and uglier as time passesDmans organs functions will be on the wane32What serves as the evidence that man is changing?AMan has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.BMans hair is getting thinner and thinner.CMans arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.DMan has b
31、een growing taller over the past 500 years.33The change in mans size of forehead is probably because _.Ahe makes use only 20% of the brains capacityBhis brain has grown larger over the past centuriesCthe other 80% of his brain will grow in due timeDhe will use his brain more and more as time goes on
32、34Which is TRUE about a human being in the future?AHe is hairless because hair is no longer useful.BHe has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.CHis fingers grow weaker because he doesnt have to make use of them.DHe thinks and feels in different ways.35It is implied that _.Ahuman beings will become
33、 less attractive in the futureBless use of a bodily organ may lead to its dege-nerationChuman beings hope for a change in the future lifeDfuture life is always predictableCWhatever our differences as human beings are, we all think were more like the rest of the animal world than we realize.It is sai
34、d that we share 40 percent of our genetic structure with the simple worm.But that fact has helped Sir John Sulston win the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine.Sir John is the founder of 5the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, which was set up in 1992 to get further understanding of the human genome (基因组 )To h
35、elp them do this, they turned to the worm.The nematode (线虫类的) worm is one of the earliest creatures on earth.It is less than one millimeter long, completely transparent (透明的) and spends its entire life digging holes through sand.But it still has lots to say about human life, and what can be done to
36、make it better.What the worm told Sir John and his colleagues was that each of the cells in the human body is programmed like a computer.They grow, develop and die according to a set of instructions that are coded in our genetic make-up.Many of the diseases that humans suffer from happen when these
37、instructions go wrong or are not obeyed.When the cell refuses to die but carries on growing instead, this leads to cancer.Heart attacks and diseases like AIDS cause more cell deaths than normal, increasing the damage they do to the body.Sir John was the first scientist to prove the existence of prog
38、rammed cell death.36Sir John Sulston got a Nobel Prize for Medicine because he has _.Afound that human beings are similar to the wormBgot the fact that we share 40 percent of our genetic structure with the simple wormCfound the computer which controls each of the cells in the human bodyDproved that
39、cell death is programmed37People might be seriously ill if the cells in their body _.Agrow without being instructed B die regularlyCfail to follow peoples instructions Ddevelop in the human body38The underlined word “they” refers to “_”Acell deaths Bdiseases Cinstructions Dcells39What is the subject
40、 discussed in the text?AThe theory of programmed cell deaths. BA great scientistSir John Sulston.CThe programmed human life. DThe genetic structure.40According to the text, which of the following statement is TRUE?ASir John Sulston won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.BSir John is the founder of t
41、he Sanger Institute in Oxford.CSir John found each of the cells in the human body is programmed like a computer.DSir John was the first scientist to prove there was programmed cell death.DIt was near dusk, Kim Cooper and her husband, Steve, were trucking through northern Kentucky transportation auto
42、 parts from Louisville to Detroit for a goods company.“Steve, wake up！” she shouted.“Theres a truck on fire！”Inside the burning truck, Ronnie Sanders, 38, was fighting for his life.Hed been running a heavy load of tractors and forklifts from Georgia to Indianapolis when a van in front of him stopped
43、 suddenly in traffic on the icy road.As Ronnie bore down, he could see children in the backseat.The trucks bulk would probably protect him from the worst of the impact, but the force of 23 tons would likely crush (压碎) everyone inside the van.“I figured instead of killing other people, Id just put th
44、e truck in the ditch.” At the bottom, rocks cut a fuel tank, which caught fire.A tree branch destroyed the windshield and knocked Ronnie unconscious.He 6came to life a couple of minutes later to find the cab in flames and his legs on fire.Steve dashed to Ronnie, who was hanging headfirst from the pa
45、ssenger door.Ronnie had used his pocket-knife to cut himself free from the drivers side seat beltonly to get his boot trapped in another one.Steve climbed into the burning cab to free him.He tried three times to pull Ronnie out before finally freeing him.But Ronnies legs were still burning, so Steve laid him on the ground, ripped off his own shirt, and beat the flames with it.Hed managed to drag him about 20 yards when one of the trucks 150 gallon fuel tanks exploded.Both Steve and Ronnie paid a price for risking t
