浙江省杭州外国语学校2013-2014学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

浙江省杭州外国语学校期中考试试卷考试须知：英语试卷总分值100分，总答题时间100分钟。本试卷分“试题卷”、“答题卷”和“答题卡”，其中“试题卷”页，“答题卷”2页，“答题卡”1张。请将选择题答案涂写在“答题卡”上，其它试题答案写在“答题卷”上，否则无效。请务必注意试题序号和答题序号相对应。所有选择题请用2B铅笔在“答题卡”相应的位置上涂黑，其它题答题一律用蓝色、黑色的钢笔、水笔或圆珠笔，否则无效。Listening comprehension: 11%Part I: Listen to the short conversations and answer the following questions. Each conversation will be read only ONCE. 6%1. Where does the conversation take place? A. In a restaurant B. In a shop C. In a hotel2. How long is the museum open on Sundays?A. Eight hours B. Six hours C. Four hours3. Why does the woman come to San Francisco?A. To do business B. to take a holiday C. To look after her husband4. What does the man think of his history teacher?A. Respectable B. Annoying C. Talkative5. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Meet her parents.B. Give her some advice.C. Make friends with her boyfriend.6. What time is it now by the woman’s watch?A. 3:15 B. 2:45 C. 2:15[]Part II: Listen to the long passage and fill in the blanks with missing words. The passage will be read THREE times. 5%The advertising people see while at the movies is less effective when _____7_____ eat popcorn. This is the conclusion of a newly-published study from Germany's Cologne University. According to researchers, people remember the names of new _____8_____ or products by silently _____9_____ them in their brains. However, with a mouth full of popcorn, this process is _____10_____. The report is titled "Popcorn in the Cinema: Oral Interference Sabotages (破坏) Advertising Effects". It _____11_____ how the chewing action interferes with the brain's "inner speech" that _____12_____ whenever we come across a new name. Researchers say: "This happens covertly (暗暗地), that is, without our _____1_____."Researcher Sascha Topolinski invited 96 people to watch a movie. Half of the group was given popcorn, while the rest received a small sugar cube. A week later, the _____14_____ were asked to rate a series of products, including some of those they had seen adverts for during the movie. The sugar cube group remembered a lot more of the product names than those who ate popcorn. Mr. Topolinski said: "The mundane (世俗的) activity of eating popcorn made participants immune (麻木) to the pervasive (普遍的) effects of advertising." He added: "This ____15_____ suggests that selling candy in cinemas actually undermines (削弱) advertising." This ____16____ cinema owners with a dilemma (困境). There is usually a 900% mark-up (涨价) on popcorn sold in movie theatres.II. Multiple choices: 6%17. Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are really popular these days. I myself have just taken ________ course that talks about ________ ABC of Numerical Analysis (数值分析).A. a; theB. the; /C. the; an D. a; /18. ’s music tastes change as they age. Therefore, you are ________ to follow your parents’ musical path as you grow old.A. possibly B. probably C. likely D. really19. Confident as he looks, Hua Chenyu, the winner of Super Boy this year, is quiet and shy. The underlined part can be replaced by_______.A. Because he looks confidentB. If he looks confidentC. Although he looks confidentD. Now that he looks confident20. —Is it safe enough to stand here, Mom? —No, come a bit ________ to me, honey. A. closely B. closed C. closer D. closing21. More than 1.1 billion people around the world are suffering from water shortage. By turning off the water while we are brushing teeth or washing hands, we can help them _________. A. at ease B. with ease C. in advance D. by accident22. Natalie Portman is not only famous for her beauty but also for her wisdom. __________ sees her will be impressed by her intelligence.A. WhoB. WhomC. WhoeverD. No matter who23. Students in four Beijing high schools are now able to choose elective courses from those offered by any of the four schools. They can watch or listen to their courses and finish ________ online.A. associations B. admissionC. assignmentsD. amusement24. —John is said to have learned Italian in Italy for five years. —________ he speaks it like a native speaker. A. No doubt B. No wonder C. No problem D. No curiosity25. ________, babies begin to talk between 12 and 15 months, but they can use body language to communicate before they learn to speak.A. In common B. In particular C. In general D. In public26. He has a gift for description and makes ghost stories ________.A. come to life B. come true C. come off D. come up27. Teens is ________ a newspaper. It can also help us to improve our English.A. less than B. more than C. not more than D.no more than28. —Can I get you a cup of tea?—________.A. That’s very nice of you B. With pleasureC. You can, please D. Thank you for the teaIII. Cloze: 20%I believe in miracles (奇迹) because I've seen so many of them. One day,?a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. "There's a__29__in my upper jaw,?"she said." I told my own dentist it's nothing,?but he__30__I come to see you."Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would__31__to add something,?but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the__32__of her mouth. A careful examination later__33__that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer. During her next appointment,?I explained to her the__34__of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said,?"I know you're worried about me,?but I'm just__35__."I thought otherwise (不同). After considerable__36__on my part,?and kindness on her part because she wanted to__37__me,?she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him,?but as I expected, __38__?treatment. About six months later she returned to my office,?still energetic and__39__. "How are you?" I asked. "I'm just fine,?honey," she responded__40__high spirits. "When can I get started on fixing my dentures (假牙)?" Surprised to see her,?I answered__41__,"Let me take a look in your mouth and we'll see about it." I couldn't believe my eyes. The cancer that had__42__nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone-only one small area of redness__43__. I had read of such things happening,?but had__44__seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I've seen many others,?because they keep getting__45__to see. In fact,?miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, __46__through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to__47__the miracles of one another. Since my first miracle,?I've come to understand that the place for a miracle is__48__we choose to find it.29．A．cutB．woundC．painD．cancer 30．A．declaredB．suspectedC．promisedD．insisted 31．A．refuseB．continueC．manageD．attempt?32．A．cornerB．roofC．bottomD．surface 33．A．consideredB．convincedC．confirmedD．concluded 34．A．possibilityB．seriousnessC．importanceD．resolution 35．A．oldB．sickC．gladD．fine36．A．permissionB．supportC．effortD．approval37．A．pleaseB．persuadeC．encourageD．astonish 38．A．providedB．refusedC．receivedD．required 39．A．healthyB．optimisticC．ele浙江省杭州外国语学校2013-2014学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题
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