衡阳市八中2014年下期期中考试试卷
高 二 英 语
本试卷由试题卷和答题卷两部分组成。试题卷分四个部分，共7 页。时量120分钟，满分100分。所有试题均须在答题卷上作答。
第一部分：听力（共二节，满分20分）
第一节 听力理解
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、 C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Conversation 1
1. How much will the man pay when he checks out?
A. 90 dollars. B. 30 dollars. C. 13 dollars.
2. When will the man pay the bill?
A. Right now. B. This Sunday evening. C. Next Monday morning.
Conversation 2
3. What time is it now?
A. 1:30. B 3:00. C. 4:30.
4. What will the man do next?
A. Go to the airport. B. Go to his office. C. Call his wife.
Conversation 3
5. Which color does Nancy like?
A. Blue. B. Pink. C. Red.
6. What will the woman buy for mother?
A. A dress. B. A purse. C. A scarf.
Conversation 4
7. When did Marco Polo leave Italy?
A. In 1217. B. In 1271. C. In 1275.
8. How long did Marco Polo stay in China?
A. Seventeen years. B. Fourteen years. C, Seven years.
9. When did Marco Polo arrive back in Venice?
A. In 1275. B. In 1295. C. In 1271.
Conversation 5
!0, What is the man doing?
A. Surfing the Internet. B. Reading a book. C. Writing a school paper.
11 Where are motels built according to the man?
A. Near highways. B. Near train stations. C. Near bus stops.
12. What's the advantage of motels?
A. They have all sizes of rooms. B. They have enough parking space.
C. They are very cheap.
Conversation 6
13. What is Tom doing?
A. Fishing with his father. B. Reading a cartoon,
C. Doing his homework.
14. Where is David now?
A. At home. B. In his office. C. In the countryside.
15. What's the relationship between David and Teddy?
A. Father and son. B. Friends. C. Neighbors.
第二节 听取信息
听下面一段对话，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卷上
标号为16～20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。 （每空不超过3个单词）。
The number of sports to playAt least 16 .
For afternoon activitiesBe 17 .
Clothes neededTracksuits, shorts, T-shirts and sports 18
Lunch timeBegins at 19 , ends at 1:45
Things you can buy at the
shopping center 20 , chocolates and biscuits
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
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选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
21. Andrew wanted to find another boy to be his best friend, but Annie told him ________.
A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to
22. I immediately ________Alice in the crowd.
A. picked up B. picked out C. ran out D. let off
23. ________the new belling sounds gentle and formal, it will be some time before we can adapt to it.
A. Since B. Although C. When D. In case
24. Those students argued ________each other ________whether the research into human cloning should be carried out.
A. for; over B. to; about C. of; over D. with; about
25. Moammar Gadhafi(卡扎菲), ________Libya for forty-two years and was proved dead on Thursday , 20th October, 2014.
A. is ruling B. ruled C. has ruled D. rules
26. If you are determined to master a language, you should follow the advice: learn a language by making mistakes and ________them.
A. correct B. to correct C. correcting D. corrected
27. Everything ________into consideration, they ought to have another chance.
A. to take B. taken C. to be taken D. taking
28. People often have the belief ________a healthy environment and development cannot be possible at the same time, but this does not have to be true.
A. that B. which C. where D. what
29. A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey, ________at least 217 people.
A. to kill B. killed C. kill D. killing
30. The couple couldn’t have children of their own, so they ________ a baby.
A. disliked B. pretended C. adopted D. conflicted
31. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, died last month at the age of fifty-six, _______ brought a great loss to electronic industry.
A. it B. this C. which D. that
32. Ann is said _________research in Africa, and she will come back next month.
A. to do B. to be doing C. to have done D. done
33. On the one hand, loss imply gain; ________，gain imply loss.
A. while B. on the other hand C. but D. yet
34. When first ________to Britain, tea was not so popular like today.
A. introduced B. being introduced C. introducing D. having introduced
35. Hannah ________me; otherwise, other students wouldn’t have known my result of the quiz.
A. may betray B. must betray C. must have betrayed D. should betray
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Part A: 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第47小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
The friendship between us never fades. Mary Allen was my best friend?like a sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.
When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I 36 in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special 37 ? like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were 38 with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less. One day a card that I sent came back, 39 “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to 40 Mary.
Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to 41 stories of my children and then grandchildren. I need to share my 42 when my brother and then my mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could 43 .
One day I was reading a newspaper 44 I notice a picture of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman? Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, 45 I wrote to her anyway.
She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother”. Minutes later I heard a voice that I 46 at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s 47 .
Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
36.A. gotB. keptC. lostD. fell
37.A. placesB. occasionsC. festivalsD. things
38.A. comfortableB. carefulC. easyD. busy
39.A. sayingB. writingC. readD. told
40.A. knowB. stopC. findD. help
41.A. shareB. speakC. writeD. remember
42.A. newsB. sorrowC. storiesD. failure
43.A. stayB. hideC. fillD. live
44.A. whenB. whileC. ifD. though
45.A. andB. sinceC. butD. so
46.A. realizedB. receivedC. contactedD. recognized
47.A. futureB. progressC. livesD. weddings
Part B: 仔细阅读下面短文并按照语境完成填空(每空只能填一个单词)。将答案填写在答题卷上。请考生务必注意对应答题卷上相应的题号。
Recently our classmates have had a heated discussion about the topic “Environment or economy, must we choose?” .Some students are in 48._______ of the development of environment, while others put economy above environment.
The students 49.______ are worried about the environment say that many plants and animals have died and fish are even given no time to lay eggs. Besides, water and air are seriously polluted, causing people sick. While we damage our environment, we keep producing more and more people who need more land to live 50.________ and more food to eat.
As to the students for economy, they think, first of all, people are more important 51.______ plants and animals. As a matter of fact, many companies and factories are very concerned 52._______ the environment and have a sense of responsibility. In addition, with the development of economy, more jobs will be created.
In my opinion, firstly, we should produce more things from recycled materials, and less 53._______ raw materials. 54._________, more effective laws to preserve the environment should be made, which controls the scale（规模）of trees-cutting and fish-catching. Thirdly, we try to live an environmentally friendly way of life and pay slightly higher prices for things 55.______ are environmentally friendly. Finally, companies producing chemical waste should pay higher taxes. With these measures, I believe that a healthy environment and a stable（稳定的）economy should be possible at the same time.
第三部分：阅读理解（共9小题，每小题2分，满分18分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
A
Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars（伤疤）. Often they relive（在想像中再体验）these experiences.
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase（抹去）the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing（发放出）chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far, the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it. Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after wars.
They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories. “Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry（精神病学）at Harvard Medical School，“This could relieve（减轻）a lot of that suffering.”
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us avoid the mistakes in the past. “All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I am not sure whether we’d want to wipe those memories out.” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
56. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to “_____”.
A. the new drugB. the research into the drug
C. the bad memoryD. the chemical in the drug
57.Which of the following is NOT the opinion of the opponents(反对者)?
A. Our memories give us our identity.
B. The memories help human avoid mistakes of the past.
C. The drug should be used in only very serious cases.
D. People may not be sure whether they want to wipe the memories out.
58. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. People often suffer from bad memories.
B. American researchers have developed a pill.
C. Forget bad memories, and be happy.
D. Developing pills for helping forget bad memories has caused a heated argument.
B
A woman in Japan who had no home sneaked into（潜入）a man’s house and lived without being noticed in his closet for a year. She was arrested after the man found that his food was disappearing and reported it to the police.
Police found the 58-year-old woman Thursday hiding in the top part of the man’s closet and arrested her for getting in without the owner’s permission.
The man had security cameras which sent images（图像）to his cell-phone after becoming confused by food disappearing from his kitchen over the past several months.
One of the cameras on Thursday caught someone moving inside his home after he had left, so he called the police who at first thought it was a thief. However, when they arrived, they found the door locked and all windows closed.
“We searched the house and checked every corner where someone could possibly hide,” Itakura said. “When we opened the closet, we found the woman curled up（卷曲）on her side, feeling nervous and frightened.”
The woman told the police that she had no place to live and first sneaked into the man’s house about a year ago when he left it without locking the door.
“She had moved a mattress（垫子）into the small closed space and even took showers,” Itakura said. He called the woman “tidy and clean”.
59. The police arrested the woman mainly because______________.
A. she stole the man’s food.
B. she often went into other people’s houses.
C. she entered the man’s house without permission.
D. she didn’t open the door when the police arrived
60. According to the passage, when the woman was found by the police, she______.
A. was stealing food in the kitchen. B. felt nervous and frightened
C. was untidy and dirty D. tried to jump off the window
61. Which of the following is correct?
A. The woman doesn’t like living in her own house.
B. The man always forgets to lock his door when he leaves.
C. The woman first sneaked into the man’s house about a year ago.
D. The woman was over sixty years old when she was arrested.
C
Some scientists say that animals in the oceans are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings.
The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves.
Decibels (分贝) measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety-five would have the same effect.
Some scientists have suggested setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in oceans. They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales.
A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals. The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales' ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed（流血）and become infected（感染）.
Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds are against a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research.
Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists suspect（怀疑）that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean.
62. According to the passage, which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures?
A. The noises of human activities. B. The noises made by themselves.
C. The sound of earthquakes. D. The sound of the ice-breaking.
63. Which of the following is discussed in the third paragraph?
A. Different places with different types of noises.
B. The very human ears sensitive to all types of noises.
C. The same noise measured differently on land and in the ocean.
D. The ocean animals' reaction to noises.
64. According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future?
A. They will try their best to decrease noise.
B. They will work hard to cut down noise pollution.
C. They will study the effect of different noises.
D. They will protect animals from harmful noises.
第四部分：书面表达（共三节，满分27分）
第一节 简答题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据第65至第67小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卷上。
What are the situations that make you shy? You're not shy all the time. For example, when you're with your best friend, you're probably very open and comfortable being yourself. Shyness is the effect of feeling insecure（不安全）. If you can identify what you're feeling insecure about, you can then take action on it.
Many of us tend to focus on what we're not good at, rather than recognize what we are good at. As a result, we feel awkward around others, because we feel there's nothing impressive about ourselves. It's time to stop selling yourself short and start focusing on your strengths. What are you good at? What are your past achievements? What are things you've done that you are really proud of? Spend some time to recognize them.
Many people worry too much about what others think about them. But the funny thing is, it's just in your mind. Most people are actually too busy to pay attention to what you're doing or not doing, so stop spending time worrying about others’ opinion of you.
Can you think of someone (whether a friend or a famous person) you know who is very confident, assured and outgoing? Use the person as your role model. Whenever you feel shy, ask yourself what that person will do/say in this situation. Then, do that. Soon, it becomes second nature to you to behave in that manner.
Another great way to overcome shyness is to observe how others around you act. Reduce the time you spend worrying about what others think of you and look outward at how others behave themselves socially. What do they say? How do they act? What can you learn from them?
65. According to the passage, what is the reason for shyness? (No more than 3 words)
_____________________________________________________
66. How many suggestions are given in the passage? (No more than 2 words)
______________________________________________________
67. According to the writer, why don’t we need to worry about others’ opinion of us? (No more than 15 words)
__________________________________________________________________________________
第二节 单词拼写（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）
根据中文提示，完成句子，并将答案转写到答题卷上。
68.I felt ____________ (内疚的) about not visiting my parents more often.
69.The members of the board have decided to cut back on ____________. (产量)
70._____________ of (不管，不顾) the consequence, he did whatever he liked.
71.He left his hometown with the ______________( 意图；目的) of travelling around the world.
72.In ___________, (大体上说) he did a good job.
73.Thank you for listening. Now let’s open the ___________ (自由发言)for discussion.
第三节 写作（满分15分）
你所在的班级将要举办一次主题为“热爱校园；保护环境”的英语比赛。请写一篇英语稿， 要求从以下三个方面进行阐述，并举例加以说明。
1.保持校园清洁；
2.美化校园；
3.爱护学校设施；
词数：100左右
参考词汇：校园 campus 设施 facilities
Hello, everyone. It’s nice to speak about “loving our school, protecting our environment”, and I think each of us can do something.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____
衡阳市八中2014年下期期中考试答案
高 二 英 语
第一部分：听力（共二节，满分20分）
1?5 ACABA 6?10 BBABC 11?15 ABBCA
16. 12 / twelve 17. free 18. shoes 19. 12:15 20. Drinks
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21?25 ABBDB 26?30 CBADC 31?35 CBBAC
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
36?40 BBDAC 41?45 ABCAC 46?47 DC
48. favour/ favor 49. who/ that 50. on 51. than 52. about/ for/ over
53. from 54. Secondly 55. that
第三部分：阅读理解（共9小题，每小题2分，满分18分）
56?58 BCD 59?61 CBC 62?64 ACD
第四部分：书面表达（共三节，满分27分）
11.简答题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
65. Feeling insecure. 66. 4/ Four
67. Because people are too busy to pay attention to you./ to what you’re doing./ to your behavior.
第二节 单词拼写（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）
68. guilty 69. production 70. Regardless 71. intention/ purpose
72. general 73. floor
第三节 写作（满分15分）
Hello, everyone. It’s nice to speak about “loving our school, protecting our environment”, and I think each of us can do something.
The first thing we can do is to make our campus more beautiful. Every one of us may
plant a tree in the school, or organize a thorough cleaning on the campus. We can also form
a good habit of putting the rubbish in the trash can.
The second thing we can do is to protect the facilities in our school. When we leave the
classroom, we should never forget to turn off the light or close the door. We should not leave
the tap water running or waste any materials in the laboratory room.
If everyone does one thing for our school, I believe we will turn our school into a better
place to study and live in.
Thank you for listening!
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