福建省莆田四中高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

莆田四中2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（时间：120分钟；满分：150分） 出题人: 林华琦 郭丽霞 审核人: 林金荣 2013-5-09第i卷（选择题 共115分）第一部分 听力（共两节，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. whats the probable relationship between the speakers?a. husband and wife. b. doctor and patient. c. customer and waiter.2. why didnt the man climb to the top? a. he didnt want to climb. b. he wasnt able to get up at five. c. he couldnt face the top.3. what is making the weather hotter according to the woman? a. too many cars. b. more sunshine. c. serious air pollution.4. where does the conversation probably take place? a. in an office. b. in a shop. c. in a factory.5. what time does the concert start? a. at 7:15. b. at 8:00 c. at 8:30第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5短对话或独白，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、7题。6. whats the woman going to do on sunday? a. do some shopping. b. eat out with her family. c. play tennis.7. when will the man do his homework? a. on saturday afternoon. b. on saturday evening. c. on sunday.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. whats the womans mother doing? a. watching a movie. b. waiting for the man. c. getting her car.9. how did the woman find the movie? a. moving. b. disappointing. c. interesting.10. whats the weather probably like now? a. cloudy. b. rainy. c. fine. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. which of the following is what the man wanted to have? a. a computer game. b. an iphone. c. a bike.12. who used to give the man some money for his birthday? a. his aunt. b. his uncle. c. his grand mother.13. how many birthday presents did the man get? a. 5. b. 4. c. 3. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. why doesnt the woman want to go back-packing(背包旅行)? a. she is afraid of staying outside. b. she dislikes to go with the man. c. she likes to let others arrange things for her.15. what does the man think of going backpacking? a. its fun b. its uncomfortable. c. its tiring.16. what is regarded as a dangerous thing when going backpacking? a. not knowing where to stay. b. carrying lots of money. c. losing the mobile phone.17. where are the two speakers? a. at home b. in a hotel c. in an office. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. where did the speaker do on saturday morning? a. he bought a book. b. he did some shopping with his mum. c. he listened to music.19. who prepared the lunch for the family? a. dad. b. mum. c. the speaker.20. who did the speaker play computer games with? a. his sister. b. jack. c. kevin.第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 单项填空(共15小题, 每小题1分，满分15分.) 21. are there any students in the classroom now? ，only a few，im afraid a. if there are b. if some c. if any d. if many22. in fact, im not used _ to like that. neither am i.a. to being spoken b. to be spoken c. to speak d. to speaking23. on the street breathless，the boy was immediately taken to the nearest hospital. a. found lying b. finding lying c. found laid d. to be found lay24. we were _ happy to know our daughter won the first prize. a. other than b. more than c. rather than d. less than25. the new tax would force companies to energy-saving measures a. adopt b. adjust c. adapt d. accept26. on seeing the wonderful sculpture, everyone present a cry of surprise a. let out b. give away c. put forward d. make up27. the fact that fun is not equal to happiness may be the opposite of _ many people actually understand.a. why b. thatc. whichd. what28. i thought him handsome and honest _i met him. a. second time b. for the second time c. the second time d. by the second time29is it height or weight _ the interviewer should pay attention to? absolutely nothe will consider _ important to be experienceda. which；it b. that；it c. which；that d. that；that30anyone _ bags，boxes，or whatever，was stopped by the policea. seen carry b. seen carrying c. saw to carry d. saw carrying 31with no _ to public water, luki relies on a well for his familys water needsa. way b. passage c. access d. approach 32. you can go out, _ you promise to be back before 11 oclock. a. as far as b. so far as c. when d. as long as33. our company is seeking for a manager, especially _ with creativity and imagination. a. the one b. each c. one d. that34while dancing happily at home，_a. the door bell rang b. the door bell ringsc. we heard the door bell rings d. we heard the door bell ring 35. the teacher stressed that again that the students should not _ any important details while retelling the story.a. bring out b. leave out c. leave off d. leave over 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（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。dash of hopedash is a symbol which represents every day weve spent alive on earth. therefore, how you spend your dash is important. recently i 36 about a little girl named hope. after learning more about her life, i couldnt help but feel it was not by 37 , nor happenstance（意外事件）, that she had been named hope. the strong feeling of sympathy and generosity 38 in her young heart made a lasting impression on me and countless others. 39 i never had the opportunity to meet her, i wish i had. it seems as though she was wise beyond her tender years and very, very special. hope was a twelve-year-old girl who was 40 a wish in early december 2010 by the make-a-wish foundation after being 41 that she had a rare type of bone cancer. however, when she found out that more than 150 42 in her area were waiting for their wishes to be achieved , she unselfishly used her wish to 43 that those children have their wishes granted. she also asked that it be done 44 january 16, 2011. unfortunately, however, the organization informed her that her 45 request could not be granted as the funds were simply 46 . they calculated that they would need to raise more than one 47 dollars in thirty days in order to grant her wish. 48 , but not discouraged, she turned her disappointment into an enthusiasm that inspired caring 49 to take up helping grant the wishes of the other children, and eventually 50 as well. newspaper columnists and reporters for radio and tv stations 51 the story of this caring young girl who had 52 the hearts of so many and as word spread, the community was challenged. committees were fanned and schools, corporations and various organizations assisted in 53 money to help make hopes dream come true. her efforts were not in vain as they continue to help others, not only 54 , but spiritually and emotionally as well. at the gathering to celebrate her life, a celebration of hope on january 16, 2011, the 55 was made that they had indeed received donations totaling more than one million dollars. her wish had been granted!36. a. heard b. thought c. cared d. talked37. a. coincidence b. independence c. convenienced. intelligence38. a. lostb. carriedc. expectedd. housed39. a. untilb. unless c. thoughd. if40. a. expressedb. offeredc. maded. sent41. a. recognizedb. informedc. remindedd. understood42. a. childrenb. citizensc. villagersd. relatives43. a. suggestb. askc. arranged. order44. a. forb. toc. ond. by45. a. finalb. formalc. simpled. noble46. a. unbearableb. unbelievable c. unavailabled. uncomfortable47. a. thousandb. hundredc. milliond. billion48. a. disappointedb. surprisedc. worriedd. embarrassed49. a. committeesb. individualsc. corporationsd. organizations50. a. theirsb. oursc. hersd. yours51. a. wroteb. readc. broadcastd. shared52. a. touchedb. examinedc. wond. opened53. a. findingb. spendingc. raisingd. borrowing54. a. perfectlyb. physicallyc. healthilyd. thankfully55. a. proposalb. decisionc. conclusiond. announcement第三部分 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 it is said that a person has about 6,000 thoughts every day, yet, of the 6,000 thoughts you have today, ninety percent of these are the same as the 6,000 you had yesterday and the day before, leaving little room for new thoughts. no wonder life can seem tedious at times. unless you start to think differently, you are to continue to create and repeat the same old reality every day. is it not time to change your thoughts, enliven your dreams and let reality catch up?most of our thoughts and actions are habits, and we go thought the same motions each day, with little change in our behaviors or outlook. what would happen if you challenged these habits or customs? what if you were to step out of your comfort zone and explore new ideas or new ways or doing things? would your life not change as a result?thought is a form of energy. does this energy keep you forward or hold you back? you have a choice about the thoughts you think. how many times in the past have you chosen to disregard your positive thoughts and focus on your negative thoughts? at this moment, if you were to be at ease and to focus on your positive thoughts while discounting your negative thoughts, how would your life change?to realize your dreams, pay attention to what is happening around you. be curious. notice how your thoughts about yourself, your thoughts about others and your thoughts about what others may be thinking of you influence and what you are able to achieve. start to think, see and experience things, people, places and events in new ways. recognize what happens when you begin to think differently about yourself and what you are capable of achieving.56. _ thoughts per minute you had are the same as yesterday and the day before.a. about 40 b. over 5,400 c. about 4 d. over 10057. the author thinks our life changes very little because a. we have too many new ideas b. we have only a few new ideasc. we never have new ideas d. we change our ideas from time to time58. the best title for the passage would be a. the power of thought b. think before you take actionsc. new world comes from new ideas d. never think of yourself only59. the underlined word “tedious” may share the same meaning with “ ”.a. stupid b. colorful c. strange d. boring60. what is the authors purpose in writing the passage?a. to tell people some facts of our thoughts.b. to encourage us to change our habit of thinking.c. to tell us why we have no new ideas.d. to remind us of the influence from other.b pete rose，the famous baseball player，whom i have never met，taught me something so valuable that it changed my lifepete was being interviewed in spring training the year he was about to break ty cobbs alltime hits recordone reporter asked, “pete，you only need 78 hits to break the recordhow many atbats (轮到击球) do you think youll need to get the 78 hits？” without hesitation，pete said，“78” the reporter yelled back，“ah，come on peteyou dont expect to get 78 hits in 78 atbats，do you？”mr. rose calmly shared his rule in life with all the reporters who were anxiously awaiting his reply“every time i step up to the plate，i expect to get a hit! if i dont expect to get a hit，i have no right to step in the batters box in the first place! if i go up hoping to get a hit，then i probably dont have a prayer of getting a hitit is the positive expectation that has gotten me all of the hits in the first place”when i thought about pete roses rule and how it was applied to everyday life，i felt a little embarrassedas a business person，i was hoping to make my sales meet the quotas (定额)as a father，i was hoping to be a good dadas a married man，i was hoping to be a good husbandthe truth was that i was an adequate salesperson，i was not so bad as a father，and i was an okay husbandi immediately decided that being okay was not enough! i wanted to be a great salesperson，a great father and a great husbandi changed my attitude to one of positive expectation，and the results were amazingi was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips，i won coach of the year in my sons baseball league，and i share a loving relationship with my wife! thanks，mr. rose!61which of the following sayings can most appropriately be used to describe mr. roses rule? a. he who doesnt want to be a general cant be a good soldierb. before everything else，getting ready is the secret of successc. if you work hard enough，your dreams will come trued. rome was not built in one day62what can be inferred about pete rose from the passage?a. he was generous to share all his rules with everyoneb. he got all the hits he wanted because of good luckc. he set himself a goal of being the bestd. he liked to dream of something impossible63which of the following is not a role of the writer?aa teammate of rose ba salesman ca father da baseball coach64why does the writer thank mr. rose at the end of the passage? abecause mr. rose showed him how to be a successful salespersonbbecause mr. rose taught him to face life with positive expectationcbecause mr. rose trained him to win coach of the year for his sondbecause mr. rose gave him advice on managing a happy familyc (you may read the questions first.)transformers: dark of the moontheatrical release date: july 1, 2011studio: paramount pictures director: michael bay genre: actionadventuresequel sci-fi 3dthe autobots, led by optimus prime, are back in action, taking on the evil decepticons. the autobots and decepticons become involved in a dangerous space race. the autobots learn of a cybertronian spacecraft on the moon and must race against the decepticons to find its secrets, which could turn the tide in the transformers final battle. shockwave, a longtime “transformers” character, rules cybertron while the autobots and decepticons battle it out on earth.harry potter and the deathly hallows: part iitheatrical release date: july 15, 2011studio: warner bros. picturesdirector: david yatesgenre: actionadventuresequelfantasy3din part ii, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world evolves into an all-out war. this final adventure continues harry, ron, and hermiones attempt to find and destroy voldemorts remaining horcruxes. harry potter is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice to bring an end to his nemesis.winnie the poohtheatrical release date: july 15, 2011studio: walt disney picturesdirector: don hall, stephen j. andersongenre: sequelfamily animationwinnie the pooh is a 2011 american traditionally animated feature film produced by walt disney animation studios. based upon the characters of the childrens books winnie-the-pooh, the house at pooh corner by a. a. milne and return to the hundred acre wood by david benedictus, the film features two previously unadapted stories from the original books. in the movie, owl sends the whole gang to save christopher robin from an imaginary bad character, and it turns out to be a very busy day for winnie the pooh who simply set out to find some honey.65. which of the following is not the genre of transformers: dark of the moon? a. action.b. sequel.c. 3d.d. fantasy.66. according to the movie express above, harry potter and the deathly hallows: part ii is mainly about _.a. a journey of harry, ron, and hermione b. high risks of the final adventurec. an all-out war between good and evil forcesd. a fear of lord voldemort67. who might be most interested in the movie express of winnie the pooh? a. would-be parents.b. families with children. c. writers of childrens books.d. honey lovers.d the fame of janein the 19th century the novel came into its own. thousands upon thousands of novels were published. of those novels, very few are remembered today. however, there are exceptions (例外); the works of jane austen pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility for example. they achieved only modest success at first but grew and grew in fame(名声) and reputation.how did jane austen become so popular?of course, the novels are romantic. everyone knows the love story of mr. darcy and elizabeth bennett (in pride and prejudice), and how they overcome their own pride and prejudice to live happily ever after. the lovers are almost as famous today as romeo and juliet.but there is more to austens popularity than the fact that she wrote about love. the books are very witty (机智的) and ironic (讽刺的), and show a great understanding of society and of people. pride and prejudice opens with what must be the most famous sentence in the english novel: “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”the truth, of course, is the opposite: wealthy, unmarried young men are extremely attractive to young women. and women especially penniless or near-penniless ones are the subjects of austens tales.women nowadays may be more equal to men than they were