1、2015学年吉林临江第一中学高二上期中英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this, and nobody would think of questioning the fact. _【小题 1】 _ When someone says that he has a good memory, he re
2、ally means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough opportunity to become strong. _【小题 2】 _ One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing
3、tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day. If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. _【小题 3】 _, many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just as much his own fault as if it
4、was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever; but all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same meanspractice. Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have better
5、memories than those who can _【小题 4】 _ Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things:they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. _【小题 5】 _, lear
6、n from the poor: practice remembering. A What do you think of it B Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way. C But if he tells us that he has a poor memory D So if you want a good memory E.When someone else says that he is poor in the health F.Why is this G.The posit
7、ion is exactly the same as that of two people. 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 G 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 F 【小题 5】 D 试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了记忆如同身体一样，只有经常锻炼，才能拥有好的记忆力。 【小题 1】 B根据 When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or uncons
8、ciously.可知这里意思是然而许多人看起来不知道记忆也以同样的方式工作。 【小题 2】 G根据 One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day. 可知这里意思是情况就像如下的两个人。 【小题 3】 C根据 many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it
9、 is just as much his own fault as if it was his arms or legs that were weak.可知这里意思是但是如果他告诉我们他的记忆力很差。 【小题 4】 F根据 Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things:they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and s
10、tories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. 可知这里意思是为什么会这样。 【小题 5】 D根据 learn from the poor: practice remembering.可知这里意思是所以如果你想拥有好的记忆。 考点：考查日常生活类短文阅读 Once there were two mice, a city mouse and a country mouse. They were distant relatives. One day the city mouse, 【小题 1】 lived in a big ho
11、use wrote a letter to the country mouse inviting him for a visit. Delighted, the country mouse accepted the 【小题 2】 (invite) and came to the city mouses house. He was greeted by the city mouse cheerfully. The country mouse was surprised 【小题 3】 big the house was. The city mouse was pleased 【小题 4】 led
12、the country mouse to the kitchen. When 65 climbed up the table, there were a large piece of bread, fruit and cheese 【小题 5】 it. But just as they began to eat, they heard 【小题 6】 great noise. The city mouse cried, “Run! Run! The cat 【小题 7】 (come)!” They ran away quickly and hid. 【小题 8】 (breath) heavily
13、 after hiding in the mouse-hole, the country mouse said to the city mouse, “I should go back to my house in the country. Even if I eat nothing but beans, I can live 【小题 9】 (peace). Why dont you come with me to the country It is nicer to be poor and happy than to be rich and afraid.” 答案：【小题 1】 who 【小
14、题 2】 invitation 【小题 3】 how 【小题 4】 and 【小题 5】 they 【小题 6】 on 【小题 7】 a 【小题 8】 is coming 【小题 9】 Breathing 【小题 10】 peacefully 试题分析： 【小题 1】考查定语从句：这里含有一个非限制性定语从句，且关系词在从句中作主语，指人，故用 who。 【小题 2】考查名词：作宾语，故用名词形式。 【小题 3】考查宾语从句：句意，这个房子这么大，乡下老鼠很吃惊。所以填how。 【小题 4】考查语义理解：句意，城里老鼠很高兴，并且带乡下老鼠去厨房。所以填 and。 【小题 5】考查语义理解：当
15、他们爬上桌子，桌子上有很大的一块面包，还有水果和奶酪。所以填 they。 【小题 6】考查语义理解：当他们爬上桌子，桌子上有很大的一块面包，还有水果和奶酪。所以填 on。 【小题 7】考查冠词：句意，他们听到一个巨大地声音。所以填 a。 【小题 8】考查时态：现在进行时表将来，意思是猫来了，所以填 is coming。 【小题 9】考查现在分词： “乡下老鼠 ”和 “呼吸 ”之间是主动关系，故用现在分词。 【小题 10】考查副词：用副词修饰动词。 考点：考查语法填空 完型填空 I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives
16、. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the . People walked in, between the cars newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. Its a familiar in most poor developing countries. While we were for the red
17、 light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. Its unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of his way around the spaces. He was blind. Carrying a couple of water bot
18、tles on one hand, he got to the outside of our car. Out of , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to the change. However, with his sen
19、se of touch, he quickly went through his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mums . It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control, we decided to go on our way. I broke down and even when I got home. Heres a blind man, born in , trying to sell water bottles on the
20、streets to make ends meet. He our sympathy. Life hasnt been to him, yet hes giving it his best shot. I think that is what is all about facing life bravely. 【小题1】 A signs B crossroads C stations D theatres A giving B buying C selling D throwing A scene B play C activity D street A watching B asking C
21、 waiting D changing A blocks B crossings C turns D cars A everything B something C anything D nothing A expensive B fashionable C ragged D fastened A pushed B drove C cleared D felt A eventually B quickly C frequently D happily A curiosity B sympathy C thirsty D politeness A impatiently B casually C
22、 naturally D carefully A keep B return C borrow D count A poor B superior C limited D enlarged A hand B arm C face D lap A still B yet C so D but A smiled B shouted C complained D cried A pain B poverty C sadness D loneliness A refused B enjoyed C doubted D cheated A rich B unfair C kind D bad A kin
23、dness B courage C experience D challenge 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 D 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 A 【小题 12】 A 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 D 【小题 15】 C 【小题 16】 D 【小题 17】 B 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 C 【小题 20】 B 试题分析：文章介绍一个作者在印度的十字路口遇到的盲人，虽然贫穷，在街头靠买水为生，但是却不愿意接受别人的同情和施舍，勇敢的面对生活
24、。 【小题 1】考查名词辨析： A. signs 标志， B. crossroads十字路口， C. stations车站， D. theatre戏院，从上文的句子： We stopped on a red light,可知他们在十字路口停车，选 B 【小题 2】考查动词辨析： A. giving给， B. buying买， C. selling 卖， D. throwing扔，人们在汽车中间卖报纸， 水，选 C 【小题 3】考查名词辨析： A. scene场景， B. play玩， C. activity活动， D. street街道，从上文的句子： People walked in, be
25、tween the cars newspaper. water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners.可知这是发展中国家常见的场景，选 A 【小题 4】考查动词辨析： A. watching观看， B. asking问， C. waiting等待， D. changing改变，我们在等待红灯变绿，选 C 【小题 5】考查名词辨析： A. blocks.块，街区， 大楼，大厦 B. crossings十字路口， C. turns转弯， D. cars汽车，一个人在我们前面的几辆车外面卖瓶装水。选
26、D 【小题 6】考查不定代词： A. everything每个人， B. something一些事情， C. anything任何事情， D. nothing没有什么，一开始没有什么事情不寻常的，选 D 【小题 7】考查形容词辨析： A. expensive昂贵的， B. fashionable时尚的， C. ragged破烂的， D. splendid完美的，辉煌的，穿着有些破烂，选 C 【小题 8】考查动词辨析： A. pushed推动， B. drove驾驶， C. cleared清除， D. felt感觉，摸索，从下文的： He was blind.可知他是摸索着前行， feel on
27、es way摸索着前行，选 D 【小题 9】考查副词辨析： A. eventually最后地， B. quickly快地， C. frequently频繁地， D. happily快乐地，手里拿着几瓶水，他最后来 到我们的车外面，选 A 【小题 10】考查名词辨析： A. curiosity好奇心， B. sympathy同情， C. thirsty渴望， D. politeness礼貌，从下文的： He our sympathy.可知出于同情妈妈决定买一瓶水，选 B 【小题 11】考查副词辨析： A. impatiently不耐烦地， B. casually随意地， C. naturally
28、自然地， D. carefully仔细地，后面的车大声地，不耐烦的按喇叭，想抄到前面。选 A 【小题 12】考查动词辨析： A. keep保持， B. return回来， C. borrow 借， D. count数，妈妈好心的让这个人不要找零钱了，选 A 【小题 13】考查动词短语： A. searched for寻找， B. went through经历，翻阅；翻找；整理 C. turned over翻转， D. looked for寻找，他凭借非凡的触觉在衬衫口袋里面翻找，选 B 【小题 14】考查名词辨析： A. hand手， B. arm膀子， C. face面容， D. lap膝，
29、下摆，一圈跑道，因为妈妈是坐在那里的，所以是将钱扔在妈妈的膝盖上，选D 【小题 15】考查副词辨析 ： A. still仍然， B. yet 然而， C. so因此， D. but但是，我们后面的汽车已经真的失控了，所以我们决定继续开车，所以选 C 【小题 16】考查动词短语辨析： A. gave up放弃， B: set off出发，引爆， C. held on别挂断， D. broke down崩溃，从下文的： even cried可知作者到家的时候崩溃了，甚至哭了，选 D 【小题 17】考查名词辨析： A. pain痛苦， B. poverty贫穷， C. sadness悲伤， D. l
30、oneliness孤单，从下文的： trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet.可知这个人出生贫寒，选 B 【小题 18】考查动词辨析： A. refused 拒绝， B. enjoyed 享受， C. doubted 怀疑，D. cheated欺骗，他拒绝我们的同情，选 A 【小题 19】考查形容词辨析： A. rich富有的， B. unfair不公平的， C. kind好心的， D. bad坏的，人生对他并不友好，但是他给与最好的回击，选 C 【小题 20】考查名词辨析： A. kindness善良， B.
31、courage勇气， C experience经历， D. challenge挑战，我想这就是勇气，勇敢的面对生活，选 B 考点：考查人物传记类阅读 阅读理解 Japan is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. As the Japanese students already know, four main islands and more than 3,000 small ones stretch from north to south for about 1,300 miles. As for the climate of the countr
32、y, well, its hot and humid(潮湿 ) in summer, but it is quite cold and wet in Japan during winter. Typhoons, which are violent tropical storms, often threaten Japan during the fall. Thats, of course, during the harvest season. The population of Japan is about 110,5 million. It may seem hard to believe,
33、 but the average population density(密度 ) of the country is about 678 persons per square mile. About two thirds of the entire population lives in Japans cities. The other one third lives in the suburbs or in the countryside. No other country in southern or eastern Asia has such a large urban, or city
34、 population. Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, is the most density-populated city in the world. At last count there were more than 11.5 million people living in Tokyo. 【小题 1】 Why is Japan called an island country Because _. A Japan is a small country B it is on the Pacific Ocean C it has thousands o
35、f big and small islands D Japan has hundreds of small islands 【小题 2】 Typhoons often attack Japan during_. A spring B summer C autumn D winter 【小题 3】 Most of the people in Japan live_. A in the rural areas B in the countryside C around the cities D in the cities 【小题 4】 The most densely-populated city
36、 in the world is_. A New York B Shanghai C London D the capital of Japan 答案：【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 D 试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了日本的地理位置，气候以及人口。 【小题 1】 C细节理解题。根据 As the Japanese students already know, four main islands and more than 3,000 small ones stretch from north to south for about 1,300 miles.可知日
37、本被称为岛国是因为它是由数以千计的大大小小的岛组成。 【小题 2】 C细节理解题。根据 Typhoons, which are violent tropical storms, often threaten Japan during the fall. Thats, of course, during the harvest season.可知台风经常在秋天袭击日本。 【小题 3】 D细节理解题。根据 About two thirds of the entire population lives in Japans cities.可知大多数的日本人居住在城市里。 【小题 4】 D细节理解题。根
38、据 No other country in southern or eastern Asia has such a large urban, or city population. Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, is the most density-populated city in the world.可知世界上人口密度最大的城市是日本的首都 东京。 考点：考查地理类阅读 Lets say a person gets up at 7:00 in the morning and goes to bed at 11:00 at night. He come
39、s home from work about 6:30, and by the time he has finished with dinner it is after 8:00. He steps outside in the summer to relax but its alrea dy getting dark! Not much time to enjoy the summer day. Now suppose you set the clock ahead one hour. This person still does everything at the same time bu
40、t this time, when he steps out at 8:00 theres still plenty of light to enjoy. An hour of daylight has been “saved” for him! Daylight saving time doesnt, of course, add any hours to a day. This is impossible. All it does is to increase the number of useful hours of daylight during the seasons when th
41、e sun rises early. Daylight saving is most popular in cities. It allows the closing of offices, shops, and factories at the end of the working day while the sun is still high. Farmers, who do their work by sun time, usually do not observe daylight saving time. They cannot work in the field before th
42、e morning dew(露水 ) has dried or after it appears in the evening. Did you know who first thought of daylight saving time It was Benjamin Franklin! When he was living in France in the 18th century, he suggested the idea to the people in Paris. But it was not adopted then. Daylight saving laws were fir
43、st passed during World War , when materials for making electricity was hard to find, and when it was necessary to save on artificial light. With daylight saving, the bedtime of many people comes soon after it gets dark, while without it, if people stay up until the same hour they may have to use art
44、ificial light. Germany was the first country to adopt daylight saving time in 1915. Then England used it in 1916, and the United States adopted it in 1918. 【小题 1】 What does the underlined word “artificial” mean A natural B man-made C bright D sun 【小题 2】 Whats the purpose of adopting daylight saving
45、time A To have more artificial light. B To have one more hour to work. C To make better use of daylight in certain seasons. D To have one more hour to rest. 【小题 3】 Which of the following is true according to the passage A Once the idea of daylight saving time is proposed, it was adopted. B The idea
46、of daylight saving time went through a long process of being adopted. C It was a French scientist that put forward the idea of daylight saving time. D The idea of daylight saving time didnt make any difference at all. 【小题 4】 What can be inferred from the passage A Winter is a good season for dayligh
47、t saving time. B Daylight saving time is especially good for wars. C Daylight saving time is good for anyone in any places. D Not all seasons are good for daylight saving time. 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了采用夏时制是为了更好地利用特定季节的日光。从夏时制提出到采纳，经历了很长时间。 【小题 1】 B猜词题。根据 Daylight saving
48、 laws were first passed during World War , when materials for making electricity was hard to find, and when it was necessary to save on artificial light. With daylight saving, the bedtime of many people comes soon after it gets dark, while without it, if people stay up until the same hour they may h
49、ave to use artificial light.可知和自然光相对的，自然是人造光。 Natural自然的； man-made人造的； bright明亮的； sun太阳。 【小题 2】 C细节理解题。根据 Daylight saving time doesnt, of course, add any hours to a day. This is impossible. All it does is to increase the number of useful hours of daylight during the seasons when the sun rises early.可知采用夏时制是为了更好地利用特定季节的日光。
