兰州一中2014-2015-2学期试高二英语试卷

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高二英语
说明：本试题共六大题，满分100分，考试时间100分钟。请将答案写在答题纸上，交卷时只交答题纸。                                  
祝考试顺利
一、完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）
Arabs  1   it extremely bad manners to start talking business immediately.   2  the busiest government official or executive always takes  3 time to be polite and offer refreshments（点心）. No matter how busy you are, you should make time for this hospitality.
The "conference visit" is a way of doing business throughout the Arab world. Frequently, you will have to discuss your business  4   strangers, who may or may not have anything to do with your business. Do not be surprised if your meeting is  5  several times by people   6  come into the room unannounced,  7  or speak softly to the person with whom you are talking, and leave . Act  8  you do not hear, and never show displeasure at being interrupted.
Making decisions  9  is not an Arab custom. There is a vagueness（not clearly expressed）in doing business in the Middle East that  10  a newcomer. Give yourself lots of time and ask lots of questions.  11  is an important quality. You may have to wait two or three days to see high-level government officials as they are very busy. Give yourself enough time. Personal relationships are very important. They are the key to doing business in Arab countries. Try to 12  the decision-maker regarding your product service immediately and get to know him on a friend basis. Do your  13  . Be prepared to discuss details of your product or proposal. Be ready to answer technical questions. Familiarize yourself with the Moslem and national holidays. 14  a visit during Ramadan（斋月）, the Moslem month of fasting. Most Arab countries have six-day workweek form ,Saturday through Thursday. When matched with the Monday to Friday practice in most Western countries, it leaves only three and a half workdays shared. Remember this in  15  your appointments. Moslems do not eat pork. Some are strict about the religion’s ban against alcoholic drinks. If you are not sure, wait for your  16  to suggest the proper thing to  17  .
When an Arab says yes, he may mean "  18  ". When he says maybe, he probably means "no". You seldom get a direct "no" from an Arab because it is considered  19  . Also, he does not want to close his options. Instead of “no”, he will say “inshallah”, which means, “if God is
willing”.  20   the other hand, "yes" does not always mean "yes". A smile and a slow nod might seem like an agreement, but in fact, your host is being polite. An Arab considers it impolite to disagree with a guest.
1.A. consider      B. assume         C. imagine           D. admit
2.A. So            B.But              C.Even            D. However
3.  A. extra         B. little              C. few               D. no
4.  A. at the mention of                     B. in the presence of  
C. on behalf of                         D. with the help of
5.  A. honored       B. hosted            C. interrupted         D. interpreted
6.  A. who           B. where             C.which             D. whom
7.  A. sneeze         B. signal             C. wave              D. whisper
8.  A. as though       B. if only            C. even if            D. so that
9.  A. carefully       B. finally            C. quickly            D. unwillingly
10. A. encourages      B. greets            C. puzzles            D. discourages
11. A. Bravery        B. Courage          C. Diligence          D. Patience
12. A. admire         B. identify          C. respect            D. thank
13. A. experiment      B. homework         C. pray              D. business
14. A. Avoid          B. Pay              C. Reject            D. Request
15.A.rejecting         B.planning          C. agreeing           D. designing
16. A. boss           B. friend             C. host              D. official
17. A. eat            B. play              C.taste              D. drink
18. A. yes            B. no                C. maybe             D. inshallah
19. A. direct          B. informal           C.friendly          D. impolite
20.A. In             B.At                C. For               D. On
二．阅读理解（每小题2分,共30分）
A.
Harvard University named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor(a person who follows next in order) to Lawrence Summers .
The seven-member Harvard Corporation elected Faust, a distinguished scholar on History of the American South and head of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, as the university’s 28th president.
“This is a great day, and a historic day for Harvard.” James R. Houghton, chairman of the presidential search committee, said in a statement. “Drew Faust is an inspiring and accomplished leader, a superb scholar, a devoted teacher, and a wonderful human being.”
Her selection is noteworthy given the heated debates over Summers’ comments that genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top science jobs. Faust has been head of Radcliffe since 2001, two years after the former women’s college was combined into the university as a research center with a mission to study gender issues(性别问题).
Some professors have quietly groused that the 371-year-old university is appointing a fifth president who is not a scientist. No scientist has had the top job since James Bryant Conant retired in 1953; its last four have come from the fields of classics, law, literature and economics.
Faust is the first Harvard president who did not receive a degree from the university since Charles Chauncy, a graduate of Cambridge University, who died in office in 1762. She attended the University of Pennsylvania.
“Teaching staff turned to her constantly,” said Sheldon Hackney, a former president of the University of Pennsylvania and historian who worked closely with Faust. “She’s very clear. She has a sense of humor, but she’s very strong-minded. You come to trust in her because she’s so solid.”    
21. Which might be the best title for the passage?
A. Harvard named its 1st female president.
B. History of Harvard University changed.
C. Debates on female equality ended.
D. Drew Gilpin Faust, a famous woman historian.
22. Lawrence Summers held the view that ________.
A. women cannot achieve as much as men in management
B. women cannot hold important positions in society
C. women can match men in science jobs
D. few women make top scientists owing to genes
23. The underlined word “groused” in the 5th paragraph means ________.
A. approved    B. commented     C. complained    D. indicated
24. This passage probably appears in a ________.
A. biography   B. personal letter C. research paper     D. newspaper report
B.
Dan Bilsker PhD
(Lead Author)
Dan is a clinical （临床） psychologist who works at Vancouver General Hospital and consults to a mental health research group at the University of British Columbia.
Merv Gilbert PhD
Merv is a clinical psychologist working at British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital and in private practice in Vancouver.
David Worling PhD
David is a clinical psychologist working in private practice in Vancouver.
E. Jane Garland
M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)
Jane is a psychiatrist with a Mood/Anxiety Disorders Clinic who does research at
the University of British Columbia on the treatment of mood problems.
***                     ***                     ***    
Dealing with Depression is based on the experience of the authors and on scientific research about which strategies(策略) work best in overcoming depression. Also, because strategies useful for adults may not be useful for teens, depressed and non-depressed teens helped in the development of this guide.
Dealing with Depression is intended for:
* teens with depressed mood
* concerned adults who want to help a depressed teen
* other teens who want to help a friend or family member
This guide is meant to provide teens with accurate information about depression. It is not a psychological or medical treatment, and is not a replacement for treatment where this is needed. If expert assistance or treatment is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.
Funding for this guide is provided by the Mental Health Evaluation & Community Consultation Unit (MHECCU) of The University of British Columbia through a grant by the Ministry of Children and Family Development, as part of the provincial Child and Youth Mental Health Plan.
25. According to the passage, Dealing with Depression is targeted at              .
A. researches on depression                B. clinical psychologists giving treatment
C. adults with depressed mood              D. people concerned with mood problems
26. The four cartoon figures are              .
A. professionals at universities              B. natives of British Columbia
C. clinical psychologists                   D. co-authors led by Dan Bilsker
27. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Depressed teens provide accurate information about depression.
B. Competent professionals will come to provide services if needed.
C. Dealing with Depression receives government financial support.
D. Dealing with Depression offers expert assistance and treatment.
C.
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized(分类) as “honor” help you
create this life of good feelings.
Here’s an example to show how honorable actions make happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and benefit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky（偷偷）excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be thankful to our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then , what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk’s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep inner rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is made by living a life of honorable actions.
Honorable thoughts contribute to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier life. And it is easy to think and act honorably again when we are happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it’s started, it is easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
28. Based on the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our________.
A. self-respect                   B. financial rewards  
C. advertising ability              D. friendly relationship
29. The writer thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is similar to ________.
A. lying                           B. stealing          
C. cheating                        D. advertising
30. What’s our feeling if we make the clerk know her mistake?
A. We’ll be very excited.             B. We’ll feel unlucky.
C. We’ll have a sense of honor.        D. We’ll feel sorry for the clerk.
D.
Every boy and every girl expects their parents to give them more pocket money. Why do
their parents just give them a certain amount?    31
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.  32 Some children get weekly pocket money. Others get monthly pocket money.
First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving. Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money. At first，some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until it is the right time.  33
In order to encourage their children to do some housework，some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home. Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that.  34
Pocket money can give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with the money. They can spend it by giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they
want.  35 Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing for children.
A. They can save it for future use.  
B. Timing is another consideration.
C. As helping at home is a normal part of family life.
D. Some children are not good at managing their pocket money.
E. Learning how to get money is very important for every child.
F. One main purpose is to let kids learn how to manage their own money.
G. By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget.
三．单词拼写（每小题1分,共15分）
36. I was about to give up when it suddenly o________ to me that I should try to solve the problem in another way.
37.You have made outstanding contributions to the company — I am sure you are b____ to get promoted this year.
38. Water can absorb and give off a lot of heat without big changes in temperature, thus  c_______ a stable environment.
39. I've been writing this report  ________(偶尔) for the last two weeks, but it has to be handed in tomorrow.
40. In the reading room, we found her seated at a desk, with her attention ____(盯着)
on a book.
41. R______ of where they are and what they are doing, they want access to the Net.
42. Our former teacher has changed so much that she is out of our ________（认出）.
43. He never ________（犹豫） to help those in trouble because he was a kind­hearted man.
44. All the effort has gone into rescuing the mine workers in the past five days, but now hopes of finding the workers alive seem to be f________ away.
45. ________（假如）that we can't get the appropriate equipment, we will have to give up
the experiment.
46. Although he is very young, he is much more experienced than others in t______ of  working ability.
47. As Tom wouldn't accept the salary I could offer, I had no a________ but to give the job to someone else.
48.His s_____ sank when he heard the news that an earthquake had happened in his
hometown.
49.Public statements from the various groups involved should not _____（必要）be taken
at face value.
50.Many people a______dark clouds with depression and sorrow.
四．语法填空（每小题1分,共10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内所给单词的正确用法。
Revolutionary TV Ears
TV Ears has  51  (help)thousands of people with various degrees of hearing loss hear the television  52  (clear) without turning up the volume(音量) and now it’s   53  (good) and more affordable than ever! With TV Ears wireless technology, you set your own headset volume, while other TV listeners hear the television at a volume level that’s  54   (comfort) for them. You can even listen through the headset only and put the TV on mute(静音) if the situation calls for a quiet environment —maybe the baby  55  (sleep). Or perhaps you are the only one who is interested in  56  (listen) to the ballgame.
TV Ears  57  (patent) technology includes a revolutionary noise reduction car tip, not used in any other commercially available headset. This tip reduces outside noise so that television dialogue is clear and understandable. Get the technology  58  has proven to help  59  most demanding customers. That’s why TV Ears has earned the trust and confidence of audiologists(听觉学家) nationwide as well  60  world-famous doctors.
五、短文改错（每小题1分,共10分）
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六、书面表达 (共15分)
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单词拼写（每小题1分,共15分）
36. _______________  37. _______________  38. _____________  39. ________________  
40. _______________  41. _______________  42. _____________  43. ________________  
44. _______________  45. _______________  46. _____________  47. ________________  
48. _______________  49. _______________  50. _____________    
语法填空（每小题1分,共10分）
51. _______________  52. _______________  53. _____________  54. ________________
55. _______________  56. _______________  57. _____________  58. ________________  
59. _______________  60. _______________  
短文改错（每小题1分,共10分）
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
In my first morning in Toronto, I woke up early. Looked through the mist, I could just see the maple trees nearly the hotel entrance. The frost from the recent cold autumn nights were starting to turn the leaves bright red. Before Liu Qian woke up, we went looking for restaurant nearby. We find a small place that it had a buffet with all kinds of great breakfast food. We seated ourselves in a small booth to eat, enjoying the amazing mixture of people around us and the different topic of conversation .We learned a lot about Canada just by watch and listening to people at breakfast.
书面表达 (共15分)
每位同学都希望自己具有良好的人际关系，成为班级中受欢迎的人。请你根据下表所提供的信息，写一篇题为“Being a Popular Student”的英语短文，参加学校网站英语论坛的讨论。
受人喜爱的
个性品质 对待集体 热心班级活动，具有团队精神……
对待他人 尊重、关心他人，富有同情心……
对待自己 （请考生自己拟定内容，列举至少两点）……
注意：1．短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；
2．短文标题与开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
3．词数：不超过120。
Being a popular student
We all hope to be popular with our classmates and teachers．To enjoy popularity, we
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