样卷： 南京市高二期中考试英语调研试卷参考样卷 本试卷分为第I卷和第II卷两部分，共五大题，满分120分，考试时间120分钟。 第I卷（共90分） I. Listening Comprehension （20 points） Part A Conversations Directions: In part A, you will hear five conversations between two speakers. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you will be required to answer several questions. Read the three possible answers to each question on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer. 15小题 Part B Passages Directions: In Part B, you will hear a short passage. The passage will be read twice. After you hear the passage, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. 填词5小题。样题：
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (15 points) Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 语法10题+词汇5题 语法样题省 词汇样题： 1. After recovering from his illness, he was advised to ______ gardening as a hobby. A. take on B. take up C. take off D. take away 2. Letterboxes are much more ________ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead. A. common B. normal C. ordinary D. usual
III. Cloze (15 points) Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. 15小题，完形填空同现高考，样题省。
IV. Reading Comprehension (40 points) Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage your have just read. 共5篇文章25小题：其中4篇文章计16小题为单项选择题，同现高考，一篇文章为任务型填空题。 样题省。
第II卷（共30分） V. Writing (30 points) Directions: Write two English compositions according to the instructions given below in Chinese. （一）阅读与写作(15分) 阅读短文，然后按照要求，写一篇70词左右的英语短文。 样题： [阅读材料] The way people hold the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free lifestyle equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness，then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact，the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness contain some pain. As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness．They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as marriage，raising children，professional achievement, religious commitment, self-improvement． Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest，he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment，for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement．Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Couples，with infant children, are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep of a three-day vacation. We don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples that decide not to have children ever know the joys of watching a child grow up or playing with a grandchild. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can really increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who always have so much fun actually may not be happy at all. 你要参加一场英语辩论赛，主题为“是不是快乐没痛苦才是真正的幸福？”。在参赛之前，你查看相关的资料，并准备你的辩论发言。请认真阅读短文，然后完成以下的任务。 1） 概况短文内容要点。 2） 就“是不是快乐没痛苦才是真正的幸福？”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包括以下内容要点： 以你自己为例，简述你对金钱、快乐的看法； 你如何看待快乐没痛苦才是真正的幸福的观点； 你的身边的同学如何对待快乐没痛苦才是真正的幸福的观点； 你对身边的同学的观点持什么看法？为什么？ [写作要求] 你可以使用实例和其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。
