2013-2014学年高二上学期半期考试英 语 试 题第Ⅰ卷（共80分）第一部分英语知识应用第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。1This dictionary is to my translation, but that one is .A. great help; helplessB. a great help; of no useC. important; of few importanceD. very helpful; of no any use2. By the window with dark glasses, seemed to be waiting for someone.A. a young man stood, whoB. did a young man stood, thatC. a young man did stand, whichD. stood a young man, who3. -Did you see Jack in the teacher’s office earlier today? -Yes. He by his class teacher.A. is being questionedB. was being questionedC. had been questionedD. was questioned4. to explain it, she would not believe him.A. However hard he triedB. However hard did he tryC. How he tried hardD. However did he try hard5. Tom’s mother kept telling him that he should study harder, but didn’t help.A. heB. whichC. itD. she6. Xiaowen was born without the ability to walk, and therefore she had to use a wheelchair to .A. get overB. get acrossC. get aroundD. get on7. I had expected, he overcame difficulties and won the first prize.A. WhatB. WhichC. ThatD. As8. Three minutes earlier, they could have escaped such a disaster.A. soB. butC. orD. and9. The biggest full moon of 2011 occurred on a Saturday night, Chinese observers to gather outside to record it.A. to leadB. ledC. leadingD. having led10. He sat against the wall and listened to the teacher .A. close; closeB. closely; closelyC. closely; closeD. close; closely11. The fire spread through the hotel very quickly but everyone get out.A. had toB. wouldC. couldD. was able to12. Everyone says our team will win, but I it.A. am skeptical ofB. am sure ofC. am proud ofD. am concerned about13. Police are now searching for a woman who is reported to since the flood hit The area last Friday.A. have been missingB. have got lostC. be missingD. get lost14. -I left my handbag on the train, but luckily someone gave it to a railway official.-How unbelievable to get it back! I mean, someone it.A. will have stolenB. might have stolenC. should have stolenD. must have stolen15. -Sorry? . It’s too noisy here. -I was saying that the party was great.A. I didn’t get thatB. I didn’t like thatC. Let’s take itD. Let’s act第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Some people cannot learn in ordinary schools. Physical or 16 illness prevents a child from learning. Today new 17 are being used in special schools to help the disabled learn. A school is being 18 in New Jersey, USA. It is called Bancroft. Here the disabled will be trained to 19 themselves and to get along in the outside world. Bancroft is not surrounded by walls of any kind. Its director insists that it be 20 so that students may gradually develop 21 relations with the rest of the world. Bancroft students will 22 in apartments, cooking their own meals, and learning to perform other 23 . As they become able, they will buy their own furniture, 24 for it out of their own money. They will pay for their food, too. They will learn to expect 25 bills for the calls they make every month. As a step toward the goal of becoming 26 , each disabled person will decide what kind of work he wants to be 27 to do. While some of the training will be carried on within Bancroft itself, most of the students will receive 28 training in nearby towns. They will be trained by town people. After the training has been 29 completed, the student will work 30 an assistant and will begin to earn money. After that he will leave Bancroft, 31 the school will continue to give him help if he 32 it. How long will it take a student to 33 his training under this new system? The director says, “For some a year will be 34 . For others it might take ten years.” For all, however, this method offers new 35 . Many will learn to be useful and independent, supporting themselves in the world.16. A. spiritB. mentalC. thought D. body17. A. plansB. decisionsC. toolsD. methods18. A. turned upB. set upC. searched forD. longed for19. A. enjoyB. teachC. pushD. support20. A. freeB. openC. quietD. different21. A. specialB. familiarC. normalD. close22. A. liveB. studyC. hideD. cook23. A. operationsB. tasksC. playsD. acts24. A. yellingB. waitingC. payingD. working25. A. telephoneB. educationC. housingD. food26. A. braveB. cleverC. learnedD. independent27. A. askedB. sentC. trainedD. made28. A. teacherB. jobC. bodyD. mind29. A. successfullyB. graduallyC. quicklyD. hardly30. A. withB. forC. likeD. as31. A. andB. butC. soD. or32. A. needsB. forgetsC. getsD. offers33. A. receiveB. getC. completeD. stop34. A. shortB. enoughC. goodD. long35. A. ideasB. abilitiesC. timeD. work第二部分　阅读理解 (共45分)第一节（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。ADo you suppose Darwin, one of the greatest scientists of all time, really did fools’ experiments? Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish?Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution（解决办法）to a problem. Sometimes, they really do know an answer or a solution, but without thinking they are important.Charles Darwin didn’t settle for（满足于）just thinking he knew something. And, he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be.Suppose you drop sheets of paper that are of exactly the same size and shape. If you drop them at the same time in the same place, they will fall in the same way. Now make one of the sheets of paper into a tight（紧的）little ball and let it drop along with the other sheets. What happens? You have done an experiment that is so simple that you might think it couldn’t be worth anything.But this simple experiment is important. It explains part of our present day understandings of physics ideas that were worked out long ago by Galileo and Newton. And these understandings set aside some of ancient Greek physics.Scientist sometimes stops to look at very simple things and to think very hard about them. Even the simplest idea, which we might think is foolish, can shake the foundations of science.36. The passage tells us that Charles Darwin .A. was a great English scientistB. always liked doing the experiments that others thought difficultC. thought even the simplest thing was importantD. didn’t get well with others37. The phrase “set aside” in 5th paragraph most probably means .A. throw awayB. store upC. put to useD. realize38. The author of the passage tries to .A. convince us that Charles Darwin, Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the worldB. draw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple thingsC. prove that two sheets of paper, with the same size and shape, will fall at the same speedD. draw our attention to everyday happenings around us39. Which one of the following is TRUE?A. Darwin really did fools’ experiments.B. According to some people Darwin did foolish experiments.C. It is believed by all the people that things could b四川省仁寿县城北教学点2013-2014学年高二上学期期中考试试卷 英语
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