浙江省杭州市第二中学高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

杭州二中2014学年第二学期高二年级期中考试英语试题本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共100分，考试时间90分钟。 第i卷(共65分)i、听力（满分15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. what will the woman do?a. pick up louisb. go to a schoolc. chat with the man2. where are the speakers?a. on the sea.b. at home.c. at a harbour.3. what is the woman probably?a. a doctor.b. a teacher.c. a policewoman.4. how soon will the plane arrive?a. in half an hour.b. in an hour and a half.c. in an hour and 20 minutes.5. what does the woman mean?a. she has found a new job. b. she is determined to leave her job. c. she is considering whether to quit her job.第二节 （共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）听下面3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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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6至8题。6. what is the man?a. an actor.b. a director.c. a writer.7. what do we know about the woman?a. shes only interested in a lead role.b. shes never had a part in a play before.c. she tries to please the man. 8. what does the man offer to do for the woman?a. help her prepare for the tryout.b. give her a lead role.c. get her a copy of the play.听下面一段对话，回答9至11题。9. what does the woman think of the advertisement put up in the local business news?a. its helpful and efficient.b. its so boring that nobody reads it.c. its good but cannot reach the target customers.10. where does the man suggest putting up their advertisement?a. in the local business news.b. in the local service paper.c. in the local paper.11. what advice does the woman give the man on sending out the brochures?a. hire some students. b. use a professional firm.c. ask some colleagues to help them.听下面一段对话，回答12至15题12. how many time keepers are needed for sports day?a. four.b. nine.c. fifteen.13. why are a number of receptionists needed?a. some parents of the athletes will come to watch the games.b. some school leaders will attend the prize-giving ceremony.c. some old school members will take park in some events.14. what is the first requirement for the helper?a. they ought to be honest.b. they need to wear a workers uniform.c. they have to arrive in time for the event.15. what should the listeners do if they are interested in becoming a helper?a. get in touch with miss johnson.b. call the sports club.c. call the speaker.ii、单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。16. - i think im going to die.- _, joe. you only have a cold.a. dont mention it b. take it easyc. its hard to say d. take care17. his success at _ first attempt didnt satisfy him. instead, he went all out to try _ second time.a. the; theb. the; ac. a; thed. a; a18. the teacher often helps me with my english after class, and it is _ i can feel his care about me. a. what b. which c. where d. how 19. for years, people in this city have been living under the _ of drugs and violence. a. shadowb. sorrowc. shockd. barrier20. jane accidentally _ where she had hidden her fathers birthday present. a. let out b. try out c. give out d. pick out21. _ anyone phone, tell them im out of town on business.a. mayb. must c. would d. should22. those girls worked out every morning, _ losing weight.a. aim atb. to aim atc. aimed atd. aiming at23. over the last decade, the number of private cars has been increasing sharply. _, smog occurs more frequently. a. in factb. in other words c. as a consequenced. on the other hand24. after ten years of hard life, she is no longer the girl _. a. that used to beb. what she used to c. she was used to d. as she used to be25. - _ that he managed to get the information? - oh, a friend of his helped him. a. where was itb. what was itc. how was itd. why was it26. the police have _ anyone with information to come forward and talk to them. a. applied to b. stuck toc. preferred tod. appealed to27. the fellow felt rather _ as he was the only person that wore sportswear at the party.a. in place b. out of placec. in the place d. out of the place28. despite the fact that all three teams _ different approaches to the problem, they were all immediate successes. a. acquiredb. adaptedc. achievedd. adopted29. it wont be quite a long time _ your son is back, so dont be worried. a. that b. since c. before d. until 30. mary _ music and she could play many kinds of instruments at an early age. a. has a preference forb. has a nose forc. has a gift ford. has a dislike for31. the infection seems quite_, so she should be better soon. a. temporaryb. mildc. evident d. concrete32. the smiths have just moved here and they are busy with their new house and _. a. everything b. something c. anything d. nothing33. tom would have met you at the railway station, but he _ caught in a traffic accident. a. has beenb. had beenc. wered. was 34. but for the help of my english teacher, i _ the first prize in the english writing competition. a. would not winb. would not have wonc. would wind. would have won35. with so many beautiful dresses _, the little girl didnt know which one to buy.a. choosing from b. chosen from c. to choose from d. to be chosen fromiii、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-50各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。the weekend was over, and begbie had returned to town, strangely unhappy. there was within him a strange sense of something lost. he unpacked his suitcase, _36_ its contents with the catalogue（目录）of his weekend needs. everything was there, yet that sense of something _37_ still oppressed（压迫）him. then _38_ there flashed across his mind a full realization of what the lost object was. “thats it!” he said with a sigh of _39_, “ill write at once to my hostess and ask her to return it.” _40_ followed the decision, and, seating himself at his desk, begbie wrote:my dear mrs. shelton, upon my return from the golden hours at sea cliff, i have lost one of my possessions. it is of value perhaps to _41_ but myself. poor as it is, i cannot very well do without it. it is my _42_. if you happened to have _43_ it, and it is of no use to you, will you be good enough to return it to me? or, if by some good fortune you find it worth keeping, will you please let me know, _44_ i may know it is being taken good care of by you? it is the _45_ one i have, and it has never passed out of my keeping before. harrison begbiethe following morning, begbie received a letter addressed in the familiar handwriting of his hostess. _46_ he tore it open.my dear mr. begbie, what _47_ creatures you men are! i have found ten such articles as you described in my house during the past ten days, and i cannot quite _48_ which one is yours. almost all of them are badly cracked. only one is still in first-class condition. im hoping its yours. _49_, on receipt of this letter, would you come down here at once and we can check them up together? ill meet you on the arrival of the 12:15 at wavecrest station. meanwhile, knowing how important a heart truly is, i send you _50_ to take the place of the other. you may keep it until your own is returned to you. mary shelton36. a. combinedb. connectedc. matchedd. compared37. a. left behindb. put asidec. kept outd. given away38. a. graduallyb. suddenlyc. frequentlyd. consequently39. a. satisfactionb. reliefc. disappointmentd. worry40. a. practiceb. planc. discussiond. action41. a. somebodyb. anybodyc. nobodyd. everybody42. a. brainb. mindc. sould. heart43. a. foundb. recognizedc. caughtd. learned44. a. even thoughb. as ifc. or elsed. so that 45. a. latestb. bestc. onlyd. last46. a. surprisinglyb. confidentlyc. excitedlyd. calmly47. a. stubbornb. carelessc. sensitived. funny48. a. decideb. admitc. believed. describe49. a. to some degreeb. in any casec. for some reasond. on the whole50. a. yoursb. hisc. theirsd. mineiv、阅读理解（共15小题；第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分，满分25分）第一节：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。apeople have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. the earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. they used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in france and spain. no one knows why they were painted there. perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories according to pictures. about 5,000 years ago the egyptians and other people in the near east began to use pictures as a kind of writing. they drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. the signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.the egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together. when an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. some of these pictures are like modern comic-strip stories. it has been said that egypt is the home of the comic-strip. but, for the egyptians, pictures still had magic power. so they did not try to make their way of writing simple. the ordinary people could not understand it. by the year 1,000 bc, people who lived in the area around the mediterranean sea had developed a simpler system of writing. the signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the egyptian system. this was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. the greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the greek alphabet. the romans copied the idea, and the roman alphabet is now used all over the world.these days we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. but we still need pictures of all kinds: drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams. we find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the streets, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.51. pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in france and spain because _. a. the hunters wanted to see the pictures b. the painters were animal lovers c. the painters wanted to show imagination d. the pictures were thought to be helpful 52. the greek alphabet was simpler than the egyptian system for all the following reasons except that _. a. the former was easy to write b. there were fewer signs in the former c. the former was easy to pronounce d. each sign stood for only one sound 53. in the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures _.a. should be made comprehensible b. should be made interesting c. are of much use in our life d. are disappearing from our lifeba letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing. here is a story that tells about this common and natural human sentiment. the busiest woman in labrador during one bitter cold christmas not very long ago, was a nurse kate austen. but she was not too busy to acknowledge with a long, friendly letter every gift of food or clothing received for distribution to the natives in that cold and poor district of the north. among the gifts was a box of knittings for children, knitted（编织）and sent by a woman in toronto. nurse austen was busy, exhausted and not feeling too well that winter. she could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement. but that was not her way. she sat down and wrote the woman in toronto a real letter telling all about the village, and the names of the children who were wearing the knitted gloves and caps, and what they said when they got them, and how they looked when they wore them. she wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings “to see how much happiness and warmth she had created.” not long after, she received the following answer from toronto.dear miss austen: your letter made me happy. i did not expect such a full return. i am eighty years old, and i am blind. there is little i can do except knit, and that is why i knit so many caps and sweaters and scarves. of course i cannot write this, so my daughter-in-law is doing it for me. she also sewed the seams and made the buttonholes for the knitted things. i know something of the work you are doing. at the age of nineteen i married a man who was going to china to be a missionary (传教士). for forty years, with an occasional year at home in america, we worked in china, and during that time our two sons and a daughter were born to us, of whom only one son survives. after forty years, my husbands health began to fail. we returned to the states where he took charge of a settlement house in brooklyn, new york. a surprising number of the problems we faced there were similar to the problems we had met in china. when my husband died, i came to toronto to live with my son and daughter-in-law. they are very good to me, and i pride myself that i am little trouble to them, though it is hard for a blind old lady to be sure of anything. what i most want to say, my dear, is this. for sixty years i have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or books as i could collect. in various parts of the world and to various parts of the world i have sent them. sometimes i have received a printed note of acknowledgement from the headquarters depot or mission board, sometimes nothing. occasionally i have been informed that my contribution was planned for syria or armenia or the upper yangtze. but never before in all that time have i had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said. i did not suppose that ever in my lifetime i should receive a letter like that.may god bless you.sincerely yours,54. the underlined word “sentiment” most probably means “_”?a. basic knowledge b. gentle feelingc. high aim d. good manners55. the underlined sentence “but that was not her way” implies that _. a. she would not just write a simple letter of thanks like most people did b. she had never been exhausted or sick at this time of a year before c. she was so busy that she had no time to write a note of acknowledgement d. she didnt like to write a letter telling all about the village and the children56. laura was so happy when she received the letter from miss austen because _.a. the letter was able to reduce her lonelinessb. the letter came from one of her old friendsc. she had never expected to receive a letter like thatd. she had been looking forward to the letter for longcchildren are delight, they are our future. but sadly, hiring someone to take care of them when youre going to work is getting more expensive by the year.earlier this month it was reported, that the cost of involving an infant or small kid at a childcare centre rose 3percent in 2012, faster than the general cost of living. there are now large strips of the country where daycare (日托) for an infant costs more than 10% of the average married couples income.this is not necessarily a new trend, but it is somewhat puzzling me. the price of professional childcare has been rising since the 1980s. yet during that time, pay for professional childcare workers has stood still. actually caregivers (护理员) earn less today than they did in 1990. considering that labor costs are responsible for about 80% of a daycare centers expenses, one would infer that stable wages means stable prices.so who is to blame for higher child care costs?childcare is a carefully regulated industry. states lay down rules about how many children each employee is allowed to watch over, the space care centers need per child, and other details. and the stricter the regulations are, the higher the costs will be. in massachusetts, where childcare centers must hire one teacher for every three infants, the price of care averaged more than $ 16,000 per year. in mississippi, where centers must hire one teacher for every five infants, the price of care averaged less than $5,000.unfortunately i dont have all the daycare center regulations, but i wouldnt be surprised if as the rules have become more complicated, prices have risen. the tradeoff (交换) might be worth it in certain cases; after all, the health and safety of children should probably come before cheap service. but certainly, it doesnt seem to be an accident that some of the cheapest daycare available is in the least regulated south.57. whatproblemdo parents of small kids have to face?a. the ever-rising child care prices.b. the budgeting of family expenses.c. the balance between work and family.d. the selection of a good daycare center58. what does the author feel puzzled about?a. why the prices of child care vary greatlyfromstate to state.b. why increased child care prices have not led to better service.c. why childcare workers pay has not increased with the rising childcare costsd. why there is a severe shortage of childcare professionals in a number of states.59. what prevents child care centers from saving money?a. steady increase in labor costs. b. strict government regulations.c. lack ofsupportfromthe state.d. high administrative expenses.60. what is the authors view on a d