衡陽市八中2014年下期期中考試試卷
高 二 英 語
本試卷由試題卷和答題卷兩部分組成。試題卷分四個(gè)部分，共7 頁(yè)。時(shí)量120分鐘，滿分100分。所有試題均須在答題卷上作答。
第一部分：聽力（共二節(jié)，滿分20分）
第一節(jié) 聽力理解
每段播放兩遍。各段后有幾個(gè)小題，各段播放前每小題有5秒鐘的閱題時(shí)間。請(qǐng)根據(jù)各段播放內(nèi)容及相關(guān)小題，在5秒鐘內(nèi)從題中所給的A、B、 C項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卷上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Conversation 1
1. How much will the man pay when he checks out?
A. 90 dollars. B. 30 dollars. C. 13 dollars.
2. When will the man pay the bill?
A. Right now. B. This Sunday evening. C. Next Monday morning.
Conversation 2
3. What time is it now?
A. 1:30. B 3:00. C. 4:30.
4. What will the man do next?
A. Go to the airport. B. Go to his office. C. Call his wife.
Conversation 3
5. Which color does Nancy like?
A. Blue. B. Pink. C. Red.
6. What will the woman buy for mother?
A. A dress. B. A purse. C. A scarf.
Conversation 4
7. When did Marco Polo leave Italy?
A. In 1217. B. In 1271. C. In 1275.
8. How long did Marco Polo stay in China?
A. Seventeen years. B. Fourteen years. C, Seven years.
9. When did Marco Polo arrive back in Venice?
A. In 1275. B. In 1295. C. In 1271.
Conversation 5
!0, What is the man doing?
A. Surfing the Internet. B. Reading a book. C. Writing a school paper.
11 Where are motels built according to the man?
A. Near highways. B. Near train stations. C. Near bus stops.
12. What's the advantage of motels?
A. They have all sizes of rooms. B. They have enough parking space.
C. They are very cheap.
Conversation 6
13. What is Tom doing?
A. Fishing with his father. B. Reading a cartoon,
C. Doing his homework.
14. Where is David now?
A. At home. B. In his office. C. In the countryside.
15. What's the relationship between David and Teddy?
A. Father and son. B. Friends. C. Neighbors.
第二節(jié) 聽取信息
聽下面一段對(duì)話，請(qǐng)根據(jù)題目要求，從所聽到的內(nèi)容中獲取必要的信息，填入答題卷上
標(biāo)號(hào)為16～20的空格中。聽錄音前，你將有10秒鐘的閱題時(shí)間。錄音讀兩遍，你將有60秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。 （每空不超過3個(gè)單詞）。
The number of sports to playAt least 16 .
For afternoon activitiesBe 17 .
Clothes neededTracksuits, shorts, T-shirts and sports 18
Lunch timeBegins at 19 , ends at 1:45
Things you can buy at the
shopping center 20 , chocolates and biscuits
第二部分：英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）
第一節(jié) 單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）
從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卷上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
21. Andrew wanted to find another boy to be his best friend, but Annie told him ________.
A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to
22. I immediately ________Alice in the crowd.
A. picked up B. picked out C. ran out D. let off
23. ________the new belling sounds gentle and formal, it will be some time before we can adapt to it.
A. Since B. Although C. When D. In case
24. Those students argued ________each other ________whether the research into human cloning should be carried out.
A. for; over B. to; about C. of; over D. with; about
25. Moammar Gadhafi(卡扎菲), ________Libya for forty-two years and was proved dead on Thursday , 20th October, 2014.
A. is ruling B. ruled C. has ruled D. rules
26. If you are determined to master a language, you should follow the advice: learn a language by making mistakes and ________them.
A. correct B. to correct C. correcting D. corrected
27. Everything ________into consideration, they ought to have another chance.
A. to take B. taken C. to be taken D. taking
28. People often have the belief ________a healthy environment and development cannot be possible at the same time, but this does not have to be true.
A. that B. which C. where D. what
29. A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey, ________at least 217 people.
A. to kill B. killed C. kill D. killing
30. The couple couldn’t have children of their own, so they ________ a baby.
A. disliked B. pretended C. adopted D. conflicted
31. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, died last month at the age of fifty-six, _______ brought a great loss to electronic industry.
A. it B. this C. which D. that
32. Ann is said _________research in Africa, and she will come back next month.
A. to do B. to be doing C. to have done D. done
33. On the one hand, loss imply gain; ________，gain imply loss.
A. while B. on the other hand C. but D. yet
34. When first ________to Britain, tea was not so popular like today.
A. introduced B. being introduced C. introducing D. having introduced
35. Hannah ________me; otherwise, other students wouldn’t have known my result of the quiz.
A. may betray B. must betray C. must have betrayed D. should betray
第二節(jié) 完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
Part A: 閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從第36至第47小題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卷上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
The friendship between us never fades. Mary Allen was my best friend?like a sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.
When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I 36 in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special 37 ? like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were 38 with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less. One day a card that I sent came back, 39 “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to 40 Mary.
Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to 41 stories of my children and then grandchildren. I need to share my 42 when my brother and then my mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could 43 .
One day I was reading a newspaper 44 I notice a picture of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman? Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, 45 I wrote to her anyway.
She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother”. Minutes later I heard a voice that I 46 at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s 47 .
Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
36.A. gotB. keptC. lostD. fell
37.A. placesB. occasionsC. festivalsD. things
38.A. comfortableB. carefulC. easyD. busy
39.A. sayingB. writingC. readD. told
40.A. knowB. stopC. findD. help
41.A. shareB. speakC. writeD. remember
42.A. newsB. sorrowC. storiesD. failure
43.A. stayB. hideC. fillD. live
44.A. whenB. whileC. ifD. though
45.A. andB. sinceC. butD. so
46.A. realizedB. receivedC. contactedD. recognized
47.A. futureB. progressC. livesD. weddings
Part B: 仔細(xì)閱讀下面短文并按照語境完成填空(每空只能填一個(gè)單詞)。將答案填寫在答題卷上。請(qǐng)考生務(wù)必注意對(duì)應(yīng)答題卷上相應(yīng)的題號(hào)。
Recently our classmates have had a heated discussion about the topic “Environment or economy, must we choose?” .Some students are in 48._______ of the development of environment, while others put economy above environment.
The students 49.______ are worried about the environment say that many plants and animals have died and fish are even given no time to lay eggs. Besides, water and air are seriously polluted, causing people sick. While we damage our environment, we keep producing more and more people who need more land to live 50.________ and more food to eat.
As to the students for economy, they think, first of all, people are more important 51.______ plants and animals. As a matter of fact, many companies and factories are very concerned 52._______ the environment and have a sense of responsibility. In addition, with the development of economy, more jobs will be created.
In my opinion, firstly, we should produce more things from recycled materials, and less 53._______ raw materials. 54._________, more effective laws to preserve the environment should be made, which controls the scale（規(guī)模）of trees-cutting and fish-catching. Thirdly, we try to live an environmentally friendly way of life and pay slightly higher prices for things 55.______ are environmentally friendly. Finally, companies producing chemical waste should pay higher taxes. With these measures, I believe that a healthy environment and a stable（穩(wěn)定的）economy should be possible at the same time.
第三部分：閱讀理解（共9小題，每小題2分，滿分18分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卷上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
A
Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars（傷疤）. Often they relive（在想像中再體驗(yàn)）these experiences.
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase（抹去）the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing（發(fā)放出）chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far, the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it. Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after wars.
They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories. “Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry（精神病學(xué)）at Harvard Medical School，“This could relieve（減輕）a lot of that suffering.”
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us avoid the mistakes in the past. “All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I am not sure whether we’d want to wipe those memories out.” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
56. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to “_____”.
A. the new drugB. the research into the drug
C. the bad memoryD. the chemical in the drug
57.Which of the following is NOT the opinion of the opponents(反對(duì)者)?
A. Our memories give us our identity.
B. The memories help human avoid mistakes of the past.
C. The drug should be used in only very serious cases.
D. People may not be sure whether they want to wipe the memories out.
58. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. People often suffer from bad memories.
B. American researchers have developed a pill.
C. Forget bad memories, and be happy.
D. Developing pills for helping forget bad memories has caused a heated argument.
B
A woman in Japan who had no home sneaked into（潛入）a man’s house and lived without being noticed in his closet for a year. She was arrested after the man found that his food was disappearing and reported it to the police.
Police found the 58-year-old woman Thursday hiding in the top part of the man’s closet and arrested her for getting in without the owner’s permission.
The man had security cameras which sent images（圖像）to his cell-phone after becoming confused by food disappearing from his kitchen over the past several months.
One of the cameras on Thursday caught someone moving inside his home after he had left, so he called the police who at first thought it was a thief. However, when they arrived, they found the door locked and all windows closed.
“We searched the house and checked every corner where someone could possibly hide,” Itakura said. “When we opened the closet, we found the woman curled up（卷曲）on her side, feeling nervous and frightened.”
The woman told the police that she had no place to live and first sneaked into the man’s house about a year ago when he left it without locking the door.
“She had moved a mattress（墊子）into the small closed space and even took showers,” Itakura said. He called the woman “tidy and clean”.
59. The police arrested the woman mainly because______________.
A. she stole the man’s food.
B. she often went into other people’s houses.
C. she entered the man’s house without permission.
D. she didn’t open the door when the police arrived
60. According to the passage, when the woman was found by the police, she______.
A. was stealing food in the kitchen. B. felt nervous and frightened
C. was untidy and dirty D. tried to jump off the window
61. Which of the following is correct?
A. The woman doesn’t like living in her own house.
B. The man always forgets to lock his door when he leaves.
C. The woman first sneaked into the man’s house about a year ago.
D. The woman was over sixty years old when she was arrested.
C
Some scientists say that animals in the oceans are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings.
The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves.
Decibels (分貝) measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety-five would have the same effect.
Some scientists have suggested setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in oceans. They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales.
A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals. The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales' ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed（流血）and become infected（感染）.
Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds are against a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research.
Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists suspect（懷疑）that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean.
62. According to the passage, which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures?
A. The noises of human activities. B. The noises made by themselves.
C. The sound of earthquakes. D. The sound of the ice-breaking.
63. Which of the following is discussed in the third paragraph?
A. Different places with different types of noises.
B. The very human ears sensitive to all types of noises.
C. The same noise measured differently on land and in the ocean.
D. The ocean animals' reaction to noises.
64. According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future?
A. They will try their best to decrease noise.
B. They will work hard to cut down noise pollution.
C. They will study the effect of different noises.
D. They will protect animals from harmful noises.
第四部分：書面表達(dá)（共三節(jié)，滿分27分）
第一節(jié) 簡(jiǎn)答題（共3小題；每小題2分，滿分6分）
閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)第65至第67小題的具體要求，簡(jiǎn)要回答問題，并將答案轉(zhuǎn)寫到答題卷上。
What are the situations that make you shy? You're not shy all the time. For example, when you're with your best friend, you're probably very open and comfortable being yourself. Shyness is the effect of feeling insecure（不安全）. If you can identify what you're feeling insecure about, you can then take action on it.
Many of us tend to focus on what we're not good at, rather than recognize what we are good at. As a result, we feel awkward around others, because we feel there's nothing impressive about ourselves. It's time to stop selling yourself short and start focusing on your strengths. What are you good at? What are your past achievements? What are things you've done that you are really proud of? Spend some time to recognize them.
Many people worry too much about what others think about them. But the funny thing is, it's just in your mind. Most people are actually too busy to pay attention to what you're doing or not doing, so stop spending time worrying about others’ opinion of you.
Can you think of someone (whether a friend or a famous person) you know who is very confident, assured and outgoing? Use the person as your role model. Whenever you feel shy, ask yourself what that person will do/say in this situation. Then, do that. Soon, it becomes second nature to you to behave in that manner.
Another great way to overcome shyness is to observe how others around you act. Reduce the time you spend worrying about what others think of you and look outward at how others behave themselves socially. What do they say? How do they act? What can you learn from them?
65. According to the passage, what is the reason for shyness? (No more than 3 words)
_____________________________________________________
66. How many suggestions are given in the passage? (No more than 2 words)
______________________________________________________
67. According to the writer, why don’t we need to worry about others’ opinion of us? (No more than 15 words)
__________________________________________________________________________________
第二節(jié) 單詞拼寫（共6小題；每小題1分，滿分6分）
根據(jù)中文提示，完成句子，并將答案轉(zhuǎn)寫到答題卷上。
68.I felt ____________ (內(nèi)疚的) about not visiting my parents more often.
69.The members of the board have decided to cut back on ____________. (產(chǎn)量)
70._____________ of (不管，不顧) the consequence, he did whatever he liked.
71.He left his hometown with the ______________( 意圖；目的) of travelling around the world.
72.In ___________, (大體上說) he did a good job.
73.Thank you for listening. Now let’s open the ___________ (自由發(fā)言)for discussion.
第三節(jié) 寫作（滿分15分）
你所在的班級(jí)將要舉辦一次主題為“熱愛校園；保護(hù)環(huán)境”的英語比賽。請(qǐng)寫一篇英語稿， 要求從以下三個(gè)方面進(jìn)行闡述，并舉例加以說明。
1.保持校園清潔；
2.美化校園；
3.愛護(hù)學(xué)校設(shè)施；
詞數(shù)：100左右
參考詞匯：校園 campus 設(shè)施 facilities
Hello, everyone. It’s nice to speak about “l(fā)oving our school, protecting our environment”, and I think each of us can do something.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____
衡陽市八中2014年下期期中考試答案
高 二 英 語
第一部分：聽力（共二節(jié)，滿分20分）
1?5 ACABA 6?10 BBABC 11?15 ABBCA
16. 12 / twelve 17. free 18. shoes 19. 12:15 20. Drinks
第二部分：英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）
第一節(jié)單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）
21?25 ABBDB 26?30 CBADC 31?35 CBBAC
第二節(jié)完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
36?40 BBDAC 41?45 ABCAC 46?47 DC
48. favour/ favor 49. who/ that 50. on 51. than 52. about/ for/ over
53. from 54. Secondly 55. that
第三部分：閱讀理解（共9小題，每小題2分，滿分18分）
56?58 BCD 59?61 CBC 62?64 ACD
第四部分：書面表達(dá)（共三節(jié)，滿分27分）
11.簡(jiǎn)答題（共3小題；每小題2分，滿分6分）
65. Feeling insecure. 66. 4/ Four
67. Because people are too busy to pay attention to you./ to what you’re doing./ to your behavior.
第二節(jié) 單詞拼寫（共6小題；每小題1分，滿分6分）
68. guilty 69. production 70. Regardless 71. intention/ purpose
72. general 73. floor
第三節(jié) 寫作（滿分15分）
Hello, everyone. It’s nice to speak about “l(fā)oving our school, protecting our environment”, and I think each of us can do something.
The first thing we can do is to make our campus more beautiful. Every one of us may
plant a tree in the school, or organize a thorough cleaning on the campus. We can also form
a good habit of putting the rubbish in the trash can.
The second thing we can do is to protect the facilities in our school. When we leave the
classroom, we should never forget to turn off the light or close the door. We should not leave
the tap water running or waste any materials in the laboratory room.
If everyone does one thing for our school, I believe we will turn our school into a better
place to study and live in.
Thank you for listening!
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