山东省滕州市第三中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题及答案.docx

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山东省滕州市第三中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题及答案

2014-2015学年度山东省滕州市第三中学高二第一学期期中考试

英语试题

（考试时间：

120分钟满分：

150分）

第一部分：

阅读理解（共两节,满分50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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并将正确答案填涂到答题卡上。

A

TheAmericanbookWhoMovedMyCheesehasbeenabestsellerallovertheworld.Itteachespeoplehowtofacechangesintheirlives.NowitsauthorSpenceJohnsonhaswrittenabookjustforteens.Thebooktellsusthatwhenfacingchangeinourlives,likeanewschoolornewfriends,don'tbeafraid.Instead,usethischangetomakeabetterlife.Thebookgivesanexampleofachangeatschool.Aschoolischangingfromhavingtwotermstothreetermsbecausetherearetoomanystudents.

Severalteensaretalkingaboutthis.Mostofthemareunhappyandworried.ButChrisisnot.Helaughsandtellsastoryabouttwomice,two“littlepeople”andsomecheese.

Thefourareinamazelookingforthecheese.Here,cheesemeanssomethingimportantinlife,likemovingtoanewclassorgettingintocollege.Buttheyfindthecheeseisgone.Themicerealizethattheycan’tchangewhathashappenedandhavetofindmorecheese.Thismeansfindingdifferentdreams.Thelittlepeople,however,can’tdothis.Theyareafraidofchangesotheyfindnocheese.

AfterChrisfinishesthestory,thefriendsunderstandonething:

togetmorecheese,moveinanewdirectionquickly.Hisfriendsunderstandhowthiscanbeusedinthechangesallteensface,suchasdoingwellatschoolorhavinggoodrelationshipsorjustfeelinggoodaboutyourself.

1．ThebookWhoMovedMyCheeseis__________.

A．writtenallovertheworldB．readacrosstheworld

C．soldonlyinAmericaD．lovedonlybyteens

2．Whatdoesthetextmainlydiscuss?

A．Neverchangeinourlife．B．Changewheneveryoulike.

C．Changewiththechanges．

D．Payattentiontothechanges,

3．Theunderlineword“four”（paragraph3）refersto__________.

A．miceandlittlepeopleB．students

C．cheeseD．readers

A

Onafreezingcoldday,acouplehadtomoveintoasmallapartmentbecauseoftheirfailureinbusiness．Thehusbandworkeddayandnighttosupportthefamilybutwithnocareofhiswife．Soshethought,“Hedoesn'tlovemeanymore,hejustcaresabouthisbusiness．．．notme”．

Oneday,shewasabouttotakeashowerwhenhestoppedheratthedoor,“Letmetakeitfirst,okay？

”“Whynotmefirst？

”sheasked．“Iamtired,honey,youtakeitlater,okay？

”Shewasentirelyunhappy．

Oneday,shefoundnothingtodoandturnedonhiscomputer．Afewwordscameintohersight．Readingthem,sheburstintotears．Itwashisdiary：

Today,Iwasquitesad．SheaskedmewhyIwasalwaystakingtheshowerfirst,andIsaidtoher,Iwasexhausted．Shewasunhappy．Inhermind,Itreatedhernotaswellasusual,butwhatcouldIdo?

Iwasnotasrichasbefore!

Wemovedtothesmallapartment,andtherewasonlyoneshowerinthebathroom．Itwassocoldtotakeashowerinsuchacoldwinter．ButIfoundthatifonepersontooktheshowerfirst,theroomcouldgetalittlewarmer．SoeverydayIrushedtothebathroomfirst．Iwasthinkingthat,whenshetooktheshower,theroomwouldgetwarmer,evenifitwasonly1℃．

NowIcannotgiveheracomfortablelife,takehertogoodrestaurants,orbuyexpensivedressesforher,butatleast,Icangiveher1℃love．

4．Whydidthecouplemovetothesmallapartment?

A．Bothofthemwereoutofwork．

B．Theywantedtoliveabetterlife．

C．Themancouldtakebettercareofhisbusiness．

D．Theyweretoopoortoliveintheformerhouse．

5．Whichofthefollowingcanreplacetheunderlinedword“exhausted”？

A．Devoted．B．Worried．C．Tired．D．Injured．

6．Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A．Theywouldlivearicherlifesoon．

B．Thewomanmisunderstoodherhusband．

C．Themanwouldcarelessabouthisbusiness．

D．Thewomanwouldgetangryafterreadingthediary．

7．What'sthebesttitleofthepassage?

A．ALoveStoryB．1℃Love

C．ASufferingCoupleD．FightfortheBathroom

C

Somepeoplewilldojustaboutanythingtosavemoney．AndIamoneofthem．Takemyfamily’slastvacation．Itwasmysixyearoldson’swinterbreakfromschool,andwewereheadinghomefromFortLauderdaleafteraweeklongtrip．Theflightwasoverbooked,andDelta,theairline,offeredus$400perpersonincreditstogiveupourseatsandleavethenextday．IhadmeetingsinNewYork,soIhadtogetback．Butthatdidn’tmeanmyhusbandandmysoncouldn’tstay．Itookmyninemontholdandtookoffforhome．

Thenextday,myhusbandandsonwereofferedmorecreditstotakeanevenlaterflight．Yes,Iencouraged—okay,ordered—themtowaititoutattheairport,to“earn”moreDeltaDollars．Ourtotaltake:

$1,600．Notbad,huh?

NowsomepeoplemaythinkI’mabadmotherandnotsuchagreatwifeeither．Butasabigtimebargainhunter,Iknowthevalueofadollar．Andthesedays,agooddealissomethingfewofuscanaffordtopassup．

I’vemadealivinglookingforthebestdealsandexposing（揭露）theworsttricks．IhavebeentheconsumerreporterofNBC’sTodayshowforoveradecade．IhavewrittenacoupleofbooksincludingonetitledTricksoftheTrade:

AConsumerSurvivalGuide．AndIreallydowhatIbelievein．

Itellyouthisbecausethereisnoshameingettingyourmoney’sworth．I’malsotightfistedwhenitcomestoshoes,clothesformychildren,andexpensiverestaurants．ButIwouldn’thesitatetospendonagoodhaircut．Itkeepsitsshapelonger,andit’sthefirstthingpeoplenotice．AndIwillalsospendonaclassicpieceoffurniture．Qualitylasts．

8．WhydidDeltagivetheauthor’sfamilycredits?

A．Theytookalaterflight．B．Theyhadearlybookings．

C．Theirflighthadbeendelayed．D．Theirflighthadbeencancelled．

9．Whatcanwelearnabouttheauthor?

A．Sherarelymissesagooddeal．B．Sheseldommakesacompromise．

C．Sheisverystrictwithherchildren．D．Sheisinterestedincheapproducts．

10．Whatdoestheauthordo?

A．She’sateacher．B．She’sahousewife．

C．She’samediaperson．D．She’sabusinesswoman．

11．Whatdoestheauthorwanttotellus?

A．Howtoexposebadtricks．B．Howtoreserveairlineseats．

C．Howtospendmoneywisely．D．Howtomakeabusinessdeal．

D

Ithappenedtomerecently．IwastellingsomeonehowmuchIhadenjoyedreadingBarackObama’sDreamsFromMyFatherandhowithadchangedmyviewsofourPresident．AfriendIwastalkingtoagreedwithmethatitwas,inhiswords,“abrilliantly（精彩地）writtenbook”．However,hethenwentontotalkaboutMr.Obamainawaywhichsuggestedhehadnoideaofhisbackgroundatall．IsensedthatIwastalkingtoabookliar．

Anditseemsthatmyfriendisnottheonlyone．Approximatelytwothirdsofpeoplehaveliedaboutreadingabookwhichtheyhaven’t．IntheWorldBookDay’s“ReportonGuiltySecrets”,DreamsFromMyFatherisatnumber9．Thereportliststenbooks,andvariousauthors,whichpeoplehaveliedaboutreading,andasI’mnotonetolietoooften（I’dhatetobecaughtout）,I’lladmithereandnowthatIhaven’treadtheentiretopten．ButIampleasedtosaythat,unlike42percentofpeople,Ihavereadthebookatnumberone,GeorgeOrwell’s1984．Ithinkit’sreallybrilliant．

TheWorldBookDayreportalsohassomeotherinterestinginformationinit．ItsaysthatmanypeoplelieabouthavingreadJaneAusten,CharlesDickens,FyodorDostoevsky（Ihaven’treadhim,buthaven’tliedaboutiteither）andHermanMelville．

Askedwhytheylied,themostcommonreasonwasto“impress”someonetheywerespeakingto．Thiscouldbetrickyiftheconversationbecamemoreindepth!

Butwhenaskedwhichauthorstheyactuallyenjoy,peoplenamedJ．K．Rowling,JohnGrisham,SophieKinsella（ah,thebigsellers,inotherwords）．Fortytwopercentofpeopleaskedadmittedtheyturnedtothebackofthebooktoreadtheendbeforefinishingthestory（I’llcomeclean:

Idothisandamastonishedthat58percentsaidtheyhadneverdoneso）．

12．Howdidtheauthorfindhisfriendabookliar?

A．Byjudginghismannerofspeaking．B．Bylookingintohisbackground．

C．Bymentioningafamousname．D．Bydiscussingthebookitself．

13．Whichofthefollowingisa“guiltysecret”accordingtotheWorldBookDayreport?

A．CharlesDickensisverylowonthetoptenlist．

B．42%ofpeoplepretendedtohaveread1984．

C．Theauthoradmittedhavingread9books．

D．DreamsFromMyFatherishardlyread．

14．Bylyingaboutreading,apersonhopesto________．

A．controltheconversationB．appearknowledgeable

C．learnaboutthebookD．makemorefriends

15．Whatistheauthor’sattitudeto58%ofreaders?

A．Favorable．B．Uncaring．C．Doubtful．D．Friendly．

第二节：

七选五（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面文章并根据语境，从所给出的七个选项（A、B、C、D、E、F、G）中，选出最佳选项，并将正确答案填涂到答题卡上，其中两项为多余选项。

A

Haveyoueverfeltsicktoyourstomachduringatest?

Haveyoueverbeensoworriedaboutsomethingthatyouendedupwithaterribleheadache?

Ifso,thenyouknowwhatit'sliketofeelstress．You'veprobablyheardpeoplesay,"Wow,I'mreallystressedout．”___16．____Butchildrenhavelotsofthingsgoingonintheirlivesthatcancausestress,too．

Whatisstress?

Stressiswhatyoufeelwhenyouareworriedoruncomfortableaboutsomething．Thisworryinyourmindcanmakeyourbodyfeelbad．Youmayfeelangry,frustrated,scared,orafraid---whichcangiveyouastomachacheoraheadache．

Whatcausesstress?

Plentyofthingscancausestressinachild'slife．___17．____Goodornormalstressmightshowupwhenyou'recalledoninclassorwhenyouhavetogiveareport．Haveyouevergottenbutterfliesinyourstomachorsweatyhands?

Thosecanbesignsofgoodstress．___18____Forexample,youmaydoabetterjobonyourbookreportiftheanxietyinspiresyoutopreparewellbeforeyougetupandreadittotheclass．

Butbadstres