四川省宜宾第三中学2015-2016学年高二下学期半期考试英语试题（无答案）
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高2014级高二下期中考试
英语试题
(考试时间：120分钟；满分：150分) 本试卷分为第I卷和第II卷两部分
第Ⅰ卷
注意事项：
1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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1.5分，共7.5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 is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. A teacher and a student. B. A student and her classmate.
C. A teacher and her workmate.
2. Where are they standing now?
A. Outside a book shop. B. In a clothes shop. C. In front of a clothes shop.
3. By what time does the man have to check his ticket?
A. 12:05 p.m. B. 12:45 p.m. C. 11:35 a.m.
4. What caused the man’s red eyes?
A. Sadness. B. Sand. C. Some eye disease.
5. What sunglasses does the man want to buy?
A. Brown ones. B. Black ones. C. Glasses of any color.
第二节（共15题。每题1.5分，共22.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。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，各个题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. How old is the house?
A. 13 years old. B. Less than 30 years old. C. More than 30 years old.
7. Why does the woman want to sell the house?
A. Because she was tired of living there.
B. Because she needs much money.
C. Because she now wants to live in the country.
8. Why didn’t the man decide to buy the house right away?
A. Because the house is too old.
B. Because he wants his wife to see it first.
C. Because he doesn’t like the house.
听下面一段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A visit to their relatives. B. A call to their close friends. C. A plan for the party.
10. Why was the woman thinking of calling on Ann?
A. Because Ann just got out of the hospital.
B. Because she wanted to invite Ann to the party.
C. Because Ann just got a new house.
11. What do you know about Rick?
A. He is still in hospital. B. He doesn’t feel well. C. He likes to have a party.
听下面一段材料，回答第12至13题。
12. Why did the man stay in the hospital?
A. Because his left arm was broken. B. Because he had a leg broken. C. Because he drove too fast.
13. How did the accident happen?
A. Someone knocked into his car. B. He crashed into a pole. C. He had drunk too much wine.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Why did Ruth call Tim?
A. To find out whether the book she ordered is in.
B. To ask him to attend a Students’ Union meeting.
C. To see whether he has time to be a volunteer.
15. What does Ruth say about the new students?
A. Many of them work full time.
B. They usually arrive on the weekend.
C. They will need new textbooks.
16. What does Tim offer to do?
A. Help out when he has time. B. Take Ruth’s place as a tour guide. C. Leave work early if he can.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the text mainly about?
A. Radio and newspapers. B. Media and shopping. C. Computers and the Internet.
18. What is the most common way to affect people’s shopping behavior?
A. Pictures. B. Advertisement. C. Films.
19. According to the passage, who can benefit from ads?
A. Only the manufactures. B. Only the shoppers. C. Both the shoppers and the manufactures.
20. What will play a more important role in our shopping?
A. The Internet. B. The manufactures. C. Faster information.
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）
A
My friend, Sally, had a failed marriage in the past. After divorce, her parents gave her the deepest protection, helped her care for the child and offered financial aids. Her parents’ love made her pull herself together and forget the man who had hurt her before.
However, her father, an honest and straight old man, after hearing his ex-son-in-law got promoted(晋升) in his company, felt extremely angry and went to his company to question his boss why such a playboy could get promoted. The whole office fell into a man at once and many staff just looked on the sidelines. The old man stood silently in the office with his eyes tearing.
That night, Sally cried heavily in front of me. I asked her whether it was her father’s stupid deeds that made her feel embarrassed. But she said that she felt guilty about her dad and that though the rest of the whole world betrayed her, her old father would still back her up and help her get the justice she deserved, just as when she was young and the neighboring boy grabbed her ball, her father would get it back for her. However, this changed world was no longer the stage for her old father and his deeds became funnily out-of-date. No one managed to see the real and ever-lasting love to his daughter behind his rude behaviors.
Although we have grown up, our parents still would not like us to suffer a bit and try all means to protect us without caring whether what they do is awkward and stupid or not.
Who in the world would love us so deeply and cruelly without asking for any anything? Only our parents!
21. What did my friend’s parents choose to do after she got divorced?
A. They chose to help her get promoted.
B. They chose to help her get through it.
C. They chose to find her another husband.
D. They chose to blame the failed marriage on her.
22. When the father heard his ex-son-in-law got promoted, he probably thought that .
A. he didn’t deserve it
B. he should congratulate him
C. the boss made the right decision
D. he had misunderstood his ex-son-in-law
23. When the father was questioning the boss, people there probably .
A. felt angry with his ex-son-in-law
B. felt sad and wanted to help the father
C. thought the father was funny and stupid
D. thought his boss promoted the wrong person
24. What is the best title of the passage?
A. A failed marriage
B. Parents’ selfless love
C. A great father
D. A daughter’s appreciation to her father
B
Friends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take the friendship for granted, we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few. For example, the average among students is about 6 per person. In all the cases of friendly relationships, two people like one another and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of intimacy(亲密) between them and the reasons for their shared interest vary enormously. As we get to know people, we take into consideration things like age, race, economic condition, social position, and intelligence. Although these factors are not of main importance, it is more difficult to get on with people when there is a big difference in age and background.
Some friendly relationships can be kept on argument and discussion, but it is usual for close friends to have similar ideas and beliefs, to have attitudes and interests in common––they often talk about “being on the same wavelength”. It generally takes time to reach this point. And the more intimately involved people become, the more they rely on one another. People want to do friends favors and hate to break a promise. Equally, friends have to learn to put up with annoying habits and to tolerate differences in opinion.
Compared with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the association between two people. But the supporting and understanding of each other that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a powerful connection, which can overcome differences in background, and break down barriers of age, class or race.
25. According to the author, .
A. true friends should put up with differences in opinion
B. those who get on well with each other are friends
C. everyone understands clearly how to make friends
D. every student should have 6 friends
26. Why do we consider factors like race and social position when making friends?
A. It is easier to make friends with the same background.
B. The degree of friendship between two people can vary greatly.
C. These are the most important factors to make friends.
D. Friends need to know all these things.
27. To strengthen friendly relationship, people .
A. must hold friendship ceremonies
B. have to get rid of differences in background
C. should do friends many favors
D. should support and understand each other
C
Have you ever wondered?
Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?
It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet(喷射) stream. The jet stream is a very high altitude wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. The planes moving at a constant air speed thus go faster in the west-east direction when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.
What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?
Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures(建筑物) float away? What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth. The Earth is moving at quite a speed, moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something around your head on a string (细绳), it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. ‘Switching off ’ gravity would be like letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling. Most things outside would fly off into space.
28. What information can we get from the first passage?
A. Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.
B. It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.
C. It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.
D. The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.
29. The underlined word in the 2nd passage probably means“ ________”.
A. send for B. come out C. grow quickly D. move quickly
30. It can be inferred that without gravity _________.
A. buildings and other structures would float away
B. something around your head would not float away
C. trees and buildings would not so easily fly off
D. everything outside buildings would fly off into space
31. Where can we most probably read this text?
A. In a students’ book B. In a short story.
C. In a travel magazine. D. In an advertisement. .
D
Humans are naturally drawn to other life forms and the worlds outside of our own. We take delight in the existence of creatures and even whole societies beyond our everyday lives.
This sense of wonder is universal. Look at the efforts that scientists have made to find out whether life of some kind exists on Mars, and the popularity of fantasy literature or movies like The Lord of the Rings. This sense of wonder draws us to each other, to the world around us, and to the world of make-believe. But have we gone so far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the pleasure of other worlds that already exist all around us?
Human beings，as biologists have suggested，possess an inborn desire to connect with and understand other life forms. However, people, especially in big cities, often lead rather isolated lives. In a study of British schoolchildren, it was found that children by age eight were much more familiar with characters from television shows and video games than with common wildlife. Without modern technology a small Pond (池塘) could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects, birds, and animals. When we lack meaningful interaction（交互）with the world around us, and sometimes even with our families and friends, we seek to understand and communicate with things that exist only in our imaginations or on a computer screen.
The world of make-believe is not necessarily bad. But when the world of fantasy becomes the only outlet（出路）for our sense of wonder, then we are really missing something. We are missing a connection with the living world. Other wonderful worlds exist all around us. But even more interesting is that if we look closely enough, we can see that these worlds, in a broad sense, are really part of our own.
32．The popularity of The Lord of the Rings proves _________ .
A．the fine taste of moviegoers around the world
B．the general existence of the sense of curiosity
C．the close connection between man and the fantasy world
D．the wonderful achievements of fantasy literature
33．What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?
A．People are far less familiar with the world of fantasy.
B．The world of fantasy can be mirrored by a small and lively pond.
C．The world around us could serve as a source of wonder.
D．Modern technology prevents us from developing our sense of wonder.
34．If our sense of wonder relies totally on the world of make-believe, we will ______.
A．be confused by the world of make-believe
B．miss the chance to recognize the fantasy world
C．be trapped by other worlds existing all around us
D．fail to appreciate the joy in our lives
35. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To warn us not to get lost in the fantasy world.
B. To show us the hidden beauty in our world.
C. To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder.
D. To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe.
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。
Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, online class is becoming increasingly popular. 36 .
Ye Siyuan, 16:
37 . The popularity of online classes suggests that it’s become a common trend to study on the Internet. And taking online classes is much more convenient than studying in the classroom.
Yang Xixi, 16:
I disagree with taking online classes. Because there are numerous distractions on the Internet for the students with weak willpower. 38 , in the long term.
Liu Lingwang, 17:
As far as I’m concerned, online education is a highly efficient way to study. It can provide a lot of courses covering various subjects. 39 . They can also make us knowledgeable.
Ma Yifan, 17:
I support this type of study because it’s really beneficial. We can use video to review and preview. Videos can also be paused and watched over and over again. 40 . I think, studying online is really beneficial.
It may be harmful to their studies to some degree.
It can provide additional content to what we have done.
In my opinion, online classes are an excellent way to study.
Some say they are convenient, while others feel worried about them.
They can broaden our view.
So, it is easier for us to understand what the teacher is talking about.
Online education is of great importance.
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。
I awoke in the night to find my husband gently rocking(摇晃) our baby son, Noah.
I felt in my heart that something was 41 wrong with Noah. This was one of several nights Noah had been 42 , burning with a high fever.
Tears filled my eyes as I watched my husband move Noah’s little check up 43 his own chest, so that Noah could 44 the vibrations(振动) of his voice. Noah is deaf.
We had taken Noah to the doctor more times that I can 45 . It had been a week and a half and Noah’s 46 remained very high. I knew in my soul that Noah was in 47 .
I gently touched my husband’s shoulder and we looked into each other’s eyes with the same 48 .When morning finally came, we called the doctor and were told to 49 him in again. Our hearts were 50 with fear. The doctor looked Noah over and told us the news that we 51 . Noah had to stay in the hospital.
I couldn’t concentrate on anything, and I couldn’t stop 52 . I felt as if the whole world would darken. My husband 53 me that he felt in his heart that Noah would be OK. He never gave up.
A short time later, the doctor told us that Noah’s first 54 were back, and that he just had Influenza A(流感). Noah would 55 and soon be back to his little self. Marty and I smiled at each other through our tears. 56 , in the middle of the night, we were told that it was 57 to take Noah home.
A few days later, I was cooking dinner. I secretly looked into the living room, seeing my husband playing and laughing with Noah. They both looked up and 58 me watching them, and my husband and I signed “I love you” to each other, then to Noah. And then Noah, with his tiny hands, 59 to sign his own “I love you” to his daddy. I watched with tears as my husband 60 helped Noah form his tiny fingers into the sign I love you.
41. A. heavily?? B. slightly C. seriously D. suddenly
42. A. away?? B.?up C. down ?? D. out
43. A. beside B. behind C. with D. against
44. A. feel ? ? B. touch? C. realize??? D. know
45. A. think B. remember C. choose D. understand 46. A.?heat B. fever C. weight?? D. spirits 47. A. difference B. trouble ? C. anxiety D. shock
48. A. pity B. pain C. fear D. regret 49. A. bring? B. carry ? C. turn D. call?
50. A. met B. covered C. presented D. filled 51. A.?planned B.?suggested C. expected D. wanted
52. A. crying B. talking C. shouting D. thinking 53. A. comforted??? B. reminded??? C. believed??? D. inspired 54. A. notices B. messages ?? C. results??? D. samples 55. A. rest ? B. change C. relax D. recover
56. A. However B. Therefore C. Finally D. Besides
57. A. fine B. unusual C. impossible D. necessary
58. A. caught B. recognized C. understood D. heard
59. A. agreed B. tried C. managed? D. pretended 60. A. hurriedly?? B. easily? C. carefully ?? ? D. curiously
宜宾市第三中学高2014级高二下期中考试
英语试题
第II卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
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。
Recently I failed an exam. However, 61 I came out of my teacher’s office, I told myself, “Smile! It’s not so serious.” I smiled a big smile and it 62 (work) a little, really.
Everyone gets 63 (frustrate) sometimes. I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits. But one day I came across a sentence 64 the Bible, “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself, let the day's own trouble be enough for the day.” It suddenly struck me，“ 65 (worry) about a problem doesn't help. Why not just give a big smile and face up to the trouble？”
Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that laughter is better than 66 (tear) and anger. I am convinced that there's something 67 (magic) about a smile. A smile 68 (help) me recover confidence and gives me the courage to move on.
Remember, whenever you’re faced with a setback（挫折）, whenever you’ve been treated 69 (fair), all it takes is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life, 70 it will shine on you.
第四部分 改错 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）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。
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（从第11处起）不计分。
I think that we high school students should think serious about what we want to do after the high school. It’s getting closer and closer in all. Pretty soon, decisions of all kind that could change our life are going to have to be made. Some students aren’t thinking so far ahead. They were just playing day after day. This should really be avoid. We need to figure out whether we want go to college or not. If we want, we should find out which college you want to go to. Remember you can be that you want to be but go for your goals.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你的外国朋友Linda了解到在中国抢红包成为时下最火的话题之一，她想了解相关情况。请根据以下提示给她写一封回信。
人们的表现
理 由
个人观点
喜 欢
时尚、好玩、方便快捷
？
不喜欢
无聊、浪费时间、与家人的沟通交流变少
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头已写好，但不计入总词数。
4. 参考词汇： 抢红包 grab red envelopes
Dear Linda,
As you know, grabbing red envelopes online has become one of the biggest issues in China.
Yours,
Lihua
英语试题
(考试时间：120分钟；满分：150分) 本试卷分为第I卷和第II卷两部分
第Ⅰ卷
注意事项：
1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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1.5分，共7.5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 is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. A teacher and a student. B. A student and her classmate.
C. A teacher and her workmate.
2. Where are they standing now?
A. Outside a book shop. B. In a clothes shop. C. In front of a clothes shop.
3. By what time does the man have to check his ticket?
A. 12:05 p.m. B. 12:45 p.m. C. 11:35 a.m.
4. What caused the man’s red eyes?
A. Sadness. B. Sand. C. Some eye disease.
5. What sunglasses does the man want to buy?
A. Brown ones. B. Black ones. C. Glasses of any color.
第二节（共15题。每题1.5分，共22.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。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，各个题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. How old is the house?
A. 13 years old. B. Less than 30 years old. C. More than 30 years old.
7. Why does the woman want to sell the house?
A. Because she was tired of living there.
B. Because she needs much money.
C. Because she now wants to live in the country.
8. Why didn’t the man decide to buy the house right away?
A. Because the house is too old.
B. Because he wants his wife to see it first.
C. Because he doesn’t like the house.
听下面一段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A visit to their relatives. B. A call to their close friends. C. A plan for the party.
10. Why was the woman thinking of calling on Ann?
A. Because Ann just got out of the hospital.
B. Because she wanted to invite Ann to the party.
C. Because Ann just got a new house.
11. What do you know about Rick?
A. He is still in hospital. B. He doesn’t feel well. C. He likes to have a party.
听下面一段材料，回答第12至13题。
12. Why did the man stay in the hospital?
A. Because his left arm was broken. B. Because he had a leg broken. C. Because he drove too fast.
13. How did the accident happen?
A. Someone knocked into his car. B. He crashed into a pole. C. He had drunk too much wine.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Why did Ruth call Tim?
A. To find out whether the book she ordered is in.
B. To ask him to attend a Students’ Union meeting.
C. To see whether he has time to be a volunteer.
15. What does Ruth say about the new students?
A. Many of them work full time.
B. They usually arrive on the weekend.
C. They will need new textbooks.
16. What does Tim offer to do?
A. Help out when he has time. B. Take Ruth’s place as a tour guide. C. Leave work early if he can.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the text mainly about?
A. Radio and newspapers. B. Media and shopping. C. Computers and the Internet.
18. What is the most common way to affect people’s shopping behavior?
A. Pictures. B. Advertisement. C. Films.
19. According to the passage, who can benefit from ads?
A. Only the manufactures. B. Only the shoppers. C. Both the shoppers and the manufactures.
20. What will play a more important role in our shopping?
A. The Internet. B. The manufactures. C. Faster information.
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）
A
My friend, Sally, had a failed marriage in the past. After divorce, her parents gave her the deepest protection, helped her care for the child and offered financial aids. Her parents’ love made her pull herself together and forget the man who had hurt her before.
However, her father, an honest and straight old man, after hearing his ex-son-in-law got promoted(晋升) in his company, felt extremely angry and went to his company to question his boss why such a playboy could get promoted. The whole office fell into a man at once and many staff just looked on the sidelines. The old man stood silently in the office with his eyes tearing.
That night, Sally cried heavily in front of me. I asked her whether it was her father’s stupid deeds that made her feel embarrassed. But she said that she felt guilty about her dad and that though the rest of the whole world betrayed her, her old father would still back her up and help her get the justice she deserved, just as when she was young and the neighboring boy grabbed her ball, her father would get it back for her. However, this changed world was no longer the stage for her old father and his deeds became funnily out-of-date. No one managed to see the real and ever-lasting love to his daughter behind his rude behaviors.
Although we have grown up, our parents still would not like us to suffer a bit and try all means to protect us without caring whether what they do is awkward and stupid or not.
Who in the world would love us so deeply and cruelly without asking for any anything? Only our parents!
21. What did my friend’s parents choose to do after she got divorced?
A. They chose to help her get promoted.
B. They chose to help her get through it.
C. They chose to find her another husband.
D. They chose to blame the failed marriage on her.
22. When the father heard his ex-son-in-law got promoted, he probably thought that .
A. he didn’t deserve it
B. he should congratulate him
C. the boss made the right decision
D. he had misunderstood his ex-son-in-law
23. When the father was questioning the boss, people there probably .
A. felt angry with his ex-son-in-law
B. felt sad and wanted to help the father
C. thought the father was funny and stupid
D. thought his boss promoted the wrong person
24. What is the best title of the passage?
A. A failed marriage
B. Parents’ selfless love
C. A great father
D. A daughter’s appreciation to her father
B
Friends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take the friendship for granted, we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few. For example, the average among students is about 6 per person. In all the cases of friendly relationships, two people like one another and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of intimacy(亲密) between them and the reasons for their shared interest vary enormously. As we get to know people, we take into consideration things like age, race, economic condition, social position, and intelligence. Although these factors are not of main importance, it is more difficult to get on with people when there is a big difference in age and background.
Some friendly relationships can be kept on argument and discussion, but it is usual for close friends to have similar ideas and beliefs, to have attitudes and interests in common––they often talk about “being on the same wavelength”. It generally takes time to reach this point. And the more intimately involved people become, the more they rely on one another. People want to do friends favors and hate to break a promise. Equally, friends have to learn to put up with annoying habits and to tolerate differences in opinion.
Compared with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the association between two people. But the supporting and understanding of each other that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a powerful connection, which can overcome differences in background, and break down barriers of age, class or race.
25. According to the author, .
A. true friends should put up with differences in opinion
B. those who get on well with each other are friends
C. everyone understands clearly how to make friends
D. every student should have 6 friends
26. Why do we consider factors like race and social position when making friends?
A. It is easier to make friends with the same background.
B. The degree of friendship between two people can vary greatly.
C. These are the most important factors to make friends.
D. Friends need to know all these things.
27. To strengthen friendly relationship, people .
A. must hold friendship ceremonies
B. have to get rid of differences in background
C. should do friends many favors
D. should support and understand each other
C
Have you ever wondered?
Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?
It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet(喷射) stream. The jet stream is a very high altitude wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. The planes moving at a constant air speed thus go faster in the west-east direction when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.
What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?
Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures(建筑物) float away? What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth. The Earth is moving at quite a speed, moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something around your head on a string (细绳), it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. ‘Switching off ’ gravity would be like letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling. Most things outside would fly off into space.
28. What information can we get from the first passage?
A. Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.
B. It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.
C. It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.
D. The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.
29. The underlined word in the 2nd passage probably means“ ________”.
A. send for B. come out C. grow quickly D. move quickly
30. It can be inferred that without gravity _________.
A. buildings and other structures would float away
B. something around your head would not float away
C. trees and buildings would not so easily fly off
D. everything outside buildings would fly off into space
31. Where can we most probably read this text?
A. In a students’ book B. In a short story.
C. In a travel magazine. D. In an advertisement. .
D
Humans are naturally drawn to other life forms and the worlds outside of our own. We take delight in the existence of creatures and even whole societies beyond our everyday lives.
This sense of wonder is universal. Look at the efforts that scientists have made to find out whether life of some kind exists on Mars, and the popularity of fantasy literature or movies like The Lord of the Rings. This sense of wonder draws us to each other, to the world around us, and to the world of make-believe. But have we gone so far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the pleasure of other worlds that already exist all around us?
Human beings，as biologists have suggested，possess an inborn desire to connect with and understand other life forms. However, people, especially in big cities, often lead rather isolated lives. In a study of British schoolchildren, it was found that children by age eight were much more familiar with characters from television shows and video games than with common wildlife. Without modern technology a small Pond (池塘) could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects, birds, and animals. When we lack meaningful interaction（交互）with the world around us, and sometimes even with our families and friends, we seek to understand and communicate with things that exist only in our imaginations or on a computer screen.
The world of make-believe is not necessarily bad. But when the world of fantasy becomes the only outlet（出路）for our sense of wonder, then we are really missing something. We are missing a connection with the living world. Other wonderful worlds exist all around us. But even more interesting is that if we look closely enough, we can see that these worlds, in a broad sense, are really part of our own.
32．The popularity of The Lord of the Rings proves _________ .
A．the fine taste of moviegoers around the world
B．the general existence of the sense of curiosity
C．the close connection between man and the fantasy world
D．the wonderful achievements of fantasy literature
33．What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?
A．People are far less familiar with the world of fantasy.
B．The world of fantasy can be mirrored by a small and lively pond.
C．The world around us could serve as a source of wonder.
D．Modern technology prevents us from developing our sense of wonder.
34．If our sense of wonder relies totally on the world of make-believe, we will ______.
A．be confused by the world of make-believe
B．miss the chance to recognize the fantasy world
C．be trapped by other worlds existing all around us
D．fail to appreciate the joy in our lives
35. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To warn us not to get lost in the fantasy world.
B. To show us the hidden beauty in our world.
C. To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder.
D. To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe.
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。
Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, online class is becoming increasingly popular. 36 .
Ye Siyuan, 16:
37 . The popularity of online classes suggests that it’s become a common trend to study on the Internet. And taking online classes is much more convenient than studying in the classroom.
Yang Xixi, 16:
I disagree with taking online classes. Because there are numerous distractions on the Internet for the students with weak willpower. 38 , in the long term.
Liu Lingwang, 17:
As far as I’m concerned, online education is a highly efficient way to study. It can provide a lot of courses covering various subjects. 39 . They can also make us knowledgeable.
Ma Yifan, 17:
I support this type of study because it’s really beneficial. We can use video to review and preview. Videos can also be paused and watched over and over again. 40 . I think, studying online is really beneficial.
It may be harmful to their studies to some degree.
It can provide additional content to what we have done.
In my opinion, online classes are an excellent way to study.
Some say they are convenient, while others feel worried about them.
They can broaden our view.
So, it is easier for us to understand what the teacher is talking about.
Online education is of great importance.
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。
I awoke in the night to find my husband gently rocking(摇晃) our baby son, Noah.
I felt in my heart that something was 41 wrong with Noah. This was one of several nights Noah had been 42 , burning with a high fever.
Tears filled my eyes as I watched my husband move Noah’s little check up 43 his own chest, so that Noah could 44 the vibrations(振动) of his voice. Noah is deaf.
We had taken Noah to the doctor more times that I can 45 . It had been a week and a half and Noah’s 46 remained very high. I knew in my soul that Noah was in 47 .
I gently touched my husband’s shoulder and we looked into each other’s eyes with the same 48 .When morning finally came, we called the doctor and were told to 49 him in again. Our hearts were 50 with fear. The doctor looked Noah over and told us the news that we 51 . Noah had to stay in the hospital.
I couldn’t concentrate on anything, and I couldn’t stop 52 . I felt as if the whole world would darken. My husband 53 me that he felt in his heart that Noah would be OK. He never gave up.
A short time later, the doctor told us that Noah’s first 54 were back, and that he just had Influenza A(流感). Noah would 55 and soon be back to his little self. Marty and I smiled at each other through our tears. 56 , in the middle of the night, we were told that it was 57 to take Noah home.
A few days later, I was cooking dinner. I secretly looked into the living room, seeing my husband playing and laughing with Noah. They both looked up and 58 me watching them, and my husband and I signed “I love you” to each other, then to Noah. And then Noah, with his tiny hands, 59 to sign his own “I love you” to his daddy. I watched with tears as my husband 60 helped Noah form his tiny fingers into the sign I love you.
41. A. heavily?? B. slightly C. seriously D. suddenly
42. A. away?? B.?up C. down ?? D. out
43. A. beside B. behind C. with D. against
44. A. feel ? ? B. touch? C. realize??? D. know
45. A. think B. remember C. choose D. understand 46. A.?heat B. fever C. weight?? D. spirits 47. A. difference B. trouble ? C. anxiety D. shock
48. A. pity B. pain C. fear D. regret 49. A. bring? B. carry ? C. turn D. call?
50. A. met B. covered C. presented D. filled 51. A.?planned B.?suggested C. expected D. wanted
52. A. crying B. talking C. shouting D. thinking 53. A. comforted??? B. reminded??? C. believed??? D. inspired 54. A. notices B. messages ?? C. results??? D. samples 55. A. rest ? B. change C. relax D. recover
56. A. However B. Therefore C. Finally D. Besides
57. A. fine B. unusual C. impossible D. necessary
58. A. caught B. recognized C. understood D. heard
59. A. agreed B. tried C. managed? D. pretended 60. A. hurriedly?? B. easily? C. carefully ?? ? D. curiously
宜宾市第三中学高2014级高二下期中考试
英语试题
第II卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
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。
Recently I failed an exam. However, 61 I came out of my teacher’s office, I told myself, “Smile! It’s not so serious.” I smiled a big smile and it 62 (work) a little, really.
Everyone gets 63 (frustrate) sometimes. I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits. But one day I came across a sentence 64 the Bible, “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself, let the day's own trouble be enough for the day.” It suddenly struck me，“ 65 (worry) about a problem doesn't help. Why not just give a big smile and face up to the trouble？”
Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that laughter is better than 66 (tear) and anger. I am convinced that there's something 67 (magic) about a smile. A smile 68 (help) me recover confidence and gives me the courage to move on.
Remember, whenever you’re faced with a setback（挫折）, whenever you’ve been treated 69 (fair), all it takes is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life, 70 it will shine on you.
第四部分 改错 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）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。
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（从第11处起）不计分。
I think that we high school students should think serious about what we want to do after the high school. It’s getting closer and closer in all. Pretty soon, decisions of all kind that could change our life are going to have to be made. Some students aren’t thinking so far ahead. They were just playing day after day. This should really be avoid. We need to figure out whether we want go to college or not. If we want, we should find out which college you want to go to. Remember you can be that you want to be but go for your goals.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你的外国朋友Linda了解到在中国抢红包成为时下最火的话题之一，她想了解相关情况。请根据以下提示给她写一封回信。
人们的表现
理 由
个人观点
喜 欢
时尚、好玩、方便快捷
？
不喜欢
无聊、浪费时间、与家人的沟通交流变少
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头已写好，但不计入总词数。
4. 参考词汇： 抢红包 grab red envelopes
Dear Linda,
As you know, grabbing red envelopes online has become one of the biggest issues in China.
Yours,
Lihua
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