黑龙江省牡丹江一中2014-2015学年高二上学期期末英语试卷

牡一中2014—2015年度下学期期末考试

高二英语试题

第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40 分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

A

Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you! Parapsychologists(灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist(心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, performed two experiments.

In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects(受试者) were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.

For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind a two-way mirror in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were started at than if they had just guessed.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”

1. The purpose of the two experiments is to ________.
   A. explain when people can have a sixth sense B. show how people act while being watched in the lab
   C. prove why humans have a sixth sense D. study whether humans can sense when they are stared at
2. In the first experiment, the subjects ________.
   A. were not sure when they would be stared at B. lost their sense when they were stared at
   C. were not told that they would be stared at D. were uncomfortable when they were stared at
3. The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.
   A. result  B. value  C. performance   D. connection
4. What can be learned from the passage?
   A. People are born with a sixth sense. B. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.
   C. People have a sixth sense in public places. D. The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.
   B
   Tales From Animal Hospital
   David Grant
   David Grant has become a familiar face to millions of fans of Animal Hospital. Here Dr Grant tells us the very best of his personal stories about the animals he has treated, including familiar patients such as the dogs Snowy and Duchess, the delightful cat Marigold Serendipity Diamond. He also takes the reader behind the scenes at Harmsworth Memorial Animal Hospital as he describes his day, from ordinary medical check-ups to surgery. Tales From Animal Hospital will delight all fans of the programme and anyone who has a lively interest in their pet, whether it be cat, dog or snake!
   £ 14.99 Hardback 272pp Simon Schuster ISBN0751304417
   Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
   Michael White
   From the author of Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, comes this colourful description of the life of the world’s first modern scientist. Interesting yet based on fact. Michael White’s learned yet readable new book offers a true picture of Newton completely different from what people commonly know about him. Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began.
   £ 18.99 Hardback 320pp Fourth Estate ISBN1857024168
   Fermat’s Last Theorem
   Simon Singh
   In 1963 a schoolboy called Andrew Wiles reading in his school library came across the world’s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat’s Last Theorem(定理). First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole Polytechnique. Through unbelievable determination Andrew Wiles finally worked out the problem in 1995. An unusual story of human effort over three centuries, Fermat’s Last Theorem will delight specialists and general readers alike.
   £ 12.99 Hardback 384pp Fourth Estate ISBN1857025210
5. What is Animal Hospital?
   1. A news story. B. A popular book. C. A TV programme. D. A research report.
6. In Michael White’s book, Newton is described as _________.
   1. a person who did not look the same as in many pictures B. an old-time magician
      C. a person who lived a colourful and meaningful life D. a great but not perfect man
7. Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word “baffle” as it is used in the text?
   1. To encourage people to raise questions. B. To provide a person with an explanation.
      C. To cause difficulty in understanding. D. To limit people’s imagination.
      C
      That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
      As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
      About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
      Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
      Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eye. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
      It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
8. How did the write feel when she was walking home after work?

1. Cold and sick.               B. Disappointed and helpless.
      C. Satisfied and cheerful.         D. Fortunate and helpful.
   9. From the first paragraph, we learn that the write was busy ______.
      A. solving her problem at the bank        B. preparing for the first night show
      C. learning acting in an evening school  D. taking part in various city activities
   10. In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?
      A. Someone offered to take her back home.  B. A red-haired man came to see her.
      C. Her wallet was found in a garbage truck.      D. She heard someone call her name. 
   11. From the text, we can infer that the writer _________.
      A. would stop working at night         B. would make friends with cleaners

C. would stay on in San Francisco        D. would give up her job at the bank.

D

Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes. Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others. Indeed, critical thinking is at the heart of education.

The word “critical” here has a special meaning. It does not mean taking one view against another view, as when someone criticizes another person for doing something wrong. The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen—beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning.

Critical thinking is an attitude as much as an activity. If you are curious about life and desire to dig deeper into it, you are a critical thinker. If you find pleasure in deep thinking about different ideas, characters, and facts, you are a critical thinker.

Activities of the mind and higher-order reasoning are processes of deep and careful consideration. They take time, and do not go hand in hand with the fast speed in today’s world: fast foods, instant coffee, and self-developing film. If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure of intelligence(智力), you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein. The first time Banesh Hoffman, a scientist, was to discuss his work with Albert Einstein, Hoffman was too nervous to speak. But Einstein immediately put Hoffman at ease by saying, “Please go slowly, I don’t understand things quickly.”

12. Critical thinking is important to us because if we do not think critically, _______.
  A. it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast B. we will follow the ideas of others naturally 

C. we might be controlled by other people’s ideas D. we might be fooled by other people’s ideas
13. If you are a critical thinker, you will ________.
  A. criticize other people for their mistakes B. trust the reports in the newspapers
  C. take one view against another view  D. think deeply about different ideas 

14. In the last paragraph, “something new” suggests that ________.
  A. intelligence is not decided by speed B. the faster you do things, the smarter you become
 C. speed can improve intelligence D. the smarter you are, the faster you do things
15. What would be the best title for the passage?
 A. Understanding Critical Thinking B. Thinking and Critical Thinking 
 C. Thinking Natural and Human D. Thinking Fast Means Intelligence

第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Love Your Parents

Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling part of life. You love them for the fact that they created you, raised you, and are in part a source of who you are. Here are some ways to love your parents.

16 A gentle “good morning” and “I love you” will warm a coldest heart. Remember that they brought you into this world. Without your parents, you might still wander at an unknown corner in an unknown world.

Respect them more and cherish these moments. You can use these moments to learn from them for when you’re off on your own. It’s OK to get angry but angry actions don’t help you or your parents. Act calmly, cool off, keep a journal for your feelings, or talk to a friend. 17

Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them. It may seem like you are going through hell when you don’t get what you want or you have to clean. However, you had better remember they keep a roof over your head when it’s cold, raining, snowing, or too hot. Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes. 18 Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?

Keep company with them. Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them. 19 Listen to their old stories and learn from them. You will find they are your teachers in this way or another.

Some people simply may not be able to love their parents. 20 Seek help if you are being abused in any way. Parents do not have a right to harm you.

1. Anyway, spend as much time with them as you can.
2. After this, share your feelings with your parents.
3. Forgiveness is the key.
4. Parents will in turn express their love to you.
5. Tell them you love them every morning.
6. Please remember parents are as important as friends.
7. There can be realistic reasons for this, family violence for example.

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每个小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears. 21, for example, the neatly-dressed woman I22 to see -- or look at -- on my way to work each morning.

  For three years, no matter 23 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 24 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 25 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 26, she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 27 all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 28 I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 29her.
“Did she have an accident? Something 30?” I thought to myself about her 31. Now that she was gone, I felt I had 32 her. I began to realize that part of our 33 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 34: the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 35 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 36 markers in our lives. They add weight to our 37 of place and belonging.

Think about it. 38, while walking to work, we mark where we are by 39 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 40, person?

1. A. Make B. Give  C. Take D. Have
2. A. happenedB. used C. wanted D. tried
3. A. when B. how C. which D. what
4. A. snowy B. rainy C. cloudy D. sunny
5. A. took  B. turned C. carried D. brought
6. A. Particularly B. Clearly  C. Luckily D. Especially
7. A. remembered B. believed C. expressed D. wondered
8. A. long B. often C. much D. soon
9. A. respected B. praised C. missed D. admired
10. A. better B. more C. worse D. less
11. A. appearance B. disappearance C. misfortune D. fortune
12. A. forgotten B. lost C. hurt D. known
13. A. daily B. happy  C. enjoyable D. frequent
14. A. strangers B. friends C. tourists D. guests
15. A. actually B. regularly C. hardly D. probably
16. A. common B. pleasant  C. faithful D. important
17. A. choice B. sense C. knowledge D. decision
18. A. Because B. If C. Although D. However
19. A. keeping  B. changing C. mentioning D. passing
20. A. unforgettable B. unbelievable C. unnamed D. unreal

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或口号内单词的正确形式。

My dear grandson, your mother tells me that you started smoking some time ago and now you are finding it difficult to give it up. By the way, did you know that this is 41 you become addicted in three different ways? Firstly, you can become physically addicted to nicotine, 42 is one of the hundreds of harmful chemicals in cigarettes. This means that after a while your body becomes accustomed to 43 (have) nicotine in it. So when the drug leaves your body, you get withdrawal symptoms. I remember 44 (feel) bad-tempered and sometimes even 45 pain. Secondly, you become addicted through habit. As you know, if you do the same thing over and over again, you begin to do 46 automatically. Lastly, you can become 47 (mental) addicted. I believed I was happier and 48 (relax) after having a cigarette, so I began to think that I could only feel good when I smoked. I was addicted in all three ways, 49 it was very difficult to quit. But I 50 finally manage.

第三部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词 2.只允许修改10处，多者(从11处起)不计分

Would you like to spend your holiday traveling by balloon? Now thousand of people are interested in this game. The first balloon trip took the place in 1783. About a year late, an American decided to across the channel in France and England. On the channel, he discovered a hole in the balloon and they became bigger and bigger. The gas kept the balloon up was running away. He threw all his belongings into water make the balloon lighter. It worked. The balloon raised again. At last he managed to land on the opposite shore.

第二节 书面表达 (满分25分)

假定你是中学生李华。在一位名叫TigerMom的学生家长的博客上，你看到如下内容。请你根据博客内容、写作要点和要求，给这位家长回复。

I’m the mother of a fourteen-year-old. I have a rule for my daughter: be among the top 5 students or get punished in one way or another. She has been doing very well in school, but some friends of mine keep telling me that I put too much pressure on her. Am l wrong?

写作要点：1.表明自己的看法；2.陈述自己的理由(可举例说明)；3.提出至少两条建议。

要求：1.短文词数不少于l00词(不含已写好的部分)。2.内容充实,结构完整,语意连贯。

3.书写须清晰、工整。

Hi, TigerMom,

What puzzles you is actually a puzzle for many parents in China. My idea is ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _

牡一中2014—2015年度下学期期末考试

高二英语答案

一、选择题

共计40道题。其中1-20题每题2分，共40分；21-40题每题1.5分，共30分。

二、语法填空（15分）：

41. because 42. which 43. having 44. feeling 45. in

46. it 47. mentally 48. more relaxed 49. so 50. did

三、改错（10分）：

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作文范文(25分)：

Hi, TigerMom,

What puzzles you is actually a puzzle for many parents in China.My idea is that it is not quite right for you to do so.

Although high grades are an important factor in evaluating students and for their future university admission, development in wisdom, emotion, health, and life attitude should never be ignored．There are many examples around us. Some all-A students in school have turned out not to be as successful in society as they were expected. The reason is often that the pressure from their parents allows them almost no time for other activities.Furthermore,punishment is by no means a wise choice to help them grow up mentally and physically.

So I suggest that you take your friends’advice.More importantly,let her live like a lovely girl;let her have more friends and social activities;and let her make mistakes of her own as we teenagers often do.