1、1漳浦三中 2015-2016 学年第一学期第二次调研考高二英语试卷本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：1答第 I 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷和答题卡相应位置上。2选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。3答第 II 卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效.第 I 卷（选择题，共 100 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内
2、容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B 、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位罝。听完每段对话后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a bookstore. B. In a classroom. C. In a library.2. At what time will the film beg
3、in?A. 7 ： 20. B. 7 ： 15. C. 7 ： 00.3- What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Their friend Jane. B. A weekend trip. C. A radio programme.4. What will the woman probably do?A. Catch a train. B. See the man off. C. Co shopping.5. Why did the woman apologize?A. She made a late delivery.B. She
4、 went to the wrong place.C. She couldnt take the cake back.第二节（共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。毎段对话后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、B 、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟;听完后,各小题给出 5 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6. Whose CD is broken?A. Kathys. B. Mums. C. Jacks.27. What does the boy pro
5、mise to do for the girl?A. Buy her a new CD. B. Do some cleaning. C. Give her 10 dollars.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What did the man think of the meal?A. Just so-so. B. Quite satisfactory. C. A bit disappointing.9. What was the 15% on the bill paid for?A. The food. B. The drinks. C. The service.听第 8 段材料,
6、回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why is the man at the shop?A. To order a camera for his wife. B. To have a camera repaired. C. To get a camera changed.11. What colour does the man want?A. Pink. B. Black. C. Orange12. What will the man do afterwards?A. Make a phone call. B. wait until further notice. C. Come again
7、 the next day.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?A. Go to a play. B. Stay at home. C. Visit Kingston.14. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto?A. Attend a party. B. Meet her aunt. C. See a car show.15. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave?A. To call up B
8、etty. B. To buy some DVDs. C. To pick up Daniel.16. What might be the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates. B. Fellow workers. C. Guide and tourist.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where does Thomas Manning work?A. In the Guinness Company. B. At a radio station. C. In a museum.18. Where did th
9、e idea of a book of records come from?A. A bird-shooting trip. B. A visit to Europe. C. A television talk show.19. When did Sir Hughs first book of records appear?A. In 1875. B. In 1950. C. In 1955.20. What are the two speakers going to talk about next?A. More records of unusual facts.B. The founder
10、 of the company.C. The oldest person in the world.3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中（A、B、C 和 D） ，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ALouvreNew changes have taken place in Paris in recent years. Paris used to be among Europes busiest cities. Traffic jams could be seen all the time.
11、 But now there is a new 2.5 kilometer-long car-free area inside the city. The Louvre(卢浮宫) attracts world tourists. People visit there not just for the art works, but also enjoy the roof of the building which is like a flying carpet. The worlds most beautiful city is now even more beautiful.Lijiang R
12、iver National Park, China.Lijiang River is in Guilin. It is well-known for its clear water, limestone(石灰岩洞) and green hills. The hills have beautiful names depending on different shapes, such as “Elephant Trunk”. These attract many Chinese poets and artists. The best way to enjoy Lijaing River is to
13、 take an 83 km boat trip from Guilin to Yangshuo in summer.Zurich, SwitzerlandWhat do you think Zurich is famous for? Great banks? Yes. People can find many Swiss banks and foreign banks here. But the city is of great interest to many people for another reason. Zurich hosts Europes largest street pa
14、rty each year. Its Street Parade has overtaken Londons Noting Hill Carnival. Whats hot in the city in 2014? In August, Zurich will host the European Athletic Championships. This gives tourists a chance to see the worlds top athletes making new records.Adelaide, AustraliaMany people may know Sydney o
15、r Melbourne. They are big cities in Australia. But Adelaide wins peoples hearts with great festivals and tasty food. Adelaide Fringe Festival is the largest art festival in Australia. Every February and March, people celebrate with outdoor art works, dance performances and live music. Adelaide has m
16、any kinds of foreign foods. British fish and chips, Italian pizza and German pork can be found in most restaurants.21.Tourists enjoy the art works as well as _of the Louvre.A. the busy street B. the shape of its roof C. the car-free area D. the flying carpet limestone caves 22. Compared with Londons
17、 Noting Hill Carnival, the Street Parade in Zurich is _.A. even worse B. exactly the same C. much better D. less popular 23. Betty is studying art at college. Shes travelling to some place to enjoy art work and taste foreign foods. She could go to_A. Adelaide B. Lijiang River National Park C. Zurich
18、 and Paris D. the Louvre 4BOne thing the tour books dont tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents(居民) are foxes. They ran away from the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home,.“The number and var
19、iety of wild animals in urban(城市的)areas is increasing,” says Corner Jones. A survey of the wildlife in New Yorks Central Park last year counted 14 species of mammals . A similar survey conducted in the 1890s counted only five species.Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. Foremost
20、is that air and water quality in many cities has improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. Meanwhile, rural areas have been built up, leaving many animals on the edges of suburbs. In addition, urban wildlife refuges (避难处) have been created. The Greater London Council last year spe
21、nt $750, 000 to buy land and build 10 permanent(永久性的) wildlife refuges in the city. As a result , many birds are now living in the city. By 1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because the DDT had made their eggs too thin to support life. That year, scientist Tom Cade of Cornell Unive
22、rsity began raising the birds for release in cities, for cities afforded abundant food.Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. The trick is to create habitats where they can be self-sufficient but still be seen and appreciated. Such habitats can even be functional. In San Franc
23、isco, the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones keep the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.24.What is the passage mainly about? AWildlife returning to large cities. BFoxes returning to London.CWild animals living in zoos
24、. DA survey of wildlife in New York.25:It can be inferred from the passage that _. ALondoners are putting more and more wild animals into their zoosBLondoners are happy to see wild animals return to their cityCLondoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countrysideDLondoners have welcomed
25、the wild birds, but found foxes a problem26.According to the passage, the number of species of wildlife in New Yorks park_. Ais slowly decreasing Bis the same as that in other citiesCis on the same level as before Dhas more than doubled in the last century27.Which of the following is NOT a reason th
26、at wildlife is returning to the cities? AFood is plentiful in the cities.BWildlife is appreciated in the cities.CWildlife refuges have been built in the cities.DAir and water quality has improved in the cities.5CMany people think computer games are only good for wasting time. Students who play compu
27、ter games are always thought to be bad students, spending all their time doing nothing meaningful . To parents , computer games mean low exam marks and a lot of money.But I think electronic games have the same value as courses we take in school. Theyre all man-made problems- waiting to be solved. Ab
28、ove all, theyre demanding and challenging.Different games may have different effects. If you play well, it could be some help in your studies.Take me as an example. I played a DOS-run game called “Great Era Of Navigation” for four years. Every time I played a different role in the game, enjoying the
29、 extremely realistic feeling of being a sailor, a lookout or a captain on a ship sailing to Europe, America ,or even ancient Asia in the 16th century.I can say theres no better game than that. The ship took me all around the world. It carried me to the top of two subjects- geography and economics.By
30、 leading the ship , I got to know famous sites, rare animals and architecture all over the world. Thanks to the game I know the map of the world very well. I have also investigated most important seaports in Europe and discovered new places in the world to use as ports.Whats more , while discovering
31、 the potential of the game, I also improved my courage and self-confidence.This is what a real gamer always does. They choose the best game and explore deeply all that a game can offer. They make the most of the chance to use their skills and knowledge.Also, real gamers are not alone. They get to kn
32、ow each other by competing and communicating their skills in the game.Besides the knowledge and friendship they gain , real gamers can get a little surprise if they write about their valuable experience to online magazines- they will be paid!In a real gamers opinion, playing games is a way to kill s
33、everal birds with one stone. Every game can be helpful in every aspect, whether its good or not to play games depends on how you deal with it.28.The passage is written to _.A. discuss the two sides of playing computer gamesB. argue for the benefits of playing computer gamesC. introduce ways to becom
34、e a real gamerD. explain how to play the game “Great Era Of Navigation”29.How did the author start his article?A. By raising a serious existing problemB. By stating his personal viewsC. By raising the opposite viewD. By giving examples to clarify his opinion30.In the authors opinion ,a real gamer ga
35、ins the following benefits EXCEPT_.A. earning money by writing about their experiencesB. making more and more friends with other playersC. applying their and knowledge in the gamesD. enjoying competing and being defeated31.The underlined phrase probably suggests that playing computer games_.A. is he
36、lpful in many ways at the same timeB. does great harm to the wild lifeC. is very costly and tiringD. can serve as a good way to rest 6DDid Americans really walk on the Moon over 30 years ago? The question sounds ridiculous ? Most people accept that US astronauts first walked on the moon aboard the A
37、pollo II mission on July 20, 1969. But those who dont believe this have created a lot of doubt.So the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will produce a mini-book to show that yes, indeed, Americans did land on the Moon.Those doubt the Apollo moon landings insist that the US lacked
38、technology the Moon at that time. They say that the US was so desperate(不顾一切的 )to win the space race against the former Soviet Union that it faked (伪装) the moon landing on movie sets.The doubters say the fake was done so badly there is obvious evidence that it didnt actually happen. The film shows a
39、stronauts planting the American flag on the Moon, It shows the flag rippling in the wind. Critics say that as there is no wind on the moon , the picture must have been faked. They also say that the film doesnt include stars in the night sky. And the first men to step on the Moon-astronauts Neil Arms
40、trong and Buzz Aldrin have never spoken about their lunar adventures.NASA explained that the astronauts struggled to plant the US flag on the surface of the Moon. They twisted it around a bit before it stuck and this created the ripples in the flag. The ripples would have disappeared within seconds
41、on Earth, where the atmosphere would have stooped them. But on the Moon, where there is no atmosphere, the rippling carried on , making it look like wind.The missing stars are easily explained. The pictures in question also show Earth, which looks very bright. It is so bright that it outshines the s
42、tars making them look invisible. As for Armstrong and Aldrin, they both have spoken about the mission.NASA says they do not hope to change every critics mind with the look, but they want it to be an educational aid for teachers to prove the critics wrong. An engineer will write the book and it will
43、answer the critics point by point.32.What is the main idea of the passage?A. Some people doubt whether Americans landed on the MoonB. NASA will publish a book on Americans Moon landing in 1969C. Critics had lots of questions about Apollos Moon landingsD. American landing on the Moon is nothing but a
44、 lie.33. Which of the following is NOT the evidence critics listed to argue that American astronauts hadnt really landed on the Moon?A. The flag rippled in the wind though there was no wind in space.B. American astronauts landing on the Moon never mentioned their experiencesC. From the film, no star
45、s could be seen in the night sky.D. The USA hasnt developed the technology to send humans to the Moon34. The underlined word “invisible” means_.A. much darker B. a bit mysterious C. Not to be seen D. Not to be visited35. The purpose of the book is to _.A. show why some people dont believe the Moon l
46、anding storyB. change the critics mindC. emphasize the Moon landing was trueD. provide some reference for educators7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。On the first day of my new high school, I almost had a nervous breakdown. Everything about the school seemed so diff
47、icult. When I got home, my parents said, “Youre nervous and thats okay. Everyone is afraid of high school.” 36 I wanted to be strong, so I refused to let anyone know about my fear, even my closest friends.On the first day I was late for every class and was constantly lost. 37 Was this how the whole
48、year was going to be? I didnt think I could rise to this challenge, especially carrying a huge backpack that I could hardly lift. It was so big that I could knock someone out with it! The schoolmates seemed to regard me as a fool, and they were probably right.38 With the exception of falling up and down the stairs a couple of times and getting laughed at, high school was turning out to be not so bad. It was actually much better than middle school and much more challenging.Since then
