(好卷)廣東省肇慶市高二上學期期末考試英語試題(有答案)

1、試卷類型：A廣東省肇慶市中小學教學質(zhì)量評估20142015學年第一學期統(tǒng)一檢測試題高二英語本試卷共8頁，滿分135分.考試用時120分鐘.注意事項：1 .答卷前，考生務(wù)必用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆，將自己所在縣（市、區(qū)）、姓名、試室號、座位號填寫在答題卷上對應(yīng)位置，再用2B鉛筆將準考證號涂黑.2 .選擇題每小題選出答案后，用2B鉛筆把答題卷上對應(yīng)題目的答案標號涂黑；如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其它答案，答案不能寫在試卷或草稿紙上.3 .非選擇題必須用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆作答，答案必須寫在答題卷各題目指定區(qū)域內(nèi)相應(yīng)的位置上；如需改動，先劃掉原的答案，然后再在答題區(qū)內(nèi)寫上新的答案；不準使用鉛筆

2、和涂改液.不按以上要求作答的 答案無效.I、語言知識及運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45分）第一節(jié)：完型填空（共 15小題，每小題2分，茜分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從 1 15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡 上將該項涂黑。Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees are traveling by train to a conference. The Microsoft engineers each buy tickets but the Apple engineers buy only a 1 ticke

3、t.“How are three people going to travel on only one 2?” asks a Microsoft employee. "Watchand you ' ll see, “ answers an Apple engineer.They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their 3 but all three Apple engineers cram（擁擠）into a restroom and close the door behind them.4 after

4、the train has departed, the conductor comes around 5 tickets. He knocks onthe restroom door and says, “Ticket, please. " The door opens just a crack and an arm 6 , ticket in hand. The 7 takes it and moves on. The Microsoft employees see this and agree it is quite a 8 idea.So after the conferenc

5、e, the Microsoft employees decide to 9 the Apple engineers （as they always do） on the return trip and save some 10 . When they get to the station, they buy one ticket. To their 11 , the Apple engineers don ' t buy any ticket at all.“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asks one 12 Micr

6、osoft employee. "Watchand you ' ll see, " answers an Apple engineer.When they board the train, the Microsoft employees cram into a 13 and the Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Soon one of the Apple engineers14 his restroom and walks over to where the Micr

7、osoft employees are 15 .He knocks on the door and says,“Ticket, please. ”1. A. cheapB. singleC. returnD. special2. A. ticketB. routeC. meansD. railroad3. A. routesB.chancesC. turnsD. seats4. A. DirectlyB. ShortlyC. NearlyD. Quickly5. A. examiningB. receivingC. collectingD. delivering6. A. appearsB.

8、sticksC. holdsD. rises7. A. employeeB. policemanC. conductorD. engineer8. A. strangeB. foolishC. awfulD. clever9. A. learnB. copyC. acceptD. watch10. A. moneyB. timeC. energyD. space11. A. excitementB. agreementC. disappointmentD. astonishment12. A. touchedB. puzzledC. frightenedD. delighted13. A. b

9、edroomB. sitting-room。 C. restroomD. dining-room14. A. entersB. crossesC. leavesD. reaches15. A. hidingB. sittingC. travelingD. enjoying第二節(jié)：語法填空(共 10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分)閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中所給 詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡上標號為1625的相應(yīng)位置上。Control, fear, doubt and anger, these are the deadl

10、y killers of the human race. We hurt 16 by feeling these emotions and we hurt others by directing these emotions at them.17 whatwould happen if we could selflessly and 18(gentle) direct unconditional loveto whomever we meet? We ' d certainly help ourselves. Why do we let other people hurt us? Be

11、cause we put expectations on them, expectations we ourselves 19 (fail) to live up to with others.Look at children. Westill love our children whenthey disappoint us. Whynot our workmates, teachers, friends and most of all partners? It ' s because we put conditions on20 we give out.that isMany of

12、us bought a present or did a job expecting something 21 return.But if you want to help someone just because you want to, no other reason 22 just because you want to showing love. You can help 23 old lady with her groceries and it feels good so why not witheverything else? When you learn that 24 （giv

13、e）love without expectation is the purest of allfaith, then and only then, you will be on the road 25 really knowing yourself. And knowing yourself can really help you conquer“control, fear, doubt and anger ".II、閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分 50分）第一節(jié)：閱讀理解（共 20小題，每小題2分，茜分40分）閱讀下面幾篇短文，從每題所給的A、日C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑

14、。APeople aren ' t walking any more if they can figure out a way to avoid it.I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn' t in any hurry, either, I had merely become one more v

15、ictim of a national sickness motorists.It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune （免疫的）for I was bred in the tradition ofgoing to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day' s walk and theability to cover such a distance in ten hours as sign of strength

16、and skill. It did not occur tous that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced andbeat a teenage football player the 168 steps up the Statue of Liberty.Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known Br

17、itish physician, Sir Adolphe Abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercisethe most familiar and natural of all.It was Henry Thoreau w

18、ho showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flowers, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living. He cannot learn in a car.The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it

19、our way of life. Many people don' t dare to approach nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a correct road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.I say that the g

20、reen of forests is the mind' s best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.26. What is the national sickness?A. Walking too muchC. Driving cars too muchB. Travelling too muchD. Climbing stairs too much27. What was life like when the author was young?A. Peo

21、ple usually went around on foot.B. People often walked 25 miles a day.C. People used to climb the Statue of Liberty.D. People considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.28. The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove thatA. middle-aged people like getting back to natureB. walking in nature helps enrich

22、 one ' s mindC. people need regular exercise to keep fitD. going on foot prevents heart diseaseB. A ray of traffic light.D. A stream of people.B. To recommend people to give up driving.D. To encourage people to return to29. What is compared to “a steel river " in Paragraph 6?A. A queue of c

23、ars.C. A flash of lightning.30. What' s the author ' s intention of writing this passage?A. To tell people to reflect more on life.C. To advice people to do outdoor activities.walking.BAlibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers（ 制 造商）with

24、 big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, A 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 or

25、ders 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 Chineselife, take my experience.I movedto Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visi

26、ting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings,and anythingelse my wife wanted."You' re looking for what exactly? Whynot try it ? ” my Chinese teacher askedme one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with

27、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 eve r find. TM isAlibaba

28、 s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping big-box retailers especially in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a f

29、ew other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering

30、with free shopping. I m not even a bigbuyer, 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.31.

31、 Alibaba s advantage mainly lies in .A. its big sizeB. its business-to-business serviceC. its not charging small sellersD. its low price32. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage?A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sitesB. Alibaba will continue to develop.C. Alib

32、aba stands out as the best online site.D. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.33. What does the underlined word “ it ” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. a new store B. Alibaba C. a business D. a foreign website34. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The author s Chinese teacher is

33、also an online purchase lover.B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.C. Alibaba s business -to-business service earns more money than retail now.D. TM provides more profit than Taobao.35. What is the passage mainly about?A. Shopping online is TaoBao.B. The influence of sh

34、opping online goes beyond traditional shopping.C. Alibaba greatly influences people ' s daily purchase in ChinD. How the author purchases online in China.a.CThe flag, the most commonsymbol of a nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag i

35、n the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country.The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive（原始的） artifact. It is, rather,the product of thousands of years ' development. Historiansbelieve that it had two major ancesto

36、rs,of which the earlier served to show wind direction.Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People' s food supplies were similarly vulnerable.Even after they had learned how to plant g

37、rains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the windwas moredependabl

38、e than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems（圖騰） before carrying them into battle. They believed thatthe power of the wi

39、nd would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked. The king of China around 1, 000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him.

40、 This practice might have been learned from Egyptians or even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.36. The underlined word avulnerable &qu

41、ot; in Paragraph 3 means .A. impossible to make sure ofB. likely to be protectedC. easy to damageD. difficult to find37. The earliest flags were connected with heavenly power because.A. they could tell wind directionB. they could bring good luck to fightersC. they were handed down by the ancestorsD.

42、 they were believed to stand for natural forces38. What does the author know of the first national flag?A. He knows when it was sent to Europe.B. He believes it was made in Egypt.C. He thinks it came from China. D. He doubts where it started.39. What will the author most probably talk about next?A.

43、The role of China in the spread of the national flag.B. The second ancestor of the national flag.C. The use of modern flags in Europe.D. The importance of modern flags.40. The best title for the passage would be .A. Development of the National FlagB. Power of the National FlagC. Types of FlagsD. Use

44、s of FlagsDWomen are friendly. But men are more competitive. Why? Researchers have found it s all down tothe hormone oxytocin（ 荷爾蒙催生素）. Although known as the love hormone, it affects the sexesdifferently.“ Women tend to be social in their behavior. They often share with others. But men tend to be co

45、mpetitive. They are trying to improve their social status. ” said Professor Ryan.Generally, people believe that the hormone oxytocin is let out in our body in various socialsituations and our body creates a large amount of it during positive social interactions（互動 ） suchas falling in love or giving

46、birth.But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social interactions such as envy.Further researches showed that in men the hormone oxytocin improves the ability to recognizecompetitive relationship. Professor Ryan s recent experime

47、nt used 62 men and women aged 20 to 37.Half of the participants（ 參與者 ） received oxytocin. The other half received placebo（安慰劑 ）.After a week, the two groups switched with participants. They went through the same procedure with the other material.Following each treatment, they were shown some video p

48、ictures with different social interactions. Then they were asked to analyze the relationships by answering some questions. His questions were about telling friendship from completion. And their answers should be based on gestures, body language and, facial expressions.The result indicated that, afte

49、r treatment with oxytocin, men' s ability to correctly recognizecompetitive relationships improved, but in womenit was the ability to correctly recognize friendship that got better.Professor Ryan thus concluded “ Our experiment proves that the hormone oxytocin can raise people ' s abilities

50、to better distinguish different social interactions. And the behaviour differences between men and women are caused by biological factors（因素）that a re mainly hormonal. ”41. What cause men and women to behave differently according to the text?A. Placebo. B. Oxytocin. C. The gesture. D. The social sta

51、tus.42. What can we learn from Professor Ryan ' s previous experiment?A. Oxytocin affects our behaviour in a different way .B. Our body lets out oxytocin when we are deep in love.C. Our body produces oxytocin when we feel unhappy about other ' s success.D. Oxytocin improves our abilities to

52、understandpeople ' s behaviour differences.43. Why did Professor Ryan conduct the recent experiment?A. To test the effect of oxytocin on the ability to recognize social interactions.B. To know the differences between friendship and competition.C. To know people ' s different abilities to ans

53、wer questions.D. To test people ' s understanding of body language.44. The author develops the text by.A. explaining people ' s behavioursB. describing his own experiencesC. distinguishing sexual differencesD. discussing research experiments45. Which of the following is the best title of thi

54、s passage?A. The Different Effects of the Love OxytoxinB. The Advantage of the Love OxytoxinC. The Important Experiment of the OxytoxinD. The Different Attitudes towards the Love Oxytoxin tell the difference between science and religion.第二節(jié)：信息匹配（共 5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分）閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按要求匹配信息，在答題卡上將對應(yīng)題號的相應(yīng)選

55、項字母涂黑。以下是幾本新書的簡要介紹：A. London AliveThis author of many famous novels has now turned to writing short stories with great success. The stories tell of Londoners' daily lives and happen in eighteendifferent placesfor example, one story takes place at a table in a cafe, anotherin the back of a taxi a

56、nd another in a hospital.E. The Last JourneyJohn Reynold' s final trip to the African Congo two years ago unfortunately ended in his death. For the first time since then we hear about where he went and what happened to him from journalist Tim Holden, who has followed Reynold' s route.F. The

57、Missing PhotographAnother story about the well-known policeman, Inspector Manning. It is writtenin the same simple but successful way as the other Manning stories1 found it abit disappointing as I guessed who the criminal was halfway through!G. Gone WestA serious look at one of the least-known regio

58、ns of the United States. The author describes the empty villages which thousands left when they were persuaded by the railway companies to go west in search of new lives. The author manages to provide many interesting details about their history.H. The LetterThe murder of a television star appears to be the work of thieves who are quickly caught. But they escape from prison and a young lawyer says she kn