湖南师范大学附属中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（有答案）
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第I卷
第一部分：听力理解（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卡上。
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 do the speakers need to buy
A. A cake B. Desserts C. Drinks
2. What is the man probably going to do
A. See a film B. Buy a jacket C. Climb mountains
3. What is the man doing
A. Driving B. Reading C. Shopping
4. How did the woman get to France
A. By ship B. By train C. By plane
5. How much will the man pay for renting the flat for a month
A. $ 800 B. $ 880 C. $ 1,000
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话。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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7两个小题。
6. What did the man do yesterday evening
A. He went to a concert
B. He visited a friend
C. He watched a movie
7. When did the movie start
A. 7:20 p.m. B. 7:40 p. m. C. 8:00 p.m.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10三个小题。
8. What does the man want to buy for his daughter
A. A composition book
B. A set of storybooks
C. A magazine
9. Where is Readers’ Digest
A. In the first aisle on the first floor
B. On the fourth shelf in the second aisle upstairs
B. On the fourth shelf in the third aisle upstairs
听第8段材料，回答第11至13三个小题。
11. What are the speakers talking about
A. Their habits B. Their families C. Their neighbors
12. What’s the man’s problem
A. He can’t fall asleep
B. He can’t tolerate the drilling noise
C. He can’t hand in the report on time
13. What’s the man going to do
A. To take the rest of the afternoon off
B. To complain to the person in charge of the construction site
C. To talk to the drilling man
听第9段材料，回答第14至16三个小题。
14. What is the man doing
A. Checking in at a hotel
B. Checking out at a hotel
C. Checking his reservation
15. How long will the man’s friends stay at the hotel
A. For five nights B. For four nights C. For three nights
16. What is the special request for one of the man’s friends
A. He wants a non-smoking room
B. He needs an Internet connection
C .He room must be cleaned at once
听第10段材料，回答第17至20四个小题。
17. Who are the Pathfinder Readers’ Club mainly for
A. Book sellers B. Publishers C. Young people
18. What opportunity does the club provide for readers
A. Getting books in Pathfinder bookstores for free
B. Going out to broaden their world outlook
C. Talking about reading experiences and expressing themselves
19. How many members does the club accept every year at most
A. 50 B. 20 C. 30
20. What discount does a family card in the club offer
A. A 10% discount B. A 15% discount C. A 20% discount
第二部分 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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选涂黑。
A
Dear Customers,
I love slipping into a comfortable chair for a long read, as I relax into the chair. I also relax into the author’s words, stories, and ideas. The physical book is so elegant that it disappears into the background, and what remains is the author’s world.
Today, we at Amazon are excited to announce Kindle, a wireless, portable reading device with instant access to more than 90,000 books, magazines, and newspapers.
We’ve been working on Kindle for more than three years. Our top design objective was for Kindle to disappear in your hands —to get out of the way —so you can enjoy your reading. We also wanted to go beyond the physical book. Kindle is wireless, so whether you’re lying in bed or riding a train, you can think of a book, and have it in less than 60 seconds. No computer is needed—you do your reading directly from the device.
We chose the same wireless technology used in advanced mobile phones. But unlike mobile phones, there are no monthly wireless bills, no service or data plans, and no yearly contracts. There is no software to install(安装，设置). We want you to get lost in your reading and not in the technology.
Kindle uses a new kind of display called electronic paper. Sharp and natural with no strong light, reading on Kindle is nothing like reading from a computer screen. Kindle weighs only 10.3 ounces —less than a paperback —but can carry two hundred books.
Enjoy learning about Kindle and many thanks！
21. This passage most probably is a (n) _____.
A．news story B．advertisement
C．lab report D．letter of thanks
22. From the passage we learn that Kindle is a device which _____.
A．has neither wires nor weight B．is operated by a computer
C．can find a book within one minute D．can work in the absence of electricity
23. With the device, the reader is able to _____.
A．get rid of heavy books made of paper B．improve reading skills
C．gain access to free software D．enjoy reading when driving a car
B
Goats are being hired to do the work of men in a neighborhood just outside of San Diego. The fires that occurred in Hillborough four years ago destroyed thirty homes, most of which have been rebuilt. While the home were rebuilt, the grasses, bushes, and shrubs were re-growing. The area is now so overgrown in brush that it again brings a major danger of fire.
The city government asked for bids (投标)to remove the brush. The lowest bid they received was $50,000. And that was if the city provided breakfast and lunch for the work crews for the six weeks it would take to clear the overgrown area. The city government said no, offering unlimited coffee and a doughnut a day for each crew member. When that offer was rejected, the city asked for help on its website.
A sheepherder in Montana and a goat-herder in San Bernardino read about the city’s problem while surfing the web on their laptops. They both offered to do the job for $25,000. The government chose the goat-herder because he lived closer. When told that the city dump was overflowing, the goat-herder said, “No problem. My goats will eat everything in your dump. Except for the automobile engines, of course.” So, for another $5,000, the city killed two birds with one stone. If all goes well, they will invite the goat-herder and his “family” back every three years. The goat-herder said he will probably visit San Diego while his goats are in the dump. “I want to go there by plane; I just hope we don’t crash. My goats would miss me a lot,” he said.
24. What faces the city government as a serious problem
A. Fires destroyed thirty homes in a neighborhood four years ago.
B. The speed of rebuilding the houses is really too slow.
C. The overgrowing plants in this area have made the city look terrible.
D. The overgrowing plants in this area have become a big danger of fire.
25. The city government rejected the $50,000 bid because_______.
A. it thought that the price for removing the brush was too high
B. it expected for better help on its website
C. it thought that coffee and doughnuts were the best things for the work crews.
D. it didn’t want to supply breakfast and lunch for the work crews.
26. The goat-herder was chosen to do the job because___.
A. he offered to do it for the lower price
B. it was easier to transport his goats
C. goats can do the job better than the sheep
D. the city wanted to raise more goats.
27. What are the “two birds” that the city government kills with only one stone
A. Both the sheepherder and goat-herder will work for the city for half of the money
B. The danger of fire in a neighborhood and providing breakfast and lunch for the work crews.
C. The danger of fire in a neighborhood and the overflowing dump.
D. The city government can save some money and the goat-herder has a new job.
C
The social sciences, as the name shows, are the scientific study of the behavior of human beings, both in groups and individually. There is no past or present information of human beings who were not in groups. The groups may be small, like the family, or large, like a city or nation. But in order to reach complete development, man must be a member of a society. It is true that some individuals are more solitary than others. Some like monks or hermits may decide, for religious or other reasons, to leave their society and live alone. But these are unusual individuals, and even they cannot separate themselves completely from the rest of mankind. A society, then, seems to be the natural environment of mankind. Scholars who study mankind in social organizations are called social scientists.
The human behavior which social scientists study is learned behavior. The behavior of the human body as a living organism is studied by the biologist, the biochemist, or the physician. This behavior of man’s physical body is inherited through the genetic development of his species. For example, all physically normal and healthy humans learn to walk as their bodies grow and develop. Social scientists concern themselves with the behavior that man must learn so that he can take his place in a social group. In order to be a functioning member of that group, each member must learn to behave in a way acceptable according to the differences among societies.
The social scientists are newcomers to academic studies. By the end of the 19th century, the natural sciences had developed a method, by which they were able to understand the physical world. By using the scientific method, chemists, physicists, and astronauts, for example, learned a great deal about the universe. It seemed reasonable to apply the same method to the study of man’s social life. Through this kind of study man may learn to understand himself much better.
The scientific method is a way of collecting facts in order to describe an existing situation as correctly and completely as possible. The description must consist only of what can be perceived(领悟), analyzed, measured and recorded. Feelings and personal opinions or ideas have no place in scientific description. The fact must be observed and described in such a way that another scientist could repeat the same study and get the same results.
28. What is TRUE about all human beings
A. They are more or less solitary
B. They all belong to clubs.
C. They are all members of groups.
D. They separate themselves from the rest of mankind.
29. How does a social behavior differ from physical behavior
A. It is learned in a social group.
B. It is learned or inherited genetically.
C. It is depends on genetic development.
D. It is the same for all human beings.
30. What does a social scientist study
A. The family and its members.
B. Human beings as members of groups.
C. All families, cities and nations.
D. The behaviors of all the species.
31. Which of the following is NOT taken into account in the scientific method
A. Careful observations.
B. Accurate measurements.
C. True feelings and personal ideas.
D. A reasonable analysis.
D
Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to identify: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.
If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings. “You’re looking for what exactly Why not try it ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.
Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive(广阔) the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.
32. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage
A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites
B. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.
C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.
D. Alibaba will continue to develop.
33. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to
A. A new store B. Alibaba
C. A business D. A foreign website
34. What can be inferred from the passage
A. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail now.
B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.
C. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.
D. provides more profit than Taobao.
35. What is the passage mainly about
A. Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China.
B. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.
C. Shopping online is TaoBao.
D. How the author purchases online in China.
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。
Failure is inevitable if we are to succeed in life. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of how to overcome failure, and they are stopped by it when they encounter one.
※__36___
When we fail, we might be tempted to think that we have wasted our time and thus feel regretful about it. But that should not be the case. The fact that you have done something is much better than doing nothing. Be happy and move on. The regret lies not in doing, but in not doing.
※__37___
Failure is there not without a reason. It’s there to give you the wisdom you need to succeed. Each failure you encounter increases your wisdom and brings you one step closer to success. If you have this, you will see failure differently. You will see each failure as an opportunity to learn.
※__38___
While failure brings you wisdom, how much wisdom you will get depends entirely on your ability to harvest it. So don’t waste the opportunity to learn. If you fail to do this, you may waste a lot of time by repeating the same mistakes in the future.
※Don’t give up; maybe you are only one step away from success
The thought of giving up is tempting, especially when we have failed over and over again. But who knows that maybe you are only one step away from success Will you abandon the long journey you have passed when you are already so close to your destination __39___
※__40___
You should keep on trying and be enthusiastic as you used to be. Otherwise your later effort will have less and less power. Many people who achieving great undertakings have no special quality. They are just ordinary people with extraordinary attitude. Let’s be one of them.
A. Make great efforts so that we can succeed.
B. So hold on tight and don’t give up.
C. Understand that failure is there to bring you wisdom
D. Cheer up and don’t feel sorry.
E. Maintain your enthusiasm
F. Learn as much as possible from the failure
G. Learn that every failure results from wisdom.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Yesterday afternoon I went back home and found the door to my house had been opened. The house had not been broken into because the 41 had been safely undone (打开)and placed on the roof of the kennel(狗窝)where we normally put it. On the door mat(垫) was a pair of shoes 42 to my wife and this made me believe that it was she who had 43 the door. This was 44 because she is always the one coming home 45 in the evening from work. Being a banker, the nature of her job 46 her to stay out till around 7:30 in the evening.
I entered the house and 47 directly to the bedroom where I thought she was. I thought she was. I found she had covered her face with a blanket when I entered the 48 , and she became quite emotional and started weeping 49 . I tried to ask her what was wrong, but she couldn’t 50 it. I guessed that maybe she had been 51 that one of her relatives was dead. I sat her down on the bed and brought her a glass of waster to help her cool down.
When she had calmed down, she told me, “I am 52 my job. Some clients 53 for loans two weeks ago and I was 54 with ensuring that the processing the loans was completed. The bank had delayed processing the loans and some customers have been 55 me and insulting me on the phone and on social media. The bank administrators have been very 56 to respond to the applications and I feel that this is a(n) 57 .” I looked at her keenly and told her, “Darling, if you want to shed (流) tears because of what people say or think about you, then you tears will fill barrels before you die. Our 58 won’t help in finishing your enemies but will help them in finishing you. The pain of being 59 might sometimes be strong, but still, it costs us 60 to forget and move on.”
41. A. chain B. window C. door D. lock
42. A. giving B. belonging C. holding D. bringing
43. A. broken B. knocked C. repaired D. opened
44. A. bad B. unusual C. horrible D. astonishing
45. A. late B. early C. safely D. forward
46. A. allows B. orders C. requires D. inspires
47. A. aimed B. headed C. turned D. pointed
48. A. bedroom B. kitchen C. yard D. study
49. A. secretly B. suddenly C. discontentedly D. uncontrollably
50. A. evaluate B. hear C. explain D. remember
51. A. advised B. cheated C. asked D. informed
52. A. absent from B. fed up with C. careful about D. busy with
53. A. called B. acted C. accounted D. applied
54. A. concerned B. charged C. served D. disappointed
55. A. tracking B. judging C. calling D. interviewing
56. A. anxious B. slow C. careless D. unable
57. A. assumption B. challenge C. punishment D. argument
58. A. sickness B. weakness C. reference D. bitterness
59. A. insulted B. blamed C. betrayed D. rejected
60. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
第II卷
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is wonderful that you are finally 61 (interest) in the Internet. Now we can use it to keep in touch. You can make new friends and find information on the Internet too. You can either browse, 62 means just looking at general information, 63 use a search engine to search.
Just type in what you want to know and the program will help you 64 (find)what you want. It will give you a list of web 65 (address). These are all links. That means you can click on them, and the Internet will take you to different websites. Sometimes you will go 66 (direct) to the web page with the information you need. Other times, you will find 67 (you) at the home page. That is 68 first page of a website.
If you don’t find what you need, you can click on the back arrow and return 69 the previous page. If it takes a long time for a page to appear on your screen, you click the refresh button, and usually it will appear faster. If you want to keep the page available 70 doing something else, just minimize it. It will wait at the bottom of the screen.
第四部分 写作（共三节，满分45分）
第一节 双向翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或英语，并将答案转写在答题卡上。
One great weakness of the Internet, though, is that 71.人们很难知道这些信息是否真实和准确。The huge amount of false information on the Internet becomes more of a problem every day. Another disadvantage of the Internet is the way that it is affecting people’s private lives. 72. In fact, some young people spend so much time playing computer games on the Internet that they have become addicted to them. To help solve this problem, a special clinic was opened in Beijing in 2005.
One unfortunate outcome of Internet use is that it is affecting people’s private lives. One university did a study about the students who had dropped out, and found that 73.百分之四十三的人是网迷。This study show that 74. people who spend too much time on the Internet tend to withdraw from the people and the world a around them.
75. These are all negative effects the Internet has on our lives. I feel it is important for us either to limit our use of the Internet, or to learn how to handle the problems it has caused.
71.______________________________________________________________________________________
72.______________________________________________________________________________________
73.______________________________________________________________________________________
74.______________________________________________________________________________________
75.______________________________________________________________________________________
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下列句中各有一个错，请把错处改正。其他部分不得更动。每处错误仅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（∧），并在右边横线上写出该加的词。
删除：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。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在右边横线上写出改正后的词。
76. How acupuncture reduces pain are not clear. 76.____________
77. The food must have gone bad, for it smells terribly. 77._____________
78. Follow the tips, your time will be much more worthwhile. 78._____________
79. Because it seems that the primary use of computers is to research on the Internet, they also have many other diverse applications. 79.______________
80. Hearing the bell, Jane got up from her chair and go to answer the door. 80.______________
81. Computers are one of the greatest invention in our time. 81._______________
82. They wouldn’t have achieved their success if they had been abandoned their dreams. 82.______________
83. When on the pavement, cyclists should walk next to their bicycles to avoid cause any accident.
83._____________
84. You should make good use for your spare time, so that can improve your marks at school.
84._____________
85. As an unique contributing of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture spread to many other Asian countries.
85.___________
第三节 书面表达（满分25分）
最近，你们班召开了一次以“How to use the Internet”为主题的班会，大家分析了网络使用的利与弊，也提出了网络使用的一些建议，请你综合以下提示，向学校广播站写一篇英语报道，谈谈使用网络的利与弊，并向全体同学提出使用建议。
利：1.便于生活、工作、学习
2. ……
弊：1.长期接触网络游戏，学习成绩下降，身体越来越糟糕
2. ……
使用建议：1.远离不健康网站
2. ……
注意：100词左右（不含已写好部分）
How to use the Internet
Recently, the use of the Internet is becoming more and more frequent. ______________________________
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湖南师范大学附属中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题
英语参考答案
题序 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
答案 C C A C A C A B C C C B B A B
题序 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
答案 A C C A C B C A D D B C C A B
题序 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
答案 C B B C A D C F B E D B D B A
题序 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
答案 C B A D C D B D B C B C D A D
61. interested 62. which 63. or 64. find/to find 65. addresses
66. directly 67. yourself/ yourselves 68. the 69. to 70. while/when
71. it is difficult to know whether the information is true and accurate
72.实际上，有的年轻人花这么多时间在网上玩电脑游戏，以致上瘾
73. 43 per cent of them were heavy Internet users
74.将过多的时间用于上网的人往往与周围的人和世界脱离
75.这些全是因特网对我们的生活所造成的负面影响
76. are 改为is
77. terribly 改为terrible
78. your 前加and
79. 将Because 改为Although 或Though
80. go 改为went
81. 将invention 改为inventions
82. 去掉been
83. cause 改为causing
84. for改为of
85. an改为a
[参考范文]
How to use the Internet
Recently, the use of the Internet is becoming more and more frequent. However, every coin has two sides, which is the same as using the Internet. On one hand, it is very helpful to our everyday life, work and study. For instance, many people are accustomed to gong shopping on the Internet, which is a way to save time and money. Besides, we can broaden our eyes and assist us to learn more about the world.
第I卷
第一部分：听力理解（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卡上。
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 do the speakers need to buy
A. A cake B. Desserts C. Drinks
2. What is the man probably going to do
A. See a film B. Buy a jacket C. Climb mountains
3. What is the man doing
A. Driving B. Reading C. Shopping
4. How did the woman get to France
A. By ship B. By train C. By plane
5. How much will the man pay for renting the flat for a month
A. $ 800 B. $ 880 C. $ 1,000
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话。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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7两个小题。
6. What did the man do yesterday evening
A. He went to a concert
B. He visited a friend
C. He watched a movie
7. When did the movie start
A. 7:20 p.m. B. 7:40 p. m. C. 8:00 p.m.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10三个小题。
8. What does the man want to buy for his daughter
A. A composition book
B. A set of storybooks
C. A magazine
9. Where is Readers’ Digest
A. In the first aisle on the first floor
B. On the fourth shelf in the second aisle upstairs
B. On the fourth shelf in the third aisle upstairs
听第8段材料，回答第11至13三个小题。
11. What are the speakers talking about
A. Their habits B. Their families C. Their neighbors
12. What’s the man’s problem
A. He can’t fall asleep
B. He can’t tolerate the drilling noise
C. He can’t hand in the report on time
13. What’s the man going to do
A. To take the rest of the afternoon off
B. To complain to the person in charge of the construction site
C. To talk to the drilling man
听第9段材料，回答第14至16三个小题。
14. What is the man doing
A. Checking in at a hotel
B. Checking out at a hotel
C. Checking his reservation
15. How long will the man’s friends stay at the hotel
A. For five nights B. For four nights C. For three nights
16. What is the special request for one of the man’s friends
A. He wants a non-smoking room
B. He needs an Internet connection
C .He room must be cleaned at once
听第10段材料，回答第17至20四个小题。
17. Who are the Pathfinder Readers’ Club mainly for
A. Book sellers B. Publishers C. Young people
18. What opportunity does the club provide for readers
A. Getting books in Pathfinder bookstores for free
B. Going out to broaden their world outlook
C. Talking about reading experiences and expressing themselves
19. How many members does the club accept every year at most
A. 50 B. 20 C. 30
20. What discount does a family card in the club offer
A. A 10% discount B. A 15% discount C. A 20% discount
第二部分 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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选涂黑。
A
Dear Customers,
I love slipping into a comfortable chair for a long read, as I relax into the chair. I also relax into the author’s words, stories, and ideas. The physical book is so elegant that it disappears into the background, and what remains is the author’s world.
Today, we at Amazon are excited to announce Kindle, a wireless, portable reading device with instant access to more than 90,000 books, magazines, and newspapers.
We’ve been working on Kindle for more than three years. Our top design objective was for Kindle to disappear in your hands —to get out of the way —so you can enjoy your reading. We also wanted to go beyond the physical book. Kindle is wireless, so whether you’re lying in bed or riding a train, you can think of a book, and have it in less than 60 seconds. No computer is needed—you do your reading directly from the device.
We chose the same wireless technology used in advanced mobile phones. But unlike mobile phones, there are no monthly wireless bills, no service or data plans, and no yearly contracts. There is no software to install(安装，设置). We want you to get lost in your reading and not in the technology.
Kindle uses a new kind of display called electronic paper. Sharp and natural with no strong light, reading on Kindle is nothing like reading from a computer screen. Kindle weighs only 10.3 ounces —less than a paperback —but can carry two hundred books.
Enjoy learning about Kindle and many thanks！
21. This passage most probably is a (n) _____.
A．news story B．advertisement
C．lab report D．letter of thanks
22. From the passage we learn that Kindle is a device which _____.
A．has neither wires nor weight B．is operated by a computer
C．can find a book within one minute D．can work in the absence of electricity
23. With the device, the reader is able to _____.
A．get rid of heavy books made of paper B．improve reading skills
C．gain access to free software D．enjoy reading when driving a car
B
Goats are being hired to do the work of men in a neighborhood just outside of San Diego. The fires that occurred in Hillborough four years ago destroyed thirty homes, most of which have been rebuilt. While the home were rebuilt, the grasses, bushes, and shrubs were re-growing. The area is now so overgrown in brush that it again brings a major danger of fire.
The city government asked for bids (投标)to remove the brush. The lowest bid they received was $50,000. And that was if the city provided breakfast and lunch for the work crews for the six weeks it would take to clear the overgrown area. The city government said no, offering unlimited coffee and a doughnut a day for each crew member. When that offer was rejected, the city asked for help on its website.
A sheepherder in Montana and a goat-herder in San Bernardino read about the city’s problem while surfing the web on their laptops. They both offered to do the job for $25,000. The government chose the goat-herder because he lived closer. When told that the city dump was overflowing, the goat-herder said, “No problem. My goats will eat everything in your dump. Except for the automobile engines, of course.” So, for another $5,000, the city killed two birds with one stone. If all goes well, they will invite the goat-herder and his “family” back every three years. The goat-herder said he will probably visit San Diego while his goats are in the dump. “I want to go there by plane; I just hope we don’t crash. My goats would miss me a lot,” he said.
24. What faces the city government as a serious problem
A. Fires destroyed thirty homes in a neighborhood four years ago.
B. The speed of rebuilding the houses is really too slow.
C. The overgrowing plants in this area have made the city look terrible.
D. The overgrowing plants in this area have become a big danger of fire.
25. The city government rejected the $50,000 bid because_______.
A. it thought that the price for removing the brush was too high
B. it expected for better help on its website
C. it thought that coffee and doughnuts were the best things for the work crews.
D. it didn’t want to supply breakfast and lunch for the work crews.
26. The goat-herder was chosen to do the job because___.
A. he offered to do it for the lower price
B. it was easier to transport his goats
C. goats can do the job better than the sheep
D. the city wanted to raise more goats.
27. What are the “two birds” that the city government kills with only one stone
A. Both the sheepherder and goat-herder will work for the city for half of the money
B. The danger of fire in a neighborhood and providing breakfast and lunch for the work crews.
C. The danger of fire in a neighborhood and the overflowing dump.
D. The city government can save some money and the goat-herder has a new job.
C
The social sciences, as the name shows, are the scientific study of the behavior of human beings, both in groups and individually. There is no past or present information of human beings who were not in groups. The groups may be small, like the family, or large, like a city or nation. But in order to reach complete development, man must be a member of a society. It is true that some individuals are more solitary than others. Some like monks or hermits may decide, for religious or other reasons, to leave their society and live alone. But these are unusual individuals, and even they cannot separate themselves completely from the rest of mankind. A society, then, seems to be the natural environment of mankind. Scholars who study mankind in social organizations are called social scientists.
The human behavior which social scientists study is learned behavior. The behavior of the human body as a living organism is studied by the biologist, the biochemist, or the physician. This behavior of man’s physical body is inherited through the genetic development of his species. For example, all physically normal and healthy humans learn to walk as their bodies grow and develop. Social scientists concern themselves with the behavior that man must learn so that he can take his place in a social group. In order to be a functioning member of that group, each member must learn to behave in a way acceptable according to the differences among societies.
The social scientists are newcomers to academic studies. By the end of the 19th century, the natural sciences had developed a method, by which they were able to understand the physical world. By using the scientific method, chemists, physicists, and astronauts, for example, learned a great deal about the universe. It seemed reasonable to apply the same method to the study of man’s social life. Through this kind of study man may learn to understand himself much better.
The scientific method is a way of collecting facts in order to describe an existing situation as correctly and completely as possible. The description must consist only of what can be perceived(领悟), analyzed, measured and recorded. Feelings and personal opinions or ideas have no place in scientific description. The fact must be observed and described in such a way that another scientist could repeat the same study and get the same results.
28. What is TRUE about all human beings
A. They are more or less solitary
B. They all belong to clubs.
C. They are all members of groups.
D. They separate themselves from the rest of mankind.
29. How does a social behavior differ from physical behavior
A. It is learned in a social group.
B. It is learned or inherited genetically.
C. It is depends on genetic development.
D. It is the same for all human beings.
30. What does a social scientist study
A. The family and its members.
B. Human beings as members of groups.
C. All families, cities and nations.
D. The behaviors of all the species.
31. Which of the following is NOT taken into account in the scientific method
A. Careful observations.
B. Accurate measurements.
C. True feelings and personal ideas.
D. A reasonable analysis.
D
Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to identify: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.
If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings. “You’re looking for what exactly Why not try it ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.
Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive(广阔) the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.
32. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage
A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites
B. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.
C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.
D. Alibaba will continue to develop.
33. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to
A. A new store B. Alibaba
C. A business D. A foreign website
34. What can be inferred from the passage
A. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail now.
B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.
C. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.
D. provides more profit than Taobao.
35. What is the passage mainly about
A. Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China.
B. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.
C. Shopping online is TaoBao.
D. How the author purchases online in China.
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。
Failure is inevitable if we are to succeed in life. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of how to overcome failure, and they are stopped by it when they encounter one.
※__36___
When we fail, we might be tempted to think that we have wasted our time and thus feel regretful about it. But that should not be the case. The fact that you have done something is much better than doing nothing. Be happy and move on. The regret lies not in doing, but in not doing.
※__37___
Failure is there not without a reason. It’s there to give you the wisdom you need to succeed. Each failure you encounter increases your wisdom and brings you one step closer to success. If you have this, you will see failure differently. You will see each failure as an opportunity to learn.
※__38___
While failure brings you wisdom, how much wisdom you will get depends entirely on your ability to harvest it. So don’t waste the opportunity to learn. If you fail to do this, you may waste a lot of time by repeating the same mistakes in the future.
※Don’t give up; maybe you are only one step away from success
The thought of giving up is tempting, especially when we have failed over and over again. But who knows that maybe you are only one step away from success Will you abandon the long journey you have passed when you are already so close to your destination __39___
※__40___
You should keep on trying and be enthusiastic as you used to be. Otherwise your later effort will have less and less power. Many people who achieving great undertakings have no special quality. They are just ordinary people with extraordinary attitude. Let’s be one of them.
A. Make great efforts so that we can succeed.
B. So hold on tight and don’t give up.
C. Understand that failure is there to bring you wisdom
D. Cheer up and don’t feel sorry.
E. Maintain your enthusiasm
F. Learn as much as possible from the failure
G. Learn that every failure results from wisdom.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Yesterday afternoon I went back home and found the door to my house had been opened. The house had not been broken into because the 41 had been safely undone (打开)and placed on the roof of the kennel(狗窝)where we normally put it. On the door mat(垫) was a pair of shoes 42 to my wife and this made me believe that it was she who had 43 the door. This was 44 because she is always the one coming home 45 in the evening from work. Being a banker, the nature of her job 46 her to stay out till around 7:30 in the evening.
I entered the house and 47 directly to the bedroom where I thought she was. I thought she was. I found she had covered her face with a blanket when I entered the 48 , and she became quite emotional and started weeping 49 . I tried to ask her what was wrong, but she couldn’t 50 it. I guessed that maybe she had been 51 that one of her relatives was dead. I sat her down on the bed and brought her a glass of waster to help her cool down.
When she had calmed down, she told me, “I am 52 my job. Some clients 53 for loans two weeks ago and I was 54 with ensuring that the processing the loans was completed. The bank had delayed processing the loans and some customers have been 55 me and insulting me on the phone and on social media. The bank administrators have been very 56 to respond to the applications and I feel that this is a(n) 57 .” I looked at her keenly and told her, “Darling, if you want to shed (流) tears because of what people say or think about you, then you tears will fill barrels before you die. Our 58 won’t help in finishing your enemies but will help them in finishing you. The pain of being 59 might sometimes be strong, but still, it costs us 60 to forget and move on.”
41. A. chain B. window C. door D. lock
42. A. giving B. belonging C. holding D. bringing
43. A. broken B. knocked C. repaired D. opened
44. A. bad B. unusual C. horrible D. astonishing
45. A. late B. early C. safely D. forward
46. A. allows B. orders C. requires D. inspires
47. A. aimed B. headed C. turned D. pointed
48. A. bedroom B. kitchen C. yard D. study
49. A. secretly B. suddenly C. discontentedly D. uncontrollably
50. A. evaluate B. hear C. explain D. remember
51. A. advised B. cheated C. asked D. informed
52. A. absent from B. fed up with C. careful about D. busy with
53. A. called B. acted C. accounted D. applied
54. A. concerned B. charged C. served D. disappointed
55. A. tracking B. judging C. calling D. interviewing
56. A. anxious B. slow C. careless D. unable
57. A. assumption B. challenge C. punishment D. argument
58. A. sickness B. weakness C. reference D. bitterness
59. A. insulted B. blamed C. betrayed D. rejected
60. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
第II卷
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is wonderful that you are finally 61 (interest) in the Internet. Now we can use it to keep in touch. You can make new friends and find information on the Internet too. You can either browse, 62 means just looking at general information, 63 use a search engine to search.
Just type in what you want to know and the program will help you 64 (find)what you want. It will give you a list of web 65 (address). These are all links. That means you can click on them, and the Internet will take you to different websites. Sometimes you will go 66 (direct) to the web page with the information you need. Other times, you will find 67 (you) at the home page. That is 68 first page of a website.
If you don’t find what you need, you can click on the back arrow and return 69 the previous page. If it takes a long time for a page to appear on your screen, you click the refresh button, and usually it will appear faster. If you want to keep the page available 70 doing something else, just minimize it. It will wait at the bottom of the screen.
第四部分 写作（共三节，满分45分）
第一节 双向翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或英语，并将答案转写在答题卡上。
One great weakness of the Internet, though, is that 71.人们很难知道这些信息是否真实和准确。The huge amount of false information on the Internet becomes more of a problem every day. Another disadvantage of the Internet is the way that it is affecting people’s private lives. 72. In fact, some young people spend so much time playing computer games on the Internet that they have become addicted to them. To help solve this problem, a special clinic was opened in Beijing in 2005.
One unfortunate outcome of Internet use is that it is affecting people’s private lives. One university did a study about the students who had dropped out, and found that 73.百分之四十三的人是网迷。This study show that 74. people who spend too much time on the Internet tend to withdraw from the people and the world a around them.
75. These are all negative effects the Internet has on our lives. I feel it is important for us either to limit our use of the Internet, or to learn how to handle the problems it has caused.
71.______________________________________________________________________________________
72.______________________________________________________________________________________
73.______________________________________________________________________________________
74.______________________________________________________________________________________
75.______________________________________________________________________________________
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下列句中各有一个错，请把错处改正。其他部分不得更动。每处错误仅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（∧），并在右边横线上写出该加的词。
删除：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。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在右边横线上写出改正后的词。
76. How acupuncture reduces pain are not clear. 76.____________
77. The food must have gone bad, for it smells terribly. 77._____________
78. Follow the tips, your time will be much more worthwhile. 78._____________
79. Because it seems that the primary use of computers is to research on the Internet, they also have many other diverse applications. 79.______________
80. Hearing the bell, Jane got up from her chair and go to answer the door. 80.______________
81. Computers are one of the greatest invention in our time. 81._______________
82. They wouldn’t have achieved their success if they had been abandoned their dreams. 82.______________
83. When on the pavement, cyclists should walk next to their bicycles to avoid cause any accident.
83._____________
84. You should make good use for your spare time, so that can improve your marks at school.
84._____________
85. As an unique contributing of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture spread to many other Asian countries.
85.___________
第三节 书面表达（满分25分）
最近，你们班召开了一次以“How to use the Internet”为主题的班会，大家分析了网络使用的利与弊，也提出了网络使用的一些建议，请你综合以下提示，向学校广播站写一篇英语报道，谈谈使用网络的利与弊，并向全体同学提出使用建议。
利：1.便于生活、工作、学习
2. ……
弊：1.长期接触网络游戏，学习成绩下降，身体越来越糟糕
2. ……
使用建议：1.远离不健康网站
2. ……
注意：100词左右（不含已写好部分）
How to use the Internet
Recently, the use of the Internet is becoming more and more frequent. ______________________________
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湖南师范大学附属中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题
英语参考答案
题序 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
答案 C C A C A C A B C C C B B A B
题序 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
答案 A C C A C B C A D D B C C A B
题序 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
答案 C B B C A D C F B E D B D B A
题序 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
答案 C B A D C D B D B C B C D A D
61. interested 62. which 63. or 64. find/to find 65. addresses
66. directly 67. yourself/ yourselves 68. the 69. to 70. while/when
71. it is difficult to know whether the information is true and accurate
72.实际上，有的年轻人花这么多时间在网上玩电脑游戏，以致上瘾
73. 43 per cent of them were heavy Internet users
74.将过多的时间用于上网的人往往与周围的人和世界脱离
75.这些全是因特网对我们的生活所造成的负面影响
76. are 改为is
77. terribly 改为terrible
78. your 前加and
79. 将Because 改为Although 或Though
80. go 改为went
81. 将invention 改为inventions
82. 去掉been
83. cause 改为causing
84. for改为of
85. an改为a
[参考范文]
How to use the Internet
Recently, the use of the Internet is becoming more and more frequent. However, every coin has two sides, which is the same as using the Internet. On one hand, it is very helpful to our everyday life, work and study. For instance, many people are accustomed to gong shopping on the Internet, which is a way to save time and money. Besides, we can broaden our eyes and assist us to learn more about the world.
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