杭州二中2015学年第二学期高一年级期中考英语试卷
本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共100分，考试时间90分钟。
第I卷 (共65分)
第一部分： 听力 (共两节，满分15分) 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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l0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. What does the man advise the woman to do?
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
听下面4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至7题。 6. Who is the man waiting for?
A. His girlfriend. A. At a concert.
B. His sister. B. At a cinema.
C. His wife.
C. At a railway station.
7. Where does this conversation most likely take place? 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. Why did the woman call the man?
A. To cancel a booking. A. In February.
B. To make a reservation.
C. To change her trip.
9. When is the woman likely to be free?
B. In March.
C. In half a year.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Why is the woman moving?
A. To save money.
B. To build a career.
C. To escape cold weather.
11. What happened to the clubs in San Francisco?
A. They were burned down.
B. They were pulled down. C. They were turned into
restaurants.
12. What is the woman’s dream?
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A. Collect her books. B. Throw out her books. C. Give away her books.
2. When does the woman want to go to the museum?
A. Right after breakfast. A. Incorrect.
B. After her mother leaves. C. Before she goes shopping.
C. Out-of-date.
C. Strengthen her memory. C. The woman’s hair.
3. What does the man actually think of Twitter?
B. Modern.
4. What is the woman trying to do?
A. Create a game. A. A photo.
B. Send an email.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
B. The man’s brother.
A. Becoming famous. B. Getting married. C. Attending performances.
听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。
13. What attracts most tourists to Mexico City?
第二部分：语言运用（共三节，满分30分）
第一节：词汇单选（共10个小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
16. Scientists have found that heavy drinking can cause _______ brain damage in teenagers, which
may never recover.
A. permanent B. addicted
C. obvious
D. diverse
17. State leaders joined the discussions with the country’s political advisors yesterday, calling for efforts to _______ the global financial crisis (危机).
A. try out for B. stick with
C. blow away
D. pull through
18. China can _______ a global role in improving public health by sharing some of its vaccines
(疫苗) with other developing countries.
A. take effect B. fix up
C. take on
D. pile up
19. Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said that more effort should be made to save land and _______ in order
to reduce consumption (消耗) and improve the efficiency (效益) of the economy.
A. conflicts B. resources
C. agencies
D. expenses
20. A man named Daredevil Nik Wallenda _______ his lifelong dream and became the first person
to walk across Niagara Falls on a high wire.
A. possessed
B. contributed
C. fulfilled
D. charged
21. Carrying a plastic shopping bag is quite normal in China, but in Rwanda it’s illegal. Such
an act will _______.
A. get along well with it C. get the hang of it
B. get you in hot water D. get you across the river
A. Delicious food. A. To do shopping.
B. Various activities. B. To kill time.
C. Colorful nightlife. C. To talk with people.
C. To introduce a
14. Why does the speaker mainly suggest walking around? 15. What is the purpose of this talk?
A. To inform students of the city. B. To encourage people to visit. different culture.
22. Could you please make a move? You’re throwing a _______ on my book so I can’t see the words clearly.
A. block
B. bond
C. title
D. shadow
23. Signs of “Bus Only, 7:00-9:00, 16:30-18:30” are painted in white to prevent vehicles from
using the bus _______ during rush hours every day.
A. lanes
B. pavement
C. system
D. station
24. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) once expressed concern over Rio’s ability to build
all the necessary _______ for the 2016 Summer Olympics in time.
A. appliances B. facilities
C. tools
D. devices
25. The director was facing a lot of doubts. In _______, he simply posted on weibo calling on
people to concern more about his movies.
第二节：完形填空（共15个小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
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A. practice B. response C. turn D. theory
阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A woman named Emily renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She __26__, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …” “__27__ I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”
“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation… ‘housewife’ __28__ it,” said the recorder. One day I found myself in the same __29__. The clerk was obviously a career woman, efficient, confident and possessed of a high sounding title like, “Official Interrogator” or “Town Registrar. ” “What is your occupation?” she asked.
Somehow, the words simply __30__. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen __31__ in midair, and looked up as though she had not heard right.
I repeated the __32__ slowly, then I stared __33__ as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in this field?” __34__, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I __35__ indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like __36__), but rewards are more of a satisfaction __37__ just money.”
There was an increasing __38__ of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (受鼓舞) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants-- ages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, __39__ a new vocal pattern.
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood…What a glorious career! __40__ when there’s a title on the door. 26. A. doubted 28. A. covers 29. A. office 30. A. mixed up 31. A. frozen 32. A. career 33. A. with anger
B. interrupted
B. lists B. way
C. hesitated C. In reality C. replaces
D. admired
27. A. Above all B. Of course
D. For example
D. means
C. lab D. situation
D. popped out
D. flying
D. question D. in curiosity D. Coolly
D. could say
B. faded away B. shaking B. title B. in despair
C. spread about C. field
C. dropped
C. with wonder C. Obviously C. one
34. A. Fortunately B. Excitedly 35. A. would have said 36. A. them 38. A. note 40. A. Certainly
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B. dare say
C. must have said
D. others
C. rather than
B. it B. sound
37. A. other than B. together with 39. A. accounting for
D. instead of
C. amount C. Usually
D. praise
D. playing jokes on
D. Especially
B. getting away with C. testing out
B. Unexpectedly
第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共11个小题；每小题2分，满分22分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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Etymology, the study of words and word roots, may sound like the kind of thing done by boring librarians in small, dusty rooms. Yet etymologists actually have a uniquely interesting job. They are in many ways just like archaeologists (考古学家) digging up the physical history of people and events. The special aspect of etymology is that it digs up history, so to speak, through the words and phrases that are left behind.
The English language, in particular, is a great field to explore history through words. As a language, English has an extraordinary number of words. This is partly due to its ability to adapt foreign words so readily. For example, “English” words such as kindergarten (from German),
croissant (from French), and cheetah (from Hindi) have become part of the language with little
or no change from their original sounds and spellings. So English-language etymologists have a vast world of words to explore.
Another enjoyable thing about etymology for most word experts is solving word mysteries (谜). No, etymologists do not go around solving murders, like the great detective Sherlock Holmes. What these word experts solve are mysterious origins of some of our most common words.
One of the biggest questions English language experts have pursued is how English came to have the phrase OK. Though it is one of the most commonly used expressions, its exact beginning is a puzzle even to this day. Even its spelling is not entirely consistent-- unless you spell it Okay, it is hard even to call it a word.
Etymologists have been able to narrow OK’s origin down to a likely, although not certain, source (来源). It became widely used around the time of Martin Van Buren’s run for president in 1840. His nickname was Old Kinderhook. What troubles word experts about this explanation is that the phrase appeared in some newspapers before Van Buren became well known. It is likely that Van Buren could be called its primary source. Etymologists will doubtlessly keep searching for the original source. However, it is clear that OK’s popularity and reputation have topped those of the American president to whom it has been most clearly linked.
41. The author mentions the words like “croissant” in Paragraph 2 to show _______.
A. words have changed a lot in the two languages B. what English-language etymologists are exploring now C. English has absorbed many words from other foreign languages
D. the English vocabulary is difficult to the non-English-speaking people A. looked upon B. dug up
C. put in
D. set down
42. The underlined word “pursued” in Paragraph 4 means _______. 43. We can learn from the passage that etymologists _______.
A. discover the possible origin of words B. help detectives to solve mysterious murders C. write interesting stories for some newspapers
D. explore the English language as well as the recent events 44. What most probably is the major purpose of the passage?
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A. To present the history of English words. B. To explain what an etymologist does for his job.
C. To introduce the pleasure of the study of words and word roots. D. To teach readers how to tell English words from non-English words. B
You might notice something new in the next few years as you watch Disney programs: Starting in 2015, there won’t be any candy, sugary cereal or fast-food commercials (广告) aimed at kids.
The Walt Disney Company has become the first major media company to ban ads for junk food on its TV channels, radio stations and websites. It hopes this will stop kids from making poor food choices. First Lady Michelle Obama called it a “game changer” that is sure to send a message to the rest of the children’s entertainment industry. “Just a few years ago, if you had told me or any other mom or dad in America that our kids wouldn’t see a single ad for junk food while they watched their favorite cartoons on a major TV network, we wouldn’t have believed you, ” said the First Lady, who heads a campaign to help stop child obesity (肥胖).
The ban would apply to Disney-owned ABC stations as well as Radio Disney and Disney-owned websites aimed at families with young children. In addition, Disney plans to make changes to its kids’ menus at theme parks and resorts (度假胜地). Fast-food options will be replaced with healthier choices, such as smoothies (果汁), apples, vegetables and yogurt.
In addition to candy bars and fast-food meals, other foods that don’t meet Disney’s nutritional standards will be banned from the company’s kid-targeted media. Any cereal with 10 grams or more of sugar per serving will be off the air. There will be no ads for full meals of more than 600 calories. Juices with high levels of sugar and foods with too much salt will also be pulled.
Leslie Goodman, Disney’s senior vice-president of Corporate Citizenship, said a company that wants to advertise will need to show that it offers a range of healthy options.
Disney isn’t the only one pushing away unhealthy foods. Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested a ban on drinks over 16 ounces sold in movie theaters, restaurants and convenience stores in the Big Apple. He says large, sugary drinks are partly to blame for obesity. 45. What will the Walt Disney Company do from 2015? C
One morning, I stepped out of bed and put my feet on the floor. Suddenly, a mean little man jumped out from under the bed and stabbed (刺，扎) an ice pick (碎冰锥) through my left foot.
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A. Produce more and better cartoons for young kids. B. Help kids develop healthy lifestyle in the program. C. Stop broadcasting advertisements for junk food on TV.
D. Provide healthier food for kids while they are watching programs. A. kids didn’t believe what the commercials said B. kids enjoy eating candy, sugary cereal or junk food C. kids find pleasure in watching fast-food commercials D. kids were to see a lot of fast-food commercials on TV A. watch fewer cartoons C. not go to movie theaters
B. drink less sugary drinks D. take more physical exercise
46. What Michelle Obama said suggests that while watching cartoons, _______.
47. According to Michael Bloomberg, to fight child obesity, kids should _______.
浙江省杭二中高一下册第二学期期中考试英语试卷[优选]
