2015学年安徽宿州市泗县第二中学高二上期中英语试卷（带解析）

2024-09-19

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| 安徽

第三方

单项选择*

1. It is believed that _____ European scientist invented _______.

A．an; a television	B．a; a television
C．an; the television	D．a; the television

2. You can’t be too careful; this kind of cloth_____.

A．is washed easily	B．isn’t washed easily
C．washes easily	D．doesn’t wash easily

3. He is really an excellent doctor and he is _____ to becoming an expert in this field.

A．in a way	B．by the way
C．on the way	D．under the way

4. The boy student is poor in health now; his parents wish that his health _____when he grows up

A．can improve	B．could improve
C．can be improved	D．could be improving

5. Don’t enter the office unless _______.

A．you have told to	B．told to
C．telling	D．you are told

6. Can you find a sentence situation ___ this phrase can be used?

A．where	B．when
C．which	D．That

7. ---I think you should telephone Jenny and say sorry to her.
----______________. It’s her fault.

A．Not possible	B．Not chance
C．No matter	D．No way

8. Trust him please! When he _______ reading it, he will return the book to you on time.

A．finish	B．will finish
C．has finished	D．Finished

9. He is my father and I know he will forgive me for _______ I have done.

A．whatever	B．no matter what
C．no matter how	D．whichever

10. Charles is believed_______ the floor yesterday; he is always helping others silently.

A．to sweep	B．to have swept
C．having swept	D．Swept

11. The _____ of electricity added to our difficulty repairing the bridge.

A．absence	B．short
C．need	D．Break

12. After her son died in a car accident, the old lady would sit at the window, ______ out and _______ in thought.

A．looked; lost	B．looking; losing
C．looked; losing	D．looking; lost

13. I found some old pictures at the back of my drawer which _____ memories of my childhood.

A．called in	B．called up
C．called back	D．called off

14. I like the colour of the cap ______ I dislike its design.

15. The shop has been standing so ______ that a thief finds nothing to steal.

完型填空

1. Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later. I am one of those unfortunate people who have sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get on my way there. When I was young I was so that I never dared ask strangers the way and so I used to round in circles and hope that I would happen to get to the place I was heading for. I am too shy to ask people for directions, but I often replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will on telling you the way, even if they do not know it ; others who are to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the direction. If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong but even this can have embarrassing (尴尬的) results. Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and him in the crowd behind me I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting. Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the man who had asked for directions to my office and his when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

B．disappeared

A．astonishment

D．Embarrassment

2. Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.
Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.
E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.
The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun, see a great movie perhaps-and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may tire of telling the story.
With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address (="tell)" it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.
E-mail is also an inexpensive way stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.
We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.
【小题1】We can infer that passage is to ________.

A．explain how to use the Internet

B．describe the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology

C．tell the merits(价值) and usefulness of the Internet

D．introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet

【小题2】The use of E-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.

A．spend less time working

B．have more free time with his child

C．work at home on weekends

D．work at a speed comfortable to him

【小题3】According to the writer, E-mail has an obvious advantage over the telephone because the former helps one ________.

A．reach a group of people at one time conveniently

B．keep one’s communication as personal as possible

C．pass on much more information than the latter

D．get in touch with one’s friends faster than the latter

【小题4】The best title for this passage is ________.

A．Computer: New Technological Advances

B．Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship

C．Computers Have Made Life Easier

D．Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication

阅读理解

1. Relation between the United States and Columbia suffered for many years because of an incident involving the Republic of Panama. By the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, many Americans felt that an easier and faster way was needed to get ships from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Some people in the United States first believed that a canal across Nicaragua was the answer. However, President Theodore Roosevelt decided that a canal through Panama would be a better choice.
In order to build the canal , the United States had to negotiate （谈判） a treaty with Columbia , which at that time controlled Panama . Roosevelt offered Columbia $ 10 million plus $ 250,000 a year for 99 years for a six-mile-wide strip of land across Panama. Columbia rejected the United States’ offer. This ranged President Roosevelt, and negotiations with Columbia ended.
In 1903, a revolution broke out in Panama. The United States ships were sent by President Roosevelt to protect the Panamanian revolutionaries from Columbian forces. The revolution succeeded, and Panama declared its independence from Columbia. The United States then negotiated with the newly formed government. A treaty was signed, and the United States began building the canal.
As a result of the incident, Columbia and the United States remained on bad terms for many years. Not until 1921, when the United States agreed to pay Columbia some compensation (赔偿) for its territory, did relations between the two countries improve.
【小题1】According to the passage, the United States and Columbia were on bad terms because the United States had ________.

A．at first wished to build a canal through Nicaragua

B．promised to pay Columbia $ 10 million for Panama

C．wished to build a canal through Panama

D．supported Panamanian revolutionaries in their fight for independence from Columbia.

【小题2】 From the information in the passage, it can be concluded that the United States ______.

A．wanted to build a canal because it was considered starting a war

B．felt that building a canal through Panama was worth the risk of ruining relations with Columbia

C．believed that a canal through Nicaragua would be profitable

D．had lost the Spanish-American War

【小题3】It can be inferred from the passage that an important reason for the decision of the United States to build a canal was to _______.

A．develop trade relations with Europe

B．improve relations with South American countries

C．prevent European ships from reaching the Pacific Ocean

D．reduce travel time for its ships in case of war

【小题4】The passage mainly gives us________.

A．advice	B．information
C．humor	D．News

2. While shell-like roofs, unlike anything else in the world, make the Sydney Opera House an image of timeless beauty. It is famous for being a symbol, not only of a city, but a whole country and condition too.
Its creator, Danish architect Jorn Utzon , turned 85 last Wednesday. And he was awarded the Prizker Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of Architecture, on April 6. But Utzon has never seen his Opera House.
The story began in 1957 when Utzon won an international competition to design an opera house in Sydney.
But not everyone was enthusiastic (热心的 ) . Utzon left his Opera project in 1966 after an argument with the local government and a storm of public criticism over the building’s design. It was not completed until seven years later and Utzon has never returned to Australia to see the result of his work.
“Utzon made a building well ahead of its time, and he persevered (坚持) through criticism to build a building that changed the image of an entire country,” said Frank Gehry, a Pritzer Architecture Prize judge.
Although the Sydney Opera House was Utzon’s masterpiece, it damaged his career. Upon his return to Denmark, he found work hard tocome by ,so he become a teacher at a university in Hawaii.
Utzon said he once saw posters of the Opera House. The interiors were different from his design. But, he said, “There is no regret, for it gave me such a wonderful experience in Australia and towards which I only have love and appreciation .”
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth opened the Opera House in 1973, and it now holds around 3000 events every year. It is recognized as one of the great symbolic buildings of the 20th century.
【小题1】The Sydney Opera House was completed_____.

A．in 1957	B．in 1906
C．in 1973	D．in 1980

【小题2】Utzon has never seen his Opera House because _______.

A．it has white shell-like roofs, unlike anything else in the world

B．its creator is Danish architect, who returned to Denmark

C．he was not awarded the Pritzker Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of Architecture

D．he argued with the local government and was criticized over his design

【小题3】The underlined word “come by” in Paragraph 6 means ______.

A．find	B．pass
C．hire	D．Develop

3. CHINA
Coal mines claim (使…失踪) more lives
A COAL mine blast (爆炸) in Jixi, Helongjiang, left more than 100 miners dead on Thursday .Ten mines in Jixi were ordered to stop production. The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal (非法的) mines in the country that do not meet safety standards.
MIDDLE EAST
Bombers continues to kill
PALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attacks between Tuesday and Thursday. There were two suicide bombing (自杀性爆炸) and a militant (武装的) attack on Jewish settlement . They yielded one of the highest Israeli death tolls ( 死亡人数) in such a short period over the last two years.
CHINA
Young people stand tall
THE average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters compared to that of 20 years ago. This year far exceeds (超过) the word’s average growth speed. A survey on health conducted by a panel(调研组) of Chinese students found the results. According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years.
CANADA
Talking about world issue (援助)
The Group of Eight (G8)—the US, Japan , Germany, Britain, France, Italy , Canada and Russia ---- will hold a summit on June26 and 27 in Kananaskis , Canada. The G8 are the richest and most powerful countries in the world. G8 leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, will also attend.
【小题1】Thousands of mines have been shut because ______.

A．they have blast

B．they produced less coal

C．they are very small and illegal

D．they don’t meet the safety standards

【小题2】How many Israelis died in the three major attacks by Palestinians?

A．23	B．32
C．100	D．We don’t know.

【小题3】In the last 20 years, the average growth speed of Chinese youths exceeds the world’s average level by__.

【小题4】 What’s the purpose of the Summit ?

A．to strengthen the global economic growth and helping some poor African countries.

B．To make these eight countries much more powerful.

C．To help some African president to strengthen their economic growth.

D．Kofi Annan will have an important speech on world issues.

【小题5】This passage may probably taken from _______.

A．a story book	B．a text book
C．a newspaper	D．a novel

4. The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline, production limits have been laid down, and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back for long.
Ever since the war, the government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success. Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose most of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
【小题1】The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to _____.

A．provide more jobs for foreign workers

B．slow down the rate of its development

C．sell the oil it is producing abroad

D．develop more quickly than at present

【小题2】The Norwegian Government has tried to ____.

A．encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources

B．prevent oil companies employing people from Northern Norway

C．help the oil companies solve many of their problems

D．keep the oil industry to something near its present size

【小题3】According to the text, the oil industry might lead in Northern Norway to ____.

A．the development of industry

B．a growth in population

C．the failure of the development program

D．the development of new towns

【小题4】In the south, one effect of the development of the oil industry might be _____.

A．a large reduction in unemployment

B．a growth in the tourist industry

C．a reduction in the number of existing industries

D．the development of a number of service industry.

短文改错

1. 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线(＼)划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Last week I went to a movie, which was very moved. It was a sad movie about a mother and her sons. When the child was a little boy, his mother was very poor that she had to send him to rich family who had no child. The boy received a very good education and twenty years late became a doctor. In his hospital, he had a patient, who was an old lady. He didn’t care too much of her, for she could hardly afford the medical care. One evening, the lady died quietly of a serious illness but on her bed, the doctor found a letter, in it he discovered the truth that she was his mother. He had wanted to call her mother, but it was too late.

书面表达

1. 根据下面提示，写一篇有关南京的短文。字数：110左右
1.南京，古称金陵，位于中国东部，长江横贯东西。
2.占地面积6597平方公里(square kilometers)，总人口600多万。
3．南京是一座有着悠久历史的文化名城，曾是六朝古都，有很多文化遗迹。
4．在中国发展史上占有重要的地位。
5．第十届全国运动会于今年10月在南京奥体中心成功举办。这是南京人的骄傲。有9900多名来自全国各地的运动员参加了40多个项目的比赛。奥体中心成为南京标志性建筑之一。
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