2015学年江苏淮安范集中学高二期中英语试卷（带解析） Wap版

1. Some people believe that greed and selfishness has become the basis of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community then we will have a better life. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the above opinion?
In this fast-paced world, many values are undergoing major changes. While people
traditionally prioritize caring, sharing and generosity in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-absorbed and self-concerned.
Modern people act selfishly to survive the harsh competition of life. They say that it is a jungle out there. To survive, you have to fight with whatever means that come handy. Obviously greedy and selfishness go perfectly well with such ideas. In a company, employees do everything they can to get better pay and higher position, even at the cost of colleagues. We are in any way advocating any selfish conduct. It is just that people are pressured to act in a certain way due to outside influences.
In spite of common practice, it is hard to conclude that modern society is built on greed and selfishness, both of which are not newly invented vocabulary. In ancient times people also did greedy and selfish things though such behaviors were more condemned then. But we can not ignore the fact that people in the past lived a relatively more isolated life and faced less pressure compared with their modern counterparts.
Are we happier to share with others and be generous to them? There is no fixed answer either. Some people take great pleasure helping and giving to others while others feel happy doing the opposite. But I personally think that people should not be too selfish. Caring for others can actually encourage the development of a mutually beneficial relationship.
In conclusion, modern people appear to be more self-centered than those in the past due to strong outside pressure. However, we should encourage people to know the importance of being caring and generous and build a mutually beneficial relationship with others.
Are Modern People Becoming More Selfish?

Main comparisons	Contexts
【小题1】 are changing	In the past people put caring, sharing and generosity in the first【小题2】 .
【小题1】 are changing	Nowadays, people seem to be more 【小题3】 about themselves.
【小题4】 are changing too.	People in the past appeared to be modest and self-effacing（谦让的）
【小题4】 are changing too.	People may strive to achieve their own 【小题5】 at the price of their coworkers.
The author’s understanding
【小题6】 for changes in author’s eyes	Fierce 【小题7】 and great 【小题8】 on modern people may be responsible for the changes.
The author’s 【小题9】 towards topic.	A relationship which can 【小题10】 two sides should be established.

1. I was close to being killed the day before yesterday. A truck passed me at ________ I thought was a crazy speed.

A．what

B．which

C．as

D．that

2. —Tom, you are smoking again?

—______? It’s none of your business.

A．So what	B．How come
C．Why not	D．What for

3. It was too hard for the firefighters to get close to the burning building. All their attempts to rescue the people trapped were ______.

A．in place	B．in return
C．in vain	D．in danger

4. When first _______ to the market, the products didn’t attract much attention.

A．introducing	B．introduced
C．was introduced	D．being introduced

5. 一My cousin would like to risk the weight-loss pills rather than in a gym．
—Really? She must be mad．

A．to take；work out	B．to take；working out
C．taking；working out	D．taking；work out

6. I’m not a little tired today after giving the room a thorough cleaning and I have never had ____ today.

A．as tiring a day as	B．as a tiring day
C．tiring as a day as	D．day as a tiring as

7. Faced with trouble or difficulty，a person takes _______help that is available．

A．whatever	B．whenever
C．wherever	D．however

8. ．Mr. and Mrs Scott prefer a trip in a small town to _____in so large a city as New York.

9. ----What's the matter with you, Lucy?
----After the long walk, my legs __________and I couldn't go any farther.

A．gave off	B．gave in
C．gave up	D．gave out

10. It’s crazy of you to spend more time playing computer games than you ______ studying.

11. Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity __________ sight matters more than hearing.

12. There’s no doubt ______ the famous professor will come to give us a lecture.

13. Almost everyone has his own strengths and weaknesses. It is ________ others are weak that maybe you have a great advantage.

14. Located ________ the eastern coast of China, the village is fairly new _______ only a small population of less than 3,000.

A．off; with	B．on; with
C．in; of	D．on; in

15. We have every reason to believe that ____ 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be ______ success.

A．/; a	B．the; /
C．the; a	D．a; a

1. Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. But as a girl, I once thought that I could       play basketball.
I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball     I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one      when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.
At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were    allowed to play volleyball or badminton.
My parents did not        me play basketball at home. "Basketball is not fit for girls," they said.      I went to play basketball with my friends, boys    at me on the court as if I were an alien.
I was feeling     and had lost hope of playing basketball.     , something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They      me to get back on the court.
One of them told me with a smile, "Go your own     , let others talk." This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about       with me almost every day.
I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion      to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can,     for me, even the sky is boundless（无垠的）.
Basketball has become an important part of my    . I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and confident, but also      a lot.
I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, "Nothing is impossible." It is from an advertisement on TV. I have      to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an    . After that, just be confident and     going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.
I love the motto of the NBA. It can    my strong feelings for basketball, "I love this game!"

1. Compared to the other parts of the body, our ears don’t ask for much. They don't need to be brushed once a day like your teeth. But they need some special care, especially if you like listening to music with earphones.
Maybe your mum or dad has told you, "Turn that down before you go deaf!" Well, they are quite right. Loud noise might cause hearing loss for a short time or even forever. Think that earphones are a good way to escape from tour parents’ eyes? Well. It may not be as good a way as you expect. American doctors have studied a group of 44,000 people who used earphones more than 15 hours per week. The doctors found that 37,000 of them were getting hearing problems.
If you use earphones for too long a time, your ears might feel painful. You could also lose your hearing for the rest of your life. So don’t wear your earphones too long. Use them less than one hour a day. Want sharp hearing? Don’t forget to do the following: Try to stay away from places where there is too much noise, like a disco. If you have to go, wear earplugs. When swimming, remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop water from getting in. Never put anything sharp into your ears. If you think you have too much earwax, ask your mum or dad to help you clean it out.
Keep these things in mind! Then you won't be saying "WHAT???" when you are older.
【小题1】Using earphones "may not be as good a way as you expect" because _______.

A．your parents know what you're doing

B．it can cause hearing problems

C．it makes your parents angry

D．most of you use them improperly

【小题2】If you want sharp hearing, you should _____.

A．have your ears specially trained

B．often wear earplugs and clean out the earwax

C．take good care of your ears

D．choose what you listen to carefully

【小题3】"WHAT???" in the last sentence is an expression showing that the speaker____.

A．has become impatient

B．speaks in a loud voice

C．is slow in understanding

D．asks for a lot of repetition

2. If you are hungry, what will you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like stomach, even your mind will be hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently begins to hide your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets its full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”, “Why can’t I think?”, “Why am I always given the difficult problems?” Well, this is the after-effect of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive reading. But why is it reading but not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educational tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading for help. You have a number of books in the world which will answer all your “how-to” questions. Once you read a book, you just don’t run your eyes through the lines, but your mind decodes (译解) it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, which you would never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. The more books you read, the wider your mind will become. Also this improves your oratorical (speech-making) skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary. When you start speaking English or any other language fluently with your friends or other people, you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.
Actually, I had a problem in speaking English fluently, but as I read, I could improve significantly. So guys, do join me and give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. Now what are you waiting for? Go, grab a book and let me know!
【小题1】 What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Hunger of the mind

B．Stomach and Mind

C．Feed your Mind by reading

D．Reading or Watching TV

【小题2】You don’t know your mind is in hunger because _____.

A．you are not hungry

B．you keep it thinking of silly things

C．your creativity gets a full stop

D．you always meet with difficult problems

【小题3】 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the advantage of reading?

A．Reading can make your dream come true.

B．Reading can contribute to your vocabulary.

C．Reading can improve your spoken ability.

D．Reading can make people creative.

【小题4】The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to _______.

A．comment and blame	B．introduce and describe
C．explain and persuade	D．advise and inform

3. When I was an education official in Palo Alto, California, Polly Tyner, the president of our school board, wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times. Polly’s son, Jim, had great difficulty in school. He was classified as the educationally disabled and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers. But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room. His parents acknowledged his academic difficulties, but always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride. Shortly after Jim finished high school, he was killed in a motorcycle accident. After his death, his mother submitted this letter to the newspaper:
Today we buried our 20-year-old son. He was killed instantly in a motorcycle accident on Friday night. How I wish I had known when I talked to him last that it would be the last time. If I had only known I would have said, “Jim, I love you and I’m very proud of you.”
I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he brought to the lives of the many who loved him. I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile, the sound of his laughter, his genuine love of people.
When you put all the good qualities on the scale and try to balance all theirritatingphenomena such as the radio which was always too loud, the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed, etc., your angry feelings won’t amount to much.
I won’t get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but, other parents, you do have a chance. Tell your young people what you would want them to hear if you knew it would be your last conversation. The last time I talked to Jim was the day he died. He called me to say, “Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you. Got to go to work. Bye.” He gave me something to treasure forever.
If there is any purpose at all for Jim’s death, maybe it is to make others appreciate more of life and to have people, especially family members, take the time to let each other know just how much we care.
You may never have another chance.
【小题1】According to the passage, we know that _______.

A．Jim was always ashamed of himself

B．Jim did very well in his studies

C．Jim’s parents were patient with him

D．Jim failed to finish his high school

【小题2】The underlined word “irritating” in Paragraph 4 most probably means _______.

A．annoying	B．aggressive
C．impatient	D．thrilling

【小题3】By writing the letter printed in the Palo Alto Times, the author intends to _______.

A．mourn her son’s sudden death in a traffic accident

B．remind people to be cautious of motorcycles

C．tell parents to take better care of their children

D．suggest people taking the chance to express their love in time

【小题4】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Love your Family.	B．Do it Today.
C．Walk with Pride.	D．Appreciate Smiles.

4. Chinese college students have graduated to find the job market vary from when they entered school and those so-called “hot courses” might fail to land them good jobs.
Graduates with different majors have very different experiences in the job market. But degrees in finance, economics and a few other fields often guarantee good jobs.
“I have applied to 15 companies online, and most of them show interest in hiring me,” said WangLi, a postgraduate of labor Economics at Southwest University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. He said that all the students of economics, finance and accounting in his university had received at least two job offers.
Students of mining and materials science that were not popular before, however, have observed more employment opportunities than before. The employment rate of graduates from the courses was 100 percent at Guizhou University.
On the contrary, some so-called “hot courses” including law, journalism and computer science that have received large groups of students, failed them in the job market. Experts said high tuition fee of those courses led to blind enrollment expansion.
Another problem which makes it difficult for graduates to find jobs is the gap between school- learned- knowledge and requirements of real career.
In 2007, merely 60percent of computer science graduates were employed. Meanwhile, job vacancies in IT industry exceeded one million. IT companies complained about the large amount of money they spend on pre-career training of new employees. They hope universities adjust their courses to better prepare students for their future work.
In addition to academic background, employers are looking for college graduates with a good sense of responsibility. This merit is followed by a sense of team work, ambition, flexibility, eloquence, independence, confidence, pressure-bearing ability, communication skills and so on.
【小题1】The graduates with degrees in “hot courses” may have difficulty in finding satisfactory jobs probably because ______________.

A．the graduates with such degrees are of poor quality

B．those fields have developed slowly in recent years

C．there are too many graduates with such degrees

D．enterprises will not employ the graduates with such degrees

【小题2】The words “hot courses” in the first paragraph of this passage refers to “________”.

A．law, journalism and computer science

B．economics, finance and accounting

C．mining and materials science

D．economics, journalism and materials science

【小题3】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Economics, finance and accounting are no longer “hot” now.

B．Quite a number of college students don’t work hard at their lessons.

C．The quality of some of the college graduates can not meet the demands of companies.

D．Universities have already adjusted their courses to prepare students for their future work.

【小题4】The author seems to agree that __________.

A．middle school graduates should choose good universities as well as good majors

B．besides academic background, sense of responsibility is also very important

C．university students shouldn’t work hard at their lessons

D．middle school graduates should not choose these “hot courses”

1. 随着信息技术的快速发展，网络语言以其快捷的传播方式进入了人们的生活。根据某机构最近对某市中学生的调查，发现中学生对网络语言的使用看法不一，结果如下：

支持者	网络语言是信息时代发展的产物，是草根文化的新形式；易懂，易学，使用快捷方便；网络语言很酷很有趣，丰富了校园文化生活，缓解了学习压力。
反对者	有些网络语言粗鲁，庸俗；汉语言是传统文化的基础，过多地使用网络语言会使下一代逐渐淡忘传统文化；
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