浙江省金兰教育合作组织2014-2015学年度高二第一学期期中考试英语试题
金兰教育合作组织2014-2015学年度第一学期期中考高二英语试题
命题学校: 宁波二中 命题教师：张春霞 李维维
审题学校: 姜山中学 审题教师：秦碧虹
考试时间: 120分钟 试题满分: 150分
第 I 卷(共105分)
第一部分： 听力理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节
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. Why was the teacher punished?
A. He missed his class.
B. He was drunk in his class.
C. He broke into the headmaster’s office.
2. What would the man prefer to do?
A. Open the window. B. Close the window. C. Turn on the air conditioner.
3. What is troubling the man about history?
A. The exam will take a long time.
B. There are too many books to read.
C. There are too many papers to write.
4. What does the man think of the price?
A. It is too high. B. It is reasonable. C. It is quite low.
5. What does the man imply?
A. He never exercises. B. He exercises regularly. C. He enjoys every kind of exercise.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. Why did the woman rent a computer?
A. She doesn’t have one.
B. She couldn’t afford to buy a new one.
C. She wants to try it out first.
7. What is true about Rent-A-Center?
A. They only have electronics.
B. Things can be rented cheaply this month.
C. Everything is one dollar per day for a week.
听第7段对话，回答第8至10题。
8. When was the deadline for the expense reports?
A. Monday. B. Tuesday. C. Friday.
9. Why hasn’t the woman received the reports yet?
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A. The man forgot to send them out.
B. It was the woman’s own fault.
C. Because of a delay with the delivery.
10. When is the soonest that the man can send out the reports?
A. In 15 minutes. B. In 10 minutes. C. In 5 minutes.
听第8段对话，回答第11、12题。
11. How does the woman react to what the man said at first?
A. She is amused. B. She is excited. C. She doesn’t believe it.
12. What’s the good news for the speakers?
A. They can enjoy student discounts.
B. They have got good seats.
C. They can see the plays without paying anything.
听第9段对话，回答第13至16题。
13. What do we know about the woman’s parents?
A. They are trying to save their marriage.
B. They decided to have another baby.
C. They’ve had a happy marriage.
14. What is one of the decisions the man has made?
A. He gave up his job.
B. He will spend less time on his job.
C. He got a new job with better pay.
15. How does the woman react to the man’s news?
A. She is happy but unsure. B. She is not interested. C. She is disappointed.
16. Where does the woman probably study?
A. At a middle school. B. At a university. C. At a high school.
听第10段对话，回答第17至20题。
17. Why are you required to keep your underground ticket?
A. For returning money. B. For future travel. C. For collection at your destination.
18. How large is the area covered by a one-day travel card?
A. 560 square miles. B. 630 square miles. C. 650 square miles.
19. When can one buy a one-day travel card?
A. At 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday. B. At 6:00 a.m. on Saturday. C. At 9:00 a.m. on Monday.
20. Where are passengers allowed to smoke?
A. On the underground platform.
B. On the back of the last train.
C. On the back of the upper deck of buses.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
21. As a businessman he was successful, but as a husband he was _________ failure, so his marriage ended in ________ failure.
A. /; / B. /; a C. a; a D. a; /
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22. The death of Bin Laden is a great ____________ in the global fight against terrorism (恐怖主义).
A. progress B. achievement C. evidence D. responsibility
23. ________ you eat the correct kinds of foods ______ be able to stay healthy.
A. Only if; will you B. Only if; you will C. Unless; will you D. Unless; you will
24. ----What made the host and hostess so disappointed?
----________to attend the evening party.
A. Tom failed B. As Tom failed
C. Tom’s failing D. Because Tom failed
25. ---- Oh, my God, a sea of cars! How can you _____________ yours?
----A piece of cake! Mine is very different from any other car in color.
A. bring out B. pick out C. pick up D. bring up
26. The explorers were told to ___________ themselves with everything they would need for their voyage.
A. communicate B. decorate C. equip D. associate
27. They failed to pass the exam last time. I regretted___________ them.
A. to be not able to help B. not being able to help
C. being not able to help D. not to be able to help
28. It is a good idea to make a brief __________ of the main points of your speech to make yourself understood more easily by the audience.
A. comment B. expression C. gesture D. summary
29. So far we’ve made great progress. ____________, we are sure that the project will be completed in time.
A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Besides
30. Probably, one day you will _____________ the idea that medicine can make one come back to life.
A. convince B. convince of
C. be convinced D. be convinced of
31. _________ the city center, we saw a stone statue of about 10 meters in height.
A. Approaching B. Approached C. To approach D. Being approached
32. The brain performs a very important _____________, for it controls the nervous system of the body.
A. movement B. action C. function D. behavior
33. ________ they decide which college to go to, students should do research on the admission procedures (程序).
A. As B. While C. Until D. Once
34. All the scientific evidence _________ that the increasing use of chemicals in farming _______ damaging our health.
A. show; are B. shows; are C. shows; is D. show; is
35. ----Would she mind playing against her former teammates?
----______________ She is willing to play against any tough player.
A. I think so. B. I’m not surprised. C. Of course! D. Not likely!
第二节：完形填空 （共20小题; 每小题1分, 满分20分）
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36- 55各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和 D）中, 选出最
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