[高二英语]2008—2009学年度高二第一学期期中考试.doc

翔宇教育集团宝应中学20082009学年度第一学期期中考试高 二 英 语 试 卷第一卷（选择题 共85分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。1. How much did Richard pay for his ties? A. $40B. $45C. $502. What is the woman doing now? A. Teaching at schoolB. Going into politicsC. Doing business3. What does the woman suggest the man doing? A. Spending more time.B. Talking more with English speakers C. Studying harder4. How does David probably feel? A. DisappointedB. HappyC. Surprised5. How long did the concert last? A. 30 minutesB. 60 minutesC. 90 minutes第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）听下面4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A、B、C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，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 至8 题6. What does the man find hardest in learning English? A. speakingB. WritingC. Listening7. What does the woman suggest the man do about his listening? A. Listen to BBC English program B. Buy a radio and listen to English Programs C. Find an English pen friend8. What had the man better do to improve his writing? A. Listen to BBC or VOA English program every day. B. Need a lot of practice. C. Find an English pen friend听第7段材料，回答第9至 11题9. Where does the dialogue most probably take place? A. At the stationB. At the post officeC. At the airport10. Which country will the letter be sent to? A. EnglandB. JapanC. Canada11. How will the letter be sent? A. By airmailB. By registered mailC. By express mail听第8段材料，回答第12至13小题12. For what is Mr. Gates talking to the woman? A. To ask for a jobB. To ask her to make a websiteC. To invite her to play computer games13. What will probably happen after the conversation? A. The woman will call Mr. Gates. B. The woman wont make the website C. The woman wont get in touch with him.听第9段材料，回答第15至16小题14. What has the woman just done? A. She has just opened her own restaurant. B. She has just got a head cook position in a restaurant. C. She has just finished her cooking study.15. How long havent the two speakers met with each other? A. Three yearsB. Seven yearsC. Five years16. Why did the woman change her mind about cooking? A. She wanted to go abroad for further study. B. She was interested in cooking French food. C. She failed in cooking for her family.听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题17. What do college students today have strong opinions about? A. About their futureB. About what is old and new C. About what is right and what is wrong in society.18. What kind of people makes up nearly half of the American population? A. young people under twenty-five B. Adult people above thirty C. Young people above twenty-five19. What do American young people find difficult to know much about? A. The beliefs in American families. B. The population of American families C. The truth of their own lives20. According to the passage, in which country is there a big gap between young people and their parents? A. Only in AmericaB. In your countryC. In many countries第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. We dont doubt _ he can do a good job of it. A. whetherB. thatC. whatD. if22. My mother always gets a bit _ if we dont arrive when we say we will. A. anxiousB. ashamedC. weakD. patient23. _ online shopping attracts a certain group of people, there will always be some who enjoy shopping for their own groceries. A. WhenB. AsC. IfD. While24. -What should I do with my weight, doctor? -I _ you to take more exercise and eat less sugar and fat. A. suggestB. adviseC. hopeD. agree25. Dr. Baker is a professor of physics. _, he is a famous writer. A. In allB. In briefC. In factD. In addition26. My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was _ it. A. in favour ofB. in memory ofC. in honour ofD. in search of27. The boss believed in the method at first, however, it _ that it didnt work well in practice. A. happensB. turned outC. showedD. turned28. -Do you know why Ann is ill? -Yes, she _ more than she can cope with. A. takes outB. takes downC. takes onD. takes in29. I couldnt do my homework with all that noise _. A. going onB. goes onC. went onD. to go on30. No wonder you caught a cold. You _ out last night without a coat. A. shouldnt have goneB. mustnt have gone C. couldnt have goneD. mightnt have gone31.No matter _ he said, I dont like him. A. howB. whatC. thatD. why32. -What do you think of the book? -Oh, excellent. It is worth _ a second time. A. readingB. being readC. to readD. to be read33. Alice trusts you. Only you can _ her to give up the foolish idea. A. suggestB. attractC. attemptD. persuade34. The old couple decided to _ a boy and a girl though they had three of their own. A. catchB. bringC. adoptD. receive 35. I dont want to buy the dictionary. _ , it is too expensive; _ I dont have enough money with me at present. A. Because; andB. At first; then C. On one hand; on the other handD. On the hand; on other hand第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldnt move. What was the _36_ was he found himself unable to ask for help-his mobile phone went out of _37_ as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but to _38_in cold wilderness. It was eight hours later that day broke, and then _39_ of the rescue. It is almost _40_ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his _41_: “First of all I checked up my _42_, checked up my conditions and found myself not in mortal danger. As there was no _43_ to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from _44_. In this way I dozed off.” His story put an end to my regret for the _45_ of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men _46_ to explore a mountain cave and got lost. _47_to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of _48_. Finally they feel dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the _49_ people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the _50_ of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to _51_ themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering not far away. Dont you think you can compare it with _52_ itself? When you meet with difficulty in life and work, you are lost in darkness. _53_ you its unclear yet and you neednt put up struggle _54_. It seems to be a negative（消极） attitude, _55_ a person who can afford to do so must have foresight as well as a great courage in the first place.36. A. hopelessB. worstC. moreD. best37. A. serviceB. wayC. controlD. work38. A. cryB.lieC. waitD. sleep39. A. delay B. successC. teamD. arrival40. A. untrueB. unimaginableC. trueD. useless41. A. planB. decisionC. explanationD. excuse42. A. physicalB. mentalC. workingD. medical43. A. energyB. wayC. toolsD. strength44. A. rottingB. spreadingC. hurtingD. bleeding45. A. lossB. failureC. disappointmentD. sadness46. A. hadB. managedC. triedD. meant47. A. WillingB. UnableC. DeterminedD. Deciding48. A. hearingB. sightC. feelingD. direction49. A. rescueB. villageC. localD. brave50. A. endB. topC. openingD. side51. A. saveB. helpC. stopD. calm52. A. adventureB. workC. lifeD. mankind53. A. MindB. WatchC. ImagineD. Warn54. A. reallyB. immediatelyC. carefullyD. hopefully55. A. andB. soC. butD. while第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A People today, in all this new world of technology and thinking, have lost sight of what a true friendship is. I thought I would help the world out a little and told them what real, true friends are. Friends dont have to be exactly the dame. Friends have similarities but they also have their differences. The key to opening up the world of friendship is not only to expand similarities but also to accept each others faults. Friends have to argue! No one likes to argue but it is necessary to have a healthy friendship, because if you agree on everything, either you arent being true to each other or one of you is trying a little too hard to please the other. If you feel uneasy around the person, then something isnt quite right. Friends love unconditionally. They have their little angry moments but whats done is done and all is forgotten. Why let something that happened in the past ruin（破坏）what happiness you could have in the future? Believe in love at first sight because the same thing happens in friendship. Some people think that you have to know someone really well to become good friends. Trust me, its not true. These are only a few of the basics. Just remember, friends are forever. Dont disrespect your friends, love them instead.56. The underlined word “uneasy” in Para.3 probably means _. A. difficultB. strangeC. unluckyD. uncomfortable57. According to the author, true friends must _. A. be honestB. not argue at all C. be similar to each otherD. always love each other58. We can know from the passage that _. A. even if you dont know someone very well, you still can be friends. B. loving your friends is loving yourself C. true friends dont need to communicate D. true friends only have similarities59. In the passage the author mainly wants to tell us _. A. what real, true friends are B. the key to opening up the world of friendship C. friends love unconditionally D. friends are forever B There are many important differences between man and animals. Perhaps one of the most important is three main parts. Each part does a different job, but the importance of each part is the same. The cerebrum is where you think, decide, remember and feel. This is the largest part on top. Under the cerebrum is the cerebellum. This part controls your muscles（肌肉）, so this part orders you to move. The third part, called the medulla, controls a very important group of nerves（神经）. It is through these nerves that messages pass from your brain to your body. The medulla does not help you think. It tells the muscles in your body to work. For example, the medulla keeps you breathing, it makes your heart continue to beat, and it tells your stomach to digest（消化）the food that you just ate. Each of the three parts does a different job, but actually no one knows for certain how the brain works.60. A good title for this passage is _. A. Three Ways to ThinkB. How the Brain Works C. Three IdeasD. The Human Brains61. According to your common knowledge, you may have guessed that the three words “cerebrum, cerebellum and medulla” are _ in Chinese. A. 小脑，大脑，延髓B. 大脑，小脑，延髓 C. 小脑，延髓，大脑D. 延髓，大脑，小脑62. You saw a new shirt and decide to buy it. This idea happened in the _. A. medullaB. cerebellumC. cerebrumD. both A and C63. All messages from your brain to your body travel _. A. to the heartB. to the musclesC. near the stomachD. through nervesC In todays world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to peoples health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that is harmful to human health, too. People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and pop music is a kind of noise. Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make peoples life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad. It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels can cause deafness. Now the governments in many countries have mad laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels. In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems.64. The text is mainly about _.A. air pollutionB. water pollutionC. noise pollutionD. world pollution65. According to the text, a continuous noise of _ decibels can make people deaf.A. less than 85B. less than 65C. about 65D. more than 8566. Ten percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because _.A. they are working in noisy placesB. they often listen to pop musicC. they are busy in listening to others talkD. they live near airports DJames Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.“J. C.,” he replied.She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.The stage was set for Owens victory (胜利) at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic (体育的) but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners.“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didnt go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.” Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles, and dogs.“Sure, it bothered me,” he said later. “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”In time, however, his gold medals changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”67In the Big Ten meet, Owens _.A. hurt himself in the backB. succeeded in setting many recordsC. tried every sports event but failedD. had to give up some events68We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because _.A. he was not of the right race (人种)B. he was the son of a poor farmerC. he didnt shake hands with HitlerD.he didnt talk to the US president on the phone69When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the years,”he means that the medals _.A. have been changed for money to help him live onB. have made him famous in the USC. have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in lifeD. have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs70.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A. Jesse Owens, a Great American AthleteB. Golden Moment a Life-time StruggleC. Making a Living as a SportsmanD. How to Be a Successful Athlete第二卷（非选择题 共35分）第一节 单词拼写 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）71. We decided to _（推迟）our holiday until next month.72. You must _（道歉）to your teacher for being so rude.73. He has cheated people and escaped _（惩罚）74. He _ (犹豫) a moment, and then knocked on the door.75. He _（漫游）the countryside, looking for something.76. It is _（显然的）that he hasnt told the truth.77. For the time being, I prefer to stay _（沉默）on the matter.78.Some _（外国人）will visit our school next month.79. Dont _（卷入） me in your quarrel!80. He is a man who has a sense of _.（幽默）第三节 书面表达.(共1小题；满分25分)假设你是李明，刚从学校安排的“澳大利亚行”返回北京。请给在澳大利亚时借住的家庭写一封信，信的内容主要包括：1你已安全返回北京2感谢他们的热情接待 1）去机场迎接2）Jenny陪伴游览名胜古迹3希望他们有时间来北京游览Dear Mr. and Mrs. Johnson,_ Best wishes, Li Ming注意：1）短文必须包括所有内容 2）字数100左右。高二英语期中考试试题请在答题区域内作答，超出方框限定区域的答案无效71. _76._72. _77._73. _78._74. _79._75. _80._Dear Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Best wishes, Li Ming高二英语Keys.15 BCBBC 610 CBCBA 1115 BACAC 1620 BCAAC 2125 BADBD 2630 ABCAA 3135 BADCC 3640 BDCDB 4145 CABDB 4650 CBDAC 5155 DCABC 5660 DDAAD 6165 BCDCD 6670 ABACA71.delay 72.apoligize 73.punishment 74.hesitated 75. wandered76.obvious 77.sil