湖北省通城县第二高级中学2014-2015学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

通城二中2014-2015学年度下学期期中考试

高二英语试卷

本试卷共10 页 满分150分 考试时间 120分钟

第一部分 听力（共2节, 满分30分）

第一节 听下面5段对话 ，找出最佳答案。 1. Why does the woman look awful ?

A. She is all wet. B. She catches a cold . C. She is tired out . 2. Where is Mike from ?

A.Australia . B. Canada. C. Japan. 3. What does the man advise the woman to do ?

A.Quit her job and work with him . B.Sell flowers for him . C. Change her schedule at the cafeteria . 4. What are the two speakers talking about ?

A.The weather . B. Tom’s plan. C. Boating. 5. What does the man want to see first ?

A.Computer tables . B.Computers . C. Dining tables. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白 ，找出最佳答案。 听下面一段对话，回答第6—7题。

6. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers ?

A.Salesman and customer . B. Taxi driver and passenger. C.Waiter and customer .

7. How much money does the woman give to the man ? A. 7. B.8 . C.7.3 . 听下面一段对话，回答第8—9题。 8. What party does the woman want to have ?

A. A dancing party. B.A dinner party . C. A music party.

9. What can we learn from the conversation ?

A. The Browns were invited in the last party. B.Frank and his wife don’t like to talk .

C. The woman doesn’t want to invite the Browns. 听下面一段对话，回答第10—12题。

10. How long have the two speakers been waiting for a bus ?

A.About 15 minutes . B. About 10 minutes. C.About 5 minutes .

11. Where are the two speakers going ?

A. The school. B.The shop . C.The

hospital .

12. What can we learn about the man’s watch ?

A.It was lost last month . B.It’s being repaired . C. It’s faster than usual.

听下面一段对话，回答第13—16题。 13. What happened to the woman’s room ?

A. It caught fire last week. B.It was pulled down. C. It was broken into .

14. What did Grace do after the light was turned off ?

A.She still didn’t come back to the room. B. She lit a candle and went on reading.

C. She fell asleep soon .

15. How many people got burnt in the fire ?

A. 3 . B.2 . C. 4. 16. Where is Grace now ?

A. At home. B. In the hospital. C.At school . 听下面一段独白，回答第17—20题。 17. What do we know about the speaker ?

A.He is busy with his company. B. He doesn’t get along with his son. C. He teaches in a high school . 18. What does Eric like doing ?

A. Playing football. B.Playing baseball. C. Playing basketball.

19. What did Eric say when his father talked with him ?

A.He would pay more attention in class . B. He would study hard in the future. C.He would like to be a player . 20. Why does the speaker make the call ?

A.To ask for advice.. B. To share Eric’s progress . C. To make complaint.

第二部分 阅读理解（共2节，满分40分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，选出最佳选项。

A

To find how the name Canada came about we must go back to the 16th century. At that time, the French dreamed of disclosing and controlling more land, of expanding trade beyond their borders and of spreading their faith across the world .In 1535, Francois I ,King of France, ordered a navigator named Jacques Cartier to explore the New World and search for a passage to India.

Cartier first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to explore. He did not

know what to expect but he hoped that this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between two islands. If it was, he would soon be on his way to the Far East. So he sailed upstream along the St. Lawrence River. However, instead of reaching Asia he arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the Indians called it. It was at this point that the term “Canada” entered the country’s history. Apparently the word “Canada” came from an Indian word “Kanata”, which means community or village. Cartier first used it when he referred to Stadacona or Quebec. What a huge “village” Canada is!

21. In the early sixteenth century, the King of France ordered Cartier to ______

A. find the new world. B.go and visit the American Indians C. build an entirely new country

D. get more information about America and find a way to Asia 22. Having reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence Cartier thought _____

A. he had already got to India B.he had sailed into the Atlantic C. it was a water passage to the East D. it was a water way to the New World

23. In the early sixteenth century, Quebec was only ____.

A. an Indian village B. a little town in southern Canada

C. the place which we call Canada now

D.a village at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence

B

Language is a major problem for the European Union (EU) . The Treaty (条约) of Rome ,which created the organization that finally became the EU, stated that each country’s language must be treated equally. The original six countries had only three languages between them: French, German and Dutch/Flemish. However, there are now 15 countries in the EU, with a total of 12 languages. EU documents must be translated into all these languages, and at official meetings the speeches must be translated into all the languages by interpreters.

All this translating is very expensive and time-consuming. It is said that nearly half of all employees of the EU are engaged in translating documents and speeches and nearly half of the EU’s administrative (管理方面的) costs are spent on this task. In the near future it is probable that several more countries, most of them having their own languages, will join the EU, thus making the situation even worse.

The problem is just cost; there are practical difficulties as well. With 12 languages, there are 132 possible “translation situations” that might be needed. It is often difficult to find people in the right place at the right time who can translate from, for example, Danish into Greek, or Dutch into Portuguese, at a high professional standard.

In practice the problem has been less serious by the use of English in many contacts between EU officials , since almost all of them speak some English. However, any move to reduce

the number of official languages (perhaps to four or five) would be a blow to the pride of the smaller countries. Another commonly suggested solution is to make English the official language for all EU business. However, this is strongly resisted by powerful member countries like France and Germany .

24. The organization that finally became the EU _______.

A.included 132 languages . B.was set up by the Treaty of Rome . C.started with three countries . D.was started by France and Germany . 25.What’s the main purpose of this passage?______. A.To show that the problem cannot be solved . B.To criticize the European Union for inefficiency . C. To find out a problem and show how serious it is. D.To give a solution to a problem .

26.The writer mentions “Danish into Greek” as an example of _______. A .a situation that occurs often.

B. a situation that might be difficult to deal with . C. languages easily being interpreted.

D. one of the 12 situations that requires an interpreter

27.The writer suggests that if the number of official languages was reduced, _______. A.Only languages which are easy to translate would be used officially. B.The smaller member countries would be pleased .

C. the EU would not know which official languages to choose .

D.Countries whose languages were not used officially would be unhappy .