1、 福建省晋江市季延中学 2014-2015 学年高二年下学期期中考试英语试卷（考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分 ）第一卷（选择题，共 115 分）第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30 分) 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置。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 the conversation take place?A. In a hotel. B. On a bus. CO
2、n the phone.2 What does the man mean?AThe new shirt doesnt fit himBThe man forgets to wear his new shirtCHe has no chance to wear his new shirt3 Where does the woman watch the film at last?AIn the cinema. BAt home CIn the video-room.4 What class did Paul have this morning?A. Chemistry. B. Mathematic
3、s. CHistory. 5 What are the two speakers talking about?A. The weather. B. Their friend, Tom. C. A fine boat. 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6-7 题.6 Whats the re
4、lationship between the speakers?AStudent and teacher. BWife and husband CFriends.7 What can we know from the passage?ASome were Chinese songs and some were foreign songs. BAll the songs were foreign songsCAll the songs were Chinese songs听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8 What was the womans position at Boston B
5、ank?A. A junior secretary. B. A manager. CA clerical assistant. 9 When will the interview take place?AThursday afternoon at 4：00 BNext Thursday afternoon at 4：00CNext Tuesday afternoon at 4：00听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10 Why does the woman call the man?AShe wants to go shopping with himBShe warts to bu
6、y some books by DickensCShe wants to borrow some books from him11 What can we learn from the passage?AThe woman changes her mindBThe womans number has changedC. The woman is speaking to Mike12 Whats the womans new telephone number?A68733558 B6201649 C68735358听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13 What do the two
7、 people talk about?AThe woman found her house was broken intoBThe man found his house was broken intoCThe man locked himself out14 Whats the relationship between the two people?A，Wife and husband. BStudent and teacher. C Policeman and victim15 What can we learn from the passage?AThe downstairs windo
8、ws are always locked BAll the windows are lockedCThe upstairs windows are not locked16 What will happen next?AThe policeman has found out the caseBThe policeman will go on looking into the caseCThe policeman left听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17 Where does it probably take place?AIn the airport. B. On the
9、ship. C. On the plane. 18 What should you do if you are staying in San Luisa?AExit through the CustomsBDont leave the waiting-roomCCheck the information board19 Whats the name of the Airlines?A Polo BSanta. CCarib. 20. Who is the speaker?ASomeone at the airport BThe captain of the plane C A traveler
10、 on the plane第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节：单项填空（共 l5 小题；每小题 l 分，满分 l5 分）从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑21. It isnt very nice if someone is yelling in public . A. Sorry, Im not with you. B. Im afraid not. C. I couldnt agree more D. I have no idea.22.-Why didnt you attend Joys birthday party
11、yesterday?-The birthday party? But I wasnt _ of it, or I would have attended it.A.accused B.informed C. warned D. charged23. Can you think of the situations_ people obviously know the traffic rules but dont obey them?A. where B. as C. why D. which24. At that time, a woman had to work twice as hard a
12、s a man if she wished to _ in her career.A. get across B. get off C. get over D. get ahead25.-Ring me at 5 am? No, better not so early! I _.-I got it.A. will sleep B. will be sleeping C. am sleeping D. sleep26. He took pity on the people in the flooded-areas and _ his clothes and quilts to them.A. s
13、ent out B. gave out C. gave away D. threw away 27. The survey shows that proper amounts of exercise , if _ regularly, can improve our health.A. being carried out B. carrying out C. to carry out D. carried out28. -Why did you get so angry with Tom then?-I _ for what seemed for ages before he finally
14、turned up. A. have waited B. had been waiting C. had been waited D. have been waiting29. - Whats reported in the news?- The earthquake yesterday is said _ more than 5 hundred people.A. to kill B. that it is C. that it has killed D. to have killed30. _ made the school proud was _ more than 80% of the
15、 students had been admitted to key universities.A. What, because B.That, what C. What, that D. That, because31. Jack Ma is ambitious about his firms future, _ that Alibabas achievements will one day top Walmat .A. says B. saying C. said D. to say32. He put forward his suggestion at the meeting that
16、every means _ to save the crops before the storm came.A. should try B. was tried C. . should be tried D. tried33. It is suggested that medicine should not be kept where it is _ to children.A. accessible B. acceptable C. separable D. flexible34. The farmers living conditions have improved _ ever sinc
17、e the policy of supporting agriculture was introduced.A.differently B. roughly C. approximately D. significantly35. By 2030 the climate of the world _ much warmer.A. will be becoming B. has become C. will have become D. is becoming第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 15 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 3655 各题所给的四个选项（A、B
18、、C 和 D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In _36 a job or advancing in one, the a
19、bility to read and comprehend 37 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 38 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 39 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 40 in the actual stuff of language itself words. Taken in
20、dividually, words have 41 meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 42 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing（退回） to 43 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over
21、 44 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 45 down the speed of reading is vocalization sounding each word either orally or mentally as 46 reads.To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 47 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the p
22、age at a predetermined（预先确定的） speedThe bar is set at a slightly faster rate 48 the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The device (设施） forces the reader to read fast, 49 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization（默读）practically impossible. At first 50_ is sacrificed for sp
23、eedBut when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 51 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 52 reading skill drastically improved after some training. _53 Charlce Au, a business manager, for example, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a m
24、inute 54 the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 55 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.36 Aapplying B getting Coffering Ddoing37 Aroughly B easily Cquickly Ddecidedly38 Agood B curious Curgent DPoor39 Ahabits B training Csituation
25、s Dcustom40 Acombines B lies Ctouches Dinvolves41 Asome B a lot Cdull Dlittle 42 AUnfortunately BIn fact CLogically DFortunately43 Areuse B rewrite Creread Drecite44 Awhich B what Cthat Dif45Ascales B cuts Cmeasures Dslows46Aone B some one Che Dreader47Aamplifier B actor Caccelerator Dobserver48Atha
26、n B as Cbeyond Dthen49Aenabling B leading Cindicating Dmaking 50Acomprehension B meaning Cgist Dregression51Anor B but Cor Dfor52Aour B your Csuch a Dtheir 53ATake B Look at CMake DConsider54Afor B in Cbefore DAfter55Amaster B get through Cpresent Dgo over第三部分 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
27、所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。( A ) Its 2035. You have a job, a family and youre about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life. Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror, “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronic are rearranged in
28、your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. Youre not even middle-aged. As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your brea
29、kfast cereal into a bowl, you hear: “To lose weight, you shouldnt eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appear on the c
30、ounter as kitchen checks its food supplies. “Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter.” In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space. and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Handing you
31、r children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical devices, vaccination shots are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door. Its time for you to go t
32、o work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pag
33、es, you watch the news as video films rather than read it. 56. What changes the color of your shirt? A. The mirror. B. The counter. C. The shirt itself. D. The medicine. 57. How do the shoes know that you shouldnt eat the breakfast cereal? A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl. B. By checking the
34、nutrition details of the food.C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen. D. By listening to the doctors advice. 58. The strawberries the children eat serve as _. A. vaccines . B. lunch C. breakfast D. nutrition 59. How is the text organized? A. In order of importance. B. In order of frequency.
35、C. In order of preference. D. In order of time( B )Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions (使命) often work very long days.Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the days work.This type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the International Space Stat
36、ion (ISS)ISS crew members usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year.They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible.Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework.They can communicate with family a
37、nd friends by email， Internet phone and through private video conferences.While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit，there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy.Before a mission，the family and friends of each ISS crew member put together a collection of family
38、 photos, messages，videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the Earth.During their mission，the crew also receives care packages with CDs，books，magazines，photos and letters.And as from early 2010，the Internet became available on the ISS，
39、giving astronauts the chance to do some “Web surfing(冲浪)” in their personal time.Besides relaxing with these more common entertainments, astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space.Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out of the window
40、and stare at the universe and the Earth.Both the shuttle and the ISS circle the planet several times each day，and every moment offers a new view of the Earths vast land mass and oceans.60 What does the word “mimic” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?AFind. BChange. CCopy DLose.61 Which of the following be
41、st describes the families of the astronauts on the ISS?AThey are worried and upset. BThey are caring and thoughtful. C They are impatient and annoyed. DThey are excited and curious.62 In the last paragraph，the author shows that astronauts _.Alove to see the Earth from space Bregard space life as com
42、monC find living in space a bit boring and tiring Dget more pleasure in space than on the Earth 63 The passage mainly discusses how astronauts _.Awork for longer missions in space Bconnect with people on the EarthC spend their free time in space Dobserve the Earth from space ( C )Take Action for a B
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