1、高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 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
2、目指定区域内相应的位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，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。AA girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from
3、 an incurable disease 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
4、girl came on 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
5、something that 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 rescu
6、ed from the 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
7、her fathers 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
8、 I could 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.高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 1. If youre a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, what kind of people do yo
9、u have to attend to?APatients with a lot of 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
10、 money. DThe girl didnt accompany the old 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.BWe know the famous ones-the Thom
11、as Edisons and the Alexander Graham 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, fee
12、ls so strongly about this matter that 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 ar
13、e better prepared to recognize opportunities 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
14、, a senior physics major. “I never 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
15、 idea in 1902 after a visit to New 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-
16、in device for cleaning the window. 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 benefi
17、t from countless inventions and 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 mentionin
18、g “traffic light“ and “windshield wiper“, the author indicates that countless inventions are_.A. beneficial, because their inventors are famousB. beneficial, though their inventors are less famousC. not useful, because their inventors are less famousD. not useful, though their inventors are famous5.
19、 Professor Joan McLeans course aims to _.A. add color and variety to students campus lifeB. inform students of the windshield wipers invention高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 C. carry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityD. prepare students to try their own invention6. Tommy Lees invention
20、 of the unbreakable umbrella was .A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producerB. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiperC. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstormD. not related to Professor Joan McLeans lectures7. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this pa
21、ssage?A. How to Help Students to Sell 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?CDisease, poverty, hate, loveCharles Dickens stories opened hi
22、s readers eyes to the most important 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 Al
23、ex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Lets take a look at two of them.A White ChristmasDickens 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, Christm
24、as was barely worth mentioning, 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 beli
25、eve that Dickens popular 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
26、 of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote: “Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created 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 describ
27、e situations where people 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 Teache
28、rs and Lecturers in 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 DickensB. Charles Dickens influenc
29、e on the worldC. the characters in Charles Dickens storiesD. Charles Dickens achievements in literature9. Why is Dickens called “the man who invented Christmas”?高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 A. Because he created both religious and culture festival.B. Because all his novels have something to
30、do with Christmas.C. Because one of his novels 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 taskB. a situation in
31、which poor members of society are hurt.C. conflict between people in power and weaker peopleD. pointlessly time-consuming official procedures11. We can learn from the passage that_. A. Dickensian is widely used to describe the ChristmasB. Charles Dickens novels reflect the true life at his ageC. Eve
32、ry person can take three days off for ChristmasD. The theme of Charles Dickens stories is about povertyDHybrid 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
33、different models of hybrid cars, but the general principle 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 itself off when not needed, for example when the c
34、ar has stopped at traffic light, 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 consumpti
35、on is cut by a system of “regenerative (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 br
36、ake. In conventional cars the 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
37、 fuel, hybrid cars are cheaper 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 energ
38、y than conventional cars because hybrid cars .A. have large engines to deal with acceleratingB. have conventional brakes to slow down the carC. have electric power to assist when neededD. have no energy consumption when stopping13. In regenerative braking, .A. energy wasted in conventional cars is s
39、tored in the batteryB. the conventional brakes are used to slow down the car C. the battery charges itself when the car is acceleratingD. the petrol engine is usually turned off automatically14. From the last paragraph we can learn that Hybrid cars .A. were first available in the USA B. will gain mo
40、re popularityC. free their owners from tax D. are free to park anywhere in the city15. The main purpose of this text is to .高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 A. show how hybrid cars slow down B. encourage people to buy hybrid carsC. inform people of a kind of energy-saving cars D. explain why hyb
41、rid cars use less energy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。Using social media positivelySocial 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, technol
42、ogically evolving society and we are addicted to 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
43、reflect you, your creativity and your skills.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 t
44、o protect inappropriate contents.19 Keep it 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 yo
45、ur way to building, or restoring an online 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
46、 like the shining star that you truly are.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 perso
47、nally.第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 55 分）第一节 完形填空（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 i
48、n 22 capacity, but also in physical 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 to be very observant, curious, imaginative and 27 . His ability to remember things also 28 at this 高考资源网（
