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平度市第九中学20142015学年度第二学段学分认定英语试题 考试说明：1.请将客观题按题号涂在答题卡上,但36-40题在答题卡上全涂a 2.其余各题按要求把答案写到答题纸上第一部分：听力（满分30分）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abc三个选项中选择出最佳选项，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。what will the man do later?a. go to the post office b. attend a meeting with his boss c. go to a hospital2. what does the man suggest?a. getting faster internet service b. changing internet companies. c. buying a new computer.3. who taught the woman how to make the cake?a. her mother b. her grandmother c. fantasy bakery4. what does the man suggest the woman do?a. try the new recipes another night b. cook some new dishes for the johnsons c. ask the johnsons what they want for dinner5. which hat is the man looking for?a. the cowboy hat b. the one with the stars c. the one with the baseball logo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abc三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答6-7 题6. why is the woman talking with the man? a. to get a raise b. to quit her job c. to confirm a meeting7. when will the speakers meet next? a. later that day after lunch b. thursday afternoon c. thursday morning听第7段材料，回答8-9 题8. where does the man work? a. at the library b. at a restaurant c. at a bookstore9. which professor does the man dislike? a. his biology professor b. his french professor c. his accounting professor听第8段材料，回答10-12 题10. where is the cheapest gas station located? a. about two miles away. b. about five miles away c. about ten miles away11. how can the woman get to the closest gas station?a. take a right and go down two blocks b. take a left and look on the right side c. take a left and go down two blocks12. what should the woman do if she cant make it ? a. call the gas station b. push her car to the gas station c. fill up a bottle with gas from the station听第9段材料，回答13-16 题13. what is the woman doing at the beginning of the conversation? a. having coffee b. eating lunch c. taking a walk14. what does the manager think of the woman?a. her sales figures arent satisfactory b. she should be more confident c. he appreciates her effort15. how long have the speakers been working together?a. less than one month b. about one year c. several years16. what does the woman say about manchester?a. its a good place to travel b. its a good area to work in c. there are few businesses there.听第10段材料，回答17-20 题17. why does the man want to help the school? a. he went to high school there. b. he went to college there c. his children attend the school18. how long will it take to build the new building?a. about one year b. about two years c. about four years19. how many game rooms will the new student center have?a. five b. three c. two20. what will be part of the new student center? a. the student radio station b. a financial aid office c. a food service areaii第一节阅读理解 （满分30分，每小题2分） a dear sara，as we drove off from columbia，i wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mindfirst，i want to tell you how proud we aregetting into columbia college shows what a great well-rounded student you areyour academic，artistic，and social skills have truly blossomed in the last few yearswhether it is getting the highest grade in mathematics，completing your elegant fashion design，successfully selling your painted running shoes，or becoming one of the top speakers in model united nations，you have become a talented and accomplished young womanyou should be as proud of yourself as we arecollege will be the most important years in your lifeit is in college that you will truly discover what learning is aboutthis will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired，after which you must become self-learnerso do take each subject seriously，and even if what you learn isnt critical for your life，the skills of learning will be important to you foreverfollow your passion in collegetake courses you think you will enjoydont be trapped in what others think or saydo your best in classes，but dont let pressure get to youyour mother and i have no expectations for your gradesif you graduate and learn something in your four years，we would feel happyso please dont give yourself pressurei told your mom im writing this letter，and asked what she wanted me to sayshe thought and said：“just ask her to take care of herself”please listen to your mother and take care of yourselfso please treasure your college years，make the best of your free time，and become an independent thinker；learn and grow through your successes and challenges love， dad(& mom)21sara performance in the last few years makes his parents _aannoyed bproud cupset dconcerned22what did father mainly write about in paragraph 2 ？alearning skills bcollege coursesclearning attitudedways of self-learning23what do we know about mom and dad from the letter?athey expect too much of sarabthey put lots of pressure on saracthey love their daughter very muchdthey advise sara to make more friendsbchristmas in the united states is traditionally a time of gift-giving and family gatheringsbut small towns across the country have their own traditions.middleburg，a small town in the state of virginia，is known for its horsesfor more than 50 years，middleburg has organized a yearly christmas parade(游行)men and women ride horses through the woods and fieldsthey follow hunting dogs as they search for a wild foxbut first，these hunters ride in the yearly parade，wearing their bright red hunting clothes and hatsjohn hale，a citizen of middleburg says many city people visit his town“we have a lot of people from an urban area that come to visit，but it incorporates a lot of the o1d traditions.” the nighttime hay ride is one such traditionsmall groups gather under the moonlight on an open wagon filled with haythe passengers sing as farm horses pull the wagon slowly across the fieldsthere are some newer traditions，tootrey matheu works at the nearby salamander resorthe says a visit to middleburg is a chance to slow down for a dayhe says middleburg can be a calming，peaceful place without tension“middleburg is an opportunity to take a step back，to take a deep breath，and understand that even though life is moving on at a very fast pace，theres really an opportunity where youre allowed to step off for a little bit”parade organizers say more than 13，000 people attend even in below-freezing weather. but if you ask，you will hear many different reasons why people come to watch the parade：“i come here because im from a small towni like how everybody comes together”“i live right down that street；right thereand thats my dog”middleburg looks its best at christmastimethat may be why so many people return each year24which of the following can be the best title for the text?amiddleburg christmas paradeba small town known for horsescchristmas traditions in middleburgd. newer traditions at christmastime25at christmas，people in middleburg usually _avisit friends and familiesbfeed farm horses with haychunt for dogs in the woodsdride in the yearly parade26according to trey matheu，why do people visit middleburg?ato relax themselvesbto enjoy the fresh aircto escape competitiondto challenge themselves27what do we know about the small town middleburg? ait makes a large profit from tourismbit attracts many people each yearcit is a good place for family gatheringsdit doesnt respect christmas traditionscwhile i was in my 4th month of pregnancy（妊娠期）with my second child，we were preparing for a trip to louisiana，where marshalls family live，to celebrate janes 2nd birthdaytwo days before we were to leave，we got the shocking news that i was going to lose the babynot knowing when this would happen，we decided to continue with our tripsince marshalls family lives on a 600-acre cattle farm，you often find that you have a lot of time to yourself to think when you are therethat is precisely what i did not want to do at this timei told marshall that i needed to get a good book to get lost in while i was therei told him i heard the harry potter books were good，so he went out and got the first one for meduring that trip，i totally got lost in the book，which was of great help during a time when i needed a distraction to forget about the sadnessin the book，i noticed the name “seamus”i vaguely remembered it was pronounced “shamus” and i liked the sound of thati mentioned it to marshall and he liked it tootoward the end of the trip，i had just 5 chapters left and i knew i was about to finish the first book，which i was pretty excited aboutsoon after we put jane down to bed，i had started labor（分娩），so i was unable to readthe labor lasted 5 and 1/2 hours，but marshall stayed there with me，sitting beside me and reading aloud the last 5 chapters of harry potteri can never fully explain how much that helped me through the experienceand ever since then，marshall and i both have been fans of the harry potter bookswe remember how they helped us get through that time of our liveswe were sad to have lost the baby，but the name seamus started our journey toward adoptionand we gave this name to our adopted sonthough our seamus doesnt have a drop of irish blood in him，the name fits him perfectly28why did the writer want a good book during the trip?abecause the trip to louisiana would take a long timebbecause she didnt want to think of losing her babycbecause she had nothing else to do except readingdbecause a good book could help her enjoy her trip29according to the story，we can know that the harry potter books _amade the familys trip more exciting binclude five books all togetherchave someone called seamus in them dcan help people deal with their problems30the writer named her son seamus because _ashe wanted to keep her trip in memory bshe loved this name very muchcher son doesnt have irish blood dit is a perfect name for a boy31which is the best title for the passage?afunny stories of my family bseamus and harry potterchow we got to louisiana dhow my son got his namedresearchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fiftyin fact，they say by the age of eighty-five，people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years oldarthur stone in the department of psychiatry and behavioral science at stony brook university in new york led the studyhis team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-fivethe findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fiftieshappiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventiesthe people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eightiesthe findings appeared in the proceedings of the national academy of sciencesresearchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get olderone theory is that，as people grow older，they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotionsthey also spend less time thinking about bad experiencesthe researchers considered possible influences like having young children，being unemployed or being singlebut they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to agethe study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow olderhowever，women at all ages reported more sadness，stress and worry than men32we can learn from the research that _aonly when people get older，will they feel happierbolder people usually have no worries in their lifecstress levels among the youngest are the highest of all dolder people are more likely to be thankful in life33according to the researchers，what is probably the reason why people grow happier when they get older?awhen people get older，they cant remember bad experiencesbwhen people get older，they have no young children to care aboutcwhen people get older，they learn to adjust their feelingsdwhen people get older，they dont care about their feelings34what do you think the proceedings of the national academy of sciences is?aa gallup organization ba popular science magazineca university in new york da research institution35what would the writer probably deal with in next paragraph?aadvice to the young people on how to keep happybadvice to the old people on how to live longercwhy women at all ages are more sad，stressed and worrieddwhy people will grow happier with their ages第二节（共5小题:每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。we are all faced with challenges constantly in every area of our lives36the truth is that you will have to deal with difficult problems throughout your life，whether it is in your personal life or careermost of us get really afraid and run away from problems because we dont want to accept realityrunning away from your problems is the worst thing you can do to deal with the challenges you are faced withhere are some tips for you on learning how to deal with everyday challengesplease bear in mind that you shouldnt overact when coming across challengesoveracting to a problem will cause you to make bad decisions37next time you are faced with a challenge，stay calm so you can make smarter decisions38if you cannot accept reality，you will feel very frustrated with your lifeonce you can accept reality，you will be able to be calmer and think more clearly about how to get a step closer towards your goals every daymany people make a habit of blaming others for all their problemsthey fail to take full responsibility for the decisions they have made in lifethe more you blame others for the challenges you are faced with，the more you will make people dislike you and not want to be around you39dont compare your lifestyle with othersof course，it is really difficult not to compare ourselves with other peoplehowever，the more often we do that，the more frustrated we will feel40the key thing to remember is that you create your own story and success in lifeaaccept the reality of the present momentbtry to look at change as a positive challenge，not as a threatcthere will always be a person that may have accomplished more than youdour focus may entirely be on how we can deal with the challenge that has come our wayewhen we are not in control of our emotions，we will make decisions that we will regret laterfhowever，most people have a hard time accepting and dealing with these challenges that arisegas a result，the first thing you should do when faced with a personal challenge is not point fingers at othersiii 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。the most important lesson i learned in high school had nothing to do with maths or american historyit came at graduation, several minutes before i left miramonte high schooli was rather shy back then, content to 41 around with my few friends and to concentrate on my 42 . i was doing so well that by the end of senior year i had perfect scores and enough 43 to go to collegebut my good record soon became a 44 to my well-beingin early june of senior year, the headmaster called me into his officehe asked me to give a leave-taking speech at graduationi looked at him, my heart 45 fastthis was the 46_ for my hard work? i said something, but not very clearly, and hurried away from the officei was 47 about the decision, finally agreeing to compromisei wasnt the only speakeri would 48 the honor with five other studentsstill, it was doubtful whether the task was 49 mehow in the world would i give a speech to hundreds of people?graduation day soon arrived and, as 50 i was nervousid been practicing my speech for days, and i had it 51but i had never been so 52 in my lifethe first half hour of the ceremony passed, and then my 53 camemy name was announcedi managed to reach the platform without falling downbut within minutes, i was 54 , heading back to my seatnow i still have the 55 of that speechmy voice trembled a little, but 56_ it was clear and strongim proud of that tapei achieved something id never _57 i spoke in front of hundreds of people 58 i didnt realize it at the time, the successful completion of that speech gave me the 59 to participate in class at college, to give oral reports, and to eventually break free of my 60i never would have chosen to give a speech at graduationbut im glad i didi know it may well turn out to be one of my shining moments41ahangblookcwalkdrun42acharactersbinterestscgamesdsubjects43amoneybcreditsctimedstandards44aluckbbenefitcfeardsolution45aburningbbreakingcachingdbeating46apunishmentbrewardcarrangementdsympathy47adoubtfulboptimisticcgenerousdhesitant48asharebbringcsparedgive49aaboutbforcupondbeyond50aknownbhopedcexpecteddplanned51athrownbprintedcmemorizeddcompleted52 ainterestedbterrifiedcexcitedddisappointed53amomentbclaycchanceddecision54adefeatedbstoppedcdonedstuck55apicturebtapecpaperdword56apartiallybimmediatelycfrank