1、湖北省武汉市第三十九中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题武汉市第三十九中学20142015学年度下学期高二年级期中考试英 语 试 卷命题：张晓芳 审题：张白鸥 第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）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，你都有10秒钟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. How did the man get to the party
2、?A. By motorbike B. By taxi C. By car2. Who will the man go out with this evening? A. Julie B. Diana C. The woman3. Where does the mans father plan to go this year?A. To the seaside B. To the mountains C. To a forest4. What are the speakers talking about?A. Homework B. An island C. A map5. Where doe
3、s this conversation probably take place?A. At a restaurant B. At the mans house C. At a hotel第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分。满分22.5分） 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。听每段材料前，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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6，7题6. In what aspect does the man care about the electric
4、 heater?A. The brand B. The price C. The hotel7. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man will pay $250.B. The man wont buy the electric heater.C. The man wont get an additional discount at last.听第7段材料，回答第8, 9 题8. What does the new editor think the speakers should do?A. Have fewer meetings
5、.B. Balance work and family life.C. Have more freedom to choose subjects.9. How has the work of journalists changed over years?A. They are more likely to express their own views.B. They find it easier to check the truth of the stories.C. They treat the reporting of news stories more seriously.听第8段材料
6、，回答第10至12题10. What did the woman do last night?A. She watched a game. B. She attended a party C. She studied at home11. What does the man say about Barcelona?A. They should have played better.B. They have a poor goalkeeper.C. They played well as usual.12. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Tel
7、ephone a few people.B. Watch the next game at his house.C. Make a plan on the game.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题 13. Why does the woman call the man?A. To show him the way to the hotel.B. To ask about his arrangements.C. To tell him how to get to New York.14. At what time is the last train supposed to leave? A.
8、8:10 B. 9:50 C.11:3015. How does the woman suggest the man get to the train station? A. By bus B. By taxi C. On foot16. What advice does the woman give to the man?A. Book a hotel near the railway station.B. Take an early flight to New York.C. Eat at the hotel after checking in.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. H
9、ow did the man spend his childhood？A. He taught himself. B. He stayed with his classmates. C. He played with his cousins.18. When did the man first find it hard to be the only child?A. When he became an adult.B. When his family moved house.C. When he moved away from his family.19. Why did the man fe
10、el hard when he was a teenager?A. He had nobody to study together.B. Nobody shared responsibility with him.C. He failed to draw his parents attention.20. How does the man feel about being an only child? A. Stressed B. Lonely C. Proud 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C
11、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在对应题号的方框内。AThomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be a dark place. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other thing
12、s. About every two weeks he created something new. Thomas AEdison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years oldSurprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thoma
13、s was mostly self-educated His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age with electrical and mechanical things at home.When he was 12 years old, he got his first jobHe became a newsboy on a train that ran between Port Huron and Detroit. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car o
14、f the train so that he could continue his experiments in his spare time. Unfortunately, his first work experience did not end well. Thomas was fired when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the baggage car. Thomas then worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend muc
15、h of his time on the job conducting experiments. He got his first patent in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity. However, the vote recorder was not a success. In 1870, he sold another invention, a stock-ticker, for $40,000. A stock-ticker is a machine that automatically prints stock prices o
16、n a tape. He was then able to build his first shop in Newark, New Jersey.Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He called himself a two-
17、shift man because he worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all
18、 over the world21Thomas Edison did things in this order:Ahe became a telegraph operator, a newsboy, and then got his first patentBhe became a newsboy, got his first patent, and then became a telegraph operatorChe got a patent, became a telegraph operator, and then became a newsboyDhe became a newsbo
19、y, a telegraph operator, and then got a patent22Of all the inventions, _ was probably the most important for civilization.Athe vote recorder Bthe stock tickerCthe light bulb Dthe motion picture camera23The main idea of this passage is _.AThomas Edison was always interested in science and inventions,
20、 and he invented many important things.BThomas Edison could not keep a jobCThomas Edison worked day and night on his experiments.DDeaf people make good inventors because they can focus without the distraction of spoken conversation.B In todays Ireland, it seems hard to imagine the grim days of the 1
21、9th century when so many of the population starved, or that, in those days, many poor people had no clue how to prepare any food other than boil a potato. Nowadays, it is quite possible to eat both well and heartily all over the island.Tourism has made a vast difference to the standards of cooking i
22、n Ireland. Until recently there was hardly any tradition of eating out in many districts, except perhaps on very few occasions at a local hotel. Patterns of diet were old-styled, based firmly on meat and two vegetables (somewhat overcooked), potatoes (of course) and large quantities of dairy produce
23、. Now things are very different. Tourist demands for predictable, inexpensive fast-food are met, as everywhere, with hamburgers and pizzas - a better bet being fish and chips. But more sophisticated tastes have introduced wholefoods and vegetarian restaurants (almost unheard of before), and a vast n
24、umber of new restaurants, often French in style, have opened in the main tourist centres. Food events such as Kinsales Gourmet festival or Galways Oyster Festival attract large numbers of visitors and reflect the new interest in food. Whatever Irish cooking lacks in finesse（精细）, it nearly always mak
25、es up for in plenty, and ingredients(成分) are of a high quality. Home-grown produce includes rich dairy foods, beef, lamb and pork, and a great variety of seafood. One of its great specialities is soda bread. It is made with buttermilk and is served fresh and warm with every meal. Recently there has
26、been a return to simple Irish foods such as stews（炖菜）and potato dishes.One of the best-value meals in Ireland is breakfast. A traditional Irish breakfast is a plateful of bacon and eggs with soda and potato breads. Accommodation rates are nearly always quoted with a full breakfast included, so you m
27、ight as well eat enough to keep you going all day and get your moneys worth!24. How has Irish food improved in recent years?A. There are more French restaurants. B. Food produce is fresher.C. There is more kinds. D. Food is more expensive25What is the main reason for this improvement?A. People have
28、more money to spend.B. The development of tourism.C. People have more tastes today.D. Young people dislike traditional food26How does the passage describe Irish cooking today?A. It is exciting and interesting. B. It is boring and overcooked.C. It is plentiful and simple. D. It is good-looking and ta
29、stes bad27. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?A. Eating out at weekends is traditional in most parts of Ireland.B. Today most Irish people prefer fast-foods to the traditional Irish cooking.C. Nowadays French-style restaurants are quite common in tourist centres.D. Many
30、 Irish people are vegetarians and grow their own vegetables.CWill life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? Futurologists（未来学家）predict that life will probably be very different in 2050.First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. A computer will send the progr
31、am directly to the television. On TV screen appear holograms, which are pictures with certain height, width and depth. We will be able to see, smell and touch the things that we see on television.Water has become one of our most serious problems. Agriculture is changing and people are growing more f
32、ruit and vegetables to export. Demand for water will increase ten times in 2050. Some futurologists predict that water will be the cause of war if we dont act now.In transport, cars will run on new fuels and go very fast. A car will have computers to control its speed and there wont be any accidents. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the earth in
