1、 试卷类型：A 肇庆市中小学教学质量评估 20142015学年第二学期统一检测试题 高 二 英 语 本试卷共 8 页，满分 135 分考试用时 120 分钟. 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔，将自己所在县（市、区）、姓名、试室 号、座位号填写在答题卷上对应 位置，再用 2B 铅笔将准考证号涂黑。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卷上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动， 用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能写在试卷或草稿 纸上。 3. 非选择题 必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必 须写在答题卷各题目指定区域 内相应的位置上；如需改动，先划掉原
2、来的答案，然后再在答题区内写上新的答案； 不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 第一部分 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） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。 A A girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from an incurable d
3、isease with days numbered. The girl was assigned to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad. Their living conditions were not satisfactory while the old man had a lot of savings. She was expected to comfort him and keep up his spirits. Every Saturday the girl came on
4、time to keep him company, telling him stories. When he was having an intravenous drip (静脉滴注), she would help massage his arms. The doctor found the patient much improved mentally. The old man began to involve himself actively in the medical treatment and he seldom shouted at others. But something th
5、at happened made the doctor uneasy and puzzled. Each time the girl left, the old man would give her some money. The doctor did nothing to interfere, unwilling to offend the old man. A month later the old man showed evident signs of decline after suffering coma (昏迷) a few times. When rescued from the
6、 latest coma, the old man told the doctor his last wish, “I have deep sympathy for the girl. Will you be kind enough to help her finish her studies？” But the doctor knew that her family was well off and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. Sometimes she even came to the hospital in her father
7、s car. When the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man, the doctor told her the bad news. She was very sad and burst into tears. Then she handed $ 500 to the doctor, saying, “The old man had all along thought I came to do the job because of poverty. He gave me money so that I could
8、continue my schooling.”Now he got the answer to the puzzle. In the last period of his life, the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl badly in need. 1. If youre a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, what kind of people do you have to attend to? APatients with a lot of
9、money. BPatients suffering from cancer. CPatients without many days left. DPatients living alone. 2. What can we learn from the passage? AThe doctor told the old man the truth. BThe old mans children were wealthy. CThe girls father encouraged her to accept the money. DThe girl didnt accompany the ol
10、d man when he died. 3. What is the real reason resulting in the old mans mental improvement? AThe girls love and great care. BThe pleasure of helping people in need. CThe doctors medical treatment DHis childrens progress in life. B We know the famous ones-the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham
11、Bells -but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper (雨刮器 ) ? Shouldnt we know who they are? Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter t
12、hat shes developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who“ invented “what“ , however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why“ and “how“ questions. According to Mclean, “When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opp
13、ortunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try. “ Her students agree. One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLeans statement. “If I had not heard the story of the windshield wipers invention,“ said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major. “I neve
14、r would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rain storm into something so constructive.“ Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer. So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to N
15、ew York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldnt be a built-in device for cleaning the windo
16、w. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever (操作杆) on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper. Today we benefit from countless inventions and
17、 innovations. Its hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgans traffic light. Its equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgetts innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses? 4. By mentioning “traffic light“ and “windshi
18、eld wiper“, the author indicates that countless inventions are_. A. beneficial, because their inventors are famous B. beneficial, though their inventors are less famous C. not useful, because their inventors are less famous D. not useful, though their inventors are famous 5. Professor Joan McLeans c
19、ourse aims to _. A. add color and variety to students campus life B. inform students of the windshield wipers invention C. carry out the requirements by Mountain University D. prepare students to try their own invention 6. Tommy Lees invention of the unbreakable umbrella was . A. not eventually acce
20、pted by the umbrella producer来源:学+科+网 Z+X+X+K B. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper C. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm D. not related to Professor Joan McLeans lectures 7. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage? A. How to Help Students to Se
21、ll Their Inventions to Producers? B. How to Design a Built in Device for Cleaning the Window? C. Shouldnt We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper? D. Shouldnt We Develop Invention Courses in Universities? C Disease, poverty, hate, loveCharles Dickens stories opened his readers eyes to the most imp
22、ortant themes of his age. Two hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens legacy（遗产）was far greater than just “great-literature”. February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writers birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things D
23、ickens gave the modern world. Lets take a look at two of them. A White Christmas Dickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas” not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today. In the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentio
24、ning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Dayunthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off. Many people believe that Dickens popular
25、descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth“home enjoyments, affections and hopes”. In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackro
26、yd wrote: “Dickens can be said to have almost single- handedly cr eated the modern idea of Christmas.” “Dickens” poverty(贫穷) Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian London. He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe situations where p
27、eople in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy(官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society. “Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty. In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in
28、 the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “horrific”, but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”. 8. The article is mainly about_ A. a brief introduction to Charles Dickens B. Charles Dickens influence on the world C
29、. the characters in Charles Dickens stories D. Charles Dickens achievements in literature 9. Why is Dickens called “the man who invented Christmas”? A. Because he created both religious and culture festival. B. Because all his novels have something to do with Christmas. C. Because one of his novels
30、helped to shape Christmas celebrations. D. Because he was the first man to have proposed celebrating Christmas. 10. According to the article, the phrase “red tape” refers to _. A. rules or procedures that are required to accomplish a task B. a situation in which poor members of society are hurt. C.
31、conflict between people in power and weaker people D. pointlessly time-consuming official procedures 11. We can learn from the passage that_. A. Dickensian is widely used to describe the Christmas B. Charles Dickens novels reflect the true life at his age C. Every person can take three days off for
32、Christmas D. The theme of Charles Dickens stories is about poverty D Hybrid cars （混合动力车） are cars that run on petrol and electricity. They have a small standard petrol engine and a battery electric motor to provide electric power. There are some differences between different models o f hybrid cars,
33、but the general prin ciple is that the car runs on petrol, and the electric motor kicks in when additional power is required, for example, when going uphill or accelerating. In some hybrid cars the petrol engine turns its elf off when not needed, for example when the car has stopped at traffic light
34、, keeping only the electric engine running. Conventional cars have large engines to deal with driving uphill and accelerating. Hybrid cars have much smaller petrol engines, improved by electric motors when needed, so they use less petrol. Another way that fuel consumption is cut by a system of “rege
35、nerative (再生的) braking”. The electric motor is used to slow down the car, rather than conventional brakes. The energy produced by slowing the car is changed into electrical power, which is automatically stored in the battery. In effect, the battery recharges when you brake. In conventional cars the
36、energy produced when braking is wasted. In 1928 Ferdinand Porsche built an experimental hybrid car. The first mass-produced hybrid car, the Toyota Prius, came out in Japan at the end of 1997. However, hybrid cars became available in the USA only in 1999. As they use less fuel, hybrid cars are cheape
37、r to run. There are also many voices in place to encourage people to buy them. In some countries, hybrid car owners pay a lower rate of tax, and dont have to pay on certain roads. In some cities, hybrid cars are allowed to park for free. 12. Hybrid cars consume less energy than conventional cars bec
38、ause hybrid cars . A. have large engines to deal with accelerating B. have conventional brakes to slow down the car C. have electric power to assist when needed D. have no energy consumption when stopping 13. In regenerative braking, . A. energy wasted in conventional cars is stored in the battery B
39、. the conventional brakes are used to slow down the car C. the battery charges itself when the car is accelerating D. the petrol engine is usually turned off automatically 14. From the last paragraph we can learn that Hybrid cars . A. were first available in the USA B. will gain more popularity C. f
40、ree their owne rs from tax D. are free to park anywhere in the city 15. The main purpose of this text is to . A. show how hybrid cars slow down B. encourage people to buy hybrid cars C. inform people of a kind of energy-saving cars D. explain why hybrid cars use less energy 第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10
41、 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。 Using social media positively Social media is so common in our society that almost everyone is connected to some form of it, whether it is Twitter, Facebook or even Pinterest. We are in a fast-paced, technologically evolving society and we are addicted t
42、o social media. 16 So how does one ensure a positive online reputation? Its simple: Keep it clean. 17 Party photos with alcohol are an absolute no-no. Would you want to have your boss see these photos? Make sure to post contents that you feel positively reflect you, your creativity and your skills.
43、18 You have a private Twitter account so you can post anything you want? This is decidedly not the case. Privacy settings make it harder to see your full account, but its not impossible. Under no circumstance should you rely on privacy settings as a way to protect inappropriate contents. 19 Keep it
44、classy(优等的)! Discover your brand, or what you want people to think of you. Proper spelling and grammar is always a plus, but it may not be your brand. Think about what you want people to think of you and go with it. Follow these simple rules and youre on your way to building, or restoring an online
45、reputation. Using social media positively doesnt mean you cant have fun and use it to express yourself; however, you want to ensure that youre OK with anyone seeing everything you post. 20 Like it or not, your social networks reflect you- make sure you look like the shining star that you truly are.
46、A. Ensure youre professional. B. In fact, we long for social media. C. Social media is common now. D. Dont trust privacy settings. E. Be entirely sure about what youre posting. F. Once you click post, theres no looking back. G. Make sure your post is written personally. 第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 55 分） 第一节 完
47、形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A noted American psychologist once remarked that childhood is a magical period in ones life. Indeed it is, for during 21 one experiences a step-by-step transformation not only in 22 capacity, but also in phys
48、ical and verbal skills. Each step 23 an increase in the difficulty of a childs conceptual and learning abilities. During the 24 stages of childhood, from infancy(婴儿期) to about five, the child learns 25 skills including using the toilet, bathing and dressing himself 26 . At this stage, he also learns
49、 to be very observant, curious, imaginative and 27 . His ability to remember things also 28 at this stage. He remembers details that an adult may have difficulty in remembering. 29 , he learns elementary skills in problem-solving. At school, particular in 30 classes, the child is especially creative. 31 a piece of paper and some colored pencils, he draws a variety of
