文档供参考，可复制、编制，期待您的好评与关注！ 南京师大附中2015-2016学年度第1学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷第一节单项选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)21. - Why dont we save ourselves the trouble and use the stairs, Steven?- Come on! Man invented the lift so that we dont have to act like cavemen. - Ok, Steven, if you _ insist on being lazy.A. can B. should C. shall D. must22. _ “killer robots” can help reduce battlefield deaths, they may also make countries more likely to go into battle, which will lead to more deaths.A. WhetherB. WhereC. WhileD. What23. Students living off campus _ pay a little less for housing than students living in college dormitories, but their cost of transportation is higher.A. in generalB. in additionC. in demandD. in need24. It is required that food makers remove trans fats from products, since trans fats are not widely _ as safe.A. adoptedB. harvestedC. recognizedD. operated25. Desertification, the name for _ happens when land _ can be used to grow crops turns into desert, is a growing world problem. A. which; thatB. what; how C. what; thatD. how; which26. The Three-Body Problem has quickly become the best-selling Asian work of literature on Amazonaaa, _ that China also has a successful science fiction scene.A. provingB. to proveC. to be provedD. will prove27. As Alan Turing believed, a computer would deserve _ intelligent if it could fool a human into believing that it was human.A. calledB. to be calledC. having been called D. calls28. During the heated discussion, I _ that blogs are better than books for their convenience, lower price, and larger range of writing.A. picked outB. worked outC. ran outD. pointed out29. The university is saving $300,000 per year by its energy _ efforts, aimed to build a more energy-efficient university.A. consumption B. conservation C. considerationD. correction30. These measures include better administration of areas that are likely to turn into desert, and _ people in how to use water without wasting it. A. trainB. to trainC. trainingD. trained31. - Good day, Bell Electronics. This is Jane speaking. How may I help you today? - Oh uh, I _ Myers Icecream Company. Sorry about that.A. looked forB. am looking forC. was looking forD. have been looking for32. _ with what may be his most impossible mission yet, Hunt gets together his team and joins forces with Ilsa Faust, a female former British secret agent.A. FacingB. Having facedC. Faced D. To face33. He doesnt own an NBA championship ring, _ in the face with champagne(香槟) after the NBA finals.A. he has neither been sprayedB. nor has he been sprayedC. either has he been sprayedD. so he has been sprayed34. Considering the fact that the relationship between neighbors in rural area is closer than _ in cities, I prefer to live in the countryside.A. thatB. the oneC. thoseD. them35. In Alice Munros novel, Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, _, decides to flee.A. her unhappiness built into desperationB. her unhappiness has built into desperation C. her unhappiness building into desperationD. her unhappiness builds into desperation第二节完型填空 (共20小题；每题1分，满分20分)With their visas in hand and their bags packed, students may feel prepared for their study abroad experiences. _36_ once they set foot in foreign lands, some students realize that they dont have the skills to communicate their thoughts and feelings in their _37_ culture.Guo Yichen, a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, observed a(an) _38_ of poor communication during her time abroad.When Guo first got to the US, she stayed in the house of a 63-year-old lady, with another Chinese girl. Guo and her housemate were _39_ to take turns tidying up the bathroom. But the housemate never _40_, because she didnt know how. Her mother had always cleaned the bathroom for her back home. And when the landlord asked about it, the housemate _41_ replied, “I never needed to do housework back home, and I wont do it here _42_.”“I was shocked by how _43_ her answer was,” said Guo. “She could have explained it in a better way.” It was _44_ surprise that the girl was asked to move out almost immediately.In fact, “difficulty in _45_” is among the three major psychological problems that ZMN Education, an agency on overseas education, _46_ among Chinese students studying abroad, the other two being “fear of class discussion” and “fear of homework based on critical thinking”.A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, once told the agency that many of his Chinese students only came to see him when they got _47_ scores. They should have talked to him after each class to get a better grade _48_, he said.According to the agency, studying abroad itself may trigger(引