云南省昆明市高二英语上学期期中试题新人教版.doc

官渡区第二中学2012-2013学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，第卷1至8页，第卷第9页。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。第一卷 （选择题，共115分）注意事项：答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚。每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案的标号。答在试卷上的答案无效 。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1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 is the relationship between the two speakers?a. brother and sister. b. father and daughter. c. teacher and student.2. how will the woman go to new york? a. by plane. b. by train. c. by car.3. what does the man mean?a. he has no money with him now.b. it is not necessary for the woman to buy new cds.c. the womans music teacher wants to deal with the old cds.4. what does the woman think of the mans decision? a. smart. b. interesting. c. stupid.5. what does the man mean?a. john does not care about others.b. john works too hard.c. john should stop his experiments.第二节：（共15小题；每小题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。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7题6. where are the two speakers now?a. in the office. b. on the river bank. c. at home.7. what can we learn from the conversation?a. the man doesnt know how to swim.b. the water was running very fast.c. the little girl was frightened.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. how much does the gold purse cost?a.40 dollars. b.32 dollars. c. 22 dollars.9. what will the woman do?a. borrow some money and come back the next day. b. go to another store and buy a purse below 25 dollars.c. save some money and come back next week.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题 10. what is the woman going to do this summer vacation? a. teach some asian students english. b. learn some korean from the man.c. find a better job with the man.11. what did the man do when he attended a korean course? a. he practised writing. b. he practised speaking.c. he read a lot of books in korean.12. what do we learn about the two speakers from the conversation? a. both the man and the woman are from england . b. the man wants to teach english during this summer vacation.c. the woman was travelling in asia last summer.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题13. when was the painting painted? a. yesterday. b. last summer. c. last winter. 14. what do we learn about the man from the conversation? a. he learned to paint all by himself. b. he learned to paint about twenty-three years ago.c. he is more interested in playing the piano than painting.15. what is the man now?a. a famous teacher. b. a famous painter. c. a famous pianist. 16. what can we learn from the conversation?a. the woman did not know the man could paint.b. the man does not think learning to paint is difficult.c. the woman is the mans student.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. what is the speaker mainly talking about? a. what parents should do for their children.b. it is important for parents to find a good job.c. parents need a lot of money to raise a child.18. when do children go to nursery schools in the speakers country?a. from monday to friday.b. from monday to saturday.c. from monday to thursday. 19. according to the speaker, what do parents usually do to make their children happy?a. buy the toys their children like.b. offer their children chances to learn an instrument.c. buy them books with pictures.20. why dont many couples want children in the first several years when they are married?a. they have low-paid jobs and dont have enough money.b. they want to enjoy their life of two.c. they dont want to work too hard.第二部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）21. - hello, could i speak to mr smith? - sorry, wrong number. there isnt _ mr smith here. a. / b. the c. a d. one22. whether the viewpoint is right or wrong, it is just _ opinion. a. a matter ofb. the matter ofc. as a matter ofd. no matter what23. the committee _ of fifteen members. a. is consistedb. consistsc. formedd. make up24. i think youd better _ the holiday to practise your spoken english. a. use upb. make the most ofc. spendd. pay25. it was not until she got home _ jennifer realized she had lost her keys. a. whenb. where c. thatd. before26. japan lies _ the east of china _ the east of asia. it faces the pacific on the east. a. in; onb. to; in c. on; to d. to; on27. students should be encouraged to finish their homework _. a. of themselvesb. of their own c. for their own d. on their own28._ matters most in learning english is enough practice. a. what b. whyc. whered. which29. the electricity was cut off because of the storm. luckily we had plenty of candles _ store. a. withb. atc. ford. in30. _ he will go to work in a mountain village surprises all of us. a. whatb. thatc. whetherd. if31. _ with so many trouble, we failed to complete the task on time. a. facedb. facec. facingd. to face32. he hurried to the booking office only _ that all the tickets had been sold out. a. to tellb. to be told c. telling d. told33. along with the letter was his promise _ he would visit me this coming spring festival. a. whichb. whatc. thatd. whether34. - excuse me, sir, is the swimming pool open all day? -_. only from 6:00 p.m. to 10: 00 p.m. a. thats rightb. yes, of course c. sorry, im not sured. sorry, im afraid not35. _ and ill get the work finished. a. having one more hourb. give me one more hour c. given one more hourd. if i have one more hour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，从每题所给的四个选项a、b、c、d 中选出最佳选项。since smoking is considered to be very dangerous to the health, it is especially difficult for children to buy cigarettes. one shopkeeper, mr smith, has always been 36 about this. if his customers are very 37 , he always asks them whom the cigarettes are 38 . one day a little girl walked into his shop and demanded a packet of 20 cigarettes. she had the exact amount of money in her hand and 39 very sure of herself. mr smith was so 40 by her confident(自信的) 41 that he forgot to ask his 42 questions. he asked her what kind of cigarettes she 43 . the girl 44 quickly and handed him the 45 . while he was giving her the cigarettes, mr smith said laughingly that she was so young and she should 46 the packet in her pocket in order not to be 47 by a policeman. however, the little girl seemed not to find this very 48 . without even smiling she 49 the packet and walked 50 the door. suddenly she stopped, turned round, and 51 steadily(稳定地) at mr smith. there was a moments deathly 52 and the shopkeeper wondered 53 she was going to say. all at once, in a clear 54 , the girl said, my dad is a policeman. and 55 those words，she walked quickly out of the shop.36. a. successfulb. carefulc. safed. mind37. a. oldb. youngc. weakd. strong38. a. onb. aboutc. ford. with39. a. seemedb. watchedc. listenedd. noticed40. a. usedb. pleasedc. encouragedd. surprised41. a. mannerb. spiritc. partd. words42. a. furtherb. oftenc. usuald. strange43. a. hadb. wantedc. boughtd. sold44. a. repliedb. saidc. toldd. talked45. a. cigarettesb. tobaccoc. moneyd. packet46. a. pressb. keepc. layd. hide47. a. foundb. lookedc. searchedd. had48. a. secretb. necessaryc. interestedd. valuable49. a. leftb. gavec. tookd. threw50. a. fromb. throughc. intod. towards51. a. pointedb. lookedc. laughedd. knocked52. a. formb. chancec. movementd. silence53. a. howb. whenc. whyd. what54. a. voiceb. noisec. soundd. shout55. a. aroundb. toc. withoutd. with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a; b; c; d四个选项中选出最佳选项adarwin was not a bright boy. he was much slower than his younger sister, and he was in many ways a naughty boy. however, at the age of eight he was trying to make out the names of all plants he saw, and he was busy collecting all sorts of things. and he even imagined producing coloured roses by watering them with certain coloured liquids. once he read the book wonders of the world, he wished to work wonders himself some day.one summer vacation darwin became a great collector of beetles(甲虫).at that time he only collected them but made no scientific study of them. one day on tearing off the bark(树皮) he saw some unusual beetles, and seized one in each hand, then he saw a third and new kind, which he didnt want to lose, so he put the one that he held in his right hand into his mouth. but it sent out some gas, which burned his tongue. he was forced to spit it out. it was lost, so was the third one.darwin accepted the offer by the navy(海军)to go on a voyage to explore the southern sea in the name of the government on a warship at the age of twenty-two. he was on board for five years. and during the long voyage he collected a great many of facts in natural science.56. in his early years, darwin was _ in producing coloured roses. a. successful b. interested c. helpedd. not interested57. in the first paragraph to work wonders means _.a. to work with surprising resultsb. to have a wonderful jobc. to make something difficult to understand d. to produce beautiful things58. darwin put one beetle into his mouth in order to _. a. taste the gas it sent out b. eat it as he was hungry c. save the life of the beetle d. spare his right hand to catch the third one59. according to the passage, which statement of the following is true ? a. wonders of the world was his famous work.b. when he was young he showed interest in natural science.c. he was forced to explore the southern sea by the government.d. he ran much slower than his younger sister.bthe canadian people are made up of different national races. the first known settlers of the country were the indians.it is believed that the indians crossed into this continent across the bering strait and sea from eastern asia at least 10,000 years ago. when europeans first entered the country. indians were living in most of the forested areas. there were only a few indians in the provinces near the atlantic ocean.the second group of people to enter canada were the eskimos. they crossed the bering strait from asia less than 3,000 years ago. there are few records of their early movements.the first white settlers in canada were the french. they came in greatest numbers to quebec, but also to nova scotia, where they cleared farms on the southern side of the bay of funday (芬地湾).the french built their citadel (城堡) at quebec city, and cleared farms out of the forests in the area. by the time of the british conquest (征服) in 1763, there were about 60, 000 french in canada, living chiefly between quebec and montreal.there were not many british in canada until american revolutionary war drove large numbers northward.60. this passage mainly talks about canada.a. the people ofb. the history ofc. why so many people came tod. the french in61. the french .a. also came from asia by crossing the bering straitb. came to canada at the same time as the indiansc. came to quebec and nova scotiad. reached the number of 60,000 in the 1760s.62. the british .a. were not many at first in canadab. came to canada in large numbers in the 19th centuryc. conquered quebec in 1763 for the first timed. all of the above63. now about half of the canadians are descendants of the peoples from .a. asiab. francec. germany d. britaincimagine a boy from a small village in east africa, he from a very early age has been looking after cattle. at twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. however, he has never been to school. has that boy ever had any education?education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. all the people who care about us our parents, brothers, sisters, friends are our teachers. in fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. we start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day we go to school. every day we have new experiences, like finding a birds nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didnt like before. new experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. as we grow up, we begin to find out what we are able to do. you may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. you find this out by doing these things. just thinking about cooking doesnt tell you if you are good at it.we learn so much just living from day to day. so why is school important? of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can t do everything for themselves. at school, teachers help us to read and write. with their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.64. the writer takes the african boy as an example to show that _.a. african children are very poorb. some children are unluckyc. education takes many waysd. schools are of great importance65. in the eyes of the writer .a. we have to learn from the people around us b. school is not important at allc. only the people caring for us can teach us d. education takes place everywhere66. one can find out what he is good at by _ .a. the encouragement of people around b. the teachings of those he or she meetsc. thinking of it when growing up d. trying and practicing it67. how the writer looks at the role of school is that .a. school is not so important as our living placesb. school enables us to understand the world in other waysc. school teaches us something useless at homed. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives68. the passage tells us that _ .a. everyone gets education from the day he or she is bornb. different education trains different classes of peoplec. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the worldd. everyone will find out what he or she is good atdnews has just been received of an air crash in the north of england. the plane, which was on a charter (包租的) flight from london to carlisl, was carrying a party of businessmen on their way to a trade fair. it seems likely that the plane ran into a heavy fog as it was getting close to carlisle and was forced to circle for some twenty minutes. everything seems to be going well. the pilot was in constant radio communication with control, when the engines suddenly cut out and all contact was lost. the plane crashed on the site of the ancient roman camp at hadrians hill, a place well known to archaeologists(考古学家) and tourists.so far few details have been reported, but it is feared that at least twenty people lost their lives, among whom was the pilot, who was killed instantly. the local ambulance and firemen were on the scene within minutes of the crash, but additional help had to be rushed from other areas.mr. lesilie collins, one of the survivors, told our reporter, “we passengers noticed the engines were making a funny noise. of course we couldnt see anything because of the fog, but the pilot said there was nothing to worry about. the next thing, we know, the engines went dead. there was a rushing noise and a kind of flashand after that i dont remember any more.”mr. collins is now in hospital, being treated for minor injures. we will be bringing you further news of the crash as we receive it. in the meantime relatives are asked to ring 023457211 for information.69. the plane that crashed was .a. returning from a trade fairb. on a regular flight to carlisle as usualc. flying some businessmen to londond. not on a regular flight to carlisle70. when the plane was getting close to carlisle, it because of the heavy fog. a. lost all contact with the earth b. was unable to hear ground controlc. had to wait for further instructions to landd. was forced to turn back71. the news report tells us that when the crash occurred .the local help immediately came to the rescue all the passengers and the pilot were killed additional help was unnecessaryd. help was long delayed72. from what mr. collins said, it appears that he .a. remembered everything that happenedb. had only an incomplete picture of what happenedc. remembered speaking to the pilotd. heard and saw nothing at allethis march is a busy month in shanghai. theres a lot to do. here are the highlights.live music - late night jazzenjoy real american jazz from herbie davis, the famous trumpet player. hes coming with his new 7-piece band, herbie s heroes. herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so dont expect to get much sleep. this is herbie s third visit to shanghai. the first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.place: the jazz club dates: 15-23 march price: ￥80,120 time: 10:00p.m. till late! tel: 6466-8736scottish dancingtake your partners and get ready to