本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。所有答案都写在答卷上。
第I卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案写在试卷上。录音结束后，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. What does the woman want to do?
A. Go home B. Stay there C. Go to another concert 2. What does the woman want?
A. Pancakes B. Cookies C. French toast 3. What do we know about the factories? A. They are outside the town B. They were built recently
C. They haven’t been open for weeks 4. What does the woman mean? A. She loves warm weather B. She doesn’t like hats
C. She is used to the cold weather 5. What would be woman rather be doing? A. Eating outside in the park B. Having a meal at home C. Sitting in a car
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，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至7题。 6. How old is the female speaker?
A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 7. Who does the male speaker live with?
A. His brother B. His grandfather C. His sister 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Why is the man so tired?
A. He ran a marathon B. He took care of some kids C. He just came back from a business tirp
9. How many children does the woman have?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 10. Where did the woman meet the man’s sister?
A. At a hospital B. At an office C. At a picnic 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What does the woman compare a safari to?
A. A zoo B. A wildlife film C. A city tour 12. How did the woman feel about the trip in the beginning?
A. A little frightened B. Really excited C. A little confused 13. What does the man want some pictures of?
A. A lion B. A tiger C. An elephant 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A birthday party B. A soccer match C. A vacation 15. What will the speakers do?
A. Learn to sail B. Rent a car C. Invite the man’s brother 16. What do we known about Lance’s ticket?
A. It was refunded(退款) B. It will be used another time C. It was given to someone else
17. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife B. Brother and sister C. Neighbors 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Who is the main audience for the announcement?
A. Basketball players B. Parents of basketball players C. Basketball coaches 19. How many age groups are there altogether?
A. Eight B. Four C. Two 20. Who is collecting sign-up sheets for girls?
A. Coach Glaskey B. Coach Dykes C. Coach Turner 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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
This year’s World Food Prize will honor two leaders of hunger-fighting groups based in the United States. The winners are David Beckmann of Bread for the World and Jo Luck of Heifer International. They will share the prize of 250,000 dollars. The World Food Prize usually goes to researchers or top policy officials. This is the first time it will recognize the work of nongovernmental groups.
Heifer International provides donated animals and training to farmers in 50 countries. Jo Luck remains president until next year. Under her leadership, the group’s budget grew from less than 10,000,000 dollars to more than 130,000,000 dollars. Jo Luck, “People pass on their gifts of not just animals but also gifts of training and leadership. We have seen cases where we have been gone 5 and 10 years and we go back and they have developed roads and built schools, and they have other communities receiving the animals and the training. You just give them those resources and that training and opportunity, and you cannot hold them back.” She told the story of a woman from a poor village in Zimbabwe. A family member helped send her to school in the
United States with earnings from a donated milk goat. She received a doctoral degree. Jo Luck, “That is what a goat did. That is one example. The animal is only the catalyst(催化剂). That is the beginning of many other things that follow.”
David Beckmann became president of Bread for the World in 1991. He is an economist and a Christian clergyman(牧师). Bread for the World organizes people from religious and non-religious groups to write, call and visit members of Congress(国会). The purpose is to support measures to improve the lives of the poor. David Beckmann points to big increase in American development assistance. He said, “I think that would not have happened without the support of hundreds of thousands of people and churches that are part of Bread for the World and that keep the pressure on their members of Congress。” The prize committee also credited his efforts with helping to increase aid to needy families in the United States. 21. The World Food Prize honors ________.
A. people who fight against hunger B. researchers or top policy officials
C. people from nongovernmental groups D. people who have advanced human development
22. Why does Jo Luck receive the prize?
A. Under her leadership, people develop roads and build schools. B. She has served Heifer International for almost 20 years.
C. Under her leadership, Heifer International helps farmers in 50 countries. D. She makes the group’s budget grow to more than 130 million. 23. What has David Beckmann done to deserve the prize?
A. He has trained farmers in 50 countries. B. He has made a great contribution to science.
C. He has led Bread for the World for more than 20 years.
D. He has aimed to support measures to improve the lives of the poor.
B
Passenger pigeons once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群) so large that they darkened the sky for hours.
It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3
billion passenger pigeons – a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be a mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.
Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were most abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.
By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans’ need for wood, which scattered (驱散) the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.
In 17, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1, 1914.
24. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons _______.
A. were the biggest bird in the world B. lived mainly in the south of America C. did great harm to the natural environment D. were the largest bird population in the US
25. The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the pigeons’ ______.
A. escape B. ruin C. liberation D. evolution
26. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons? A. To seek pleasure. B. To save other birds. C. To make money. D. To protect crops. 27. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?
A. It was ignored by the public. B. It was declared too late.
C. It was unfair. D. It was strict.
C
The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep, but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep.
Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment. For five days in a row, the people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep. Their sleep patterns were monitored all night. Before and after each trial period, the people took hourly blood tests to paint a day-long picture of just how much melatonin (褪黑激素) was in their blood at any given time.
When subjects read on the iPad as compared to the paper books, they reported feeling less sleepy at night and less active the following morning. People also took longer to fall asleep on the iPad nights, and the blood tests showed that their melatonin secretion (分泌) was delayed by an hour and a half.
The researchers conclude in today’s journal article that given the rise of e-readers and the increasingly widespread use of e-things among children and adolescents, more research into the long-term consequences of these devices on health and safety is urgently needed. Czeisler and colleagues go on, in the research paper, to note: “Reading an iPad in bed may increase cancer risk.”
However, software has been developed that can reduce some of the blue light from the screens of phones and computers according to time of day, and there are also glasses that are made to filter (过滤) short wavelengths. While they seem like a logical solution for the nighttime tech users, it needs more research.
28. In Charles Czeislers experiment, all the subjects were asked to______. A. sit in a row and receive the strict tests observed all night
C. read a paper book and an iPad at the same time D. have their blood tested per hour during the trial
29. The third paragraph tells us the iPad readers were likely to____________.
A. feel less sleepy and tired in the day
B. fall asleep more easily after reading
B. have their sleep patterns
C. become less energetic the next morning D. have a lot more melatonin secretion
30. The special software recently developed can______.
A. remove the blue light from your devices completely
B. help prevent eyes being harmed by short wavelength C. weaken the harm done by doing nighttime e-reading D. be used in all the e-things widely and safely
31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. No e-reading in bed before sleep C. Wrong behaviors before bedtime
B. New software for night e-readers D. No games on iPad in bed D
A recent survey in the United States showed that the average family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although rather shocking, it should not surprise anyone who has seen the doggy parlors(客厅) where loved pets rest. Are Americans unique in treating their little friends in this way? No, the English, too, pay more attention to their pets.
This can clearly be seen when we look at pet foods, which often contain more vitamins than human food. They certainly cost much. Last year the British public spent two hundred million pounds on pet food alone, to say nothing of veterinary bills or animal furniture. It is difficult not to feel angry about this when considering what the same amount could do for victims of starvation and poverty, so it is not unusual for me to get hot under collar when I read an old man left all his money to his dog instead of his children.
There are a variety of reasons why I find pets-raising alarming. They cause physical problems. An example of this is New York where they have great difficulty getting rid of the mess that dogs leave on the streets. Many people find this funny, but in a number of large cities it is a major problem. Animals can cause disease, too. It is the threat of rabies — a disease with no known cure.
Another problem is the carelessness of pet owners. Most little children want a dog or a cat, and they continually push their mothers and fathers until they get one. It is only when the “sweet little thing” has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on “Rover” or “Bonzo”. Then they just abandon it. As a result, they are allowed to run free. English farmers lose hundreds of sheep a year, killed by someone’s pet and you must have read of children being hurt by some pets of their own.
Lastly, I would only suggest that we have got our priorities wrong and that something should be done about it. In my view, it’s time we stopped being sentimental about pets. I can see no reason why we should get upset when animals are cut up for medical experiments. This will lead us to discovering cures for serious human diseases, then I say, “keep cutting!” 32. The doggy parlors are mentioned in the 1st paragraph to show ___.
A. where Americans keep their pets B. what costly lives the pets are living C. why children love their pets so much D. how much pets depend on their masters 33. In the second paragraph \"to get hot under the collar\" probably means ___. A. getting quite hot B. feeling overwhelmingly angry C. becoming excited D. receiving a fashionable shirt 34. According to the author, in which field can animals be most useful? A. Pet. B. Food. C. Medicine. D. Sports. 35. What is author’s attitude towards pets-raising?
A. Pitiful. B. Neutral. C. Opposed. D. Supportive. 第二节 双向翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或者英语，并将答案转写在答题卡上。 Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers the world has ever known. He didn’t go to school, but he was bright. 36. curious about the world outside his home town. In 11, at the age of 17, he set sail for Alexandria, Egypt. By the 1920s, 37.他成为一个探险家，searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. Inside the tombs, he discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, 38. along with the preserved bodies of dead kings. In 1922, Howard Carter made his most amazing discoveries of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. However, not long after the discovery, people in Carter’s team fell ill and died. 39.他们一进入墓穴, Carter’s lucky pet bird was swallowed by a snake. George Gould, a friend of Carnarvon’s, went to Egypt after hearing of his strange death. He too visited the tomb, 40. only to catch a high fever the next day. Twelve hours later, he was dead.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案转写到答卷上。
My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the 41 or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a 42 Christmas after all. __43__, the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陆续来临) in.
There was a 44 on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to 45 us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a 46 on the porch (门廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had 47 a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies. The 48 feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food. As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas 49 from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to 50 us to dig out. Then, we received an invitation to 51 a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their 52 , a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.
Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our 53 . Our Christmas morning 54 was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so 55 for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.
This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The 56 and work schedules just made things too difficult. 57 that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were 58 in the holidays. Lonely people are all around us, but most of us 59 notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest 60 gesture can make a world of difference. 41. A. chance 42. A. lonely 43. A. Therefore 44. A. sign 45. A. invite 46. A. tree 47. A. forgot
B. anxiety B. free
C. time C. merry
D. ability D. usual D. Meanwhile D. note D. send D. package D. received D. mixed
B. However B. knock B. welcome B. flower
C. Somehow C. card C. drive C. mail
B. missed B. deep
C. arranged C. true
48. A. warm
49. A. rubbish 50. A. teach
B. snow B. urge B. share B. aunt
C. dust C. help C. taste C. maid
D. leaves D. forbid D. exchange D. partner D. colleagues D. breakfast D. ready D. situation D. Discovering D. active D. seldom D. patient
51. A. prepare 52. A. guest 53. A. folks 54. A. call 55. A. sorry 56. A. season
B. relatives B. greeting B. eager B. expense B. Showing B. busy B. usually B. kind
C. neighbors C. meeting
C. grateful C. distance
57. A. Knowing 58. A. happy 59. A. always 60. A. careful
C. Studying C. alone
C. finally C. vague
第II卷
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Old English is quite different 61._________ the English we speak today. Before the middle of the 5th century, people in Britain all spoke a language 62.________(call) Celtic. By the 10th century, Old English 63.__________(become) the official language of England.
.__________we speak English today, we sometimes feel puzzled about which word or phrases to use. This is 65.__________English has many words and phrases from different languages, but with similar meaning. Middle English was from around the 12th to the 15th century. Many things played an important part in the 66.____________(develop) of this new type of English. The most contribution was from the Normans, a French---speaking people 67._____________ defeated England and took control of the country in 1066. However, the Norman Conquest did not affect English 68.___________ much as the Angles and the Saxon’s victory about 600 years earlier, which led to Old English replacing Celtic.
Modern English appeared during the Renaissance in the 16thj century. The question of whether English will keep on 69. ___________(change) in the future is easy to answer. 70____________ is certain that people will keep inventing new words and new ways of saying
things.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10题，满分10分） 此题请直接在答卷上做！ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 请你就“怎样才是一个好老师？”这个主题写一篇发言稿发表自己的看法，开头和结尾都已经为你写好。
内容：1. 描述一位你身边的好老师。 2.你认为一名好老师应该具备什么品质。 注意：1.词数不少于120个； 2.不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。 Ladies and gentiemen,
It’s my honor to have the change to speak here.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That’s Thank you!
all.
常德市一中2016年上学期高二年级期中考试英语参
听力1-20BAACA CCBBC AABCB AABAB 阅读
21-20ACD DBCB BCCA BBCC
双向翻译：36.对他家乡外的世界感到好奇。 37. he had become an explorer. 38. 连同死去国王保存的尸体一起。
39. Upon/On their entering/getting into the tomb 40. 结果第二天发高烧
完形：41-45CABBB 46-50DBABC 51-55BACDC 56-60CACDB
语法填空：61. from 62. called 63. had become . When 65. because 66. development 67. who/that 68. as 69. changing 70. It 改错：describing(described) tip(tips) It’s normally(normal) With(As)time goes(going) But(and)you can chat ago(before) Don’t be too much(去掉)shy myself(yourself) on(with)
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