下学期期中试题
高二英语试题
第一卷 (三部分,共115分)
第一部分 听力(满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,共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,并标在试卷相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间往返答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What do we learn from this conversation?
A. The woman will go home for dinner.
B. The woman won’t go to the concert.
C. The man and the woman will eat together.
2. What are they doing now?
A. They are having a rest. B.They want to keep something
C. They are climing a hill.
3. What did the man do last night?
A.He watched a play B.He did nothing C.He stayed at home.
4. Where are they talking now?
A.At a hotel. B.At the airport C.In the bookstore.
5. Does the man often call home?
A.No,he doesn’t. B.Not very often C.Yes,he does.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,共22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每个对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷相应的相应位置。听每段对话或读白前,你将有时间来阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6—8题。
6. Why doesn’t the man book the seats downstairs?
A.Too close to the stage. B.Expensive. C.Uncomfortable.
7. How long will it take to watch the play?
A.Two hours and a half. B.An hour and a half.
C.More than two hours.
8. Where does the dialogue probably take place?
A.At a hotel. B.At a cinema. C.At a theatre.
听第7段材料,回答9----11题
9. Why does the lady come to the man?
A.She just drops in on him.
B.She wants to say “Hello” to him.
C.She wants to interview him on something.
10.What is the man probably expert at ?
A.Forestry. B.News reports. C.Edition.
11.What is the lady?
A.A reporter of a newspaper. B.A columnist.
C.A columnist as well as a reporter of a newspaper.
听第8段材料,回答第12------14题。
12.What is the boy doing now?
A.Reading. B.Watching TV. C.Doing his homework.
13.What’s the mother doing now?
A.Watching TV. B.Cooking. C.Doing some cleaning.
14.What can we infer from the dialogue?
A.The boy is untidy. B.The boy is naughty.
C.The boy is diligent.
听第9段材料,回答第15--17题
15.When will Steve plan to get back?
A.Saturday evening or Sunday evening.
B.Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon.
C.Saturday evening or Sunday morning.
16.Whose party is held on Saturday afternoon?
A.Steve’s party. B.Peter’s party. C.Angel’s party.
17.When do you consider Mr.Steve will return at last?
A.Surely on Saturday morning. B.It’s hard to say.
C.Of course,on Saturday afternoon.
听第10段材料,回答第18-----20题。
18.What is a Frankfurter?
A.A kind of German sausage.
B.A kind of German bread.
C.The name of a German town.
19.What was Henry Steven’s job?
A.He raised dogs.
B.He was a cartoonist.
C.He sold fast food.
20.Why did the sa les of hotdogs decrease for some time?
A.Because it was too hot to eat right away.
B.Because people had to get used to their taste.
C.Because people thought they contained dog meat.
第二部分 英语知识运用(共三节,满分75分)
第一节 语法和词汇知识 (共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
21.Tony is_____the guidebook, looking for information about Japan, when he will travel soon.
A.scanning B.examining C.skipping D.inspecting
22.In the past he often made his sister_____,but now he is often made____by his sister.
A.cry;cry B.to cry;to cry C.cry;to cry D.to cry;cry
23.From the____look on his face,we know that the price of meat_______.
A.disappointed;has been raised
B.disappointed;has been gone up
C.disappointing;has gone up
D.disappointing;has risen
24.The child complained that the old man made no answer when_____where he lived.
A.asking B.being asked C.having asked D.asked
25.The heat in the hall was almost more than people could_____,so many of them went out.
A.control B.stand C.experience D.exercise
26._____made the school proud was_____more than 90% of the students had been admitted to key universities.
A.What;because B.What;that
C.That;what D.That;because
27.-------Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game?
------Oh,that’s________.
A.what makes me feel excited B.whatever I feel excited about
C.how I feel about it D.when I feel excite
28.-------I’m nervous about the exam,Mum.
--------_________.
A.Oh,no,dear B.Take it easy
C.Don’t think about it D.Good luck
29.Since I won the big prize,my telephone hasn’t stopped ringing.People_____to ask how I am going to spend the money.
A.phone B.will phone C.were phoning D.are phoning
30._______the bad weather we enjoyed our holiday.
A.Although B.Despite
C.Because of D.According to
31.Rather than_____everything to the last minute,Lily always prefers to start early.
A.leave B.leaving C.to leave D.having left
32.Peter’s forecast _____to be quite wrong.The price of the computer is much lower than he predicted.
A.broke out B.called out C.turned out D.went out
33._____in a white uniform,he looks more like a cook than a doctor.
A.Dressed B.To dress
C.Dressing D.Having dressed
34.-----Do you know London at all?
------No,this is the first time that I______here.
A.was B.came C.have been D.had been
35.-----Hi,Amy.Why are you so upset?
------Er,I found the washing machine I had had _____broke down again.
A.it repairing B.repaired C.it repaired D.to be repaired
第二节 完型填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
I used to be ashamed of my grandma.I know that’s a _36____thing to say,but it was true until today,so I have to _37_____it.
The __38____started when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink.I was so used to seeing them that I __39____took notice of them.But Katy shouted,laughing and _40___to talk to them.I had to get down on my knees and _41____her to shut up so my grandma wouldn’t __42____and get hurt.
After that happened,I__43___there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing(令人尴尬的).
Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King.__44___ordering our hamburgers well-
done,she told the person behind the counter, “ They’ll have two Whoppers(巨无霸)well-
to-do.”Jill burst out laughing, but I almost__45___.
After a while,I started wishing I could _46___ Grandma in a closet.I even complained to my parents.Both my parents said that I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel __47_in my home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that__48__everything completely.My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and _49___them about their_50___,for a big Oral History project.I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
“Volunteer your grandmother,” she whispered. “she’s__51___and rich in experience.”
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on __52___today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly( 集合 ).All my friends and teachers were listening to her_53___she was a great heroine.I was _54____of my grandma and hoped she would_55___know that I had been ashamed of her.
36.A.funny B.common C.terrible D.clear
37.A.admit B.receive C.refuse D.show
38.A.quarrel B.accident C.trouble D.adventure
39.A.already B.always C.simply D.hardly
40.A.enjoying B.pretending C.imagining D.continuing
41.A.warn B.demand C.advise D.beg
42.A.mind B.hear C.see D.fall
43.A.expected B.declared C.reaslized D.doubted
44.A.Because of B.Except for C.Such as D.Instead of
45.A.died B.cheered C.disppeared D.suffered
46.A.meet B.avoid C.arrange D.hide
47.A.independent B.inconvenient C.unwelcome D.unfamiliar
48.A.changed B.finished C.stopped D.prepared
49.A.interview B.report C.tell D.write
50.A.news B.lives C.advantages D.achievements
51.A.free B.popular C.interesting D.embarrassing
52.A.show B.stage C.duty D.time
53.A.and then B.even if C.so that D.as if 54.A.sure B.proud C.ashamed D.afraid
55.A.never B.even C.still D.once
第三节 阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The Italian island of Sardinia recently lost its oldest citizen.Family members say Antonoo Todde died in his sleep early this month.Mr Todde was 112 years old.He was less than three weeks away from his 113th birthday.Record –keeping experts say he was the world’s oldest man.
His long life and that of other very old Sardinians are the subjects of a scientific project called Akea.Luca Deiana of Sassari University is directing the study.He says the name Akea comes from a traditional greeting on Sardinia.It means “health and life for 100 years.”Professor Deiana and his team started to collect information for the study in 1997.They identified( 确定 )more than 220 Sardinians who were centenarians------100 years old or older.His team required three documents to confirm a person’s age.They were a government birth record,a church record and a statement by a close family member.
The Akea study has produced two major findings.The first is Sardinia’s extremely high numner of centenarians.The island has about 135 centenarians for every one million people.In other Western countries,the average is about seventy—five centenarians for every one million people.The second major finding was an unusual rate of female to male centenarians.Sardia has two women centanrians for every male centenarian.In central Sardinia there are equal numbers of female and male centenarians.
Studies in other parts of the world have shown a much higher percentage of female centenarians.The Akea study collected information about the health and diet of about 140 of the centenarians About ninety percent of those in the study also agreed to provide blood for scientific testing.The study team hopes to identify genetic material in the blood that can be linked to successful aging.Study learders say there is no single reason why people on Sardinia live so long .They believe the answer is a combination of genetic and environmental conditions.
56.Centenarians are people who are ________years old.
A.200 B.100 C.300 D.400
57.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A.Why people on Sardinia live so long.
B.The world’s oldest woman.
C.The world’s oldest man .
D.A scientific study on centenarians.
58.What is the general idea of the third paragraph?
A.Sardinia has a large number of centenarians.
B.An unusual rate of female to make centenarians.
C.Two major findings of the Akea study.
D.Sardinia has equal numbers of female and male centenarians.
59.Why do Sardinians live so long according to the study?
A.Because the environment on Sardinia is very good.
B.Because they have special genetic material in their blood.
C.Because they have a glass of wine every day.
D.Because they enjoy special genetic and environmental conditions.
60.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.Other parts of the world have a higher rate of female centenarians than Sardinia.
B.There are equal numbers of female and male centenarians on Sardinia.
C.Sardinia has an unusual rate of male to female centenarians.
D.There are about seventy-five centenarians for every one million people on Sardinia.
B
Our spiritual intelligence quotient(精神智商),or SQ,helps us understand ourselves,and live fuller,happier lives.
While we’re all born with SQ,most of us don’t even realize that we have it.Fortunately, you don’t have to sign up for classes to learn how to improve your SQ.Here are some simple steps that can lead you to this new level of understanding.
Sit Quietly.The process of developing spiritual intelligence begins with solitude(独处)and silence.To tune in to your spirit,you have to turn down the volume(强度) in your busy,noisy ,complicated life and force yourself to do nothing at all.Start small by creating islands for silence in your day.In the car ,instead of reading or doing something else,use the time to think.At work,shut the door to our office between meeting,take a few breaths and let them out very,very slowly.Enjoy stillness in your home after the kids are finally in bed.
Step Outside.For many people,nature sets their spirit free.Go outside to watch a beautiful sunset.If you are walking with your dog,take the time to admire flowers in bloom;follow the fight of birds;watch clouds float overhead.
Ask Questions of Yourself.Ask open-ended questions,such as “What am I feeling?” “What are my choices?” or “Where am I heading?” but don’t expect an answer to arrive through some supernatural form or e—mail. “Rarely do I get an immediate answer to my question,”says Reverend Joan Carter,a Presbyterian minister in Sausalito,California. “But later that day I suddenly find myself thinking about a problem in a perspective(角度 ) I never considered before.”
Trust Your Spirit.While most of us rely on gut feeling(第六感觉)to realize danger,spiritual intelligence pushes us,not away from,but towards some action that will lead to a greater good.
61.The passage is mainly about________.
A.what your SQ is and in what way it can benefit your life.
B.what your SQ is and what way it can be improved.
C.the relationship between your SQ and your life.
D.advantages and disadvantages of SQ.
62.The underlined phrase “tune in to your spirit”in the third paragraph probably means_______.
A.get your spirit relaxed. B.keep up your spirit.
C.keep seated quietly. D.change your spirit.
63.The author mentions the example of Reverend Joan Carter to show that______.
A.there are no immediate answers to your questions.
B.e-mails can’t keep working out a problem.
C.the more questions you ask,the better answers you’ll get.
D.changing your way of thinking might help you solve a problem.
64.From the passage,we can know that the most important thing to improve your SQ is _____.
A.a peaceful mind B.deep thought
C.spare time and hobbies D.good spirits
C
Dear Sir,
I’m writing to complain about the service offered by your company.I told your service department on November 21 that my washing machine needed repairing.Your service engineers have since been here four times-----on December 11, December 19, December 25 and January 5.The problem was found on the first visit and the wrong parts were brought by different engineers on the two next visits. The correct part was fitted by the first engineer on the fourth visit.
In short,my complaints are:
a.I had to wait three weeks for an engineer to call and nearly two months for the machine to be repaired.
b.The engineers who called on December 19 and 25 had been given wrong information by the company,which made me take two half days off from work unnecessarily.
c.The first and fourth visits lasted a total of thirty minutes.But in the invoice( 发票 ),I have to pay for four visits of four hours’work. I will not be paying your company for your mistakes and I do hope to receive your answers to these complaints.
Yours,
Robert White
65.Robert’s main purpose in writing to the company is to tell the company_______.
A.how its service department is operating.
B.how its different engineers came for the repair.
C.that two of the engineers didn’t give him any help.
D.that he refuses to pay the company for their mistakes.
66.The first of Robert’s complaints is that _______.
A.it took him three weeks to have the machine repaired.
B.it took him nearly sixty days to get his machine repaired.
C.it had been almost two months before the first engineer came.
D.it took the engineer 3 weeks to find out what was wrong with the machine.
67.The second and third engineers brought the wrong parts because___.
A.the company didn’t tell them exactly what they should do.
B.the company didn’t tell them where the correct parts were.
C.they were not sure about whether the machine worked or not.
D.they hadn’t been told where the right parts should be fitted.
68.It can be inferred from the letter that Robert promises to pay for___.
A.three hours’work. B.half an hour’s work.
C.an hour’s work. D.four hours’ work.
D
I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job.I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career.
I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork.In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career.
I then found myself a job,looking after two little girls.It wasn’t too bad at first.But the problems began when I agreed to live in,so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening.We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week,she’d give me time off the next.but unfortunately,it didn’t often work out.Iwas getting extremely tired and fed up,because I had too many late night and early morning with the children.
One Sunday,I was in the park with the children,and met Megan who used to go to school with me.I told her about my situation.She suggested me that I should do a course and met a qualification if I wanted to work with children.I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school.
She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful.My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I’ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren’t top of the class at school.
69.What is the author’s present job?
A.Working part-time in a college.
B.Taking care of children for a family.
C.Helping children with their schoolwork.
D.Looking after children at a kindergarten.
70.When staying with the girl’s family,the author________.
A.was paid for extra work . B.often worked long hours.
C.got much help from her boss. D.took a day off every other work.
71.Why did the author leave her first job?
A.She found a full-time job.
B.She was fed up with children.
C.She decided to attend a part-time course.
D.She needed a rest after working extra hours.
72.What has the author learned from her own experience?
A.Less successful students can still have a career.
B.Qualifications are necessary for a career.
C.Hard work makes an excellent student.
D.One must choose the job she likes.
E
Success in life depends to a great extent on what we mean by success. To some people money is the only real indication(象征) of achievement in the modern world. Their evaluation of success is based on the state of their bank balance and the power that goes with it. Their life is devoted to making money and they are at a loss to understand people whose ideas are different from their own. These are people, however, who consider their lives successful if they are doing what they enjoy doing through it may not bring them any great financial(财政) reward. A man who spends his time gardening might consider himself successful if the flowers blossomed and his trees gave fruit. Nursing, teaching, running a Youth Club all bring their own kind of success to those interested in them. Success can be found in painting a picture nobody will ever see, sailing a boat, watching the stars, collecting stamps----almost anything that involve personal efforts. The great thing is to believe that success is not necessarily public.
73.Painting a picture nobody will ever see may mean_______.
A.that it is a failure. B.that the painter can make no money.
C.a success to the painter. D.that it is worthless.
74. “They are at a loss to understand” means that________.
A.They will lose something if they try to understand.
B.They will lose their temper( 脾气 )to understand.
C.They are at a lower price to understand.
D.They do not understand.
75.What conclusion does the author draw?
A.A lot of money means success.
B.Success can be personal as well as public.
C.Success means personal enjoyment.
D.Success does not mean public devotion.
第二卷 (两部分,共35 分)
一. 短文改错 (每题1分,共10分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判定:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√); 如有错误(每行只有一个错误), 则按下列情况改正:
多一个词: 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉, 在该行右边横线上写该词,并也用斜线划掉。
缺一个词: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线加的词。
错一个词: 在错的词下划横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
Mrs.Smith was walking near a playground. She was a hurry 76______
to visit her grandchildren. She missed them very much 77______
because she had seen them for quite a long time .She was 78_____
walking while suddenly she saw a ball coming in her 79______
direction. She was already in her seventy. Should she kick 80______
the ball to send it back and should she just pass leaving 81_____
the ball where it was? Finally with greatly care she 82____
gave it a kick. The ball go straight in the goal. How 83_____
wonderful it was ! And she happened to have helped won the 84____
match.And all her four grandchildren were on team of the winners. 85_____
二. 书面表达(满分25分)
面对中学生“出国热”,社会对此有不同的看法。请你以“Studying Abroad”为题,根据以下提供的信息,谈谈自己的看法。
Advantages 1.良好的语言环境,更利于语言学习。
2.拓宽视野,学习国内外先进的科学技术。
3.传播各民族间的不同文化。
Disadvantages 1.年纪小,缺乏生活经验,自理能力差。情感孤独,思乡2.文化冲击,很难适应。
注重:1.第一句以为你写好,不计入总数
2.词数100--120 左右
3.生词:媒介 mediator 视野vision文化冲击cultural shock
Studying Abroad
In recent years, studying abroad has been popular.__________________
2006-2007学年度高二上学期期中考试
英语试题参考答案
一.听力(30分)
1—5 CCABC 6—10 BACCA
11—15 CBCAC 16—20 BBACC
二、单选(15分)
21—25 ACADB 26—30 BABDB 31—35 ACACB
三、完型填空(30分)
36—40 CACDB 41—45 DBCDB
46----50DCAAB 51---55 CBDBA
四、阅读理解(40分)
56—60 BDCDA 61—65 BADAD
66—70 BABDB 71—75 CACDB
五、改错(10分)
76.^in 77. √ 78^not
79.while----when 80seventy---seventies. 81and----or
82.greatly-----great 83.go---went 84.won----win
85.^the
六,书面表达(25分)略
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