山东省菏泽市学年高二下期中考试英语试题Aword版含答案.docx
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山东省菏泽市学年高二下期中考试英语试题Aword版含答案
2014—2015学年度第一学期期中考试
高二英语试题（A）
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
第I卷1至8页.第II卷9至10页。
满分为150分。
考试用时为120分钟。
第I卷（共100分）
注意事项：
1.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。
2.每小题选出答案后，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。
不能答在试卷上。
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
该部分分为第一、第二两节。
注意：
回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。
听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂在客观题答题卡上。
第一节
听下面5段对话。
每段对话有一个小题，从题中所给的ABC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.WhatdoesthewomansayaboutRobbie?
A.Hehasdonethething.
B.Hehasmadeagooddecision.
C.Heprobablywon’tlistentotheman’sadvice.
2.Howmuchdoesthemanpay?
A.$7.40B.$10C.$2.60
3.Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?
A.Inapetshop.B.Inamedicallab.C.Inaclinicforanimals.
4.Whatdoesthemanmean?
A.Hedoesn’tliketheparty.B.Heistootiredtogothere.C.Hehasn’tbeeninvited.
5.Whatdoestheboychooseclothesfor?
A.Afootballmatch.B.Abirthdayparty.C.Adanceparty.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的ABC三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6.Whydoesthemanwanttomovetothesuburbs?
A.Hedoesn’tlikeworkingintown.
B.Hewantstodrivetowork.
C.Hethinksitiscrowdedhere.
7.What’stherelationshipbetweenthespeakers?
A.Husbandandwife.B.Co-workers.C.Classmates.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8.HowmanypaintershavemadethebiggestMonaLisaintheworld?
A.Ninety-nine.B.Ninehundredandnineteen.C.Ninehundredandninety-nine.
9.Wherearethespeakersgoingthissummer?
A.ToShanghai.B.ToShenzhen.C.ToBeijing.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至12三个小题。
10.Whyisthemansoupsetabouthisgrade?
A.Hegaveupyesterday’sconcertforit.
B.Amesgotabettergradewithlesswork.
C.Thewomandoesn’tunderstandhisproblem.
11.Whatdoesthewomanthinkoftheman’grade?
A.Itisnotabadgrade.
B.Itisunfairtotheman.
C.Shehasnoopinion.
12.Whatdoesthewomansuggestthemandoatfirst?
A.Workharder.B.Speaktotheteacher.C.Forgetaboutthewholething.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至16四个小题。
13.Whoisaback-packer?
A.Theman.B.Theman’sfather.C.Thewoman.
14.Whatisaback-packer?
A.Arunnerwhocanrunfasterthanothers.
B.Apersonwholovesvisitingfamouspersons.
C.Awalkerwhoisfondoftraveling.
15.Whatcanhelptobeaback-packer?
A.Havingagoodcharacter.B.Beingasingleman.C.LearningEnglishwell.
16.WhatdoesthemanlikeinAmerica?
A.Thecampuslife.B.Theoutdooractivities.C.Thebeautifulscenery.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20四个小题。
17.Inthespeaker’sopinion,what’sthemostimportantinlife?
A.Family.B.Money.C.Health.
18.Whatwillbringuspowertoovercomedisease?
A.Makingfriends.B.Beingpositive.C.Eatingproperly.
19.Whatisthebaseofhealth?
A.Beingwithfriends.B.Exercisingregularly.C.Havingagoodrest.
20.Whatshouldwedoinordertoleadabetterlife?
A.Workinghard.B.Owningmuchmoney.C.Buildingupourbody.
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
Fordecades，theSanFranciscoBayareahasbeentheheartofthecomputertechnologyindustry.ManyofthebiggesttechnologycompanieshavetheirheadquartersintheareacalledSiliconValley.Buttheareahasnotalwaysbeenassociatedwithcharity.
Now，anewgenerationofentrepreneurs（企业家）appearstobechangingSiliconValley.OneexampleisMarcBenioff，adonor（捐赠者），whohascalledonwealthydonorstogivemoretotheircommunities.HealsoisthefounderofSalesforce.com，acomputerservicescompanyinSanFranciscowhohashelpedbuildachildren’shospitalandgivenmillionsofdollarstonon-profitorganizationsinthecity.
Moneyfromthetechnologyindustryhasalsostartedtochangethefaceofcharity.BenjaminSoskiswritesaboutthehistoryandideasbehindcharityinAmerica.HisarticleshaveappearedinTheAtlanticmagazineandanumberofmajorpublications.Hesays，traditionally，donorshavegivenaftertheyspentmuchoftheirlivesbuildingupwealth.Usuallydonorsareintheir70s.Butanincreasingnumberofpeopleappearingonthelistoftopdonorsareyoungerthan40yearsofage.BenjaminSoskissaysthatissomethingnew.“There’sawholenewmodelthat’sappearinginwhichpeoplegiveandaccumulateatthesametime.”
Someoftheyoungdonorsonthisyear'stop50listhavestartedtochangeinthewaypeopleseecharity.ThatisespeciallythecaseintheSanFranciscoarea，wheregivingmoneyandmakingmoneyappeartobecomingtogether.“Ithinkit'sfairtosaythatcharityisnowapartoftheSiliconValleyidentity.”
21.WhatistrueofMarcBenioff?
A.Hejoinedanon-profitorganization.B.Headviseddonorstobuildhospitals.
C.HemadeSanFranciscoacityofcharity.D.HesetupthecompanyofS.
22.WhatisspecialaboutthedonorsofSiliconValley?
A.Theyprefertogiveratherthanmakemoney.
B.Theygiveafteraccumulatingalotofwealth.
C.Theyaremuchyoungerthantheusualdonors.
D.Theydonatemoremoneytotheircommunities.
23.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?
A.TheageofcharityB.Thechangingfacesofcharity
C.InsearchofnewfacesD.Fromcomputerbasetocharitycentre
B
Canyouimagineaworldwithoutchocolate?
It'snotsomethingI'd1iketodo.soIwasrelievedtoreadthatthere’sauniversitywithaprogrammetosafeguardthefutureofchocolate!
TheUniversityofReading，inEngland，hasjustopenedanewclearinghouseforalltheworld’snewcocoavarieties.Theymustbequarantined（隔离检疫）beforetheycanbegrown.Why?
Cocoaproductionhitarecordhighof4.4milliontonslastyearbutabout30％ofthepreciouscropisregularlylosttopestsanddiseases.Nowwedon’twantthat，dowe?
Demandforchocolatehasbeenincreasingfasterthantheworldsupplyofcocoaandresearchersthinkthatnewvarietiesarekeytosolvingthisproblem.
TheUniversityofReadinghasbeenprotectingthequalityofthenewcropssince1985，afterittookoverthetaskfromtheRoyalBotanicalGardensinKew，London.Andithasimproveditsfacilities.Theleaderoftheinstitution’scocoaproject，ProfessorPaulHadley，says，“Oneofthemainissuesconcerningcocoaimprovementisthesupplyofreliablyclean，healthy，interestingcocoamaterial.”
Thecocoacentrehasacollectionof400plantvarietiesandtheirgreenhouseusesalotofenergytokeepthemintropicalconditions.Afteruptotwoyearsinquarantine，cleanandsafeseedsaresenttosome20countries，includingseveralinWestAfrica.That’swhere75％ofthecocoausedforchocolateworldwidecomesfrom.Thecropisextremelyimportantforthelocaleconomy：
itemploysabouttwomillionpeople.
ProfessorHadleysaysheworkswithasmallteamofskilledtechnicianswholookafterthecollection.Andmoreofusseemtocountonthemnow.
Thescientistsays，“thereissomeconcernwithintheindustrythatdemandisincreasingconstantly，particularlyincountrieslikeChina，wherethestandardoflivingisincreasingandpeoplearegettingatastefordifferentchocolates.”
24.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?
A.Safeguardingcocoaseeds.B.Plantingcocoaworldwide.
C.Keepingcocoaingreenhouse.D.Findingthenewmarketforcocoa.
25.Theinstitution’scocoaprojectisto_______.
A.havecocoaskinremovedB.offermorejobstopeople
C.ensurethequalityofcocoaD.supplycocoafortwomillionpeople
26.Whatdoesthelastparagraphtellus?
A.Thetasteofchocolatesischanging.
B.Demandforcocoaisincreasingfast.
C.Peopleareconcernedaboutcocoavarieties.
D.Chinesehavealonghistoryofeatingchocolates.
27.What’sthepurposeofthetext?
A.Toeducate.B.Toadvertise.C.Towarn.D.Toinform.
C
WhatareAmericanhighschoolslike?
Well,I’mhappytotellyouwhatIknow.
WhenIstartedschoolhere,ithadalreadybeenaweeksincetheschoolopened.Atthisschool,freshmenusuallygoonatripforaboutthreedaysatthebeginningofschool.UnfortunatelyImissedthatwonderfultrip,whichwouldhavebeenthebesttimetogettoknowmyclassmates.Iwasreallysad.IwishedI’dknownaboutitearlier.
Despitethedisappointment,however,Igraduallyadaptedtomynewlifeandschool.
Thereisaspaceinthebasementoftheteachingbuildingwherestudentschatandmeeteachother.Aswedonotalwayshavethesameclassroomsandclassmates,theschoolwantsustogettoknoweachotherthere.Studentsusuallycometoschoolearly,sitinthatspaceandhavefun.Aroundthespace,therearemanylockersforstudentstoleavetheirbooksin,sothatstudentsdonothavetocarryaheavyschoolbageverywhere.
Itreallysurprisesmethatwehavealmostnotextbooks.WeonlyhavetextbooksforWorldHistoryandAlgebra2andtheyarebigandheavy,likebricks.Forotherclasses,weonlyneedbinders（活页夹）withpaperinthem.Withouttextbooks,studentslearnthingsfreelyandactively.Forexample,myhumanitiesteacherjustteachesuswhatisinhermindatthetime.Weneverknowwhatwewilllearn.
AnotherdifferencebetweenAmericanschoolsandChineseschoolsisthatAmericanschoolscareaboutstudents’moralitymorethantheiracademicstudies.Forexample,ifyoudonotfinishyourhomework,youwilljustbeaskedtodoitlater,butifyoucheatorlie,youwillgetawarningorevenbekickedout.
Ithinkthatmoststudentsherearegoodatschoolworkaswell,butcomparedtoChinesestudents,theycanmakelearningamorejoyfulexperience.Ithinkweshouldtakethegoodpointsfromourtwodifferentkindsofeducationtoperfectourapproachtostudying.
28.Whatwasthewritersad
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