广东省普宁市华侨中学高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

普宁华侨中学2015-2016学年度第二学期期中考高二英语试题试卷说明：1.考试时间120分钟，满分150分。2.将卷答案用2b铅笔涂在答题卡上，将卷答案答在答题纸上。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. where does the conversation probably take place?a. in a shopping mall.b. in a tie shop.c. in a theatre.2. what will the woman do? a. give joan a call. b. tell joan about the meeting. c. have lunch with the man.3. what do we know about the woman? a. she wants to know john hart.b. she called the wrong number. c. she couldnt find john hart.4. what does the man mean? a. he isnt good at painting.b. the woman has a talent for art.c. he doesnt like those painting.5. who is cindy? a. the mans wife.b. the mans cousin.c. the mans friend.第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5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，每小题将给出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、7题。6. what are the two speakers doing now? a. having dinner.b. seeing a film.c. cleaning the table.7. what is the man complaining（抱怨）about? a. the woman is too busy with her work.b. the woman hardly ever sees a movie with him. c. watches too much tv and ignores（忽略）him.听第7段材料，回答第8-9两个小题。8. when will the man probably leave? a. on monday.b. on tuesday. c. on thursday.9. how long will the man probably stay at home? a. 2 days. b. 3 days. c. 4 days.听第8段材料，回答第10至12三个小题。10. what was wrong with david? a. he caught a cold. b. he had a headache. c. he suffered from a fever.11. how long does davids class late? a. 2 hours.b. 1.5 hours.c. 1 hour.12. what does david want someone to do for him? a. teach the class.b. mark the exam papers. c. pass back the exam papers.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. how long has the contest （竞赛）already been going? a. 1 hour. b. 45 minutes. c. 30 minutes.14. how many groups are there ahead of the two speakers group? a. two.b. three. c. four.15. how did the man get to the contest? a. by car. b. by bus. c. by taxi.16. whats the weather like? a. cold. b. cool. c. warm.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. why did jim stop heading? a. because the sun was strong. b. because he was too tired. c. because he got lost.18. what did jim use as a pillow（枕头）? a. his bag. b. his shirt. c. his shoes.19. what did jim see when he woke up? a. a horse. b. a tiger. c. a snake.20. what can we learn from the text? a. it was late in the evening when jim woke up. b. there were many trees near the path. c. jim slept under a big rock.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30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，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应位置。aevery year thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road. most of these people are old people and children. old people often get hurt or die because they cant see or hear very well. children usually meet with accidents because of their carelessness. they forgot to look and listen before they cross the road. how can we lessen(减少) traffic accidents? all of us must obey the traffic rules. for the drivers, they shouldnt drive too fast. if they drive too fast, it will be very difficult to stop the cars in a very short time. for the pedestrians(行人), its very important to be careful when they are walking on the road. therefore, when we walk across the road, we must try to walk along the pavements. we must stop and look both ways before crossing the road. look left first, next look right, then look left again. only when we are sure that the road is clear, we can cross it. the right way to cross the road is to walk quickly. its not safe to run. if people run across the road, they may fall down. teens should try to help children, old people or blind people to cross the road, and never play in the street.21. which of the following is not the right way to cross the road? a. stop and look both ways.b. run quickly. c. make sure that the road is cleard. walk quickly.22. why do most old people often get hurt or die when they are crossing the road? a. because they are not careful.b. because they forget to look and listen. c. because they cant see or hear very well.d. because they often run across the road.23. the best title for this article may be . a. how to lessen traffic accidents?b. how to cross the road? c. please obey the traffic rules. d. meeting with traffic accidents.24. as a student, you can to try to lessen traffic accidents. a. let drivers drive slowlyb. play in the street carefully c. run across the road quicklyd. help children to cross the roadz-x-x-kbit was one of the hottest days of the dry season. we had not seen rain in almost a month. the crops were dying. cows had stopped giving milk. the streams were long gone back into the earth. if we didnt see some rain soon we would lose everything.i was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when i saw my six-year old son, billy, walking toward the woods. he was obviously walking with a great effort. trying to be as still as possible. minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful long step toward the woods. this activity went on for over an hour: walking very carefully to the woods, then running back to the house. finally, my curiosity got the best of me. i quietly walked out of the house and followed him on his journey.he was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill(洒出) the water he held in them. branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. he had a much greater purpose. as i looked at him secretly, i saw the most amazing site.several large deer appeared threatening in front of him. but billy walked right up to them. i almost screamed for him to get away. and i saw a baby deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from heavy loss of water and heat exhaustion, lift its head z-x-x-k.comwith great effort to lap up the water cupped in my beautiful boys hand.i stood on the edge of the woods watching the most beautiful heart i have ever known working so hard to save a life. as the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. and more drops. and more. i looked up at the sky. it was as if god, himself, was crying with pride.25. why did the author follow her son?a. because there might be danger. b. because her son was doing a good deed.c. because she was curious. d. because she intended to help. 26. which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?a. rain was in great need. b. billy carried water with his small hands.c. billy walked into the woods and then returned over and over again.d. there were few trees in the woods. 27. which is the correct order of the development of the story? the author was moved to tears. billy fed the water to the baby deer. billy walked towards the large deer. it began to rain. the author followed billy into the woods.a. b. c. d. 28. which of the following is the best title for the passage?a. importance of water b. the water of life c. how to save animals d. animals in dangercearly one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an american inventor called elias howe finally fell asleep. he had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run around the needle without any problems. though he was tired, howe slept badly. he turned and turned. then he had a dream. he dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. when he tried to do so, howe ran into the same problem as before. the thread kept getting caught around the needle. the king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill howe. they came up towards him with their spears raised. but suddenly the inventor noticed something. there was a hole in the tip of each spear. the inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. this was the simple idea that finally made howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine. elias howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way. thomas edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. so did the great physicist albert einstein. charlotte bronte also drew in her dreams in writing jane eyre. to know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are z-x-x-kasleep. even then, a part of your mind is still working. this unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. it stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. it is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. however, the unconscious part acts in a special way. it uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. this is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.29. the problem howe was trying to solve was_.a. what kind of thread to use b. how to design a needle which would not breakc. where to put the needle d. how to stop the thread from getting caught around the needle30.thomas edison is spoken of because_.a. he also tried to invent a sewing machine b. he got some of his ideas from dreamsc. he was one of howes best friends d. he also had difficulty in falling asleep31.dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because _.a. strange images are used to communicate ideas b. images which have no meaning are usedc. we can never understand the real meaning d. only specially trained people can understand themd for some people, music is no fun at all. about 4% of the population is what scientists call “amusic”. people who are amusic are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes. amusic people often cannot tell the differences between two songs. as a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. many amuics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. life can be hard for amusics. in fact, most people cannot understand what it feel like being amusic. just going to a restaurant or a shopping center can be uncomfortable or even painful. that is why many amusics have to stay away from places where there is music. however, this can result in social loneliness. “i used to hate parties,” says margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. by studying people like margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify(辨别) this unusual condition. scientists say that the brains of amusics are different for those of people who can enjoy music. the difference is complex(复杂的), and it is not connected with poor hearing. amusics can understand other non-musical sounds well. they also have no problems understanding common speech. scientists compare amusics to people who just cant see certain colors.many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed(诊断). for years, margaret felt embarrassed about her music problem. now she knows that she is not alone. that makes it easier for her to explain. “when people invite me to a concert, i just say ”no, thanks. im amusic.” says margret. “ i just wish i had learned to say that when i was seventeen and not seventy.”32. amusics are the people who _.a. like music b. are born unable to enjoy musicz-x-x-kc. dont like music d. have poor listening33. life is hard for amusics mainly because _. a. music seems noise for them. b. amusics hate parties, restaurants or shopping center. c. amusics try to stay at places full of music d. people dont understand amusics 34. in the last paragraph, margaret expressed her wish that _.a. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlierb. she were seventeen years old rather than seventyc. her problem could be easily explainedd. she were able to meet other amusics35. what is the main idea of the passage? a. some peoples inability to enjoy music. b. musical ability. c. amusics strange behaviors. d. identification and treatment of amusic.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。while people use cell phones frequently, very few take the necessary measures to prevent damage. 36 here are some simple ways for you to protect your cell phone from damage.keep cell phones out of rainif you must talk on the phone while its raining, try to move indoors. 37 otherwise, you may have trouble with the numbers or the cell phone speaker. imagine dialing (拨打) one number and getting different results. 38 many people like to put their cell phones in the pants or jeans pocket. however, storing a cell phone there will put it at risk of damage. you may forget that it is still in your pocket and just sit on the cell phone. as a result, your cell phone screen will get damaged.do not handle cell phones while eating 39 this is especially true for those times when you are eating messy things and get the ingredients on your hands. one accident can cause lots of damage for your cell phone.get a protective cell phone case there are many kinds of cases available on the market. 40 it will provide a protective cushion (垫子) that may save you from paying money to fix or buy a new phone. ado not put cell phones in your pocket.bdo not throw cell phones onto hard surfaces.cmany people often talk on the phone in the rain.dyou can also cover the phone up with your hand.ejust choose one that fits the size of your cell phone.fone mistake may end up costing you more money.gfood and drinks should not be near your cell phones.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、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。 november 21 is the world hello day. on that day，you have to do one thing一say “ 41 ”to everybody you meet. 42 ? because it is world hello day!people all over the world will try to say“hi to 43 10 people. world hello day 44 in 1973. at that time, israel(以色列)and egypt 45 fighting a war. the day was used 46 a way to help stop the war. since then，world hello day has been 47 by people in 180 countries. the 48 of world hello day is simple:to promote peace all over the world，and bridge barriers between every nation!we can only achieve a peaceful world 49 we join together. and forming bonds(关系)with new people is the best 50 that we do ! the key is 51 showing our world leaders that we should try to 52 peace through talking-not through being violent to one another! a“hello might be easy，but it has the great function to help bring peace. the 53 people say hello to each other，the less they will 54 .maybe theres someone youve secretly been wanting to take the 55 to talk to，speak out!if they 56 giving you a strange look in return，dont take it seriously， 57 you have done your best.so, go out and say hello to people you do not 58 talk to. or you can learn ho w to say “helloin several 59 languages，then you can be 60 to get your message across no matter who you meet!41. a. hello b. goodbye c. yes d. no42. a. when b. what c. where d. why43. a. least b. the least c. at least d. at most 44. a. was begun b. begun c. began d. was bean45. a. are b. were c. was d. is46. a. at b. as c. for d. to47. a. observed b. served c. watched d. seen48. a. way b. feeling c. result d. purpose49. a. if b. unless c. though d. but50. a .road b. way c. side d. job51. a .addition b. communication c. explanation d. reaction 52. a .disturb b. create c. decide d. chat53. a .much b. more c. fewer d less 54. a .fight b. destroy c. eat d. speak55. a .courage b. strength c. work d. idea56. a .look up b. end up c. go up d. put up57. a .so b. because c. and d. otherwise58. a . usually b. unusual c. unusually d. usual 59. a .old b. good c. different d. difficult60. a .honest b. sure c. sad d. unlucky第二节（共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 once a donkey fell into a deep well. the animal cried loudly for hours，but the owner couldnt think out what to do 61 it. finally，he decided that the animal was old and that the well needed to be covered anyway，so he 62 (think) the donkey wasnt worth saving. then he in