江苏省蒋坝中学2014-2015学年度高二下学期第二次学情调研
英语试卷
（试卷满分：120 考试时间：120分钟 使用时间：2015年5月9日）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转 涂到答题纸上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
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. What time is it now?
A. About 3:30. B. About 4:00. C. About 4:30.
2. What does the man mean?
A. He will send someone right away. B. The woman can call later that day.
C. He is going to repair the pipe later.
3. Why are they collecting money?
A. To buy a gift for Jenny. B. To pay for the ticket to Nanjing.
C. To get some cash for the man.
4. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The apartment is too small. B. The apartment is available.
C. The apartment is in perfect condition.
5. Who is the man looking for?
A. His classmate. B. His teacher. C. His brother.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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，你将有时间阅读各个小题， 每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What do the speakers still need?
A. A tent. B. A flashlight. C. A sleeping bag.
7. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At a campsite. B. In a store. C. At home.
高三英语第1页共12页
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How many people are there in the Taylors’ family?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
9. What can we infer from the conversation?
A. The Taylors don’t like Paul.
B. Paul likes reading English magazines.
C. English is not Paul’s native language.
听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。
10. How long was the man in Spain?
A. For one week. B. For two weeks. C. For one month.
11. What does the woman say about Ryan Air?
A. It’s not a first-rate airline. B. It offers quality customer service.
C. It says no to 10-kilogram baggage.
12. How much did the man pay for his flight?
A. ￡60. B.￡70. C.￡80.
13. What did the man do to reduce the weight of his bag?
A. He threw away some valueless things. B. He moved some items to his jacket pockets.
C. He took his jacket out of his heavy bag.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What kind of job does Edward do?
A. An actor. B. A director. C. A writer.
15. What is the woman probably doing?
A. Interviewing a movie star. B. Hosting a television show.
C. Discussing teenage problems.
16. What did James Dean do at college in California?
A. He first acted in plays. B. He did more stage acting.
C. He got seriously into acting.
17. What do we know about James Dean from the conversation?
A. He made numerous popular movies. B. He has long been a legendary figure.
C. He was best at acting in Hollywood tragedies.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why did these scientists win the Nobel Prize in medicine?
A. They created a great nervous system in a rat’s brain.
B. They noticed the mapping ability dozens of years ago.
C. They discovered how the brain knows the body’s location.
19. What’s the relationship between May-Britt and Edvard?
A. Teacher and student. B. Professor and assistant. C. Husband and wife.
20. Who will get half of the prize money?
A. John. B. May-Britt. C. Edvard.
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，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
21. ---Many people don’t think much of the movie.
---I think differently. In ________ way, it is a very good film. And ________ photographed scene is very beautiful.
A. a, a B. the, the C. a, / D. a, the
22. —With this New Year_______ new challenges.
一Sure. Global economy remains uncertain, and many countries continue to struggle.
A. comes B. will come C. coming D. come
23. My voice was so little and the shop owner had to bend down to hear_______ I wanted to buy.
A. what it was B. it was what C. what it was that D. what was that
24. —Do you think he is the only person for the job?
—I’m not quite sure but he’ll prove_______ to the task.
A. equal B. essential C. special D. superior
25. He hasn’t got any hobbies，_______ you call watching TV a hobby.
A. when B. if C. unless D. since
26. In China, a middle school’s success was _____ in terms of the number of students who got into university.
A. measured B. accelerated C. applauded D. rejected
27. He apologized to me for the _______ in answering my letter.
A. patent B. drawback C. component D. delay
28. —That pair of shoes just doesn't ________ to me.
—But I like them.
A．adapt B．appeal C．attend D．agree
29. _______ you lose the paper document, sign in www.sina.com，________ you might download all you need.
A．If; which B．So long as; what
C．In case; where D．Even if; as
30. A much better way must be found to achieve an equal______ of the resources.
A. evolution B. distribution C. contribution D. separation
31. —How did you do in the test?
—Not so well. I ________ much better but I misread the directions for Part D.
A．could have done B．could do C．must have done D．should do
32. –I told Barbara to come to the lecture，but she didn’t show up.
--No surprise. Don’t you know it is _____ of her to forget things?
A. typical B. usual C. common D. particular
33. If you_____ China Daily，it’ll be delivered to your door every day.
A. lead to B. subscribe to C. apply to D. stick to
34. Not until he went through real hardship the love we have for our families is important.
A. had he realized B. did he realize
C. he realized D. he had realized
35. Sarah hopes to become a friend of ________ shares her interests.
A．anyone B．whomever C．whoever D．no matter who
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Why do young adult children become independent so much later than they did in 1970，when the average age of independent living was 21? Why have reduced class sizes and increased per-pupil expenditures (花销）not 36 higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of today’s kids so poor when 37 with that of children in the 1960s and before? Why do today’s 38 become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school?
The answer in two words: parental 39 . Those two words best summarize the 40 between “old” child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the overall philosophy was that parents were not to be 41 involved with their kids. They were available 42 crisis, but they stood a (an) 43 distance from their kids and allowed them to experience the benefits of the trial-and-error process. It was the child’s 44 , back then, to keep his or her parents from getting involved. That was 45 children learned to be responsible and determined.
Today’s parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are 46 when it comes to an understanding of their purpose in their kids’ lives. Their involvement leads them to personalize everything that happens to their kids, 47, the defensiveness. But given that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parent involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are 48 .
University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parent participation in children’s academics. Their conclusions 49 what I’ve been saying since the 1980s: parental help with homework 50 a child’s academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests.
Parents who manage a child’s social life interfere with the 51 of good social skills. Parents who manage a child’s after-school activities grow kids who don’t know how to 52 their own free time. Parents who get involved in their kids’ 53 with peers grow kids who don’t know how to avoid much less trouble.
These kids have anxieties and fears of all sorts and don’t want to leave their 54 . And their parents, when the time comes, don’t know how to 55 being parents. You can imagine what will become of their future.
36. A. counted on B. resulted in C. touched on D. taken in
37. A. associated B. linked C. compared D. matched
38. A. parents B. adolescents C. psychologists D. youths
39. A. assistance B. protection C. involvement D. preference
40. A. differences B. similarities C. choices D. relations
41. A. slightly B. passively C. highly D. fairly
42. A. in case of B. in spite of C. in view of D. in fear of
43. A. equal B. safe C. long D. short
44. A. fault B. turn C. job D. attitude
45. A. when B. how C. why D. what
46. A. confused B. disappointed C. amazed D. satisfied
47. A. however B. still C. yet D. thus
48. A. unreasonable B. changeable C. understandable D. avoidable
49. A. confirmed B. convinced C. realized D. reflected
50. A. decides B. lowers C. helps D. stimulates
51. A. appearance B. performance C. establishment D. development
52. A. value B. devote C. fill D. save
53. A. communication B. conflicts C. cooperation D. competitions
54. A. home B. school C. career D. profession
55. A. start B. ignore C. consider D. stop
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment．These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature．
David Tillman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health． He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s．He found that as nations industrialized（工业化）, population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet．
The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat．By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker．David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes（糖尿病）and heart disease．
Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia．China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period．And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on．
And, a diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment．As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical（热带的）areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle．We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now．
Mr．Tillman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health, "a dilemma"-- a problem offering a difficult choice．He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind．
56．According to the passage, more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from .
A．transportation B．developing countries
C．agriculture D．developed countries
57．David Tillman believes that .
A．traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet
B．the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes
C．people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease
D．diet, the environment and human health are closely connected
58．We can infer from the passage that _______．
A．Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases
B．industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet
C．the examined information comes from developing countries
D．overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases
59．The main purpose of the passage is to _ ．
A．call on us to protect the environment
B．advise us to have a balanced diet
C．remind us of the importance of health
D．warn us of the danger of the Western diet
B
It is 7 am and the alarm is going off. You know you have to be out of bed to catch the bus. But the urge to bury yourself in the bed is ever so strong. Sounds familiar? Why is it that teens find it difficult to get themselves out of bed in time every morning or stay sharp and focused during the first couple of hours of school?
During adolescence, the body goes through many changes and this includes a shift in sleep patterns. Researchers from MIT have been tracking the body’s need for sleep in teenagers. They found that though adolescents need as much as 9.5 hours of sleep a day, they get to bed later and later with each passing year. In fact, the sleep cycle shifts later by as much as 12 to 18 minutes each year between the ages of 10 and 20! So by the time a 10-year-old who sleeps at 8 pm grows to be 17 or 18, their body naturally wants to stay up till 10:30 or 11 pm.
According to researchers, this is because of a hormone called melatonin（褪黑激素）that is secreted（分泌）by the pineal gland - a tiny structure deep inside the brain. Melatonin regulates the body’s natural day-night rhythms. It causes a person to become sleepy by lowering their body’s core temperature. In teens, melatonin is secreted much later in the evening and continues to increase throughout the night. This makes it difficult for teens to fall asleep earlier as they did in their younger years. Likewise, the effect of melatonin continues until much later in the morning, making it hard for them to wake up early.
A study found that at least one in four teens is tired and falls asleep in school at least once a week. During sleep, important body functions and brain activities happen. So how can teenagers get their sleep enough? The American Association of Pediatrics（AAP）recommends that middle and high schools should start later - not before 8:30 am. This should give teens some more time to sleep at night.
60. From paragraph 2, we can learn that if you sleep late, the next day you should ________.
A. stay sharp B. skip breakfast C. get up late D. stay up late
61. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. The students want to stay up. B. The shifts of sleeping cycle.
C. The pineal gland secrets melatonin. D. The adolescents sleep late.
62. The teens go to sleep later than before because ________.
A. melatonin is secreted much later B. melatonin regulates the sleep time
C. they sleep a lot in the daytime D. they need to finish their homework
63. According to AAP’s recommendation, middle and high schools should _________.
A. let teens sleep in the day B. let the students be active
C. delay the start time D. start later at 8:00 am
C
Shark Keeper
Get up close and very personal with the Aquarium’s largest exhibit and its biggest predators(食肉动物) with the new Shark Keeper program! After each participant prepares to feed the sharks and other fishes in the 120,000-gallon Lost City of Atlantis Exhibit, they will then get the once-in-a-lifetime chance to feed our sand tiger sharks! Participants will also experience a tour of other behind-the-scenes animal care work areas and take home a real-life shark tooth.
Program Outline:
﹡Greeting from Educator
﹡Educational Program: misunderstandings about sharks, biology, pictures, shark tooth comparisons, animal overview, what to expect during the experience.
﹡Behind-the-scenes food prep
﹡Brief overview of Safety and Policies
﹡Feeding
Schedule:
Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 3:40 pm
Session: 3:40 pm
Length: 60 minutes
Requirements: All participants must be 16＋.
Price: $50.00, plus Admission(Members: $45.00). Space is currently limited to three participants per scheduled session.
How to Book: Phone: 631 208 9200,ext.H2O(426)
Online: When purchasing your Admission ticket, please select the Shark Keeper add-on under the Aquatic Adventures section of the shopping cart.
Guests with Special Needs:
Long Island Aquarium＆Exhibition Center makes every effort to accommodate guests with special needs. Please be aware that to participate in this program, guests must be able to navigate the animal habitat spaces with minimum assistance, and must be able to understand and take direction in English from staff members. To ensure the best experience, please contact the Call Center at 631 208 9200, ext. H2O(426) to discuss your individual needs.
Cancellations(取消):
There is a 72-hour cancellation policy. Any cancellation made within 72 hours will not be refunded. No-shows will not be refunded or rescheduled. Guests arriving late (after the required program check-in time) will not be permitted to participate in the program and will not be refunded or rescheduled. We encourage guests to arrive at the Aquarium with plenty of time to park, enter, and check into the program. Adventurers should report to the Main Entrance at least ten minutes ahead. The sessions will begin quickly at the scheduled time. Please plan accordingly.
64. After joining the program, you will _______.
A. feed sharks once a life time B. get a real shark tooth as a souvenir
C. meet the biggest predators of sharks D. draw some pictures of sharks
65. As a guest with special needs, you are expected to _______.
A. make sure of your individual needs B. move around the center alone
C. follow the directions of staff members D. seek as much assistance as possible
66. If you want to give up the program, you’d better _______.
A. report it to the center 10 min before the session
B. manage your plan again with 72 hours
C. expect to refund from the center
D. report the center 3 days in advance
D
In a class this past December, after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination, one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone. When I looked in her direction, she apologized: “Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?” “I can’t read my own handwriting,” the young woman explained. “It’s best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes.”
That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes. For those in the photo-taking camp, motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material. They might lose paper, they reasoned, but they wouldn’t lose their phones. Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively.
Yet the use of cameras as note takers, though it may be convenient, does raise significant questions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?
Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method, but just because a method has a long history doesn’t mean it’s out of date. Writing things down engages a student’s brain in listening, visual, and kinesthetic(触觉的)learning—a view supported by a longstanding research. The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory, and to process and combine it, establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.
Taking a picture does indeed record the information, but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?
I’m not sure how to measure the effectiveness of either method. For now, I allow students to take notes however they see fit—handwritten or photographed—because I figure that some notes, no matter the method of note-taking, are better than none.
67．The woman apologized in the class because she____.
A. took a picture of the board B. missed the teachers’ directions
C. had the bad handwriting D. disturbed other students’ learning
68．Students refuse to take notes by hand because_____.
A. they are unable to take notes B. they are more likely to lose notes
C. they are interested in using their phones
D. they have a good memory of teachers’ instructions
69．According to the passage, taking notes by hand_______.
A. requires students to think independently B. is unsuitable for students to learn new ideas
C. helps students actively participate in learning
D. proves to be an old and useless learning method
70．What’s the author’s opinion towards taking notes by phones?
A. Supportive. B. Neutral（中立的）. C. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.
第四部分 任务型阅读（每题1分，共10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。
You want to be confident and feel confident, but what if you're starting with little or no confidence? True self-confidence isn't an overnight acquisition. It takes dedication to realize you are a good human being that is worthy of respect and love.
Recognize your insecurities
What does that voice in the back of your mind say? Why do you feel uncomfortable or ashamed of yourself? This could be anything from regrets to friends at school or negative experience. Whatever is making you feel unworthy, or ashamed, identify it, give it a name, and write it down. You can also tear these written pieces to start feeling positive on those points.
Get rid of insecurities gradually
Each day you should weaken it. There's no quick fix. Get to the root of the problem; focus on it and understand that you need to resolve each issue before you can move on. Check if it is an old past emotion and if it is really still relevant or applicable in your life today. And that does not mean you have to get rid of whatever makes you feel bad (many times, you simply can't). You need to learn to accept yourself, your past, and your circumstances as they are, without necessarily thinking of them as “bad”.
Identify your successes
Everyone is good at something, so discover the things at which you do extremely well, then focus on your talents. Give yourself permission to be proud of them. Give yourself credit for your successes. Inferiority (自卑) is a state of mind in which you've declared yourself a victim. Do not allow yourself to be victimized.
Be Positive
Avoid self-pity, or the pity and sympathy of others. Never allow others to make you feel inferior—they can only do so if you let them. If you continue to dislike and look down upon yourself, others are going to do and believe likewise. Instead, speak in a positive way about yourself, about your future, and about your progress. Do not be afraid to show your strengths and qualities to others. By doing so, you strengthen those ideas in your mind and encourage your growth in a positive direction.
Apply “facial feedback theory”
Studies surrounding what’s called the "facial feedback theory" suggest that the expressions on your face can actually encourage your brain to express certain emotions. So look in the mirror and smile every day, and you might feel happier with yourself and more confident in the long run.
Help others
When you know you’re of help to the people around you, and are making a positive difference in other people’s lives (even if it's just being kinder to the person who serves you coffee in the morning), you'll know that you are a positive force in the world—which will boost yourself confidence.
Now, dear friends, will you let confidence keep you company? Be confident, and accomplishing your goals will be just around the corner.
Title: The ways to become confident
Specific ways
Supporting details
Recognizing insecurities
Find out what（71) you uncomfortable or ashamed,
forget it and feel positive.
(72) insecurities gradually
Find out the (73) of problems, resolve them and learn to accept (74) you are.
Identifying successes
Find out your talents, take (75) in them and praise yourself for your successes.
Being positive
Speak (76) about yourself.
Don’t make yourself (77) by others.
Applying “facial feedback theory”
Look in the mirror and smile to gain more (78) ____ .
Helping others
Be (79) to the people around you.
Conclusion
Confidence helps people accomplish goals and become worthy to be (80) and loved.
第五部分 书面表达（25分）
A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind of food is very important. It can keep your body strong, so you should take care of what you eat.
There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy products group has food like milk. The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group. Each meal should have at least one food from all the four main groups. With all these food together you will be given enough energy during the day.
It is easy to get into bad eating habits. You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired during these days and you can not think quickly.
Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong. It is also good to take some exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air. Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.
[写作内容]
1.概括上文中的内容，该部分词数大约30；
2.然后以约150个词就“健康与饮食”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下内容要点：
（1）有些同学没有良好的饮食习惯，如不吃早餐，吃快餐，暴饮暴事；
（2）提倡吃主食，进餐要规律；
（3）你对此有什么看法，为什么？
[写作要求]
你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不是直接引用阅读材料中的句子。
江苏省蒋坝中学2014-2015学年度高二下学期第二次学情调研
英语答题纸
任务型阅读（10分）
71.__________ 72.__________ 73.__________ 74.__________ 75.__________ 76.__________ 77.__________ 78.__________ 79.__________ 80.__________
书面表达（25分）
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参考答案
听力：
1—5：ACABC, 6—10：ACBCA, 11—15：ACBCB, 16—20：CBCCA
单项填空：
21—25：DDCAC， 26—30：ADBCB， 31—35：AABBC
完形填空：
36—40：BCACA, 41—45：CABCB, 46—50：ADCAB, 51—55：DCBAD
阅读理解：
56—59：ADBD 60—63：CBAC 64—66：BCD 67—70：ABCB
任务型阅读：
71. makes/leaves 72. Removing 73. causes /roots 74. what
75. pride 76. positively 77. pitied/sympathized 78. confidence
79. helpful 80. respected
书面表达
We are what we eat. What we eat depends on main food groups. When we have got enough energy from all the food together, we can keep fit. A good eating habit with some exercise is good for health.
However, bad eating habits are still very common among us students. Some of us often go to school without breakfast; some like to have snacks; some others are particular about food; and still some eat or drink too much. All these bad habits will surely do harm to our health.
To keep fit, we should have various healthy diets, which generally include proper amounts of fish, meat, vegetables, fruit as well as main food. We need to develop good eating habits that will keep our lifetimes. Besides, we’d better have meals regularly. Mealtime is the ideal opportunity to set an example by creating a positive atmosphere in which healthy food attitudes can be developed. Only in this way can we have enough energy to study better.
