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南沙一中2015—2016学年第二学期期中考英语试题
高二英语
说明: 本试卷分为选择题和非选择题两部分，共8页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。
命题人：李小娜 卢燕芹
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，共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
Choose Your Virginia
Rock House Museum
Take a journey through history with a visit to the exciting museum and historic sites of Wytheville. The Rock House Museum offers glimpses into daily life in the 19th century. The museum is part of the 50 structures featured in Wytheville's Historic Walking Tour. 540/223－3330.
Natural Bridge of Virginia
Natural Bridge of Virginia, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Caverns of Natural Bridge, guided tours of underground wonders; Natural Bridge Inn & Conference Center, Indoor Heated Pool, largest Gift & Souvenir Shop in the East. Information 800/533－1410.
Grand Caverns
Grand Caverns is America's oldest show cave. Beautiful and massive formations. Union troops visited the caverns. Thomas Jefferson visited you should too! Open weekends in March, daily April～October, 9 a．m.～5 p．m. Hour tours leave every 30 minutes. 703/249－5705.
The Newseum
The Newseum in Arlington, the world's only interactive museum of news. Visitors can be reporters or television newscasters, see today's news as it happens on a block－long video news wall, and be taken behind the scenes to see how news is made. The Newseum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a．m.～5 p．m. 888/NEWSEUM. www. Newseum. Org.
Kenmore Plantation & Gardens
Kenmore Plantation & Gardens, visit over two hundred years of history from the Revolutionary War, Civil War and into the 21st－century. Home of Betty Washington, George Washington's only sister, and Patriot Col. Fielding Lewis. Explore this historic building and city block of restored gardens. Tea and ginger cookies served. 540/373－3381.
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach offers 11,000 hotel/motel rooms, plus cottages and campgrounds. Enjoy miles of clean beaches and a variety of family attractions. Fine restaurants, various shopping areas, exciting nightlife, and special events are offered throughout the year. 800/822－3224.
1．In what way is the Newseum different from Rock House Museum?
A．It is larger.
B．It is more exciting.
C．Visitors can act in it.
D．Visitors can see more in it.
2．Which of the following places is NOT open in the winter months?
A．Natural Bridge of Virginia
B．Grand Caverns
C．Virginia Beach
D．Kenmore Plantation & Gardens
3．Which of the following is NOT true about Virginia Beach?
A．Tourists can camp in the open air.
B．Tourists can enjoy some special events there.
C．Tourists can not go there in their own cars.
D．Tourists can enjoy themselves on the clean beach.
B
Randy Kraus was paralyzed(瘫痪的). His left side was useless. He'd been a police officer before, and he could do strong and able. Now, he felt he could do nothing.
His trouble started with Parkinson's disease, but it didn't end there. In July, 2002, the 60­year­old Kraus went into the hospital for an operation, on his brain to control the shaking. But he had a stroke(中风). He was paralyzed. The doctors said, “You may never walk again and you might not even be able to talk.”
Kraus found that he couldn't lift a fork or take a drink by himself. Physical treatment was so painful and slow. What did he have to live for? So Kraus held the gun against his head. Feeling the cold metal on his skin, he began to consider the pain he would cause for his wife, daughters and grandchildren. He didn't pull the trigger(扳机)．
Andrew Garud, his exercise physiologist(生理学家), told him，“You are where you are. The pace would be slow; the pain would be real. But as long as you are alive, you have the ability to get better.”
After three months of working with Garud, Kraus wanted to see if he could stand. He could. Then he took three steps，sat down and cried like a baby.
One step, as they say, led to another. Next he managed a short walk along the edge of a boxing ring(拳击台) in the health club. It was the hardest fight of Kraus's life. People at the gym cheered him on. Garud kept saying he could do more. Now, Kraus can brush his teeth, shave himself, and get around the house with a walker. Only the paralyzed can fully understand little triumphs.
4．According to the fourth paragraph, what did Andrew Garud mean?
A．Everyone in the world has the right to be alive.
B．It' s necessary for people to do exercise to keep healthy.
C．One should try to lead a better life.
D．As long as a person is alive, he will have a chance to be better.
5．What does the underlined word“triumphs”in the last paragraph mean?
A．Difficulties. B．Successes.
C．Disappointments. D．Reputations.
6．What personality does Kraus probably have?
A．Optimism. B．Strong­mindedness.
C．Sympathy. D．Generosity.
7．According to the passage, we can learn that ________.
A．the stroke during the operation on his brain led to Kraus' paralysis
B．Kraus' operation in 2002 was performed by Andrew Garud
C．doing exercises can help cure Parkinson's disease
D．Kraus will lead a normal life as a healthy person in the future
C
Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver，according to a report from Oxford University.
The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.
According to the research by Prof.Jonatahn Gershuny, who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford，men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking，up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.
Prof.Gershuny said, “The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend. There has been 40 years of sexual equality, but there is another 40 years probably to come.”
Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven minutes—a great fall, but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.
Some experts have named these men in aprons as “Gastrosexuals (men using cooking skills to impress friends)”，who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay，Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley－Whittingstall, Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.
“I was married in 1974.When my father came to visit me a few weeks later，I was wearing an apron when I opened the door. He laughed，” said Prof. Gershuny.“That would never happen now.”
Two－thirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week，even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table. Prof. Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table—with many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room，and shared by family members.“The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eat—as I did when I was a child—at least two meals a day together as a family. But it has survived in a different format.”
8.What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?
A.The improvement of cooks'status.
B.The influence of popular female chefs.
C.The change of female's view on cooking.
D.The development of sexual equality campaign.
9.What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking?
A.Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays.
B.Women spend much less time on cooking than before.
C.It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.
D.There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961.
10.How did Prof.Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?
A.It has become a thing of the past.
B.It is very different from what it used to be.
C.It shouldn't be advocated in modern times.
D.It is beneficial to the stability of the family.
11.Which is the best title for the passage?
A.The Changes of Family Meals
B.Equality between Men and Women
C.Cooking into a New Trend for Men
D.Cooking—a Thing of the Past for Women
D
I am trying to muster(鼓起) the courage to toss_away my mobile phone to enjoy a more peaceful and ring­free life.
Can you imagine not having your mobile phone? In our hightech, in­a­hurry age, a cell­free life is a hard concept to swallow. Our mobile phones can now access the Internet, and many people feel the need to express their every thought on their blog pages. If I gave up my cellphone, people would think I was mad.
I wish I had the strength to toss away my technology. I have an office phone，a home phone，e­mail and if people want to contact me, they can. If I'm out, people can leave a message. Do they really need to find me 24/7? However, I'm a bit like Frodo in the movie Lord of the Rings. The power of the ring is too strong and I can't let it go.
Mobile phones have become necessary tools in our busy life. For most people, they hold all contacts and many of us don't write up address books any more. The latest phones carry our music, pictures, movies and everything else. We feel lost without this device and when we do misplace it, we feel cut off from our fellows.
“Where have you been？”said a friend, who saw me a week after I lost my cell, “I tried calling you, but you disappeared. You disappeared off the face of the Earth. ”See, when you don't have a mobile phone，you don't exist.
I'm not really going to toss my mobile phone away, in fact. We humans are such social animals and mobile phones serve us well. So in 2009, I've decided not to serve my mobile phone. Like all machines, I can always turn it off.
12．What does the underlined phrase “toss away” mean?
A. give away.　　　　　　B. get away.
C. break away. D. throw away.
13．The writer mentions Frodo to ________.
A. show it is difficult to get rid of the mobile phone
B. show how much he likes Frodo
C. suggest a cell­free life is what he wants
D. introduce a film character to us
14．What do we know about mobile phones in the 4th paragraph?
A. Mobile phones can do anything for us.
B. Mobile phones have become very important in our life.
C. We could not live without mobile phones.
D. We would be cut off by our fellows without mobile phones.
15．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The writer is not really going to toss his mobile phone away.
B. When you don't have a mobile phone，you don't exist.
C. The writer decides not to serve his mobile phone.
D. We humans can control ourselves and machines well.
第二节（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。
__16 __You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:
Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 17__ A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
Make good use of your time in class. 18___ Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. 19__ If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you’ll remember it longer.
Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.
____20___ You will probably discover them after you have tried these.
A. There are other methods that might help you with your studying.
B. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.
C. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.
D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.
E. Maybe you are an average student.
F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.
G. This will help you understand the next class.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My father and I disagreed about curfew(晚间必须在家的时间). He'd say I was to be in by 9：30 on weekdays, and 11：00 on weekends, no exceptions without my first asking. I told him it made me __21__ like a junior high kid. He explained that while a curfew __22__ sound like a restriction, it's really about people looking out for one another.
The very next Friday after that pretty heated __23__, my dad and I had tickets to see our town's professional football game. On that day he was __24__ to a nearby city to meet with some major clients and __25__ me that his getting home and our leaving for the game would be tight.
To make sure we could __26__ off the moment he walked in, I got everything prepared. When a half hour had passed from the time he said he'd be home, I understood that he was a little __27__. But then, nearly a whole hour passed. I was getting __28__. We were going to miss the kick­off! And why hadn't he __29__ me and let me know he was going to be really late? As I anxiously __30__ the floor, another half hour passed. That's when I got really angry. How inconsiderate of my father! Now we were going to __31__ the whole game! When yet another half hour passed, my anger turned to __32__. What if something terrible had happened to my dad, like he had a heart attack or had been in an accident, or something? I began to really __33__. I'd already called his cellphone about ten t