2012年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷

蚌埠二中20112012学年度第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷（考试时间：120分钟 试卷分值：150分）命题人：徐琼 注意：本试卷包含I、II两卷。第I卷为选择题，所有答案必须用2B铅笔涂在相应的位置。第II卷为非选择题，所有答案必须填在答题卷的相应位置。答案写在试卷上均无效，不予计分。第I卷（三部分 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.When will the two arrive in New York?A. At 7:05. B. At 6:55. C. At 7:10.2. Where are the speakers?A. In the zoo. B. In a museum. C. At a restaurant.3. When is the man going to leave for New York?A. In September. B. In October. C. In December.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Medicine B. A doctor C. An advertisement5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Alex is going to go on vacation.B. Alex is very busy recently.C. They will have supper on Wednesday.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，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至第8题。6. How long did the woman stay on New York?A. For about 15 days. B. For about 20 days. C. For about 50 days.7. What did the woman learn mostly?A. Speaking. B. Listening. C. Writing.8. What did the woman like particularly about the American classes?A. Activities in class. B. The teachers. C. Students freedom in class.听第7段材料，回答第9至第11题。9. Where does the conversation take place? A. In a hotel. B. In a hospital. C. In an exhibition center.10. On which floor is the Exhibition Center? A. The ninth floor. B. The third floor. C. The second floor.11. Why does the woman come to Hong Kong? A. He is on holiday. B. He comes to meet Peter Smith from Greece.C. He comes for the computer exhibition.听第8段材料，回答第12至第14题。12. What will the man do first this Saturday morning? A. Go to a local museum. B. Go swimming in the riverC. Take a boat trip down the river.13. What will Betty bring probably? A. A map. B. A guide book. C. Some food for lunch.14. Who is very familiar with the place the two speakers will visit? A. The man B. Betty C. The mans uncle.听第9段材料，回答第15至第17题。15. Whats the relationship between the man and the woman? A. Teacher and student. B. Classmates. C. Mother and son.16. Why didnt the man come to the class? A. He had been writing reports all day long. B. He was too tired to go out. C. He nearly lost his confidence.17. What can we know about Tom? A. He is probably from an English-speaking country. B. He is interested in learning foreign languages. C. He had not studied German before he came.听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题。18. How old was Gaddafi when he died? A. 71. B. 69. C. 48.19. What was his rank after he seized power? A. Colonel. B. King. C. President.20. Which statement of Gaddafi is correct? A. Graduated from Libya Military academy in 1965. B. In order to seize the power, he pretended falling in love with the daughter of the General. C. Gaddafi died in Tripoli, the capital of Libyan. 第二部分 英语知识运用 (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)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合空白处的最佳选项。21.Stay a bit longer, please. Its been such _fun having you here. - Thank you, but Ive got _ early start tomorrow morning.A. /; aB. a; anC. /; anD. the; an22. I dont think I can walk any further. _. Lets stop here for a rest.A. Neither I can B. Neither can I C. I dont think so D. I think so23. Im not a little tired today after giving the room a thorough cleaning and I have never had _today. A. as tiring a day as B. as a tiring day C. tiring as a day as D. day as a tiring as24. She tried her best to _ the life there, but failed to make any _. A. adjust to; senses B. adapt to; trouble C. adapt to; effort D. adjust to; difference25._, all the students passed the entrance examination. A. Much to the teachers satisfaction B. To the teachers much satisfaction. C. Much to the teachers satisfactory. D. To the teachers great satisfactory.26. After five hours drive, they reached _they thought was the place theyd been dreaming of. A. what B. where C. that D. which 27. In 1939, Hitler _ war against Poland, which started the second world war. A. announced B. declared C. broadcast D. advertised.28._ I could remember, I did return him the money. A. As long as B. As far as C. As well as D. As good as29. _ in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail account. A. What is required B. What requires C. It is required D. It requires.30.It was lack of money, not of effort,_ defeated their plan. A. which B as C. that D. what31.The situation of global finance crisis was_ worse than expected. A. fairly B. rather C. very D. any 32. Einstein liked Boses paper so much that he _his own work and translated it into German.A. gave off B. turned down C. took over D. set aside 33.The bank is reported in the local newspaper,_ in broad daylight. A. being robbed B. having been robbed C. robbed D. to have been robbed34.Tony was very unhappy for _the secret. A. having not been told B. not having told C. having not told D. not having been told35.He had a computer at home, and his parents desired that he _all his work at home. A. does B. do C. did D. would do 第二节 完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a _36_ problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without _37_; they try to find a solution by trial and error. _38_, when all these methods _39_, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six _40_ in analyzing a problem. First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sams bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must _41_ that there is a problem with his bicycle. Next the thinker must _42_ the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For instance, he must _43_ the parts that are wrong.Now the person must look for _44_ that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam _45_ that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. _46_, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully. After _47_ the problem, the person should have _48_ suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example_49_, his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones. Eventually one _50_ seems to be the solution _51_ the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes quite _52_ because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a _53_way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum(口香糖)stuck to a brake. He _54_ hits on the solution to his problem: he must clean the brake. Finally the solution is _55_. Sam does it and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly. In short, he has solved the problem.36. A. serious B. usual C. similar D. common37. A. practice B. thinking C. understanding D. help38. A. Besides B. Instead C. Otherwise D. However39. A. fail B. work C. change D. develop40. A. ways B. conditions C. stages D. orders41. A. explain B. prove C. show D. see42. A. judge B. find C. describe D. face43. A. check B. determine C. correct D. recover44. A. answers B. skills C. explanation D. information45. A. hopes B. argues C. decides D. suggests46. A. In other words B. Once in a while C. First of all D. At this time47. A. discussing B. settling down C. comparing with D. studying48. A. extra B. enough C. several D. countless49. A. secondly B. again C. also D. alone50. A. suggestion B. conclusion C. decision D. discovery51. A. with B. into C. for D. to52. A. unexpectedly B. late C. clearly D. often53. A. simple B. different C. quick D. sudden54. A. fortunate B. easily C. clearly D. immediately55. A. recorded B. competed C. tested D. accepted 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和D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AQueen Elizabeth II is not only the queen of the United Kingdom, but she is also the queen of other 16 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Jamaica. Her face is seen on stamps and coins all around the world.Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21st 1926. Her parents were George, the Duke of York, and Elizabeth, the daughter of the Earl and Count-ness of Strathmore. As a child, Princess Elizabeth lived with her parents and younger sister in London and Windsor. Every summer, she traveled to Scotland to visit her mothers parents. She was interested in all sorts of sports, but her favorites were horse riding and swimming. She was also fond of acting, art and music.As princess Elizabeth grew older, she started to play a part in British public life. When she was 14, she broadcast a radio message to all the children of Britain and the Common-wealth(共和国). Two years later, she carried out her first public engagement, and started to go on official tours shortly after that. After a tour to South Africa in 1946, she married Philip Mountbatten. The couple had four children: Prince Charles, born in 1948, Princess Anne, born in 1950, Prince Andrew, born in 1960 and Prince Edward, born in 1964. After her father died, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony held in London in 1953. As a queen, she has many duties, and leads a very busy life. She travels throughout the world, meeting the leaders of other countries, and attends a large number of official functions. She also holds a meeting every week with the British Prime Minister. Every year, on Christmas Day, she broadcast a message to the people of British and the Commonwealth, talking about her hopes for the future.Queen Elizabeth has been on the throne for more than 40 years and has become one of the most famous women in the world. Lots of people in British believe that she tries hard to understand her people and be a good queen. More than her title, this quality has earned her much love and respect.56. Queen Elizabeth II _A. is only queen of the United Kingdom. B. is queen of Australia and the USAC. is queen of 16 different countries D. is queen of 17 different countries57. As she grew older, Princess Elizabeth _.A. started to take part in British public life. B. broadcast several radio messagesC. went on many tours to South Africa D. stopped playing a part in British public life.58. Queen Elizabeths four children are called _.A. Prince Charles, Prince Philip, Prince Edward and Princess ElizabethB. Prince Andrew, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Anne.C. Princess Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward D. Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Charles59. Today, Queen Elizabeth_A. holds a meeting every fortnight with the British Prime MinisterB. is always busy carrying out her royal duties.C. does not lead a very busy life.D. rarely leaves the UK.60. Which of the following statement is true?A. She talks about her hopes for the future every day.B. Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II in 1960.C. She has been on the throne for more than forty years.D. Lots of people in Britain depreciate her. BAs students across the country have their yearly flu shots (打流感疫苗), doctors across the world are preparing against a possible outbreak of bird flu that few current vaccines (疫苗) will guard against. The likelihood of a bird flu spreading among humans is very high, the World Health Organization warned recently. European countries worry about bird flu very much, since many migratory birds (候鸟) start to fly back from the North.There are at least 15 different types of bird flu virus around the world. The possible outbreak may be caused by a virus known as H5N1. It was first found to have spread from a bird to a human in Hong Kong in 1997. In addition to Asia, this bird flu has been found among birds in Romania, Turkey, Russia and Kazakhstan. XThe outbreak in 1997 in Hong Kong was quickly controlled at a cost of 18 people ill and six dead. About 1.5 million chickens were collected in an effort to remove the source of the virus. But scientists say that the virus can change itself rapidly. Also, if the virus mixes with the human flu virus, it could be spread through person-to-person contact in the same way as ordinary human flu is spread. Bird flu can cause fever, coughing, sore throats and muscle aches in humans. With the introduction of vaccines, flu is not as deadly as it used to be. But throughout history it was a huge cause of death around the world. The outbreak of Spanish flu in 1918-19 killed about 40 to 50 million people worldwide.Currently there is no vaccine against bird flu that can be used on humans. Scientists are working to develop one. This will probably take several months to complete and may not be ready in time to stop a widespread outbreak of the disease. 61. The author mainly tells us _ in the passage.A. people all over the world are worried about the outbreak of bird fluB. there is a good chance of bird flu spreading to humans, which might be deadlyC. scientists are working together to develop vaccines against bird fluD. throughout history, bird flu was a huge cause of death around the world62. Which statement is NOT true?A. The outbreak of bird flu in 1997 in Hong Kong was caused by a virus known as H5N1.B. H5N1 wasnt discovered until it was found among birds in Romania and Turkey.C. The Spanish flu in 1918-19 was deadly because it was spread from person to person.D. People infected by bird flu suffer from fever, coughing, sore throats and muscle aches.63. An outbreak of dangerous bird flu is possible because _.A. the constant changing of H5N1 may enable it to mix with the human flu virusB. the symptoms (症状) of bird flu are just like human flu, making it hard to discoverC. there are at least 15 different types of bird flu virusD. many countries have been affected by the dangerous disease before64. According to the scientists, _.A. people neednt worry about the outbreak of bird fluB. the virus cant be spread among humansC. no vaccine against bird flu can be used on humans right nowD. many migratory birds start to fly back from the North65. We can infer from the passage that _.A. in several months, a widespread outbreak of the disease can be stoppedB. the bird flu in 1997 in Hong Kong was soon stoppedC. as time goes on, bird flu is becoming more deadlyD. it takes scientists great effort to stop the possible outbreak of bird fluCThere are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing(批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation(模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit. Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接触) with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels. 66. People who are unhappy _.新