河北省石家庄市第二实验中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语

河北省石家庄市第二实验中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分满分5分） 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。 1. What does the woman mean?

A. She is happy whenever it snows. B.The winter has just started.

C. It has been snowing for some time. 2. Which fruit is the cheapest?

A.The strawberry. B. The grape. C. The orange. 3. Who is the woman talking to?

A. A clerk at the airport. B. A bus conductor. C. A pilot. 4. What did the man’s grandpa take charge of twenty years ago? A. The book reviews. B. The sports page. C. The news section. 5. What will the man do this afternoon？

A. Buy a new telephone. B. Return lots of calls. C. Have a meeting. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分满分15分） 请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。 请听第6段材料，回答6、7题。

6．Why does the woman make the call?

A. To ask the man whether he likes the new apartment.

B. To find out whether the man knows how to turn on the heating. C. To ensure that the man has moved into the apartment. 7. What does the man want the woman to do tonight? A. Have a meal with him. B. Help him with the party. C. Attend his party.

请听第7段材料，回答8、9题。

8. What did the man use to make the roses stay fresh longer? A. Sugar and vinegar. B. Salt. C. Aspirin. 9. How many roses does the man buy?

A. A dozen. B. Half a dozen. C. Two dozen. 请听第8段材料，回答10至12题。

10. How did the man go to school three days ago? A. By car. B. By motorcycle. C. By bike. 11. How does the man feel now?

A. Puzzled. B. Sorry. C. Surprised. 12. What does the woman promise the man?

A. To go with him to see the person who was injured. B. To help him finish his English paper. C. To go to the police station with him. 请听第9段材料，回答13至16题。

13. Where does the man want to rent an apartment?

A. On Hill Street. B. On Green Street.. C.On Fifth Avenue. 14．How much is a two-bedroom apartment?

A. 1,300 yuan. B. 1,550 yuan. C. 1,850 yuan.

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15. What facility is close to the two-bedroom apartment building? A. A tennis court. B. A football field. C. A swimming pool. 16. When is the man going to meet the woman? A. At four o’clock this afternoon. B. At five o’clock this afternoon. C. At half past five this afternoon. 请听第10段材料，回答17至20题。 17. Where did the flying carpet first appear? A. In Daisy’s bedroom. B. In Daisy’s kitchen. C. In Daisy’s yard.

18. What did the antelope tell Daisy?

A. The environment there was seriously polluted. B. People used their fur to make sweaters. C. Many of them were killed by other animals.

19. What did tourists have to do before they could hunt the elephants? A. Take photos with local farmers. B. Pay the local farmers.

C. Learn how to protect wildlife.

20. How did Daisy react to what the elephant had said?

A. She felt very sad. B. She was really angry. C. She felt happy.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：阅读理解（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。

A

I chose to study in Madrid because I had a desire to learn Spanish. My first impressions of Madrid were incredible. It was before the New Year that I arrived in Madrid for the first time. While traveling to my Spanish friend’s house in a taxi, I appreciated the buildings along the road which were different from those of my own country.

There are an incredible number of restaurants and bars from all over the world. If you are really into sightseeing, I hope you have rechargeable batteries for your digital camera, because one week really isn’t enough time to see everything here including a number of art, science, and historical museums as well as parks, buildings, and amazing landscapes.

What I liked best about life in Madrid was the fact that if you were frustrated with schoolwork and wanted to have some fun, you can easily go out. The nightlife never seems to stop and the people are all very friendly. You can meet people and practice Spanish while having fun at the same time.

What I liked least was the fact that many people smoked in the streets. Also, coming from the US, I was used to having a big breakfast every morning, but while living with an actual Spanish family, I wasn’t really satisfied with the food in the morning.

I think I have definitely become more independent since I came back from Spain. Living in a big city like Madrid I found that it is necessary to plan ahead and to make a schedule for

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future. There is so much to see, not just in the Spanish World, but in the European World as well.

B

It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.

My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I’m so glad I did.

On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all， it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.

On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn’t believe it ——there aren’t any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badlly polluted that nothing could survive.

The little baby whale——actually as big as our boat——was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves.”She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side,” my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and ,heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong

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direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Showly, they let us lead them, some-times rising from the water right beside us to breathe——and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.

In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day, Nearly four decades later ,I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea. 24. The author says “I’m so glad I did .”(in Para.2)because __________.

A. be witnessed the whole process of fishing B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea C. he experienced the rescue of the whales D. he spent the weekend with his family

25. The harbour survived the storm owing to____________.

A. the shape of the harbour B. the arms of the bay C. the still water in the channel D. the long coast line

C

One day the employees of a large company in St Louis，Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said：“Yesterday the person who has been hindering (阻碍) your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral(葬礼) in the room that has been prepared in the gym.”

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died，but after a while

they started getting curious about who this person might be.

The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered：“Who is this person that was hindering my progress? Well，at least he’s no longer here.”

One by one the employees got closer to the coffin(棺材) and when they looked inside it

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