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2015~2016学年聊城四中高二上学期期中考试  英语试卷 ( 时间：100分钟， 总分：120分) 第一卷（满分80分） 第一部分 听力 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C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，你将有10秒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. What did the man do？ A. He ate up leftovers in the fridge  B. He did some cleaning C. He fixed the fridge 2. What is the new movie about? A. War experiences B. Prison breaks C. Young lovers 3. What probably is the woman? A. A restaurant manager B. A hotel clerk C. A bank clerk 4. What does the man suggest doing？ A. Taking a walk B. Writing a report C. Going to the library 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A continent B. A book C. A city 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A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。 听第6段材料回答第6至8题。 6. Why would the woman like to change her job?  A. She wants to look after babies B. She wants to work with Dr. Laver C. She loves working in the emergency wards 7. What’s the man’s opinion on her changing job? A. He supports her very much B. He doesn’t agree with her C. He asked her not to work 8. What can we know about Dr. Laver? A. He is a doctor specializing in baby care. B. He is very friendly with his colleagues. C. He is good-looking and warm-hearted 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What happened to the woman last Wednesday? A. She bought a new watch B. She had her money lost C. She watched a game 10. What does the woman want to do for the man? A. To give him a reward B. To introduce him a girlfriend C. To give him 150 dollars 11. What does the woman think of the man? A. He’s honest B. He’s single C. He’s wealthy 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. Why doesn’t the woman want to swim? A. She has no bathing suit B. She can’t swim C. She likes sunbathing better 13. What will the speakers do next? A. The man will teach the woman to swim B. They will have a rest under the umbrella C. They will go out for a ride on a boat 14. What did the speakers do before coming to the seaside? A. Shopped all day for a bathing suit B. Drove fifty miles for a sunbath C. Borrowed beach umbrellas and chairs 听第9段材料，回答第15至17小题。 15. What are the speakers talking about? A. Chinese cultures B. Different characters C. Chinese birth signs 16. What’s the character of people born in 1983? A. They are courageous but react poorly under stress B. They are kind but horrible once angry C. They are dependable but too shy 17. What’s Michal’s birth sign? A. Tiger B. Pig C. Ox 听第10短材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What does a blogger usually do? A. Add posts or diary entries to a webpage B. Write personal diaries only can be seen by himself C. Set up blog sites with the same web address 19. How many kinds of blog are mentioned? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 20. What’s a weblog？ A. Diary writing B. Bulletin posting C. Content management system 第二部分 阅读理解（每小题2分，共10小题，满分20分） A Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Americans still argue about Ayn Rand. People also continue to talk about her ideas and her interesting life. As a young child, Alisa loved books. She began to write her own stories when she was only seven. She took classes in politics, history, law and writing. In 1926, she traveled to the United States and decided she would never leave. She also decided to change her name to "Ayn Rand." Newly named, Rand moved to Hollywood, California to work in the movie business. Throughout the 1930s, she published two books, but did not earn much critical or popular recognition. Then, in 1943, Rand's famous book "The Fountainhead" was published. It took her seven years to write the novel. Twelve publishers rejected the book. However, a man named Archibald Ogden loved the story and convinced the Bobbs-Merrill company to publish it.  "The Fountainhead" became a huge success around the world. It has sold more than six million copies. It continues to sell about one hundred thousand copies each year. "The Fountainhead" tells the story of a young building designer named Howard Roark. Roark wants to build interesting, modern-looking buildings. However, most people only want to see traditional designs. Roark loves designing and building more than anything in the world.  But he refuses to compromise and make buildings he hates. Several people work against Roark and his goals. But in the end, Roark succeeds. "The Fountainhead" is an unusual novel for many reasons. It is more than 700 pages long, far longer than most books people read for entertainment. More importantly, it also includes discussions of philosophy, which are not usually found in popular books. Most critics did not like "The Fountainhead." But readers loved it. In 1949，it was made into a popular movie.  She lived quietly in New York City until she died in 1982. She is still one of the most loved, and hated, American thinkers and writers. 21．When did Alisa decide to change her name to Ayn Rand? A．When she began to write her own stories. B．When she took classes in politics and writing. C．When she decided to settle in the US.          D．When she moved to Hollywood, California. 22．Which of the following is true of Rand's famous book The Fountainhead? A．It cost the author eight years to complete.          B．It was loved by all the twelve publishers. C．It was finally published by Archibald Ogden.        D．It was a great success around the world. 23．What can we learn about Howard Roark? A．He wants to build interesting, traditional buildings. B．He loves designing and building anything in the world. C．He has to give in and make buildings he hates. D．He achieves his goals and eventually gains success. 24．What is the passage mainly about? A．The life and writing of Ayn Rand．      B．The interesting life of Ayn Rand. C．Rand's famous book "The Fountainhead"．  D．Different attitudes towards Rand’s book. B Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard. “I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast（吹嘘）. “And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in the town!” George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse. Then Richard married a mysterious girl. The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast—but Richard never came back. The police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found. He must have drowned. Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his formal rival(竞争对手). Perhaps he missed him? George was very interested in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading. “Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.” 25. George and Richard were ______ at school. A. competitors B. good friends C.roommates D. booksellers         26. George got information about Richard from ______. A. a dictionary collector in Australia B. Richard’s wife C. a rare first edition of a dictionary D. the wrapping paper of a book     27. How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance? A. He envied Richard’s marriage.            B. He thought of Richard from time to time. C. He felt lucky with no rival in town.          D. He was guilty of Richard’s death. . C The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts(小屋） made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet（字母表）, and some can make words. The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child. The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they’re already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program. The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The device’s camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia. With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,” said Keller. The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It won’t be in Amharic, Ethiopia’s first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs. 28. What can we infer from Keller’s words in Paragraph 3? A. They need more time to analyze data. B. More children are needed for the research. C. He is confident about the future of the project. D. The research should be carried out in kindergartens. 29. How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village? A. It trains teachers for them.                   B. It contributes to their self-study. C. It helps raise their living standards.           D. It provides funds for building schools. 30. What is the aim of the project? A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs. B. To make Amharic widely used in the world. C. To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English. D. To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language. 第三部分完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） When I was 10 years old，my mother passed away because of illness．I had to move to the USA to live with my father．There I met my  31 for the first time and from the beginning she made sure that I was safe and welcome．Over the past several years she  32  everything I needed．I am happy today because I have a  33 stepmother． Yesterday I went to see her for Mother’s Day．When  34 her my gift，she held my face in both of her hands and 35 me—even though I had the flu! Her simple act of affection36 me back to my very first night in America．After I was  37  from the airport，we went home and she unpacked my  38 ．Then she took me shopping for new clothes  39 the ones I had brought with me from Africa were a bit worn． That night before I went to bed，she came to my room．She told me she was  40  to have me and that she would take good care of me．Because I was  41  shown affection as a child，I did not know how to  42  what she said, so I just stared at her． Before she walked out of my new room，she asked me for a  43  ．But I had no idea what she was talking about because I had never heard the  44  before．  45  she didn’t give up．She told my father that she  46 me to give her a hug and asked him to explain to me what she  47 ．My father explained  48  a hug was and told me why people hugged in America．Then my new mom opened her arms  49  and shyly I opened mine and we hugged． That was my very first hug and I was eleven at that time．I’m 23 now and，  50  ，I have  received many hugs since then． 31．A．stepmother        B．cousin            C．brother             D．sister 32．A．preserved            B．provided            C．managed             D．designed 33．A．beautiful            B．strict                C．kind                 D．serious 34．A．ordered            B．supplied            C．bought             D．presented 35．A．kissed            B．praised            C．welcomed         D．comforted 36．A．kept                B．took                C．held                 D．gave 37．A．brought up        B．helped out            C．seen off             D．picked up 38．A．schoolbag            B．purse                C．1uggage             D．scarf 39．A．since                B．though            C．when             D．if 40．A．eager                B．thankful            C．glad                 D．confident 41．A．frequently            B．always            C．once             D．never 42．A．react to            B．see to                C．apply to             D．refer to 43．A．chat                B．hug                C．favor             D．help 44．A．question            B．word                C．story             D．suggestion 45．A．Since                B．So                C．But                 D．And 46．A．determined        B．1onged            C．invited            D．wanted 47．A．meant            B．required            C．demanded            D．ordered 48．A．what                B．how                C．where             D．which 49．A．direct                B．wide                C．suddenly             D．quickly 50．A．surprisingly        B．interestingly         C．hopefully             D．thankfully 第四部分（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。            How to Be Confident We are all human and have weaknesses. Even if your physical appearance or social skills aren’t what you wish they were, that doesn’t have to stop you from being confident. (51)_____ *Make a list of special talents you have, or things you do that are good—morally（道德上） or otherwise. It doesn’t have to be a specific skill；it can be an approach or an attitude that you hold through life. (52)_____ Are you very patient with people? Do you always see the humorous side of things? Are you always there for your friends? *(53)_____ When you feel strongly about something, speak loudly and clearly and make eye contact with people. People will judge you all the time, and usually they’ll misjudge you anyway, so why bother trying to live up to their opinions at all? *Take care of yourself. Eat a healthy diet and get enough exercise. Don’t abuse your body, don’t overload it, and don’ t deny it any of the things it needs. At the same time, don’t obsess(沉迷). (54)_____ Those things are only band-aids(权宜之计） and make-up. Confidence comes from within. In order to be confident, you must value yourself and understand that your well-being is important. *Improve your posture. (55)_____ Don’t drop your shoulders. Make sure that your back is straight, your shoulders are square, and your chest sticks out slightly (but stay loose, otherwise you’ll appear stubborn （固执的）and nervous). Good posture also helps with deep breathing, which helps with feeling calm and relaxed. A. Here’s how to believe in yourself.  B. But smiling at yourself in the mirror helps you to love yourself, thus making you a bit more confident.